Retail pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 will begin on April 24, 2025. At launch, the price for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will remain as announced on April 2 at $449.99, and the Nintendo Switch 2 + Mario Kart World bundle will remain as announced…
Prices for accessories will be increasing to compensate for tariffs.
… It’s using modern hardware, with specs that are entirely reasonable for being a handheld. The fuck are you expecting, a ps6 that you stick in your pocket for $200?
Then what exactly are you expecting?
The market for new consoles is currently:
Switch 2: $449
Xbox Series S: $299, less resolution/less fps, less powerful than the switch 2
Xbox Series X: $499, more expensive, same resolution/fps, more powerful (tflops) than switch 2, 15.7x the size
PS5: $499, more expensive, same resolution, more fps, more powerful (tflops) than switch 2 but less so than series x, 24x the size
The switch 2 was positioned, and announced, as a portable console capable of similar power levels as one console generation ago, and it overdelivered- the common comparison is that it’s more powerful than a PS4. For a handheld, that is absurdly good, and the price is certainly in line with the rest of the market. The literal only outlier is the Series S being significantly cheaper, which tracks considering the switch 2 is more powerful than it, while being a handheld.
PS5 digital - which is exactly the same but no disc drive - is $400. I don’t know why you left that out except…well yeah it’s obvious why. Because it’s cheaper than a switch 2.
I can also guarantee you you’ll get a Series X for $450 before you’ll get a switch 2 for that price, which will inevitably be scalped to hell for months to come. So the switch 2 will be the 3rd most expensive console on the market behind the PS5 Pro and the Xbox Series X at best, likely just the PS5 pro.
Also: neither Sony nor Microsoft charges $80 for a standard edition game. And let me tell you, I hate Microsoft in particular so it chaps my ass to give them any credit.
Series S is $299 here, unless you’re getting used.
PS5 digital is hardly apples to oranges, considering the Switch 2 isn’t offering a cartridgeless version.
I also like your arguement about the switch 2 somehow being lesser because it’s going to get scalped, very pointedly ignoring the PS5-shaped scalper elephant in the window. I guess I spoke too soon in the other post- you didn’t manage to delete all examples of cutting Sony and MS a break, you’ve got one right here!
As for the price, sony and microsoft charge $70 for a standard edition game, but also often incomplete and requiring extra money from ‘DLC’ or ‘premium/deluxe’ editions to actually be properly playable/have the baseline plot/lore, which nintendo doesn’t do.
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For how long in the tooth/dated the specs are? Yes, outrageously priced.
… It’s using modern hardware, with specs that are entirely reasonable for being a handheld. The fuck are you expecting, a ps6 that you stick in your pocket for $200?
that’s outrageous example request makes it clear you’re not actually entertaining any sort of counter argument
Then what exactly are you expecting? The market for new consoles is currently:
Switch 2: $449
Xbox Series S: $299, less resolution/less fps, less powerful than the switch 2
Xbox Series X: $499, more expensive, same resolution/fps, more powerful (tflops) than switch 2, 15.7x the size
PS5: $499, more expensive, same resolution, more fps, more powerful (tflops) than switch 2 but less so than series x, 24x the size
The switch 2 was positioned, and announced, as a portable console capable of similar power levels as one console generation ago, and it overdelivered- the common comparison is that it’s more powerful than a PS4. For a handheld, that is absurdly good, and the price is certainly in line with the rest of the market. The literal only outlier is the Series S being significantly cheaper, which tracks considering the switch 2 is more powerful than it, while being a handheld.
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I don’t where you are but in the US:
Switch 2 will be $450
Xbox Series S is $250, not $300
PS5 digital - which is exactly the same but no disc drive - is $400. I don’t know why you left that out except…well yeah it’s obvious why. Because it’s cheaper than a switch 2.
I can also guarantee you you’ll get a Series X for $450 before you’ll get a switch 2 for that price, which will inevitably be scalped to hell for months to come. So the switch 2 will be the 3rd most expensive console on the market behind the PS5 Pro and the Xbox Series X at best, likely just the PS5 pro.
Also: neither Sony nor Microsoft charges $80 for a standard edition game. And let me tell you, I hate Microsoft in particular so it chaps my ass to give them any credit.
Series S is $299 here, unless you’re getting used. PS5 digital is hardly apples to oranges, considering the Switch 2 isn’t offering a cartridgeless version.
I also like your arguement about the switch 2 somehow being lesser because it’s going to get scalped, very pointedly ignoring the PS5-shaped scalper elephant in the window. I guess I spoke too soon in the other post- you didn’t manage to delete all examples of cutting Sony and MS a break, you’ve got one right here!
As for the price, sony and microsoft charge $70 for a standard edition game, but also often incomplete and requiring extra money from ‘DLC’ or ‘premium/deluxe’ editions to actually be properly playable/have the baseline plot/lore, which nintendo doesn’t do.
Where is “here”?
The PS5 digital omission was massive and you know it.