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If Nintendo is pricing at $400, for PS4 tech, when you could now get a PS5 for less, that is actually a pretty bad proposition for home console players.
 
If Nintendo is pricing at $400, for PS4 tech, when you could now get a PS5 for less, that is actually a pretty bad proposition for home console players.
Key word home console. From what I've read, it will be somewhere in between Series S and PS4 Pro when docked. Also, that $400 PS5 is digital only and comes with 1 controller. Switch 2 will come with 2 controllers again and let you use cartridges and you can play it without a TV in the middle of nowhere if you want to. If you are only a solo gamer and don't care about physical and don't ever want to play without a TV and you don't care about any amazing Nintendo games then sure, a PS5 digital is a better value.
 
It’s going to be a hard sell for normies, I’m sorry to say. The same kinds of people who were confused by the wii u and didn’t understand why they should upgrade are going to look at the switch 2 and its nearly half a grand asking price and wonder the same thing. And there’s a lot more competition in the hybrid console space these days, with the steam deck and its many knockoffs, as well as whatever handhelds Sony & MS have cooking.

I’m a mark for Nintendo tbh and I will buy anything that plays Nintendo games, but normies and casuals, which make up a huge proportion of current switch owners, need more reasons to buy this thing. Magnetic joycons and upscaled graphics ain’t it. And they need to announce this thing yesterday because the leaks are just going to get more substantial over the coming weeks.
 
It’s going to be a hard sell for normies, I’m sorry to say. The same kinds of people who were confused by the wii u and didn’t understand why they should upgrade are going to look at the switch 2 and its nearly half a grand asking price and wonder the same thing. And there’s a lot more competition in the hybrid console space these days, with the steam deck and its many knockoffs, as well as whatever handhelds Sony & MS have cooking.

I’m a mark for Nintendo tbh and I will buy anything that plays Nintendo games, but normies and casuals, which make up a huge proportion of current switch owners, need more reasons to buy this thing. Magnetic joycons and upscaled graphics ain’t it. And they need to announce this thing yesterday because the leaks are just going to get more substantial over the coming weeks.
The crossover of a Nintendo console and steam deck is probably pretty small and largely the hardcore gaming audience (me, I have both). I agree though, the ultra casual market likely won't adopt for a few years, but that has been seen on Playstation too with like half of PS+ subscribers being PS4 only. I think there are a lot of gamers who don't want to play PS3 quality graphics on a 7 year old handheld console and are dying for something new. I've literally been buying switch games and mostly waiting to play them on switch 2 in the hopes they get upscaled. The switch 2 will have a large launch and first year and then will gain footing over time as the casuals filter in.

I do think it could be a tough sell with it looking mostly identical. Certain parents likely will think they don't need it because they already have something that looks so similar.
 
I do think it could be a tough sell with it looking mostly identical. Certain parents likely will think they don't need it because they already have something that looks so similar.
Times have changed. Something like 70% of parents play video games. Video games are not new, many people that are now parents played video games as kids (and continue to play them).
And getting information out to people has changed dramatically. You no longer rely on them catching a commercial on TV. Viral marketing gets the info in front of people.
 
My two switch household (oled for me and lcd for the kid) will need something more than 4k to motivate an upgrade. Without some new exclusive title, I'm more likely to upgrade my steamdeck to an oled before the switch 2. There's simply more to play on the steamdeck and the switch is perfectly fine (especially in handheld mode).
 
It’s not gonna light the world on fire but unifying their handheld and console offerings is the best move Nintendo has made in years. The unified offerings of only a single release of say Mario Kart or Animal Crossing has a huge draw IMO. In addition to that fact I think this helped them absolutely nailing down new game release pace. For the first few years they had a great pace of 1 release a month from their first party offerings, just as one was slowing down the next release was right there.

I don’t see the Switch 2 outselling the original, but I think it’ll do alright. I don’t see it being a WiiU level flop.
 
If Nintendo is pricing at $400, for PS4 tech, when you could now get a PS5 for less, that is actually a pretty bad proposition for home console players.
yikes bro.

