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Back in the early 1990s with Sega MegaDrive/Genesis and SNES they always priced games that required a bigger chipset more to compensate. Never had a problem with this, it was the CD era that ended this practice.
I was actually thinking back recently on some of the game stuff I've sold or lost or had stolen over the years. And how rare much of that stuff is now, how much it's worth (at this moment alone). It got me thinking, a lot of people are buying digital now, stores don't have the kind of selection and displays and so on like they used to. So... get as many physical copies as you can now, especially switch cartridges. Go to game stores buy used, it's cheaper, still an investment. Go online and buy the rarest games you can. For example, there's a port of the PSP "Prinny" games, 1 and 2. Already they're pricey. So, think ahead 10 years. Gold.
@@ShockinglyBlehi remember when Zelda ocarina of time just released, it was $80. Games dip in price a little, especially "used" copies, which are still usually brand new and played once. Once they're not sold new anymore then the value starts to increase depending how rare it is.
And Snake Eater on 3ds allowed crouch walking. im loving the Vita version, Got it before their license ran out last year and love that you can use the camera and switch to old camera.
It's weird for lacking the Peace Walker unlike the other platforms that the HD collection was on, so Vita players are stuck into playing the original PW game without proper right analog stick camera and trophies.
The main problem I have with physical releases not having the games on the medium is when years down the road when Nintendo stops support for the switch those games will just become expensive paper weights
@@knapper212 MGS the twin snakes contains the entire game. He's saying because these cartridges won't contain the entire game it's not great for game preservation. Gamecube games didn't hardly even need patches though, so it's a not a 1 to 1 comparison since modern games are unpolished garbage and all need patches day 1.
If i can wait. I've actually been wanting to play mgs3 again and have been resisting playing it on an emulator. Only thing i don't get is, why people ever pay full price for a digital copy, when there's a physical copy for the game. This digital BS is going to change things with collectors eventually. As though game collecting isn't insanely over priced already.
I have these games elsewhere. I was really excited, until I saw the download required (especially how much comes on cart vs download required). For me, the point of buying physical is so you do not need internet, I have no consoles connected. If I wanted to download these games, there’s a ton of options.
@@artofchang what else could they use but custom cartridges, if Nintendo wanted physical games on Switch? I just don’t support digital “physical” games, at that point what are you buying? A box & Digital copy you have to keep track of, taking up space.
@@Z-Mikes00 in the grand scheme of life, not many things are a huge deal - especially not video games. and yet here we are talking about them nonetheless
The problem with digital owner ship is that you theoretically pay full price for a game you „borrow“ do to the digital shops terms of Service which state that they are able to revoke the bought content at any time (if you get your money back is unknown to me but I guess depends on which store you bought from) making it impossible to get hold of „real“ MGS ownership on the switch
I normally fast forward and ignore sponsor pitches, but I will be watching Play-Asia to see if they get a full physical version of this collection. They have been around to save the day on other occasions where US releases get this download nonsense.
I buy most of my Switch games from Play Asia these days as I've grown sick and tired of the download requirement BS(making physical copies pointless) and North American releases of Japanese games always getting censored and cut in content(I bought Seven Pirates H for the Switch from Play Asia as I know damn well the American English localizers will ruin the localization of the North American/Worldwide version).
@@ptroit They get the asian release, the asian release is the one that releases to all of those smaller countries in Asia that don't have a big enough market to get their own releases (unlike china, South Korea, or Japan). Historically, not all of these countries had access to the eshop. Singapore for example didn't have the eshop during the 3ds era, so they got more games as physical releases. This trend continues today with the asian release often having all the content on the cart.
imagine buying this cartridge 10 years later from a thrift store and you put it in and you discover you have to download data from some ancient shut down server.
They should have put the games on a cart, and all the rest could be a download. I actually hope one the specialty game port companies will put the games on a cart, so I can buy an actual physical copy. As an example, I will be ordering the Alien Isoaltion cart from limited run
The only benefit to this physical edition is that it allows you to have unlimited "keys" if you will. Digital games only allow you to download the game to a certain number of consoles, but the physical version despite being nothing more than an access key will allow you to play the content on any Switch you want. You aren't limited to a certain amount of access keys like you are with digital.
Play-Asia is my jam!! Without them I wouldn't have gotten my hands on Japanese 3DS exclusives, physical versions of switch games that only released digitally in the West, and a plethora of games exclusive to the Asian regions of the world which include English support options! They've never steered me wrong! And buying with express shipping is worth it to me since I can get the things I ordered in less than a week after ordering!
What's "weird" about the Vita collection? It's just a collection of Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3, a great port of the HD remasters Bluepoint made for the PS3 / 360 era, which was based on the Substance and Subsistence versions of the games and even had the same MSX Metal Gear games included from Subsistence. Had a physical release and everything is on the cart.
There was a similar collection released on PS3 The MGS Legacy Collection that contained all the games including the NES and PSP title. MGS 1 and the VR missions were available in this collection as digital downloads.
