Nintendo [Switch 2]

Its just Mario Kart that is priced at $80, DK is priced at $70 based off preorders on retailer sites so I expect $70 to be the standard price for switch 2 games(and... everywhere else for AAA releases)... and potentially a $10 upcharge for physical carts(which I will pay over going digital).
I assume MK is including track updates and such in its price so its not a DLC purchase this time to justify its higher price tag

I plan on getting a switch 2 eventually, it might end up delaying my pickup of Metroid Prime 4 though since I will play it on switch 2. Other franchises I will be watching for are Zelda, Fire Emblem and Xenoblade. Won't get anything third party unless its an exclusive IP with no chance of going to PC.

will debate the upgraded version purchases for the games that have them(hopefully they are optional for extra content since some games are going over for free).

hoping switch 1 pro controllers will work with switch 2, the new controller has no must have feature for function after all.

Nintendo became lazy and greedy. I'm non buynary,

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No thanks I am not paying £499 for a handheld with no games

I think Nintendo can go fuck themselves over. Even their games are good they're certainly not essential to my daily life. I can very well live on without them.

You know what Diogenes said about learning to live eating lentils to not have to live being subservient to a king? It's pretty much the same thing here, except lentils in this case is a gigantic amount of other games to play instead of Nintendo ones. And that's not even taking into account many other ways to entertain oneself. Also Nintendo is more like a filthy greedy scammer than a king.

I never owned a console, they can all f off with them and their utopic game prices :-D

Nintendo is an Island company. I don't care about their games anymore.

By principle, if they want to charge more than I spend in a whole month on groceries for a single game, I won't buy it. If I want it, I will wait for the emulator folks to work their magic. I can afford it, it's just against my principles.

Hmm. I’m also against the price increase, but since I haven’t bought any Nintendo games for over ten years, I’m not in a position to complain. If games become higher quality, it's inevitable that development costs will rise. However, we have Steam. Let’s play on Steam.

By the way, when purchasing Japanese games in the U.S., is there a 24% tariff (from Japan) applied to the games...?

I never bought any Nintendo console or game so I don't see why I would start now that they've become extra pricey, specially knowing that us third worlders will probably have to pay like 50% more than in first world countries. But even then the sheer balls on Nintendo to price their handheld that close to the range of a handheld PC, specially when Valve, Asus, or any other could turn around and match their price-tag with a better product; if their little gamble fails it could fail miserably.

Although it was fun seeing Sega poking fun at them by pointing out that their upcoming mascot racer is releasing on all platforms, including the original Switch. I imagine they must have been a bit salty when they heard that it's called Mario Kart World when theirs is named Sonic Racing CrossWorlds, after all both companies are supposed to be in good terms these days and picking a subtitle that similar must have felt like a backstab.

They make decent games, but not decent enough to be worth more than anyone else in the competition, and not outstanding enough to be worth buying an exclusive console, and no excuse to not post them on pc of all platforms when they are coded there. Nintendo and the switch/2 are trash and have become greedier than anyone in the competition, it's disgusting. For that reason, Barbara is out.

None of today's self-proclaimed superpowers can afford to export or import, grow leisure time and enjoy the game.🙄
After all, I can envision a slow transition amidst a roar of condemnation when the topic of only being able to play games on new hardware comes up.

🤔<Can't wait for the time when there is no labor exploitation scam tool called earth money?
Wonder if people have a hobby of fighting rather than getting along when they have enough time and ..to live.
Culture and art come from ample leisure time and a generous lifestyle.
It is interesting to see the period of countries that had such “leisure” in their lives.
But things have been going wrong for about a quarter of a century.

But I'll leave it at that, since I naturally don't have a Nintendo Switch or 2 and have no plans to buy one.😅

I like Nintendo games (particularly Metroid and Splatoon), but not so much the company itself. They always seem to be looking for new ways to screw or ignore their customers.

Also, I'm 100% physical on game consoles (don't trust their online ecosystems), and between Nintendo releasing tons of DLC for some games and then never releasing complete physical carts, all while keeping prices high for the incomplete versions, I often don't feel like it's even worth buying some Nintendo games in the first place.

No Animal Crossing = no buy.

Never had a Switch, but I'll pick up a Switch 2 at some point, so I can finally play all the Bayonetta games and a few others. Not a fan of the game prices, but it is what it is. Nintendo being Nintendo. The backward compatibility is a gigantic plus. I wouldn't even consider getting one if it didn't have BC.

I had a Switch and Mario Odyssey was great. Breath of the Wild was nice, but the breaking mechanic really didn't click with me. Not going to buy a Switch 2 (especially not for 500 bucks), but I keep an eye out if any really neat game comes out for it that might make me buy it later for a lower price.

Bloodborne 2 with a rebrand since $ony won't let them use the name, will be a system seller.

If it is one of the Switch 2 game bundle options, then I'll probably do so. If not, then I'll wait.

Either way, $70 is already a non-starter for me, for any game. Actually, $60 was already a non-starter as well outside of two very specific games (Elden Ring/Baldur's Gate 3). $80 is a hell no. My FOMO is not even close to being that strong.

I'm on two lists to pre-order but I'm not really interested in one for myself. I'll just use being a good customer in these stores to make others happy. Not as a scalper.

I won't bother to own one. Since I got my Deck I haven't touched my Switch even once. Not for the latest Zelda game or anything else. Right now only Metroid would have potential to make me weak again.

But the hardware seems pretty solid. If Nintendo finally manages 4k in docked mode, I can't wait what a Deck 2 will achieve in the future.