You think this has been a good console generation for PS5 and XBSX owners? Let's see an owner's satisfaction survey. We had to buy our own SSDs and they failed to deliver on pre-2020 promises. of AAA + HDR, HRR (120 fps gaming), 4K60, and raytracing. All we got was 'load times'. On our cut-down pseudo-PCs from 2018. Costs and accessorization also rose dramatically.

1-2 great games are going to be what moves systems for core gamers, and then into normie households due to trends and tastes. We already know that they're coming.
 
I'm going to lose my mind when next gen Metroid Prime 4 is out. It would break me as a "must play" immediately for a new console.

My only wish is that Nintendo would have done Switch remakes for Metroid Prime 2 and 3. Other than that, they've pretty much over-delivered on all kinds of remakes and re-releases that we missed.
 
Times have changed. Something like 70% of parents play video games. Video games are not new, many people that are now parents played video games as kids (and continue to play them).
And getting information out to people has changed dramatically. You no longer rely on them catching a commercial on TV. Viral marketing gets the info in front of people.
Most people don't watch regular TV anymore so the only places they'd find commercials even on would be pluto and such. Netflix and Hulu if they don't pay for ad free. Otherwise commercials will go the way of the dinosaur. And they have no one to blame but themselves.

Depending on interests and ad placements I assume most people are more likely to see an ad for a game on insert their social media here ____ anyway.
 
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My oldest son and I both have $400 stashed away for a Switch 2, we have just been waiting on the announcement for over a year now. We are assuming they will be about $400. We are already planning to buy 2 of them on day one. I can't imagine we are the only ones, I think this thing should sell pretty well, especially if it drops with Mario Odyssey 2 or something similar.
 
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Yeah, I’m a Nintendo fan too. Nintendo games are going to sell the system, not tech specs, as it should be, but just stating an objective fact. For people that just use this as a home console, paying $400 for PS4-PS4 Pro tech is still a raw deal. Unifying handheld and home console development is what saved Nintendo after they Wii U, and they should still develop games that way, but I do think they should offer a home console only version just as they offer a handheld only version. If they go to $500, that is the point I see them having issues selling. Allowing different options would let them stay more price competitive, at the cost of a little more brand confusion and inventory fulfillment work. I don’t see them launching with 3 SKUs, so I know its unlikely, us home console players will continue carrying that weight I guess.
 
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People remember the Switch as having a great launch lineup but largely thanks to the Wii U (Breath of the Wild and Mario Kart).
Mario Odyssey 2 and a new Mario Kart (with a single player adventure mode, PLEASE! Diddy Kong Racing FTW) as next-gen exclusives releasing within 3-4 months of launch would be enough to move plenty of units.

I am hoping to resist the urge for a day 1 buy since we all know limited edition and/or game bundles will come.
 
so like for the naysayers on Switch 2 adoption rate: what happens when they announce new Animal Crossing for Switch 2? What you think happens then hmm?

or a truly next gen Pokemon?

I think some of you guys look at this stuff the wrong way. Nintendo and other JP studios have streamlined operations and hit modern game development in full stride. They also aren't defeating themselves with GAAS. That's all it takes; don't treat us like idiots. Customers will go where the good consoles are. The real issue I think I see people experiencing on here is that they are getting older, and falling out of love with video games.

The BIGGEST change by far which I notice, is that people have gotten so dumb, with their credit cards their spending and auto-renewal, that they don't even realize how much they're spending on modern consoles. While getting no extra value. But deep deep down inside they know it. and that is why they are so entrenched, and hesitant towards getting onto any other additional console's service.

I'm here just trying to avoid those fee-centric companies and services from now on. Don't care; have endless amount of entertainment to buy, enjoy, and invest in.
 
I mean, Animal Crossing on switch sold tens of millions because it was the perfect pandemic-era game to play while everyone was forced to live like hermits. So what happens when the next Animal Crossing releases? It sells about half as many copies as the last game regardless of how successful the switch 2 is.