I'm still pumped as he'll for this game man. You were so right about the direct man. Like you, I am a HUGE fan of metal gear and I own every copy of the MG games but like you I love the fact of having the cream of the crop in a portable version. It's just convenient. I play my Switch in hand-held mode only. I've haven't docked it once. The dock is still in the box. 😆 I just chill on my couch and play man. I will be getting a 1TB USD card though I'm already having to archive stuff to be able to download things, and I have a 256GB as we speak 😂. Thanks for the video RGT
I like your comment because I didnt really understand the excitement about the collection coming to switch because I know most people probably have these games but i wasnt really looking into the convivence that comes with having these games on handheld.
I think if you can't even get one of the games on the cart, then the cart is entirely useless. It's like those physical releases of games that are just a box with a code.
There was a time (SNES) when if the box said Konami on it I bought it. Contra, axelay, castlevania and even the buster bunny games were top draw. I miss that Konami. I looked past MGS the first time around because the number of quality releases around that time was staggering. My older more patient self might just dip for it this time.
The only thing I wanted was a remake of the original Metal Gear games showing Solid Snake first missions before the Metal Gear Solid storyline in modern graphics. But instead we get these imports instead of a new game or two.
Funny you mentioned Play-Asia in this video. My physical copy of The Final Fantasy I - VI Collection for the Switch came in today. Next time I buy from them, I'm springing for priority shipping.
Many years ago, didn’t Hideo Kojima implored fans to pretend that “Snake’s Revenge” never existed because it was bad and he had nothing to do with it’s development?
We few who live by the psychical release really SHOULD be a bit upset. If I take the time to get an actual set I want the security of knowing that the things I've bought will NEVER be taken away from me. Nintendo just isn't trustworthy yet to me after the eShop disaster.
Honestly, my plan will be to buy a dedicated memory card large enough for this release and any future volumes. Hopefully Portable OPS 1 & 2 will make its way to the Switch in the next collection.
How are all these remasters and the new Mario 2.5D game worth a full RRP? Are nintendo fanboys that willing to buy games that an indie developer could have produced in a couple of months for full price? Just beggars belief that people are so gullible
My main concern with the cartridge over digital is not so much to have it all on the cart, but that I do not have to go though a internet check every time I pick up the game. If the cart is the sign that I can play both what is on the cart and downloaded, I'm good with that. I mostly use my Switch on the go and do not regularly have internet to hook up to, so those checks are a pain to me.
Buddy, ToTK has some of the best devs in the world to shrink that game to almost 17 GBs. Just these three games (with none of the extra content) were massive single player games and still are. I think 24 GBs is respectable. If you can’t afford an extra 69GB external storage then you pry can’t afford the bundle and your not a huge MGS fan which is fine. I’m so pumped for this though. This is one of those collections though if you own a different console like series x or ps4. You get on there just for performance reasons. Awesome Nintendo did this though
when you sell physical, the base content needs to all be there. No download required with the exception of patches. The game must be able to run without them. Otherwise you got Little big planet Karting all over again and that game is unable to run with the patches.
Nostalgia is slowly dying each time a future classic get released in digital form. 20 years from now, will we be able to reminisce by playing a title like this one or hand down our experiences to a younger family member?
Metal Gear 2 is underrated for what all it did for being such an older title. I know it’s basically 8bit MGS, but the story and its impact on the rest of the series is quality
Don't worry RGT, I sold my Metal Gear collection too. Im glad theyre releasing digital versions of the games at affordable prices. I hope we get Metal Gear Acid 1 and 2 on Switch on volume 2, that would be lit.
Metal Gear Acid will probably be a PlayStation Premium exclusive if it ever does come out thanks to some clever finagling Sony did with PSP publishing, just FYI.
I still haven't played the Acid games. They've been in my backlog forever and were the first PSP games I installed on my hacked pstv. After I finish TOTK I may have to finally tackle them. I can't even remember if they are canon or not.
@@form4li7ythe AC!D games are not connected to the canon Metal Gear story. (though AC!D 1 and 2 are connected with each other) Metal Gear Portable Ops and Ghost Babel are in the gray area. (MPO's story is connected to MGS4 and Ghost Babel's special mission reveal is connected to MGS2 and a little foreshadowing for MGSV's ending reveal)
@@gunplamaniac8500 Thanks for the comment on Acids canon. I knew about MPO because I liked it's story and looked into it more back then. Didn't know about Ghost Babel's connection to MGS5 though. MGS5 disappointed me so much that I never took a deep dive into it. Oh the loathing I still have for Konami's servers, the linking of them to in-game items, and the messed up way the story was handled.
Yeah this is one of my main concerns with any collections that come out for consoles these days. If a game isn't on the cart is is not good enough for me. It is better than a one time download code in a box but that is a low bar.
This is our future. They are slowly just not producing physical copy version of games. It’s happening a lot I’ve noticed with new games coming out past few months. Starfield and Alan Wake 2 for example.
