This is Destroying Splatoon 3

[@Zorconic]

[@Blockbustah]

😦

[@Hi.iExist]

I’m assuming that’s a new membership sticker

[@ana.wordswordswords]

jumpscare!

[@RiahGreen]

How

[@ValkoWC]

🤯

[@MatildatheMoonwolf]

While the criticism are valid, I think a lot of people tend to forget that live service games are arguably one of the hardest games to make due to how much time and energy is needed to not only make the game but also to support the game. Some of the worst game development stories of crunch and overtime are from live service games, one of the infamous ones are from Fortnite where one of the interviews exposes that some of higher ups at the company describes the game devs as “disposable bodies” Meanwhile Nintendo though out their whole history have lived and died by the works of the developers, to the point where when they were asked about Animal Crossing New Horizons getting delayed, avoiding over time and crunch was one of their biggest reasons why. Since Animal Crossing and Splatoon are made by the same team, it’s possible that the update cycle in S3 are like that to decrease crunch and over time. It still sucks, but I have a hard time of being mad about it if they are doing it for better working conditions for the game developers.

[@pillowmoment]

Fr. Nobody ever considers the devs in this situation. Employee wellfare super important to the game. Better employees means better content overall. They’re people. They make everything. People need to stop acting like the playerbase matters more than the people making the game. I’m not defending the higher-ups, but the people working under them. If less content means happier employees and that means better content? I’m fine with less content. The updates are getting better. If that doesn’t say anything, i don’t know what does. And if you can’t enjoy a game without new content all the time, then you don’t actually like the game. Stop complaining and play something that can meet your needs.

[@yggdrasilsaltar]

i think people tend to forget game devs are real people? they all have social lives and families to go back to and probably see all the hateful things people say like “oh game devs are so lazy!!” and stuff like that.

[@TheBeast9417YT]

Plus, Epic Games has a lot more employees working on the game compared to Splatoon 3, so it really shouldn’t surprise anyone. Though it is the same company that ruined Gen Z besides TikTok so what can you do. :/

[@slurples149]

where did u get this information from?

[@MatildatheMoonwolf]

@@slurples149 From multiple gaming news sites and from multiple youtube channels that cover gaming news. I'm sure that you can find them though a quick search online.

[@Hi.iExist]

I do agree that the middle of the season is very boring. I’ve been wanting to play splatoon but I knew it wouldn’t be as enjoyable since there isn’t any new content to enjoy.

[@Bread_Boy445]

The most we get is either a splatfest or big run, but big run happens at the beginning of the season, and splatfest is usually only 3 days and can get repetitive (for me at least)

[@omegaSomeone]

The Splatoon team is composed of 252 people: 2 directors 35 game designers 11 sound designers *43 developers* 130 artists 24 localisers 10 quality assurers 8 debuggers This is tiny compared to Fortnite’s whopping *700 developers!* The *entire Splatoon team* is close to being only *a third of Fortnite’s developers!* Now if you consider that *Fortnite’s developers are in constant **_crush_* (a stage in development where developers have to work in average *10 hours more per week than the legal time* to finish/update a game in time) I think we should be happy to have what we have right now

[@Pancakejae]

As a new splatoon player I definitely enjoyed the first season of splatoon the most but the latest updates have been kinda stale. New weapons are fun (except when it’s all shooters lol) but new modes in general for ranked would be awesome. Salmon run is fun but it can’t stop the burnout feeling I get and I backed off playing everyday like when I first got the game so that I wouldn’t feel burnout

[@swampygaming2975]

Here’s the thing, last time they tried to add a new game mode (*cough* clam blitz *cough*) it wasn’t exactly polished.

[@mrmelonman2893]

@@swampygaming2975 doesn't matter its still new content to play,

[@OwenOrNewo]

I'm ok with the frequency, my problem is with the content of the patch. Basically, I don't play many shooters. I would love to have more options for the more unique weapons in the game. A lot of the stronger kits seem to be on shooters too.