That’s another thing that doesn’t get mentioned enough actually. What happens when the Nintendo shareholders see yearly profits declining due to Covid being over and consumers have less time and less disposable income from things like stimulus checks and child tax credits? Nintendo and Sony sold a ton of consoles during the pandemic to a lot of people who otherwise wouldn’t have bought them. The Switch 2 won’t have that advantage, and instead there is the huge question mark of tariffs and their effects to contemplate.

And Nintendo hasn’t defeated themselves with GAAS yet, but they have certainly dipped their toes in the water. Every Mario sports title on switch had a yearlong update release plan in place after launch. Mario Kart 8 had 2 years of DLC released periodically like a live service game. Even Splatoon and Smash had live service elements. Once the profits start drying up for Nintendo over the next few years, would it really be that surprising to see Nintendo doubling down on this kind of stuff? It’s like free money basically, because the average consumer, especially younger ones, actually LIKE this model of content distribution. And that’s not even taking our freedom-loving friends in China into account, where GAAS gatcha trash is very much the norm and expected. Nintendo like any other company would do anything for a piece of that massive Chinese market.

I no longer trust in the wisdom of the market to choose winners and losers tbh. Consumers, as a monolithic whole, have proven themselves to be morons. It’s hard to always listen to normies complain about inflation and cost of living and poison in our food & water supply while they buy a $10 caffeinated milkshake from Starbucks every morning, then come home and sit in front of their Fortnite or Fortnite-inspired Skinner Box all night long and spend real money on waifus and skins that don’t even exist.
 
Devil's advocate on that last part - DLC is no more or less authentic than video games in general (especially digital ones). I definitely have very little interest in gachas or cosmetic DLC, but if people are satisfied with what they get, then far be it for me to judge.
 
I mean, Animal Crossing on switch sold tens of millions because it was the perfect pandemic-era game to play while everyone was forced to live like hermits. So what happens when the next Animal Crossing releases? It sells about half as many copies as the last game regardless of how successful the switch 2 is.
Bird flu + Trump + Switch 2. Everything's coming up Milhouse.
 
It’s hard to always listen to normies complain about inflation and cost of living and poison in our food & water supply while they buy a $10 caffeinated milkshake from Starbucks every morning, then come home and sit in front of their Fortnite or Fortnite-inspired Skinner Box all night long

This is so far removed from my personal experience I don’t even—

and spend real money on waifus and skins that don’t even exist.

*glances nervously at >$50 in costume DLC for Ayane in DOA5*
 
I mean, Animal Crossing on switch sold tens of millions because it was the perfect pandemic-era game to play while everyone was forced to live like hermits. So what happens when the next Animal Crossing releases? It sells about half as many copies as the last game regardless of how successful the switch 2 is.

That’s another thing that doesn’t get mentioned enough actually. What happens when the Nintendo shareholders see yearly profits declining due to Covid being over and consumers have less time and less disposable income from things like stimulus checks and child tax credits? Nintendo and Sony sold a ton of consoles during the pandemic to a lot of people who otherwise wouldn’t have bought them. The Switch 2 won’t have that advantage, and instead there is the huge question mark of tariffs and their effects to contemplate.

And Nintendo hasn’t defeated themselves with GAAS yet, but they have certainly dipped their toes in the water. Every Mario sports title on switch had a yearlong update release plan in place after launch. Mario Kart 8 had 2 years of DLC released periodically like a live service game. Even Splatoon and Smash had live service elements. Once the profits start drying up for Nintendo over the next few years, would it really be that surprising to see Nintendo doubling down on this kind of stuff? It’s like free money basically, because the average consumer, especially younger ones, actually LIKE this model of content distribution. And that’s not even taking our freedom-loving friends in China into account, where GAAS gatcha trash is very much the norm and expected. Nintendo like any other company would do anything for a piece of that massive Chinese market.

I no longer trust in the wisdom of the market to choose winners and losers tbh. Consumers, as a monolithic whole, have proven themselves to be morons. It’s hard to always listen to normies complain about inflation and cost of living and poison in our food & water supply while they buy a $10 caffeinated milkshake from Starbucks every morning, then come home and sit in front of their Fortnite or Fortnite-inspired Skinner Box all night long and spend real money on waifus and skins that don’t even exist.
You might as well give up on life and become a mobile gamer then.

