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

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This sounds utterly retarded even as I think about it, so hey, what a perfect thing to post on KF, right? I REALLY resent missing the Animal Crossing hype last time. It was an incredibly-designed social game and a lot of folks came together over it. I am considering picking up a Switch 2 exclusively for the next iteration. This is not too out of character for me; I bought a Wii U for Mario Maker.

But other commentators on this thread are exactly right: As underwhelming as the Switch 2 hardware is, and as much as I dislike the baked in chat nonsense, the reality is that there is no other developer making the kind of software Nintendo is and boy howdy are they going to leverage that as hard as they can.
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
Is it even possible to buy a second hand game for the Switch 2?
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As far as physical games go, yes. The software isn't licensed to just one account, so you can pass your games around and have them download onto multiple systems. The catch is that you need to have the "game key card" inserted into your console in order for the game to run, which is profoundly retarded and defeats whatever idea Nintendo had with the concept. You're paying 10 extra dollars for a digital game with extra steps if you go physical, which is perhaps the most hooked-nose ploy Nintendo has ever and will ever make.
 
Zaireeka said:
As far as physical games go, yes. The software isn't licensed to just one account, so you can pass your games around and have them download onto multiple systems. The catch is that you need to have the "game key card" inserted into your console in order for the game to run, which is profoundly retarded and defeats whatever idea Nintendo had with the concept. You're paying 10 extra dollars for a digital game with extra steps if you go physical, which is perhaps the most hooked-nose ploy Nintendo has ever and will ever make.
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Physical media that will stop working when the server goes down. Amazing.
 
Zaireeka said:
As far as physical games go, yes. The software isn't licensed to just one account, so you can pass your games around and have them download onto multiple systems. The catch is that you need to have the "game key card" inserted into your console in order for the game to run, which is profoundly retarded and defeats whatever idea Nintendo had with the concept. You're paying 10 extra dollars for a digital game with extra steps if you go physical, which is perhaps the most hooked-nose ploy Nintendo has ever and will ever make.
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Without the second hand market the Switch 2 becomes the most expensive console since, at least from memory, the Nintendo online store never does any discounts greater than 10% unless it's an absolute shit tier game.
 
Prokhor Zakharov said:
We don't know if that is true or not yet. I wrote a post on the potential scenarios earlier in this thread.
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Sure maybe you can keep playing a game you installed before they killed the servers but you will not convince me it will still possible to install a game once they killed their servers. At that point whatever you installed will be all you have. Just like the Wii's Wiiware shop, just like WiiU's shop just like the 3DS' shop. The difference being people with those consoles can still play every physical game they bought. Switch 2 owners 15 years from (If even.) might have more games that they can keep installed on their device, better make sure you install all your favorites before the servers go down. Then you might as well throw away every game key card you have.
 
Rabo 2: Electric Boogaloo said:
Sure maybe you can keep playing a game you installed before they killed the servers but you will not convince me it will still possible to install a game once they killed their servers. At that point whatever you installed will be all you have.
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For the record, this is how games on phones work as well.

Let's say you download a free-to-play RPG. That RPG app itself will take up like, let's say for example, 100+ MB of space. That app could also have had updates from the time it first went on the app store till now. This baseline app only exists to let the server know you are running the current version. Otherwise it will kick you out until you update the baseline app. Once THAT check is done, only then will it download the rest of the GIGABYTES of data that completes the game, and even then, it will STILL need to talk to the servers in one capacity or another. That's not even including the IP addresses for whatever ads they decide to shove in there that clutter the screen. But it DOES include all the anti-cheat and DRM bullshit that makes hardware fucked up, including battery overheating. So basically if the servers for the game die, you can't play anymore... there is no game, and you will be forever locked in a reset loop as either the game will crash and boot you out or just go back to the title over and over again.