[@scoreunder]

shooter bias :( I played brellas in s2 but haven't even got myself a main on s3 because of that

[@yggdrasilsaltar]

im honestly in the weird minority of actually *liking* the mid season being empty, because around this time i fully complete the catalog and get pretty burnt out over the game. so the game having relatively nothing new happening outside of a splatfest or something is great cuz it doesnt force me into FOMO mode and grind endlessly for 3 months on end lmao

[@gabe5918]

Yeah i kinda feel dat

[@r4yb0x39]

I personally loved the game for like a month or two, then I started just only playing because of FOMO and grinded the catalog until I finished it, even though I really didn't want to. At the end of season 2, I realized what I was doing was super dumb because I didn't even like playing the game. That's when I stopped playing.

[@hAze_the_shrimp]

Based. Splatoon 3 is trash

[@Arth020]

missing out on what? fashion items? you can get the best gear builds without catalog... hell i think i'm not even using catalog items... let's see... my current gear presets up till now : images-wixmp-ed30a86b8c4ca887773594c2.wixmp.com/f/0c2577ee-fdbb-4372-917f-80ec7a0dbdd3/dfujjuo-c385c3cf-8f66-4525-aca3-6bd251218f3f.png?token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJ1cm46YXBwOjdlMGQxODg5ODIyNjQzNzNhNWYwZDQxNWVhMGQyNmUwIiwiaXNzIjoidXJuOmFwcDo3ZTBkMTg4OTgyMjY0MzczYTVmMGQ0MTVlYTBkMjZlMCIsIm9iaiI6W1t7InBhdGgiOiJcL2ZcLzBjMjU3N2VlLWZkYmItNDM3Mi05MTdmLTgwZWM3YTBkYmRkM1wvZGZ1amp1by1jMzg1YzNjZi04ZjY2LTQ1MjUtYWNhMy02YmQyNTEyMThmM2YucG5nIn1dXSwiYXVkIjpbInVybjpzZXJ2aWNlOmZpbGUuZG93bmxvYWQiXX0.AuRghM7X2dIJg6oSBcpExfU1fp6I_qQOtYp_7dzh4Z8 nope only 2 amibo clothes from which one i replaced the main attribute... so that one was just a fashion choice this criticism is insane imo, the game was large and whole from launch and we're only getting more, it's great there is the door goodbye

[@GoodAtStuf]

Do you want them to remove all catalog items because the game is doing the terrible crime of giving people rewards for playing the game? Its fine if you don't want to play splatoon but don't blame the game for rewarding players who want to put in the time

[@r4yb0x39]

@@GoodAtStuf nah it's not the games fault, it's my fault bc I had so much FOMO

[@toadchannel9619]

@@hAze_the_shrimpthen why are you on a splatoon 3 video if you hate it so much then get outta here

[@leftovernoise]

I think a tiny drop of a few kits would be plenty mid seasons to make it feel less sloe

[@TopsyTop348]

CURSE YOU FORTNITE!!!!!!!

[@Squid_Salad]

fucknite

[@Fanican]

Fortnite isn't THAT bad bruh

[@TopsyTop348]

@@Fanican I’v seen it copy splatoon so many times

[@eojusteo8906]

​@@TopsyTop348 what-

[@OctoAaron]

Fortnite will literally just copy anything popular

[@Nate-m1e]

Remember jay also does non splatoon things while chara focuses on mostly splatoon

[@_Celestial]

As someone who plays splatoon 3 fortnite and overwatch i hate having to swap from each game to get a new emote, skin or decoration it's really annoying because sometimes it's like oh I want to play overwatch since theres a new hero oh too bad Eggstra work is here better get top 5% for a new badge Back to splatoon 3 anyway I think they should have more rewards for people who complete the catalog this season was the fastest i've completed a catlog so far (about 4 and a half weeks) and now it get's kind of boring sometimes sure leveling up weapons trying to get pure gear for every ability and grinding for scales in fun but it feels like you don't really get anything considering all 3 of thoes things just come from playing the game with 2 of thoes options just being salmon run. Sure it's fun but playing the same 6 modes can get boring. Hopefully we get a new mode within the next season or 2. Or maybe a few new kits in the mid season balance patch that'd be cool too

[@mystic5175]

I already knew what this about even before I clicked on it

[@nicolo2227]

I wish nintendo add a new mode in salmon run like zombie apocalypse. U still need golden eggs to pass the wave but the normal eggs can upgrade the weapon u choose to use for example, damage, fire rate, ink efficiency etc

[@henrydiamond3435]

I love Splatoon as much as the next guy, but besides building gear, playing Turf and doing ranked, not really much to do for me personally, plus the frequent disconnects kill my motivation to play for long periods of time as well.

