Nintendo Switch 2 - For the Soytendo consoomers to speculate about the successor to the Switch, recently announced for 2025.

[Angelic 2 the Core]

The dipshits who say that game prices were higher in the 90's fail to mention that games also dropped in price quickly, too. The best sellers were released on budget lines (Greatest Hits/Player's Choice) as soon as nine months after a game released for less than half-price during the PS2 era and for a year before that during the PS1/N64 generation. We also had plenty of other options to get games cheaply (used game stores that took trade-ins and rental stores were everywhere, plus you could trade physical copies with friends or people online or even borrow games for free from your friends). Now you have launch Switch games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe that are nearly a decade old (even older if you consider the fact that it was already an upgraded re-release of an old Wii U game) that never dropped their original full MSRP prices.

 

[Buck Broken Chimp]

So here is my thoughts on the Switch 2 backlash. I agree with most if not all of the complaints but I don't get why console gamers are just now taking issue with this.

So, people say the Switch 2 is too expensive and yeah, it kind of is. But at the same time, I don’t see how it’s any more overpriced than the PS5 Pro. I see people calling it underpowered, but remember: it’s a handheld. You might not use that feature, but most Switch owners play almost exclusively in handheld mode.


As a PC gamer, I did always not necessarily like or respect Nintendo but I understood Nintendo's appeal more. Xbox and PlayStation have always just felt like worse PCs to me like, why does this need to be on its own hardware? But Nintendo tries to leverage the benefits of a closed ecosystem with unorthodox, proprietary hardware. I’ll admit most of the time it's retard shit but sometimes it's kind of snazzy.



People were mad that the webcam was bad and yeah, you can get better ones for cheaper on PC. But like… that’s true of literally any first-party hardware. The PlayStation 5 disc reader costs way more than a PC Blu-ray drive (both internal and external), and those can read, write, and even handle formats like M-DISC. Why is this just now a problem?


Then people are mad about game upgrades costing money. Sony did it first and no one fucking cared. The PS5 is the best selling console of this gen so people bought it no one cared.


Related to that is the limited backwards compatibility, especially with GameCube, and the idea that Nintendo is restricting it to resell old games. Again, that’s valid, but why is this just now an issue? Nintendo has always done this. Sony and Microsoft have improved, but even they still restrict backwards compatibility far more than PC ever has.


Also, people are mad about the digital key cartridges. I don't get the point of these either but Nintendo and other consoles have sold “physical copies” that are just codes in a box for years. So why is this any different?


Lastly, there’s the game pricing. I actually agree with this one games are too expensive. But console games have always been more expensive. Sony and Microsoft raised prices without much pushback. GTA 6 is rumored to cost $100, and people just accepted it with “It’s Rockstar, their games are good, they can charge whatever.” Sony raised games to $70 and no one cares

 

[whatever I feel like]

GTA is not rumored to cost 100 dollars, that was a financial analyst wishing it did.

 

[NickDigger]

@Buck Broken Chimp To answer your list of whataboutisms, the answer is simple: It's pathetic to see Nintendo stoop to the level of modernity that comprises of modern gaming, and it's doubly pathetic to see so many retards simp for the company when they cheered for the destruction of their competitors when they succumbed to these anti-consumer trends.

People were mad that the webcam was bad and yeah, you can get better ones for cheaper on PC. But like… that’s true of literally any first-party hardware.

Clearly you started you started gaming this decade because even when first party peripherals were sold at a premium, being first party meant you got what you paid for and it was built to a decent standard and performed as such. A webcam that streams video at Real Media Player quality in 20-goddamn-25 is not worth whatever price it's sold at.

The PS5 is the best selling console of this gen so people bought it no one cared.

Yeah, just ignore the justified outrage at the price of the PS5 pro. Contrary to your post, people do care when other companies overprice their hardware.

Also, people are mad about the digital key cartridges. I don't get the point of these either but Nintendo and other consoles have sold “physical copies” that are just codes in a box for years. So why is this any different?