I mean you're in the Nintendo thread complaining about EVERY OTHER CORPORATION'S chasing of vapid gacha and service profits. That kind of doesn't really have anything to do with Nintendo? I can't believe this has to be explained. You really don't get what Nintendo does if that's your perspective. You don't understand their Mission Statement. what they do differently. And you don't understand the difference between good DLC and bad DLC.

For example, Borderlands was one of the progenitors of original DLC. and they still do it the correct way. You get a complete and satisfying game experience whether or not you choose to buy anything extra.
 
The Switch has not even had a price drop over the last eight years and sells for $300 to $350, so why would $400+ for a more powerful Switch that's larger in size be a huge surprise. The tech for this kind of device isn't shrinking rapidly nor cheap, so they'll happily charge $400 or more and know there's a market for that.
 
You might as well give up on life and become a mobile gamer then.

I mean you're in the Nintendo thread complaining about EVERY OTHER CORPORATION'S chasing of vapid gacha and service profits. That kind of doesn't really have anything to do with Nintendo? I can't believe this has to be explained. You really don't get what Nintendo does if that's your perspective. You don't understand their Mission Statement. what they do differently. And you don't understand the difference between good DLC and bad DLC.

For example, Borderlands was one of the progenitors of original DLC. and they still do it the correct way. You get a complete and satisfying game experience whether or not you choose to buy anything extra.

Lol I understand what Nintendo does differently. It’s why I’m ultimately a Nintendo fanboy at heart. I just don’t expect modern consumers to reward Nintendo for their approach or behavior. I just don’t. And it’s why the Switch 2 will have a tough time, among other factors. And once the yearly profits start slipping and the shareholders start complaining, Nintendo will suddenly discover a new appreciation for the GAAS model. Kind of how they suddenly started making mobile phone games after the Wii U catastrophe (which btw were filled with the predatory ftp trash that Nintendo is allegedly above partaking in), except back then they still had the 3DS as a profitable pillar of their company keeping them afloat. Now with only one console supported at a time their position is even more precarious.

Love to be proven wrong of course. But Nintendo seems to shuffle between massive success and catastrophic failure every few years, and they are overdue for the latter.
 
I'm guessing.. Mostly Hoping.. a High Chance that there's a massive improvement with the New Nintendo Switch "2" System with Graphics and Screen Size..

Awesome Launch Day Game or Games.. Would be Cool if They Did a Limited Edition System on Launch Day like Metroid Prime 4 Edition or an Announced Zelda Wind Waker System game Bundle - I'd be happy to pay up for some cool Stuffs like that for sure
 
As tradition I'll pick up the new one when newegg does their smash bundle discounted. I think I paid 244 for the switch with smash which is what 120$ discount? If it's 344 for the next one that's a little steeper but I can live with it. So long as smash and pokemon are good.
 
Nintendo was the first to really court what would become the Gatcha market with their Blue Ocean strategy, during the Wii. Not sure the word to use, but the strategy was in part marginalizing and signaling they were not interested in core gamers, to better appeal to non-gamers, that were the much bigger market they wanted. We would have no Xenoblade games today if they had not faced backlash for at least some of the stupid decisions of NOA during that time. They were making too much money to care until they needed core gamers again, once “shock” the non-gamer gaming market left. Neither market carried over sufficiently to the Wii U, the switch found an ok middle ground that appealed to both. Nintendo is wary of that again, so they are being careful with Gatcha and other conventions of modern game rot, but they are just getting started. Just like Sony was the bastion of physical game preservation for the PS4, with that disc commercial. They were happy to let Microsoft take all the flak and business hit, which they deserved, but they are all in on our glorious digital future now. These things fluctuate, and companies do what they think they have to and what they think they can get away with.
 