I have all these games in PS1, 2 and 3. And I would love to have them on the Switch for "on the go" but if it is not really a Physical release, I will just wait until its highly discounted and get it for the PS5
It is strange that not even a single game is going to be on the cartridge. The Resident Evil trilogy collection was similar, but it at least had 4 on the cartridge.
I already have the Ninja Gaiden collection on switch, but i'd love to grab a physical version. I'm currently playing through the second game, in fact. Thanks Nintendo for getting me to finish games that i had as kid but never played past the first couple mins
If we are being 100% honest, it's quite sad that the most excitable thing for some Switch owners can be the re-release of a series dating back to 30~20 years ago. And I say this as a Metal Gear fan.
I felt like they should have the games on the cartridge and the rest of the content for download. Back when I bought the Borderlands collection for the Switch, it had the first game on the cartridge and the Pre-Sequel and 2 for download, and I was a little disappointed about that but I think it’s unfortunately expected with these collections.
Anybody who hasn't played the MSX games, don't sleep on them! Metal Gear 2 in particular is brilliant. Definitely a little funky by today's standards but it still holds up IMO.
I’m just curious how the psycho mantis fight is going to work. Needing to jump ports, reading your memory card were innovative and kinda creepy/suprizing at the time. I also wish they had the twin snakes edition as well. It was different enough from the original that I feel it shouldn’t be black listed from a compilation list as it was a gateway for a lot of people that had a GameCube.
I think that the version of MGS1 that they will go with is the version they brought to PSN back in the PS3 days. It’s been a while since I booted it up so I’m not too sure if it’s OG Mei Ling VA or updated VA. There’s also the Legacy Collection version which I think is the most recent version of the game ported again to PS3 but on a disc this time. I believe that this version is the updated VA. All this to say, they’ll probably go with whatever version they most recently used, which I think was the legacy collection Lol
I am so excited for this series! I didn't grow up playing Metal Gear and now I can play it for the first time! I mostly played Mario as a kid and I never played Metal Gear or Metroid Prime.
Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Snake's Revenge take place between MGS5 and MGS. MG shows what happens to Venom Snake and MG2 takes place in Zanzibar (where Grey Fox died).
@@FuZZbaLLbee you have to check for it. Zelda Totk e FF16 are still fully playable even without patch. Also Street fighter 6.. We don't have to adapt to the worst.. we have to fight for the best.
Thank you for the measured, rational take. I pretty much agree. Though, I wish the games were at least on a game card. They were never going to include a second 32gb game card just for bonus material. That’s the down side of not having optical discs. My preference would have been to have the games on a game card and, depending on what exactly the bonus content is, give you the option of downloading the different parts a la carte or in one large bundle. It also would have been an amazing touch to give switch owners a copy of twin snakes. That would have shut up the naysayers. I bought that about a year ago; it was like $150 bucks.
Great video RGT, I actually never got into MGS so I’m really looking forward to all the buzz I’ve heard about it. I had a buddy in college that I watched MGS2 and I just remember the story being pretty excellent, but never actually played it myself. 😊 I got an extra 256 gig card still in the package for future switch games! 😁 MGS and Super Mario RPG will be going on there for sure! 😊
I appreciate the presence of the NES games. I hope a future volume has The Twin Snakes and all of the spin-off games. It would be cool to see literally every piece of MG media playable on the Switch, though I don't know if it can handle MGS 4 or 5.
One positive about the physical is that its not like a code in a box. It won't be tied to an account, so you can let someone borrow it or sell it and that person can download the games just like you did. Not at all ideal, but it's something.
I'm with you dude. I mean it's disappointing that we don't get the whole thing on cartridge but I'm still buying it. It's one of my all time favorite franchises.
Issue is we could do as you said and not buy it, but in the end it gonna hurt non buyer/everyone as well in the future, this assuming Konami and other keep doing this(and they will), because if it gonna sell well to the masses regardless if they do competent job or not, there no incentive to do the task at hand right
"I understand your concerns" he says, after not understanding the concerns at all... It has nothing to do with whether it's on the cartridge or not, it has to do with the fact that you do not own the digital content. Switch servers will EOL some day, and then this cartridge becomes a useless piece of plastic if you were to buy a new switch 2nd hand or something. This has nothing to do with optimization at all. It has to do with preventing users from owning games. By making it all downloadable it's basically a temporary lease agreement, like an apartment. You don't own what you "buy" at all. They're trying to move everybody to digital to prevent people from owning games, and they're doing it "slowly" by offering physical versions like this that aren't the full version.
Mei Lings voice in twin snakes was more accurate than the original game because she is born and raised in America. So it made no sense for her to have such a heavy, chinese accent.
How many more times do you people wanna upload the same videos 🤦♂️. You can buy a 512Gb microSD card for just $40 these days, physical games are dead, accept it already and move on.
I love play Asia. I've been shopping with them for over a decade. That direct was all right yesterday. I mostly excited for Super Mario RPG though since I never played the game and I finally get a chance to without paying and ungodly amount for it on eBay lol.