Again, because Nintendo should know better. This is Nintendo participating in the future of you no longer owning your games even when you purchase them physically.

GTA 6 is rumored to cost $100, and people just accepted it with “It’s Rockstar, their games are good, they can charge whatever.”

Oh fuck off, people did get mad at that. Just browsing X for reactions will show you people stating they weren't going to buy it for that price.

 

[LifeAlert]

Oh fuck off, people did get mad at that. Just browsing X for reactions will show you people stating they weren't going to buy it for that price.

People do get mad at shit like this but they will cave and buy it anyway. Cockstar simps and niggercattle are guaranteed to buy GTA 6 and niggertendo's army of cucksumers will buy everything with their name on it at any price. Remember all the outrage over Oblivion horse armor? Now look where we are. Consoomers always cuck out in the end

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

The dipshits who say that game prices were higher in the 90's fail to mention that games also dropped in price quickly, too. The best sellers were released on budget lines (Greatest Hits/Player's Choice) as soon as nine months after a game released for less than half-price during the PS2 era and for a year before that during the PS1/N64 generation. We also had plenty of other options to get games cheaply (used game stores that took trade-ins and rental stores were everywhere, plus you could trade physical copies with friends or people online or even borrow games for free from your friends). Now you have launch Switch games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe that are nearly a decade old (even older if you consider the fact that it was already an upgraded re-release of an old Wii U game) that never dropped their original full MSRP prices.

They also ignore why games were more expensive in the 90's. For the first half of the decade, most systems used cartridges which were basically single purpose computers you put into another single purpose computer.

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

The dipshits who say that game prices were higher in the 90's fail to mention that games also dropped in price quickly, too. The best sellers were released on budget lines (Greatest Hits/Player's Choice) as soon as nine months after a game released for less than half-price during the PS2 era and for a year before that during the PS1/N64 generation. We also had plenty of other options to get games cheaply (used game stores that took trade-ins and rental stores were everywhere, plus you could trade physical copies with friends or people online or even borrow games for free from your friends). Now you have launch Switch games like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe that are nearly a decade old (even older if you consider the fact that it was already an upgraded re-release of an old Wii U game) that never dropped their original full MSRP prices.

They also ignore why games were more expensive in the 90's. For the first half of the decade, most systems used cartridges which were basically single purpose computers you put into another single purpose computer.

They also also forget that they were born after 9/11 and were not even alive in the 90s. Because the time they are referring to is actually the 80s.

But hey. Details.

 

[Kulee Baba]

They also ignore why games were more expensive in the 90's. For the first half of the decade, most systems used cartridges which were basically single purpose computers you put into another single purpose computer.

And I'm pretty damn sure that distribution used to be so much more complicated having to get games into all sorts of various retailers. The internet and digital automation means Nintendo saves so much money compared to way back when.

There's also just the fact that we're just hitting diminishing returns in gaming tech. The Switch in 2017 was worthwhile because it was such a novelty to a handheld that could play full scale Nintendo games. Not true anymore.

 

[Chuck McGill]

The "games were le more heckin' expensive in the 90s" narrative falls flat on its face when you remember there are lots of people alive that grew up in the 90s. I was a kid back then so I wasn't exactly reading Financial Times and checking stock trends, but I can recall my parents being able to afford at least one console and a good chunk of the games my ungrateful little ass begged them for, and they did it on a modest income. And I'll bet there's a decent chunk of you that have similar memories.

Gaslighters can eat my ass. Sometimes the old days actually were better.

 

[Zetsubou]

The target audience pay $50.00 to badly emulate the N64 so I can't even blame Nintendo for milking people who clearly have no standards, I'm just annoyed that now other studios will copy the MSRP of $80 with a $30 Season Pass (and DLC that isn't in the pass because fuck you).