[@Zorconic]

each game adds more content and things to do yet the online somehow gets worse...

[@henrydiamond3435]

@@Zorconic Agreed

[@navashark42]

Little thing I think might work is adding more stuff per season, but spreading it out throughout the seasom

[@CrokeyHigati]

I can understand why X and league weren't there at launch. It gave players enough time to get to situated in their ranks. Especially since Open made it easy to play with friends in rank modes with friends, which previous was only possible in splat2's league.

[@Buffer131]

Honestly I'm just glad its free and not shell out more irl money

[@nikomint4894]

This updates bring me back to the game every few weeks. Playing the same modes gets boring without getting new stuff and if this would all be there at start i would feel overwealmed

[@nvnprogram]

Interestingly, golden dynamo model is in the game files (although the icon, kit and pretty much everything besides the model are missing)

[@theone.whoasked]

Probably coming next season

[@InkHashira]

I want ranked turf war so badly

[@fuzzyraids]

people always say that the graphics is affecting the online thing

[@guillermogilregalado5515]

Love the background tears of the kingdom music

[@mariofanl1ve]

My main issue with splatoon's seasons is how each new season de-ranks you. I was on A+ and failed a rank up battle. I didn't play enough to get back to the rank up battle and a new season started. Then I ranked down to A- and have been demotivated ever since. They shouldn't punish you for not playing if you don't want to play at that moment.

[@soapful]

this is especially worse in S+ where being S+9 will drop you to S at the end of the season which is just a crazy amount of grinding gone every 3 months

[@EpicSandwich301]

In my opinion Nintends should just focus on game modes more. Im very new to splatoon (switch is my first concole from this company + newer playes s2 or yhe original game) nut its already getting old for me. But i dont hate the season thingy

[@gheart.]

You can see the golden dynamo roller also in the weapon shop. I don't know why is Nintendo making us waiting for so long for that

[@justanocto]

Still wishin they made it so you could put stickers on weapons

[@reazlo5911]

96 gal Lag 69

[@Bread_Boy445]

L A G 6 9

[@rogue_sorcerer1239]

I feel what is wrong with seasons is that the feel too separated from other aspects of the game. Ways they could improve it, is by having the season content delivered on a timeline rather than all at once and by implementing splatfests, big runs etc into the season timeline, this way it will make it feel like the seasons have a larger impact on the game. Having more smaller in game events like eggstra work to function with seasons rather than alongside the seasons could be nice smaller events could be anything from extra catalog experience, free chunk boosts to even a season ranked mode(like anarchy however each season resets the rank and doesn’t effect anarchy rank). Seasons are a concept used it many online games to add new content to keep players engaged and one way that they are maintained is by having them introduce temporary and permanent features over the course of the season rather than all at once, by implementing in game events into the season splatoon could improve seasons drastically

[@literally1751]

I think they should release a large seasonal patch with new gear, a cataloge setting the "theme" (basically the brand that appears most frequently) for the season, and maybe a new mode. I also think they should release a few weapon kits (5 to 7) and one new map. Throughout the season they would then release a new weapon kit every few weeks based on the catalog theme. Since this time it was z+f, they would release z+f branded weapons like the splat chargers that we got from the fresh season update. During the mid season patch, they would add a new set of weapons (3 new kits and a new weapon maybe), and a new map. The semi-weekly updates would become less frequent as we moved into the later half of the season, as the devs would be spending more time developing the next season. This update style is similar to the one they have now, however it sacrifices the "feast or famine" mindset that the devs have for updates, in favor for a slower and more enjoyable update cycle that should keep players invested throughout the season.

