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

[Princess Rescuer]

Switch 2 has problems running many Switch 1 games. Some of these are Limited Run Games's ports of old games. No idea what's so difficult about running those on a current console.

Joy-Con 2s will have the same Drifting problems that Joy-Con 1s have, and they're more expensive. They aren't at all expensive to make, but expensive to buy. Don't understand why.

The Switch 2 version of Breath of the Wild has a feature where Zelda backseats you the entire time. The series brings back Annoying Helper Characters in full force.

People who bought this console in spite of complaining will get exactly the console they deserve.

 

[Fcret]

In Europoor land I can go into the shop today and buy one. It's not just the US

I wonder if the shortages in nipland are just due to the subsidized pricing then. Makes sense they'd prioritize markets where they can actually get profit on Switch 2s as opposed to Japan where like half of the units are being sold at a loss to curry favor with the population.

Switch 2 has problems running many Switch 1 games. Some of these are Limited Run Games's ports of old games. No idea what's so difficult about running those on a current console.

There's imperfect GPU emulation right now. Splatoon 3 actually has a bug on Switch 2 where you can Squid Roll anywhere (not just in your own color ink) because of bugged ink detection which is likely due to improper GPU emulation. As a result, Splatoon 3 isn't playable online on Switch 2 atm.

 

[Caddo Cobgang]

I was given a switch 2 as a birthday present, Mario kart world is actually pretty fun, obviously not worth 80 dollars though. The the console itself is very lightweight compared to my legion go, it feels like a cheap toy, botw and totk run at a consistent 60fps, and gamecube games run about the same as they would in dolphin. I look forward to trying Kirby Air Riders when it comes out, I don't think I'll be buying any 3rd party games on the switch 2 if they're available on other platforms though.

7/10 too much water

ill probably consider getting it later in the year if its still available online it does seem like stock isn't a complete shitshow like the PS5 and Series X were at launch, will probably start with Mario Kart and either DK or Metroid Prime, but like what literally everyone else has said though 80 dollars is a big fucking asking price, especially when you can just piss $20 at Microsoft every month and get a literal catalog of FIrst-Party games plus a ton of Third-Party shit as well

 

[FatMan]

it does seem like stock isn't a complete shitshow like the PS5 and Series X were at launch

They definitely had WAY more stock than any other launch. Highest launch sales ever was PS4 at just over 1 million units in the first 24 hours. Switch 2 did 3 million. For perspective, PS4 and PS5 did around 4.5 million in the first MONTH. Switch 2 has very likely already hit that mark in 3 days, and if not, it certainly will in the first week.

 

[Markorian]

They definitely had WAY more stock than any other launch. Highest launch sales ever was PS4 at just over 1 million units in the first 24 hours. Switch 2 did 3 million. For perspective, PS4 and PS5 did around 4.5 million in the first MONTH. Switch 2 has very likely already hit that mark in 3 days, and if not, it certainly will in the first week.

There's also the fact that they had a re-supply ready to go just about immediately after the initial shipment that went out weeks before launch ran out. Most of the switch 2s you're seeing at stores are not the initial shipment, it's the re-supply.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Why would Nintendo give a shit, they did the exact same thing on Switch 1 (use the form of a USB-C while not adhering to the actual standard) and to the best of my knowledge all that came of it was that some retards who had voided their warranty by not using Nintendo Seal Of Quality overpriced peripherals bricked their Switches and had to buy another while Papa Miyamoto laughed.

I'm sort of curious Nintendo's standard changed again to fuck with the Madcatz of the world or if it's just the same standard with the same consequence but Nintendo certainly didn't do the sane thing and revise the power supply to not fucking kill itself if you stuck a USB C charger running USB C voltage into the USB C hole in your console so I have to assume this is intended.

How the fuck did the EU didn't have their balls for it? My only guess it's some loophole that they can't have their own cable but having their own power requirement is alright. It's just scummy.

They definitely had WAY more stock than any other launch. Highest launch sales ever was PS4 at just over 1 million units in the first 24 hours. Switch 2 did 3 million. For perspective, PS4 and PS5 did around 4.5 million in the first MONTH. Switch 2 has very likely already hit that mark in 3 days, and if not, it certainly will in the first week.

