Bought a couple new car tires, wanted automotive stuff to be the least of my worries. I also bought a pair of steel-toed shoes, since my work typically wants people to have those. Otherwise, just a few groceries.

One thing that bothered me with most of the games since the original is that they gradually took away dialogue options and made conversations with your animal neighbors less interactive.

Hopefully they've given more attention to this in the Switch game. That would be a con otherwise, right?

It'll be interesting to see if the proprietary memory cards have any notable advantages to any old USB. They are 1 TB though. Probably will be a much more sensible advantage in the long run due to the sheer amount of space, and the fact that this thing is kind of a powerhouse.

@louixiii: 1. I have decided to go all digital from this point forward. I never thought I'd say that. But my experiences with the XBox network and my years of still playable purchases there have convinced me it's time to move on from physical games.

I do kind of want to play Doom Eternal, but Idk if I will. That's not currently high on my list of games I want to play now. I have to make up for a lot of lost time.

2. Everything I'm reading in article headlines seems to suggest next-gen will be delayed, at least somewhat. I'm okay with this, since I have plenty of gaming to catch up on, and I'm generally content with this gen's offerings. A year's delay would not bother me, but I doubt it will be that long - maybe a few months later than scheduled.

3. I remember Sony said they're having a difficult time determining the appropriate price range for the PS5.

I recall when the PS3 came out, they were fine with setting a higher price tag on it because they wanted people to view it as an entertainment device "you worked and saved for." They wanted to cultivate that mentality among fans, at least to a degree.

Maybe it's as simple as Sony internally debating about what price is acceptable in today's world? Idk.

4. I don't think Sony will counter Halo Infinite, I think or hope that this game is going to turn out well. But they certainly might have some decent exclusives of their own.

I think Sony is more focused on 2020 than next gen yet. They just got Dreams, and soon TLoU2 and Ghosts of Tsushima will be on the way. In all fairness, it doesn't seem like a bad late batch of exclusives for the PS4.

Bionic Commando Re-Armed 2, I remember that being kinda lousy compared to the awesome original.

It looks good. I mean I'm no techie, but it looks like it'll improve quite a bit.

I still will likely just get the XBOX One X for now, since I want to get back into it this year. But Series X is tempting. And I actually like the design.

Major Nelson also posted an article gathering together a lot of Series X info into one spot. Worth checking them out. One thing they mention about the Series X controller, the new d-pad looks odd but supposedly it works really well for different kinds of games due to its 'cup' design.

And Idk why I thought a small die size would mean the system is more expensive. I'm all for more affordable!

I really don't like seeing most brick and mortar places go the way of the dino. I'll really miss A&W and Barnes & Noble if they ever close, certain places just kind of give me a good feeling or a certain kind of environment to be in that I'll miss when it's gone.

Idk. I mean I think for the industry it's good that people from different teams have the opportunity to cross paths at expos and see what other teams are working on.

I think I'll always play video games of some kind. Just have to adjust it to my life at the time.

I'll say the Alan Wake games might be the best ones they've made, idk, but maybe they'll want to work on something else entirely after Control?