It also offers nothing compelling for the hardcore Nintendo fan unless they just like to collect Nintendo stuff. No new Zelda, Mario, Luigi, Animal Crossing or Smash. I think Nintendo completely misunderstood the market. Mario Kart 8 is the best selling game on the Switch 1. So Nintendo probably thought they should focus on MK for the Switch 2 launch. But MK8 was not the main reason people got the Switch. Like for example they got the Switch for Animal Crossing and then bought Mario Kart as a side game. Mario Kart is universally like by Nintendo fans it’s just not a game that is on top of people’s wishlist. Nintendo fans don’t want to buy a new Nintendo console just for Mario Kart or Donkey Kong.
Price isn’t the main reason why sales are dropping. I doubt that every Nintendo fan with the means to buy one already has one. Most are just waiting for a game they actually want to play.
It offers the ability to play a lot of your Switch 1 games with much better performance. I’ve been really enjoying TOTK at 4k60. I think that was a draw for a lot of more hardcore Nintendo fans at the systems launch.
Also Donkey Kong is the spiritual successor to Mario Odyssey. If you liked that game you should definitely be into the new DK. I think Nintendo did a terrible job of messaging on that point, though.
That said, lack of content was the main point of the comment I was replying to. However, I think the huge price increase over Switch is equally as important at this time when people have less and less purchasing power.
Also it is available. It’s not like PS5 that you had to get when it appeared for sale or wait years, if you change your mind now you can just place an order, or if you bother to go outside you can just walk into any shop that sells consoles and have one this afternoon.
Availability allows people to ponder in peace, the pressure of missing out sell a lot of things.
I think both are huge factors. If I had the money, I probably wouldn’t pick it up, but if I had the money to blow and there were a bunch of games yeah I might. I picked up the switch 1 and botw after a Saturday of overtime, and it was a great decision since a year later there was a pandemic, but the splurge money ain’t coming and there’s no games I’d drop several hundred dollars to play
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This right here. The Switch 2 offers nothing compelling the more casual Nintendo fans, and is a huge purchase comparatively.
It also offers nothing compelling for the hardcore Nintendo fan unless they just like to collect Nintendo stuff. No new Zelda, Mario, Luigi, Animal Crossing or Smash. I think Nintendo completely misunderstood the market. Mario Kart 8 is the best selling game on the Switch 1. So Nintendo probably thought they should focus on MK for the Switch 2 launch. But MK8 was not the main reason people got the Switch. Like for example they got the Switch for Animal Crossing and then bought Mario Kart as a side game. Mario Kart is universally like by Nintendo fans it’s just not a game that is on top of people’s wishlist. Nintendo fans don’t want to buy a new Nintendo console just for Mario Kart or Donkey Kong.
Price isn’t the main reason why sales are dropping. I doubt that every Nintendo fan with the means to buy one already has one. Most are just waiting for a game they actually want to play.
It offers the ability to play a lot of your Switch 1 games with much better performance. I’ve been really enjoying TOTK at 4k60. I think that was a draw for a lot of more hardcore Nintendo fans at the systems launch.
Also Donkey Kong is the spiritual successor to Mario Odyssey. If you liked that game you should definitely be into the new DK. I think Nintendo did a terrible job of messaging on that point, though.
That said, lack of content was the main point of the comment I was replying to. However, I think the huge price increase over Switch is equally as important at this time when people have less and less purchasing power.
Also it is available. It’s not like PS5 that you had to get when it appeared for sale or wait years, if you change your mind now you can just place an order, or if you bother to go outside you can just walk into any shop that sells consoles and have one this afternoon.
Availability allows people to ponder in peace, the pressure of missing out sell a lot of things.
I think both are huge factors. If I had the money, I probably wouldn’t pick it up, but if I had the money to blow and there were a bunch of games yeah I might. I picked up the switch 1 and botw after a Saturday of overtime, and it was a great decision since a year later there was a pandemic, but the splurge money ain’t coming and there’s no games I’d drop several hundred dollars to play