[@AravisX]

Every thing just feels so sweaty especially in salmon run. Like big run and eggstra work are cool but if you can’t keep up you’ll just disappoint yourself. Maybe I’ve just reached the age where I should let the younger people be try hards like I was and stick to single player games for enjoyment

[@Fridgemasters]

i would enjoy the update cycle if we occasionally got kits every week as opposed to 10 every 3 months. 10 kits is never enough in any reality, especially when it’s a gamble for certain weapons to get a weapon kit after three months. brella/splatana/stringer players shouldn’t have to wait nine whole months for a different kit, and it sucks that certain weapons like H-3, Big Swig, Snipewriter, and Bamboozler have to wait THIS long for a weapon kit while splash gets to take up a slot as a Ttek clone and Sploosh gets to be useless yet again

[@ondiiina]

The pro ranks resetting killed the mode for me. I don't have time to grind every few months to get back where I was! Nor do I want to have to play against and with players that are either too weak or too strong. It's simply not fun anymore. Even the turf war tryhards are better than THIS

[@Ren_black]

Honestly wished 3 would’ve let you pick your own sub weapon and special tbh depending on what weapon you pick would make the game more interesting in my opinion because they have good weapons it’s just some subs don’t really fit with most weapons

[@mariotheundying]

@@Cant_thinkofagooduser saying something would be chaotic in a game where the theme is centered around chaos sounds like saying "that's a good idea!" Than saying "nah, that wouldn't be good"

[@nightigal]

I'm imagining that for the past year, the developer have been fighting over what kit to give the gold dynamo and that's why it hasn't come out yet.

[@Evixyn]

I am heavily burnt out of Splatoon three as there are so many things that you can do in the title throughout the season before it becomes repetitive. I believe that if Nintendo have everything all at once the title might end much quicker then usual, which is why it is heavily dragging out all of the base launch content for Splatoon three.

[@ewwitscullen9132]

This damn catalog takes so long to complete i dont even mind how long the seasons are

[@Roxleton]

the brand new anarchy mode is probably coming in the season after league comes out (hopefully). I think it’s gonna be capture the flag. One thing I hope they do to keep the game (sorta) fresh is add more of a risk to big run (example: if we don’t get x amount of eggs, then x map won’t be in rotation for a week). It would be kinnda like the opposite of sea snails. Another thing would to have shifty stations for tri-color and normal splatfest battles so we could have 2 maps for tri-color and 3 for normal battles at a time. We’ve already seen this for tri-color for this most recent splatfest Last thing. In the middle of the season, getting like 5 new songs (splatfest songs included) and like 2 new kits would be really awesome.

[@kiru___]

if they gave us content weekly instead of all at once i think people would stick around more, like what they did with splatoon 2. i don’t mind the seasonal updates, but it’s all at once and then we wait

[@farbencut]

I’d even be happier if they re-adjusted how the content is released throughout the season. Like, give us 8 kits and 1 New Map at season launch, the other map 1 Month in and 2 New Kits alongside a Balance patch, the next month another Balance Patch and 3 New Kits/Weapons. That way there wouldn’t be such a huge downtime between seasons…

[@BlueCollaredK9]

God... I miss Golden Dynamo...

[@Switchvr22]

Just hoping for league😢

[@modestproposal2247]

I can hear Maple Miles seething just from reading the title

[@eddy796]

I missed the last game entirely and am super used to balance patches dropping every 3-5 months from other games, so didn’t know their was a issue with the games patch frequently till recently! Heard that Spat2 had a lot of em but can’t be tk sure since i wasn’t around back then.