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Stance wise I find it funnier that Nintendo and Sony swapped positions so much on censorship stuffles if anything. It was definitely a weird one to have on the bingo board. Granted a lot of it stemming from Sony moving to California iirc. But still I'd never guess that past Nintendo would have let a lot of these games slide without editing. Let alone release (outside of jpn anyway)

As I'm sure many people here remember the weird censorship kick Nintendo was just recently on prior to the switch. The hilarious unintended thing in Xenoblade x? Where the counter solution was to give her basically a diaper for panties. I believe that was the most famous one from the time.
 
Would be Cool if They Did a Limited Edition System on Launch Day like Metroid Prime 4 Edition or an Announced Zelda Wind Waker System game Bundle - I'd be happy to pay up for some cool Stuffs like that for sure
Style it like the Wii U Wind Waker gamepad (which I have) and I’d be down for that.

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Chinese ideals of gaming, technology, and their IP stealing culture is trash and everyone knows it anyways.

Consumers, as a monolithic whole, have proven themselves to be morons. It’s hard to always listen to normies complain about inflation and cost of living and poison in our food & water supply while they buy a $10 caffeinated milkshake from Starbucks every morning, then come home and sit in front of their Fortnite or Fortnite-inspired Skinner Box all night long and spend real money on waifus and skins that don’t even exist.
THAT, we can agree on. Lol. The Door Dash lifestyle and perspective is insane. Those consumers are always going to exist. and we can't help it if any company chooses to chase gacha profits. The door is that way. ---------------->

But that's I call "McDonald's Taylor Swift" logical fallacy. What, we can't enjoy any good food simply bc McDonald's exists? Can't listen to any good music bc of Grammy's and pop music trash? Can't have any nice goods or fine material because more people shop at Walmart? The core gamers are always gonna choose man; it doesn't matter what all the LCD rubes are doing. There will always be high quality entertainment. Just like how there are Oscars and award winning movies among the mountain of other Hollywood and "family movie" Dreamworks trash. Excellent movies which we are getting publishing in the highest quality of 4K UHD and high bitrates, comparatively cheaper than ANYTHING that happened on Laserdisc, VHS, or early DVD.

I took issue with your previous comments because I know that you are a very smart and capable poster here.

Nintendo will suddenly discover a new appreciation for the GAAS model. Kind of how they suddenly started making mobile phone games after the Wii U catastrophe (which btw were filled with the predatory ftp trash that Nintendo is allegedly above partaking in), except back then they still had the 3DS as a profitable pillar of their company keeping them afloat. Now with only one console supported at a time their position is even more precarious.

True. But the way I see it, and the way I believe they see it, is that Nintendo is able to keep the two entities separate. Mario mobile doesn't detract from anything else they are developing, and we still get great, highly polished Mario games. One could simply ignore that it exists. It didn't do well.

Fun fact: Fire Emblem Heroes is the ONLY mobile / gacha game I have ever played, and I just quit a few months ago. It was very good. Yes, it was gacha predation. But the art was excellent and certain game modes (for much of its life) were very good. The only other mobile game I have come close to playing was Genshin Impact, and I try not to play any of that stuff. Nintendo understands that you need great mainline FE games in order for Heroes to even exist on mobile; it's not going to detract from core game development. Heroes (fan service) only works because of the fan devotion for the main games.

In fact, I'd say the state of things is very good since we get Fire Embelm on the big screen with docked Switch now. The last entry was not good, but the future is bright.

FE: Heroes has generated 1 billion dollars in revenue. Off of basically neglible development resources, other than the art. That is insane, yes. Think how that happened starting back in 2017 and we haven't seen anything like it since. I don't think Nintendo is going to be able to replicate that kind of success again.

I also think you are going to see more great remakes and premium edition FE games on Swtich because of its pull. That FE1 Anniversary box was VERY cool. I believe they can still be had for relatively cheap on the Aftermarket, like ~$150ish. That was one of the nicest fan-service projects Nintendo has ever put out, this gen.
 
It's always a little funny when the biggest naysayers of a new Nintendo console are the people that do not own the current system or admit they don't even play the one they have because they have other systems that eat their limited gaming attention span. Not every system appeals to every gamer.

