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.
Have you seen the specs of the switch 2? Why does Nintendo keep getting away with charging premium for dated hardware with mediocre specs? I get the games are good but come on
The hardware really isn’t dated though. Remember this is a handheld, not a console, and it’s using a newly designed custom Nvidia chip. Mainstream audiences aren’t going to be deeply analyzing the specs. They’re just going to look at the games. And the games look very good and are running at 4K.
Indeed I should have said “up to 4K” and of course that is usually going to require using Nvidia’s excellent DLSS tech. But at the end of the day, the results are a visual treat. Again, mainstream consumers don’t think about stuff like this. It’s a solid upgrade over Switch. Thing is going to sell out instantly and be hard to get for a year just like the original regardless of what we think.
people buy them for the motion sensors and the games. the tech is irrelevant. The NES was ancient tech when it came out.
Most of the games on PS are too hard and/or inappropriate for children.
You’re gonna have a very hard time convincing me that even a proportionality of switch owners bought it for the motion sensors. Let’s see some numbers.
I also don’t understand how you can say that and “the tech is irrelevant“ in the same comment? Those two ideas bump.
If your argument is “Nintendo is for kids“ I think you’re going to have a hard time selling me on that one too. “PS is too hard and inappropriate for children” is definitely a novel argument I’ll give you that.
No the greatest strength Nintendo has is its first party library. Full stop. Want to play Mario? Gotta have a Nintendo. Want to play Zelda? Still Nintendo. Etc
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I don’t think $500 for a Switch 2 and Mario Kart World is outrageous at all.
Have you seen the specs of the switch 2? Why does Nintendo keep getting away with charging premium for dated hardware with mediocre specs? I get the games are good but come on
The hardware really isn’t dated though. Remember this is a handheld, not a console, and it’s using a newly designed custom Nvidia chip. Mainstream audiences aren’t going to be deeply analyzing the specs. They’re just going to look at the games. And the games look very good and are running at 4K.
I guarantee you anything that is “4K“ on Nintendo requires a lot of caveats
Indeed I should have said “up to 4K” and of course that is usually going to require using Nvidia’s excellent DLSS tech. But at the end of the day, the results are a visual treat. Again, mainstream consumers don’t think about stuff like this. It’s a solid upgrade over Switch. Thing is going to sell out instantly and be hard to get for a year just like the original regardless of what we think.
Oh so you don’t like it when other people seem to pull arguments out of their ass but then it’s ok when you go ahead and do it?
Ok, please describe your playtesting experience with 4K games on Switch 2.
What on earth are you referencing and what’s with all the hostility? Ease off the gas dude
people buy them for the motion sensors and the games. the tech is irrelevant. The NES was ancient tech when it came out. Most of the games on PS are too hard and/or inappropriate for children.
You’re gonna have a very hard time convincing me that even a proportionality of switch owners bought it for the motion sensors. Let’s see some numbers.
I also don’t understand how you can say that and “the tech is irrelevant“ in the same comment? Those two ideas bump.
If your argument is “Nintendo is for kids“ I think you’re going to have a hard time selling me on that one too. “PS is too hard and inappropriate for children” is definitely a novel argument I’ll give you that.
No the greatest strength Nintendo has is its first party library. Full stop. Want to play Mario? Gotta have a Nintendo. Want to play Zelda? Still Nintendo. Etc
Just an FYI, Sony is raising the price of the PS5.
I knew that. Is this supposed to be some sort of trap to show I’m inconsistent or something?