Imagine booting steam os on this thing.

Also did they mention how much the “upgrades” will be?

My understanding is it’s $10 for upgrades that just run better with no new content, and $20 for ones that also have new content of come sort. Nintendo’s gonna be the most expensive console to buy games for now. Remember the Switch tax? Get ready for the Switch tariff!

Hold on they are suing a grandma right now. They’ll get back to you soon.

That asshole company everyone* cares about. My hatred of Nintendo runs deep. But I still watched the direct. I’m so excited for the innovative new features, and the new Mario Kart looks sick. I am disgusted that they will use the money to go after fans. I need help

At $80-$90 for physical editions, I wouldn’t count on the used market helping that much.

Maybe I’ll get physical copies of Switch 2 games heavily discounted later on.

Later on, as in, in like 30 years? Assuming physical Switch 2 games don’t become prized collector’s items like every other Nintendo consoles’ physical games

It seems like there’s nothing special about the camera, hopefully you could use others.

The SD Express makes sense, they’re not just upcharging (you can use any manufacturer’s cards), it’s how they guarantee the storage is reliably fast enough for all games to prevent lag in loading speeds

But for the other accessories, sure. And charging for switch 2 edition upgrades is annoying.

It’s 70 and 80 tho?

And as an old, even with this price increase games are cheap, especially with how much time you get out of them.

I remember when Mario 3 was 50$ in 1990.

That’s a 120$ today I think.

Mario 3 was way easier to make.

At least this game may be worth it if it’s $/h.
Nintendos game might be <40hours long of pure campaign (excluding open world games like pokemon)

They’re thrusting themselves back into directly competing with Sony and MS with those prices. Bold move in this economy, but they’ll probably do fine. I don’t expect nearly as many Switch 2s sold compared to the original, though.

That takes away much of the appeal of physical copies since Nintendo can still still control how it’s used after it is sold and will eventually no longer offer it for download while their DRM will make it difficult to make and use a backup copy. Buying would not be owning in that case, so what’s the point?

Only some games are like that, and the ones that are, are cheaper.

I don’t know how you think Mario Party Jamboree is unfinished tho. It’s felt like the most polished one on years - probably since the first one on the Wii, except it has even more stuff than that.

I just hope Tomodachii 2 is available on Switch 1

It is, it was announced for the OG Switch.

Wait so all physical games are like that? Not just some of them?

Bananaza looks pretty good.

Why are you guys mad at Nintendo now?

I hope they at least allow gamechat to be used for free locally, and by that I specifically mean allowing the camera stuff to be active (like if you plug in a small USB C camera in portable mode, maybe even if you sit in wireless range but in different rooms)

Just like how online play was originally free on the Switch 1.

I don’t actually think that $90 for a game is ridiculous nowadays, if the game has tons of content.

But a company of Nintendo’s size, with their sales volume, selling a game for $90 when it only has a few hours of content? Fuck off

They’re like the exact opposite of the spectrum from Minecraft

Legion Go (Debian) for me :)

Either that, or the powerful gaming PC you put the Switch 2 money towards that will eventually emulate the Switch 2. Seems like a better investment than buying a locked down console with a GPU less powerful than a RTX 3050 that can only play $80 games.

Given the switch2 is going to cost more, definitely.

Also games are going to be $80 apparently :(