It's all about games. No one that currently is a big Switch gamer is looking at a digital PS5 with it's tiny library of exclusives (does it even have exclusives anymore, aren't most of the big games now on PC?) as an alternate path to play Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Smash Bros, ... let alone Zelda, Metroid, Xenoblade, Super Mario Bros, or any of the other first party exclusives. Switch in Japan is already the best selling game system of all time over there and the devs are not sleeping on this. It's now #2 in the USA right behind the DS and ahead of the PS2. As long as the next system has exclusive first party games people want as well as some great third party support and doesn't push some gimmic too extremely, it'll sell. If it does something to improve currently purchased Switch games, it'll sell a lot.

Now, yes there is a case here that Switch 2 won't outsell Switch 1... but yeah, it's got a shot still at being the top selling game system of all time. So, that's a pretty high bar and an easy statement to make that it won't outsell the original. Sony would like to make a system that outsold the PS2 but they fail to do that every generation.
 
The Wii U has very few reasons left to own it... I'll keep mine to play Wii titles on an HDTV thanks to HDMI, but otherwise, it's pretty much a truly dead system pending the rumor of the two HD Zelda games coming to Switch 2.
Yeah I still have mine but don't play it much anymore. I'm glad these games are becoming available to a wider audience.
 
Kirby and the Rainbow Curse in the corner, forgotten and weeping
I don't think it, or Canvas Curse, will ever see a remake. If it does, it'll be an eShop release, I bet.

Touch screen only games don't seem to get much love on the Switch. There's mobile ports, obviously, but they seem to be much more limited.
 
The Wii U has very few reasons left to own it... I'll keep mine to play Wii titles on an HDTV thanks to HDMI, but otherwise, it's pretty much a truly dead system pending the rumor of the two HD Zelda games coming to Switch 2.

I still wish I’d managed to find a good one for cheap back when they were getting cheap. I haven’t looked too deep into it, but it seems like it should be a great system for modding. It should be capable of emulating every home console through the fourth generation near perfectly; I bet PlayStation emulation is great, and N64 should be quite good, since Nintendo’s VC N64 emulation for Wii worked so well. You should be able to emulate every portable through the DS well on it, and the Wii U gamepad makes the system far more capable of giving an adequate DS-like experience compared to a PC or other modded consoles. I wouldn’t be surprised if Dreamcast and Naomi emulation are decent on Wii U. You can run GameCube, Wii, and Wii U games natively on the thing. Not sure if this ever became a thing, but I bet you could get emulators with Wii remote support for light gun games working well on the system. Old PC/microcomputer emulation should be pretty viable, even for more mouse-heavy gameplay, thanks to the gamepad touchscreen. And you’d probably be able to do most of that with equal aplomb on a TV or as a handheld.
 
As big of a flop as the WiiU was, it had it's moment. Sort of like the similar selling Vita. Which I loved the vita, but the bones of it have been picked pretty cleanly too. Which I think is for the best that more people get to play those games instead of them being locked away on a dead platform.
 
Tales of Hearts R was a vita game I always wanted to play but didn't get around to it. Now it's pretty expensive. Hopefully they re-release that one at some point.
That's one of the few left and bamco has said already that they want to do more regular ports of older Tales games. People probably need to buy Graces f. I still have my physical vita copy of Hearts R and I think I bought it digital when it was cheap just because it was cheap.
 
I love my Wii U! It's a fantastic multiplayer system. I don't even know the amount of hours I've gotten out of Nintendo Land and the sketch game in WarioWare playing with people. I also love the unique single-player games it had when the game smartly used the GamePad.
 
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So I was joking a bit with the Saturn-style “announcing Switch 2 available today” but I’m feeling more and more confident it’s gonna be along the lines of Apple with their announcement and launch within 2-3 weeks.

Last year there were a handful of leaks/reports purporting Switch 2 production was starting end of the year, multiple credible accessory manufacturers with leaks, it all seems to line up that the Switch 2 is gonna be out by Easter.


https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-s...ion-in-a-few-months-next-generation-consoles/

 
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