Source is literally "my 3 uncles working at Nintendo":

https://www.tweaktown.com/news/105637/nintendo-switch-2-sales-shatters-records-most-sold-console-in-24-hour-period/index.html

Also using weird wording so it's not clear if it involves selling or merely shipping to stores.

 

[gamerweeb1]

It won't stock me if it was a social experiment. Just remember that BlackRock does own some Nintendo. I think it will end up being like the Wii U all over again in the long run.

LOL this post is gonna age so badly!

Come back in 12 months when the Switch has outsold the lifetime sales of the Wii U.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

I think Nintendo should have held off on releasing TotK on Switch 1 and instead waited and worked longer on it so it could've been launched alongside the Switch 2 and take more advantage of whatever new capabilities the switch 2 has over the switch 1. If TotK was coming out for the first time right now with switch 2 the console would be in very high demand right now. This also would have given them more time to work on Mario Kart World for a later release as well so it's not so dead and boring.

TotK just shouldn't exist. It should have been DLC as originally planned, and we should have a new, wholly original 3D Zelda for launch here (or by the end of the year at least).

Nintendo has mishandled Zelda and Mario in very Sega-esque ways, and I don't know how they're getting away with it because Wii U proved people have standards (or used to anyway, guess a lot can change in...13 years?!).

 

[CEO of Autism]

Only two hours of battery life.



And the battery will degrade fast and soon enough you'll be lucky if you get one hour. That's not a portable device; the NDS was the last portable system.

 

[Gamepads]

Only two hours of battery life.

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And the battery will degrade fast and soon enough you'll be lucky if you get one hour. That's not a portable device; the NDS was the last portable system.

Makes sense. If you saw the factory leak or look at the teardown of one, it's using the Switch Lite's smaller battery. That thing was intended to basically get the base Switch's battery life, but on a shrunk down process. And now for some reasons, they stuck with that on a souped up device.

 

[Incecticyder]

And the battery will degrade fast and soon enough you'll be lucky if you get one hour. That's not a portable device; the NDS was the last portable system.

What about the 3DS?

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

Makes sense. If you saw the factory leak or look at the teardown of one, it's using the Switch Lite's smaller battery. That thing was intended to basically get the base Switch's battery life, but on a shrunk down process. And now for some reasons, they stuck with that on a souped up device.

No wonder they managed to ship 3 million units. They literally cannibalized their unsold units to maximize profits.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

What about the 3DS?

And Vita, both have good battery life and are pretty portable (being actually pocketable).

 

[Gamepads]

What about the 3DS?

The thing can barely stay a day in sleep mode in your bag.

 

[Incecticyder]

The thing can barely stay a day in sleep mode in your bag.

Maybe it is not supposed to be on all day? You are supposed to take it home after a while at the end of the day. It is designed to be taken at trips but still find a plug somewhere by the end.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

The thing can barely stay a day in sleep mode in your bag.

I heard the "New" models had better battery life, idk if that true, never had one.

 

[Incecticyder]

I heard the "New" models had better battery life, idk if that true, never had one.

The XL was always good to me but I never used sleep mode. I played it, not carried it in a bag to drain the battery. If it is on, it is used.

 

[Archeops]

Joy-Con 2s will have the same Drifting problems that Joy-Con 1s have, and they're more expensive. They aren't at all expensive to make, but expensive to buy. Don't understand why.

From what I’ve heard they basically used the same potentiometer joystick that the original Joy-Con or one similar to it due to Joy-Con 2’s magnets (which prevented the use of Hall effect and TMR joysticks).

The thing can barely stay a day in sleep mode in your bag.

My two 3DS XLs can usually handle being in sleep mode for a few days but any longer than that is a crapshoot.

 

[73_Autistic_Fuck_54]

The 3ds will always be my favorite Nintendo handheld due to the fact that it has backwards compatibility with the DS and the GBA. Having DS hardware means it also has GBA hardware. Also it has really good battery life.

 

[analrapist]

Switch 2 has problems running many Switch 1 games.

On the other hand, Switch 2 is gaining a reputation as a superior platform for specific kinds of Switch 1 content.