What bargains have you picked up? (Sony Interactive Entertainment)The Wednesday letters page worries that Trumps tariffs will delay the reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2, as a reader looks forward to Indiana Jones at Christmas.To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.ukUnexpected bargainIts been a fairly unexciting Black Friday so far, despite my hopes that I might be able to pick up a Nintendo Switch cheap, but I have found a few bargains. I got Spider-Man 2 for 43.50 from the PlayStation Store and EA Sports FC 25 for 35 at the same time. Im thinking about getting Star Wars Outlaws too, which seems to be floating around 40 at most stores.These are pretty good deals but unlike previous years I havent seen anything super cheap that tempts me. Therere usually some games for 10 to 20 that I decide to take a gamble one but theres been nothing like that this year thats taken my fancy. Suicide Squad is the only 2024 game in that price range and thats certainly not something Id pay any amount for.Interested to hear what other peoples experiences are though and if they can recommend any other deals. I feel like trying something unique, that I wouldnt usually because of the price, but Im not seeing anything like at the moment.SoldatBad timingAll this talk about the Nintendo Switch 2 being unveiled in January might make logical sense but people dont seem to be taking seriously all this tariff talk from Trump. He said this week itd be 35% from China, which is a huge increase in the cost of anything made there, including all video game consoles.I dont see Nintendo announcing the Switch until they know exactly whats going on, because how are they going to look if they say that Switch 2 is $300, or whatever, and then a month later they have to increase the price by a third because Trump came into office?That is a disaster waiting to happen for them and could kill the whole console in the publics eyes. Nintendo are a cautious company when it comes to business and I dont see them willing to take any chances with a situation as volatile as this. It wouldnt shock me if the Switch 2 was delayed into the autumn or even 2026.GablinChristmas adventureKudos wheres deserved. As long as the Indiana Jones game turns out well (and based on your preview thats looking promising), Microsofts actually done a decent job of an end of year line-up.People seem to like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, and once the capacity issues on Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 are fixed that seems like it will please people into flying (not me personally).Call Of Duty isnt something that generally appeals to me but as Im likely to resubscribe to Game Pass for Indie, having two campaigns to play through in December is good. Also, something about Indy feels like it fits a Xmas break.TimEmail your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.ukTime is a flat circleIm not sure I understand the point of the Zelda timeline. None of the games reference each other (except Breath Of The Wild and Tears Of The Kingdom, which arent on the timeline) so what does it matter? Nintendo could make a typo with their list, and nobody would ever be able to prove it didnt make sense or was obviously wrong.Theres barely any story in any of these games anyway, so I really dont think you want to be tied down by continuity as well. As usual, fans focus on completely the wrong things, potentially distracting the creators from doing the stuff that matters. Imagine if Nintendo decided not to do an idea or add a feature because it wouldnt fit the timeline. None of that matters, only the game.NestorAlternative dimensionThose Metroid Prime rumours sound pretty convincing, so I look forward to more remasters. I hope they put as much effort into them as they did the excellent first one, as Id never played any of them before but I loved that and have become a little obsessed with the series now.I do wonder what the future of 2D Metroids are though. Metroid Dread was a big hit, bigger than Nintendo expected, but weve heard nothing about any kind of follow-up. I would like both styles to continue, as theyre both quite different and yet Nintendo dont seem to make any Metroid game very often.Hopefully, if Metroid Prime 4 is successful then Nintendo will start to go bigger on the franchise and well get more new games more often.JoscLack of dino crisisI really dont understand why Capcom is so averse to giving Dino Crisis another go. It took till now to get it properly on modern formats but theres still no sign of a remaster or remake or sequel.I know dinomania was strong in the 90s, thanks to Jurassic Park, but the Jurassic World films were all very successful, even if they werent very good, and theres a new trilogy coming up as well. With a female protagonist no less, so now we can pretend its an official Dino Crisis film.If they did a new game, Im sure itd be very different to the originals, so whatever problems they have with the original gameplay being outdated is irrelevant. Basically, all it needs to do is have dinosaurs in it, and be a survival horror, and its Dino Crisis game, everything else can changed.Although, how were the dinosaurs there, originally? Was it a time machine or cloning like Jurassic Park? I think it was a time machine and so they were actual dinosaurs and not lab-made ones.GeoffreyGC: It involved a space-time vortex, or something, so they were real dinosaurs from the past.Double threatI see Mass Effect director Casey Hudson has had to shut down his studio before even getting to announce a game. Apparently they couldnt get all the funding they need. Yet more proof that the whole business of making games is completely messed up. He shouldve had investors knocking at his door but now what will happen? Hell give up making games or go back and work at EA or something?After Dragon Age: The Veilguard didnt blow the doors off I wouldnt be surprised if EA were ready to shut down BioWare entirely, or at least cut them down to a shadow of themselves. What was their last hit? Dragon Age Inquisition almost a decade ago? If I was a bean counter Id be sharpening the knives and thats unfortunate.AustinLet them cookI really hate to see people cheering on acquisitions. There was plenty of that going on when Xbox was buying Activision Blizzard and what did that lead to, exactly as GC predicted? Hundreds of redundancies. Not to mention Xbox giving up any sense of competing with PlayStation, with their new multiformat policy. In short, it was a disaster.This company that owns FromSoftware isnt big enough to cause that kind of trouble but its still not going to be good news. As Phil Spencer is now learning (but apparently never predicted) once you spend a lot of money on buying a company your boss and investors expect you to make that money back very quickly.This will put huge pressure on FromSoftware to make new games as quickly as possible and that is going to have an obvious effect on quality. I wouldnt be surprised if Hidetaka Miyazaki ended up leaving as soon as his contract allowed, just like all the execs from Activision Blizzard did, and then where will we be?A developer needs two things: plenty of funding and to be left alone to do their own thing. Sure, the publisher has to make sure theyre actually working on something they cant waste years just prototyping or whatever but it should be a loose leash thats kept on them as much as possible.I feel its a shame theyre even owned by a larger company, let alone that larger company now being owned by Sony. Maybe the deal wont go through but if it doesnt the target is already on their back and someone else will step in after Sony to try and buy them instead.CranstonInbox also-ransI find it very hard to imagine that any of Segas plans for movies are going to work. They just dont make any sense, given most of these games didnt have a story. And not even just the old ones, whats the plot of Crazy Taxi thats going to be winning it an Oscar?FuttermanI remember a reader questioned recently why other publishers dont try and copy Animal Crossing, given its been such a massive hit. I agree it doesnt make much sense, no matter whether you care about the game or not, but apparently Ubisoft is rumoured to be making one with the codename Alterra. May be too little too late though.Tom MeadowsMore TrendingEmail your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.ukThe small printNew Inbox updates appear every weekday morning, with special Hot Topic Inboxes at the weekend. 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