[@Bread_Boy445]

Personally I never found the seasons a problem, mostly because some of the stuff the catalog gives you is cool and unique, but now u can just get them from the shell out machine which I really don't like because if u worked hard to get those items,you can just get them if you're lucky (also congrats on 8,000)

[@Artceps]

as someone who's played lots of MMO's in my youth and used to monthly updates, etc, im personally not a fan of the mid season patch cycle we have to wait half a year to get some things fixed if the mid season misses it (and it usually does) and it just becomes a waiting game of "whats the next season/patch gonna bring, and how hard will nintendo f*ck the landing" which gets boring after a week or 2 personally id enjoy more consistent updates, patches and just things in general to keep the game from being a grindset, but theyre taking a step in the right direction with eggstra, big run and splatfests

[@Zorconic]

agree, they really should wait to add some stuff until mid season or just add some new things not talked about in the beginning season trailer. I play the game a ton, so I personally don't have an issue with the content added, it's mainly the patches and lack of balance until 3.1

[@SpeedyTatsugiri]

The chrome event in fortnite is literally just splatoon but silver

[@GloogaDualies]

When a new season comes everyone is happy for like a few weeks but then it is just boring after a while with nothing new and then we have to wait for like 1 month and a half for more content but I still love Splatoon anyways

[@cjhill6756]

nah that clip at the end of the video was just downright disrespectful 😂

[@adrianoctavio]

The updates feel extra sloggy if you main a class that gets like no rep. Splatlings have gotten one new weapon in the 8 months of the game, being the zink mini, and that's still not as bad as classes like brellas, stringers, and splatanas have gotten, which is nothing

[@thewarners571]

Gotta love the tears of the kingdom music

[@squiddler7731]

I feel like compared to Splatoon 2, the developers have been a lot slower actually adding new content to the game, and this would be the case even if these seasonal updates had been spaced out better. Splatoon 2 didn't have brellas or all the main weapons at launch, sure, but by this point in that games lifespan they had fixed it and added a ton more new weapons than we've gotten thus far. Specifically there were 4 new weapons at launch (two dualies and two others), and by 8 months in we already had all 5 dualies, all 3 brellas, and a new weapon for the three main classes for a total of 11 brand new main weapons added to the game (as opposed to still only 7 in this game, probably 9 by the time sizzle season comes). They also released a new map every month in splatoon 2 instead of 2 every 3 months (and the new maps we got then are arguably better than the new ones we're getting now)

[@mrmelonman2893]

the game wad rushed like crazy tbh

[@squiddler7731]

@@mrmelonman2893 Debatably? The online is still iffy (it's the first game to use the new system instead of the old 3DS one Nintendo devs were used to), but beyond that it has more content and polish than any other splatoon game at launch, and more content than pretty much every other multiplayer game Nintendo has put out lately (Stuff like Nintendo switch sports and ARMS were more comparable to Splatoon 1). But the older splatoon games all added new content immediately post launch, and they were faster about addressing issues and game balance. This time around the devs seem almost hesitant to change the game too much or add anything that's too new and different. Every new mode added is a temporary one with extremely limited availability, and the weirder weapon classes are getting shafted in favor of shooters (even the ones new to this game)

[@Stupidrobot127]

Was that the bloody tears of the kingdom trailer music in the background

[@Zorconic]

yeah, it got leaked and sounds amazing

[@landen2k7]

I'm not too disappointed with the seasonal updates, tho some have been pretty dry, I'm just worried that by time this game is finished with updates, a lot of the player base will have moved on, because here's still lots they plan on adding, and who knows what else they haven't shared yet.

[@FelineDeskFan13]

Literally just gimme a new weapon kit in the middle of each season and I’ll be happy Or just, y’know, implement custom weapon kits. Maybe into Private Battles and a new ‘Chaos Customs’ mode that’s basically Turf War/Ranked with custom kits that remain separate from normal Turf and Ranked so the meta doesn’t totally shatter

[@Polmo1997]

The only thing that is destroying Splatoon 3 is the community that is only good at complaining, when in reality the game is one of the most consistant shooter on the market that is releasing meaty and steady updates with a good schedule.

[@BasedMamaJames617]

The game is unstable and missing many features at launch (x battles and tableturf) and still now (Gold Dynamo, League, and music from new Splat Bands) since it was rushed to be made. We should had already had new ranked modes for competitive players and mini games for casual players, I feel and dread we'll still have the same 5 since s2. Games lose a lot of players if the devs listen and build their game soley around competitve and pro feedback only, it's one of the reasons Multiversus and Nick All Stars fell so hard by trying to be so difficult to master like Melee. Last the content cycle for Splatoon while lacking is still pretty steller for the base game, the expansion pass's real value is in the dlc story and not some periodic skin/model battle pass system like in Fortnite, so glad the Catalog is free and easy to grind unlike Halo Infinite's battle pass system.

