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Still gonna skip this and hope for a 3DS-like price drop around the holidays. I'm really hoping Nintendo misses their sales targets big time because fuck these prices.
Personally, I'm at the point of "fuck walled garden ecosystems", not to mention all the legal work they're doing to ruin video games.
This is a pretty good take on all of this. MS, Sony and Nintendo have done nothing but enshitify their platforms in the past few years and yet, they increase the cost of admission at every enshitification step.
Consoles just have a dwindling list of use cases, so trying to create problems that furthers their use is going to have much the same effect as cable companies trying to pretend that streaming video services don't exist.
Yeah we're very quickly getting to the point that consoles are just moot.
With linux support increasing , I expect that to escalate since a lot more hardware will be in reach for running games.
Yep, the switch was a great idea to bridge console and handheld. Once the technology is out and the steam deck is open, without subscription, without lock down, allowing all past purchases, etc. ; the console is dead.
Streisand effect, am now super interested in emulating switch products.
We just need a huge fund to uphold a defense against unjust bully lawsuit threats by N-word company - countless small ones through a petition and/or some big reach influencers/oil-oligarchs that are gamers
Emulators are perfectly legal, after all
Agree. Personally I like having something portable, so I've always complemented my PC with a Nintendo handheld. Thankfully, PCs can now be handhelds too, even including an open operating system.
The only time I even booted my Switch after getting the Steam Deck was to rip all my games and saves from there.
Not going to happen. US customers are lucky that Nintendo won't increase the console price.
Yeah, they’re going to sell out immediately and stock is going to be scarce even if they did increase the price.
If there a good enough games out for it, then I might consider getting one when the budget version gets released.
But, we will see not if there is stick drift and stuff like that.
I'm so unimpressed with their release lineup as well. They've just done the same thing they always do, and made a minority improved Mario Cart and a lackluster Pokémon game. Or, and a tutorial, don't forget that.
I'm normally at least moderately excited for nintendo's release lineup. This time, though... it's neat I guess?
Very unlikely that they even could drop the price with the tariff situation.
Given the tariff position, I’m curious if this will be the first time Nintendo decides to eat the loss on console hardware sales; something usually only other console makers have done.
Perhaps they think Trump will be on his way out. Or they’re eating into their cash reserves to prevent discussion of their consoles from getting political.
Given the outcry over the price, I think they have no choice but to eat the loss. They can't drop the price, but they can't raise it either. They'll just have to hope that they can bring down manufacturing costs over time.
However, Nintendo Switch 2 accessories will experience price adjustments from those announced on April 2 due to changes in market conditions. Other adjustments to the price of any Nintendo product are also possible in the future depending on market conditions.
k, ill just wait for the emulator.
The great news is, you don't have to... they're just gonna release a bunch of shit that was already on the switch and charge $90 for it.
They are smoking crack if they think they can sell the Joy Con 2s (Joy Cons 2? Joys 2 Cons?) for $95.
2 Joy 2 Cons
2 cons 4 me
I want one but I can’t afford it right now regardless. So I’ll just be waiting anyways, maybe there will be a sale when I can get one.
I never bought a console at launch, this won’t change this time either. I will wait for either the OLED or Lite models, or at least until there’s 5 games that I really want and can’t get anywhere else.
My friend is looking to pick one up after that fromsoft game comes out. I might grab one then as well so we can play together, but I’m more in it for Metroid and whatever the Zelda team cooks up.
Somewhat informed tinfoil hat time:
In the short term? Nintendo likely have drastically decreased the supply to the US (and Canada since allegedly that was routed through the US in the past?) and are counting on tariffs not changing TOO much over the next 40 something days. Same with being able to route shipments from different countries. So they'll take a hit but it won't be more than they already baked in to the MSRP.
Whereas for peripherals they did NOT already stock up on that in the US and all of those are going to be getting hit by tariffs at varying levels.
THat said? Going forward? My money is on Nintendo taking a page out of nVidia and AMD's book. The MSRP of the Switch 2 will remain 450 USD or whatever it is. But Nintendo will conveniently not direct sell those and it will be up to Best Buy and the like to jack up prices to cover it on their end. But hey, Amazon are the bad guys, not Nintendo.