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The Console War: Crossroads, p8

April 8, 2024 by Tim


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Bwauder
Bwauder
6 months ago

As bad as felines –
Buy an expensive toy/climbing rack/etc and spend too much time assembling and placing it.
Cat – Plays with box it came in.

Last edited 6 months ago by Bwauder
Gedd
Gedd
6 months ago
Reply to  Bwauder

Not only felines… My kids do that too 😉

Ashi
Ashi
6 months ago
Reply to  Gedd

“If I fits, I ships!”

Urazz
Urazz
6 months ago
Reply to  Bwauder

My dog does that as well.

Fartsy
Fartsy
6 months ago

the unboxing might be unpleasant for the reds… If they know how to topen it in the first place.

JozMk.II
JozMk.II
6 months ago

They’re such dumb, lovable brotherly morons

Pajuka
Pajuka
6 months ago
Reply to  JozMk.II

Honestly, I love how Nintendo gets portrayed as these silly little goobers as Xbox and Playstation are overly serious military soldiers.

Its almost like they know the console war isn’t really a war at all and are just having fun.

Kevin Greenbaum
Kevin Greenbaum
6 months ago
Reply to  Pajuka

They have had several serious soldiers and actual tactical missions it’s just not constant like it is with the others. I think this is actually the worst Nintendo squadron I’ve seen since the Switch troops were deployed.

DevMerlin
DevMerlin
6 months ago

These guys must have some serious joycon drift to be acting this stupid.

ReaverRogue
ReaverRogue
6 months ago

I’ve got absolutely no skin in the console wars game (and think people that still seriously do are a bit sad) but I am absolutely here for the lovable and stupid antics of the Switches!

Lollash
Lollash
6 months ago
Reply to  ReaverRogue

There is no console war. There is only PC master race and people who are wrong 🙂

Ambaryerno
Ambaryerno
6 months ago
Reply to  ReaverRogue

Apparently you missed the Switches’ first appearance. They were not NEARLY so loveable OR stupid.

Pulse
Pulse
6 months ago
Reply to  Ambaryerno

they came out swinging hard, and the best are still the force keeping the PS and Xbox squads from taking their lands.

but not all handled the trauma well. drift is a sad sad thing.

DanVzare
DanVzare
6 months ago

These were funnier when they were actually related to something in the console industry.

So unless I’m missing an obvious analogy, I think this is the worst console war arc so far.

Giuliano
Giuliano
6 months ago
Reply to  DanVzare

It’s about the decision of Microsoft to take some exclusives to Playstation.

Ryan
Ryan
6 months ago
Reply to  DanVzare

Microsoft is releasing previously Xbox-exclusive titles on Playstation and Switch.

David
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David
6 months ago
Reply to  Ryan

It would be handy to have the news the console wars are referencing below the comic. Especially when looking back through the history, and trying to remember what was happening at the time.

Matt
Matt
6 months ago
Reply to  DanVzare

To further elaborate.. ported games to Switch don’t run that well on the Switch. Hence the behavior of the Reds in the comic in relation to the ported games. They just don’t know what to do with them.

Eldest Gruff
Eldest Gruff
6 months ago
Reply to  DanVzare

To add to what the others have said – I think the Switch is only getting Pentiment and Grounded. Sea of Thieves and Hi Fi Rush may be coming to the Switch’s successor, but are not confirmed for the Switch.

So, we might find out in a future strip that Switch ran out of there so fast that he actually left another box that was meant for him.

Naustghoul
Naustghoul
6 months ago

Tactical weapon… definitely a tactical equivalent weapon.

Blue Griffin
Blue Griffin
6 months ago

What’s in the box?!?!

havok
havok
6 months ago
Reply to  Blue Griffin

Seven flashbacks

SuperExoticShrub
SuperExoticShrub
6 months ago
Reply to  havok

I don’t think I can take it past five flashbacks.

Eodyne
Eodyne
6 months ago
Reply to  Blue Griffin

“Grounded” and/or “Penitent”

Alberto
Alberto
6 months ago
Reply to  Eodyne

I can make out the box reads “Pentiment”.
Lovely little game btw, just not worth switch’s pricing.

Drew
Drew
6 months ago

Am I the only one who sees Door in a 3D color shift in panel 3?

CartesianJohn
CartesianJohn
6 months ago
Reply to  Drew

You might want to get your eyes and/or monitor tested…

paladinsama
paladinsama
6 months ago

It’s interesting to watch Nintendo acting like feral toddlers, but I wonder if there would be a storyline on how they managed to kill Yuzu.

Fist of Family Values
Fist of Family Values
6 months ago

PS5’s about to drop a Hellbomb onto the Xbones with the latest weaponry in the console war… Helldivers 2

GamerLen
GamerLen
6 months ago

Funny how when the Switches first showed up they were these elite monsters with extra bodies, and now they’re dopey little gits.

GUNnibal
GUNnibal
6 months ago
Reply to  GamerLen

Are you trying to say that their behavior suffered a bit of a SWITCH?

Timmeh
Timmeh
6 months ago
Reply to  GamerLen

yeah, their abilities have seemed to drift out of whack

Theo
Theo
6 months ago

Also here to say that I’m not a fan of the new portrayal of the Switches. Liked the original analogy of them being fast and mobile, using only small arms, much more. It’s kind of hard to explain them holding their own against MS and Sony if they’re such morons.

DJWG
DJWG
6 months ago

Given the Switch is the third most best-selling console of all time (behind the PS2 and DS) and Nintendo having so many best selling consoles, it’d be interesting to see a “global” perspective of the Console Wars. A different front where Nintendo this elite force of killers and the XBoxes are this small guerilla force barely holding its own.

Stevyn
Stevyn
6 months ago
Reply to  DJWG

Xbox is so niche in Japan, most Americans wouldn’t believe it.

Timmeh
Timmeh
6 months ago
Reply to  Stevyn

but… but… Murica???

LordDenning
LordDenning
6 months ago

Well, they got Pentiment… not bad! Considering Xbox games as of late…

Total Loss
Total Loss
6 months ago

Feels kinda lazy, posting these industry inside jokes , without doing the little writeup at the bottom that he used to do, giving humorous context.