22 Years since the last 3D F-Zero and 13 since the last good animal crossing so I can easily sit this one out. The only selling point for Nintendo consoles is 1st party games and Nintendo hasn't made a good one in a long time.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

The "games were le more heckin' expensive in the 90s" narrative falls flat on its face when you remember there are lots of people alive that grew up in the 90s. I was a kid back then so I wasn't exactly reading Financial Times and checking stock trends, but I can recall my parents being able to afford at least one console and a good chunk of the games my ungrateful little ass begged them for, and they did it on a modest income. And I'll bet there's a decent chunk of you that have similar memories.

Gaslighters can eat my ass. Sometimes the old days actually were better.

Before I was born, my parents were able to afford an NES, Genesis, and a PS1 along with multiple games for my sister. They weren't rich back then. I doubt the average game was over 60 dollars at launch. Seems to mostly be stuff like RPGs and games that used special chips that were more expensive.

 

[Miller]

Did all games have that? I know back when the original switch came out just a few months that you can count on 1 hand after it's release yuzu came out and was able to emulate games. I'm sure they will find some flaw to get that to happen again.

I don't think they did, but Denuvo has been quite open about working on a Switch 2 version of their service.

Can't wait for the next console after the Switch 2 when Soytendo fans excuse games being over 100 dollars.

Next year they will do damage control for the Switch 2 OLED.

 

[scathefire]

I legitimately think even fucking Pink Gold Peach was a better concept and playable character than 20 different Mario Enemy Glup Shitto track obstacles made into playable characters. Even including every single dumbass Koopaling was a better idea. Who on the planet looks at this roster and thinks "boy oh boy I can't wait to play as the forgettable cow roadblock enemy from Moo Moo Meadows"?

 

[LifeAlert]

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I legitimately think even fucking Pink Gold Peach was a better concept and playable character than 20 different Mario Enemy Glup Shitto track obstacles made into playable characters. Even including every single dumbass Koopaling was a better idea. Who on the planet looks at this roster and thinks "boy oh boy I can't wait to play as the forgettable cow roadblock enemy from Moo Moo Meadows"?

Sacrifice all them niggas and replace them with ROB the robot. Fixed

 

[Markorian]

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I legitimately think even fucking Pink Gold Peach was a better concept and playable character than 20 different Mario Enemy Glup Shitto track obstacles made into playable characters. Even including every single dumbass Koopaling was a better idea. Who on the planet looks at this roster and thinks "boy oh boy I can't wait to play as the forgettable cow roadblock enemy from Moo Moo Meadows"?

The cow's the one that everyone is going nuts for. Personally, I was thinking either dolphin or penguin, and my wife has eternal dibs on the goomba.

 

[Rabo 2: Electric Boogaloo]

Switch 2? More like Switch U

 

[The Backwards Man]

If you think buying American made products will save you

It will.

 

[LinkinParkxNaruto[AMV]]

You will pay 90$ for bing bing wahoo kart, you will own nothing because the game is stored on the cloud not on the disc and you will be happy.

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I legitimately think even fucking Pink Gold Peach was a better concept and playable character than 20 different Mario Enemy Glup Shitto track obstacles made into playable characters. Even including every single dumbass Koopaling was a better idea. Who on the planet looks at this roster and thinks "boy oh boy I can't wait to play as the forgettable cow roadblock enemy from Moo Moo Meadows"?

the pinguin from mario 64 is kind of cool, not 90$ cool though

 

[BinaryFucker]

I don't think they did, but Denuvo has been quite open about working on a Switch 2 version of their service.

Ew so how good is this soyware compared to what the switch 1 had? Will the trannies at Nintendo homebrew find a solution first few weeks like with the Switch 1?

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

but I don't get why console gamers are just now taking issue with this.

That's some high level beaten housewife mentality. Trying to argue it's acceptable because the PS5 did lesser acts is both ridiculous and ignores that the console is still being mocked to this day. Meanwhile when you mention Nintendo in any way bad


Nintendo is just a greedy company going into overdrive not seen in gaming since the golden age of Microsoft. They'll wring every cent from its retarded fans because it saw it can literally do anything and people would still be loyal.

Also what's the point of a better hardware when it will be choked by Denuvo?