[@sillyveemo]

ngl eggstra work was ok. the same rotations kinda had me bored. i got over it after playing it for not too long

[@kuugo-san6691]

0:50 did anyone else fall for that discord noise?

[@ZeraAxon]

1:36 Genuinely made me laugh

[@Maritime_Memories]

Why did u do the expansion pass dirty like that

[@Stiiizz]

I agree I haven't played Fortnite in a while up until a couple months ago when my friends convinced me to squad up and play zero build so I started and it was fun and the update cycle feels nice splatoon does feel lacking in new stuff I feel 3 at launch I feel could of had at least 1 new ranked mode or something else at launch x battle and league being one of them and of course online table turf

[@Stiiizz]

If I'm gonna have to add to the list of problems eggstra work should of been thought up differently my friends who i play fort with don't even wanna give splatoon a try and it sucks i need people to play with

[@kristopherhayes1957]

Honestly, I was never a fan of the battle pass model. It usually means that if you don't do it in time, you can not get that fun skin, emote, etc. FOREVER. which absolutely SUCKS! It funny that fortnite was mentioned because that was the game I hated for doing that model. Granted, it makes the skins and emotes rare, but for people who play casually or just missed out by outside influences (work, exams, family issues, etc.) It means it never be received because you don't have enough time.

[@clipsladheavyoneslad3941]

I love these weird outros

[@BoulderWraith]

My main problem with the seasons are the stages and weapon kits The kits never interest me nor do most of them seen very good And the stages? Yeah half of the stages suck, whoever they hired for designing them must have been *very* new to the job.

[@ana.wordswordswords]

i dont like how "you had to be there" splat3 is

[@ana.wordswordswords]

its like u blink and miss xtrawork, big run, catalogs, etc

[@ana.wordswordswords]

and also like you said, the first weeks of a new season is the only interesting part

[@ana.wordswordswords]

i think nintendo caters to sweats a little too much

[@kirbiplays]

this has nothing to do with the video but what is going on in the ink vac clip at the end of the video 😭😭

[@Zorconic]

we do a bit of trolling

[@Soeiz]

We can't have something perfect, we should just enjoy the game and not complaining all day ! Playing with friends is alot better than solo

[@mrmelonman2893]

this is the stupidest argument I've heard all day, nothing wrong with criticizing a game you paid 60 dollars for and 20 dollars a year for. If we don't criticize, then how will the game get better? otherwise this franchise will end up in a similar state with Pokémon and sonic in terms of the quality of the game.

[@klaptrap1131]

Just give us weekly weapons back and it’ll fix the problem

[@theguyman5425]

see the seasonal update thing wouldent be super bad if splatoon 3 wasent going to be supported with only 2 YEARS of updates. thats way too short of a time especially for a game like splatoon considering Nintendo's... well, not so good revisions. (if you could even call it that) and the fact that Nintendo is so stubborn with actually improving the game other than for seasonal updates (which aren't even that good at all) makes this game choke, hard. we seriously need map re-works that ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING, more modes that ARE NOT TIME SPECIFIC, and more attention to other more neglected classes cuz shooter privilege is starting to ruin the game. You have 1 more year Nintendo, start doing something good for once.

[@Allen_101]

Splatoon 2’s post launch system worked so much better than Splatoon 3’s. Splatoon 2 was consistent with the updates and added enough every month to fill up the amount of content needed. Packing everything at the start works right after the update but that leaves large content droughts that make the game feel worse. There was no reason to change the Splatoon 2 model.

[@hAze_the_shrimp]

Splatoon 3 is the worst in the series imo bc of the lack of updates. I get so bored and burnt out quickly, compared to Splatoon 2 which kept me around for 4 years

[@triggerhappy4199]

Fr

[@Polmo1997]

Do you remember that after a year of updated, Splatoon 2 followed a seasonal formula akin to 3? And nobody complained

[@bruhderp]

​@@Polmo1997 I fucking Know right. I feel like this Formula has been out from a lot longer than we think but people started complaining just recently.

