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Join the Press X Discord: https://discord.gg/MAXtvmv2rw 

Topics:

• Press X wins at Switch 2 preorders

• Nintendo Switch System Update Ver. 20.0.0 adds Virtual Game Card & System Transfer to Switch 2 https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/22525/~/nintendo-switch-system-update-information#current

• Virtual Game Card stops the same game from being played online on two Switch consoles https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switchs-new-virtual-game-card-system-stops-the-same-game-being-played-online-on-two-switch-consoles/

• Default Switch profile icons were updated https://x.com/OatmealDome/status/1917391209967821073

• eShop Best Sellers list reorganized https://kotaku.com/slop-nintendo-switch-eshop-best-seller-firmware-update-1851778523

• Survey of around 60,000 Japanese respondents shows Switch 2 drawing success rates (scroll down)

• Toyo Securities analyst Hideki Yasuda: Switch 2 launch sales in Japan likely between 800K-1M units, which "can be translated to around 5 million in the first week globally. That speed is unprecedented." https://archive.md/1QKcl

• Borderlands 4 now launches September 12 and received a PlayStation State of Play https://blog.playstation.com/2025/04/30/borderlands-4-revealing-vault-hunter-skills-new-planet-kairos-and-more/

• EA Lays Off 300-400 Employees, Including About 100 at Respawn; Incubated Titanfall Project Canceled - Bloomberg 

• Jeff Grubb’s take https://x.com/JeffGrubb/status/1917273189001974166

• GOG adds Breath of Fire IV and many Star Wars games to its GOG Preservation Program https://www.gog.com/en/gog-preservation-program

• Square, Capcom, Taito, & Sega Promising To Preserve Their Past A "Fabrication" Claims GPS https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/04/claims-that-square-capcom-taito-and-sega-are-promising-to-preserve-their-past-a-fabrication-claims-gps

Questions from Discord: 

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What we’re playing:

Mary: :)

John: Lunar Remastered Collection, SaGa Frontier Remastered, Star Wars: Battlefront

Greg: Rivals, Rock’n’Roll Racing, COD, Rocket League 

Brett L: Assassins Creed Shadows (beat) Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Brett M: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33