We went from consoles and the games for them to being completely separate from the mobile market, to consoles and the games for them being EXACTLY like the mobile market. Nobody asked for this, everyone was happy with the way things were, and yet execs (and shareholders too) decided to change how everything worked all to "maximize their profits"
 
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Celebrate Nite said:
We went from consoles and the games for them to being completely separate from the mobile market, to consoles and the games for them being EXACTLY like the mobile market. Nobody asked for this, everyone was happy with the way things were, and yet execs (and shareholders too) decided to change how everything worked all to "maximize their profits"
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This is insane for single player games that should in no way need an internet connection. Nintendo is killing plug and play and they don't care if your games can no longer be downloaded some time in the future. They already made their $80-$90 from you. They are flipping you off every time you plunk that money down.
 
El Goblina said:
This sounds utterly retarded even as I think about it, so hey, what a perfect thing to post on KF, right? I REALLY resent missing the Animal Crossing hype last time. It was an incredibly-designed social game and a lot of folks came together over it. I am considering picking up a Switch 2 exclusively for the next iteration. This is not too out of character for me; I bought a Wii U for Mario Maker.

But other commentators on this thread are exactly right: As underwhelming as the Switch 2 hardware is, and as much as I dislike the baked in chat nonsense, the reality is that there is no other developer making the kind of software Nintendo is and boy howdy are they going to leverage that as hard as they can.
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Nintendo got lucky and in hindsight made a smart move delaying Animal Crossing, because it ended up releasing right near the beginning of the lockdowns. People had so much free time. I don't think the new Animal Crossing will be able to recapture that magic, but it'll be interesting to see.
 
Rabo 2: Electric Boogaloo said:
Sure maybe you can keep playing a game you installed before they killed the servers but you will not convince me it will still possible to install a game once they killed their servers. At that point whatever you installed will be all you have. Just like the Wii's Wiiware shop, just like WiiU's shop just like the 3DS' shop. The difference being people with those consoles can still play every physical game they bought. Switch 2 owners 15 years from (If even.) might have more games that they can keep installed on their device, better make sure you install all your favorites before the servers go down. Then you might as well throw away every game key card you have.
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I never understood how when Sony was about to close the PSN store for Vita it sparked a massive outcry, but when Nintendo killed the 3DS store no one seemingly gave a shit enough to protest.
Hermiöne Granger said:
Nintendo Switch 2 price increase incoming?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=wvxdhmTQoig
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Isn't the idea with consoles is that selling them at a loss is preferable since the money is from media anyways?
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
I never understood how when Sony was about to close the PSN store for Vita it sparked a massive outcry, but when Nintendo killed the 3DS store no one seemingly gave a shit enough to protest.
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What they did was buy up all the digital games before nintendo shutdown the eshop. nintendo players are different than other players, they dont protest they just buy more stuff.

wtfNeedSignUp said:
Isn't the idea with consoles is that selling them at a loss is preferable since the money is from media anyways?
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With 150 million switches sold nintendo have started smelling their own farts. They are premium console maker now, so they are no more gonna sell their stuff cheap. Its only one way for prices to go and that is up.
 
Hermiöne Granger said:
What they did was buy up all the digital games before nintendo shutdown the eshop. nintendo players are different than other players, they dont protest they just buy more stuff.
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Absolutely insane. Literally rewarding a company for destroying its own history. Also extremely selfish nigger behaviour "fuck you, got mine".
Hermiöne Granger said:
With 150 million switches sold nintendo have started smelling their own farts. They are premium console maker now, so they are no more gonna sell their stuff cheap. Its only one way for prices to go and that is up.
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They probably profit way more on selling consoles than games. You need to be absolutely retarded to play anything that isn't an exclusive on that piece of shit, if you have an alternative. and Nintendo producing their own games eats into their revenue.
 
wtfNeedSignUp said:
Absolutely insane. Literally rewarding a company for destroying its own history. Also extremely selfish nigger behaviour "fuck you, got mine".
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They were also bought to reupload and I am grateful for that. But most pirates can only bite the hand that feeds them and demand more free stuff.

These people... :story:
 
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The new nontroversy pushed by retards grasping at straws seems to be claiming that Mario kart uses ai art because...
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...It looks cartoony, stylized, and unrealistic.
 
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