[@theonelog]

bro forgot that the first 6 months of updates of splat 2 was mostly content from splat 1 that should have been there at launch. After all the splat 1 content was added the game followed a similar formula to 3 without the catalogue and all

[@Polmo1997]

@@bruhderp Even Splatoon 1 followed the same steps after the summer

[@slob5041]

Splatoon isn’t as content rich as they think so it just gets boring inbetween content drops

[@_Pigeon__]

Was this reuploaded?

[@kerlism]

i get i’m a filthy casual, but i’ve genuinely already sort of quit from how dry the game has gotten for me; it doesn’t necessarily feel like there’s enough to keep me interested for 3 months, and no the single balance patch we get doesn’t really save it lol

[@LDAR]

If you miss when you'd buy a game and that's it, the entire game was there, why is mid season so boring to you? The game is there, and you get bonus content.

[@Driftwood-ML]

I honestly think Nintendo designed this system specifically to cause casual players to fall off the game mid season. Folks need to realize that Nintendo's incentives are different than most live service game developers. If a player falls off Destiny for instance, they'll probably spend money on other games but Bungie isn't going to see any of it, so their incentive is to keep them playing Destiny as much as possible. But if a player falls off Splatoon, it's actually very likely they'll end up playing another Nintendo game, or at least something from the eshop which Nintendo gets a cut of (since this player would still have a Switch). It's not nearly as much of a loss for Nintendo if people stop playing for a time. Of course, they do want the player base to be large enough to ensure matchmaking is quick, but having additional players above that level isn't really necessary for them. In all honesty Nintendo probably makes less money off of the hard core Splatoon fans (which includes me btw) than casual players because of this. Also before anyone argues that this could apply to Fortnite/Epic, Fortnite is Epic's money maker. I'm pretty sure the Epic game store is still operating at a loss. That's very different than the situation with Splatoon/Nintendo. Splatoon is successful but it's easily overshadowed by several other Nintendo IPs. Hell it's not even their most popular online game (Mario Kart beats it easily).

[@chaosjoey123]

The networking isn't the thing destroying Splatoon?

[@chaosjoey123]

It's a 8 player game with 16 ticks a second, while Fortnite is a 100 player game with 30 ticks a second. And that's just scratching the surface

[@PotatoWizard_]

Switch sports gives you the rest of the game you paid for as ‘free updates’ yeah right bucko.

[@mbenes11]

Umm... They did this before Fortnite

[@Owen_005]

Gotta disagree on Splatoon 3 having the best launch ever Like 60% of the game was old assets but worse The seasonal update model does suck tho and I miss 2’s updates and splatfests New weapons, stage, shifty station and splatfest within about every month of 2’s first 2 years And a half 3 on the other hand just recycles already boring content and rarely releases all new content

[@bryski7785]

good video but try to use less sound effects please

[@W_H_Y]

PLEASE I BEG OF YOU GIVE ME MY GOLD DYNAMO

[@whitehom]

Polaz

[@ImTheRealFlash]

fortineinty la pabajii

[@hAze_the_shrimp]

THANK YOU

[@pogpog1543]

bro this has to many sound effects, its kinda distracting

[@YoumiiZen]

Why complain? Sploon 1 and 2 never had seasons

[@HeDronHeDronHedron]

Yeah and that was so much better than now

[@ShurikanBlade]

first

[@母狗毁灭者]

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

[@Zorconic]

agreed

[@Bibbop]

Fortnite is better splatoon?

[@fartmaster9000]

the gold dynamo actually is in the game's code, i saw someone find it a few days ago.

[@pokemok1234790]

I don't mind Splatoon having this in the game but I have had a hard time filling out my catalog and sometimes I can't make it all the way to 100 I can only make it too late 80 or something and it sucks because I want to get everything but I can't because i don't have the time to get everything and I feel like Fortnite kind of ruin the fun out of the games made nowdays. Plus i think (battle passes are just a waste of money)hopefully Splatoon can adjust the leveling up faster so we can all to get the stuff before each season😢😭