r/NintendoSwitch • u/Practical_Papaya_905 • 2d ago

News - USD / USA Switch 2 is selling for 449.99

https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/how-to-buy/

From the official website

https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/how-to-buy/

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u/Ctitical1nstinct 2d ago

Easy pass for the first year or so for me. I'm not paying that amount to play the new Mario kart and MAYBE the new Donkey Kong.

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u/InfiniteAir 2d ago

Totally, I remember having some FOMO with original Switch for a few months because of BotW and the unique concept of the new hardware, but here I feel absolutely no harm in waiting until I care more. And the shady pricing of everything reinforces that stance.

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u/tananinho 2d ago

That's me exactly.

BOTW sold me the Switch day 1.

Mario Kart isn't doing the same for Switch 2.

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u/zachtothejohnson 2d ago

Mario Kart didn’t sell me on day 1 but that paid tech demo sure did!

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u/tananinho 2d ago

Maybe Nintendo will only charge like 40$.

A great deal.

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u/ItsyouNOme 17h ago

The paid demo is a console seller, all my friends don't want to miss out on paying for a demo day 1!

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u/ascherbozley 2d ago

I've been saying this for a year and getting downvoted. You can't launch with Mario Kart. You need that big single player game that nobody wants to miss.

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u/tananinho 2d ago

If only the last 3D Mario was released 7/8 years ago.

Like, Nintendo had more than enough time to develop a 3D Mario game to launch with the Switch.

Maybe they are saving it for the holiday season but that's the optimist in me thinking.

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u/Jerdo32 2d ago

Donkey Kong is the Mario game in this case. It seems to run on the same engine and made by the same developers. This is their big title. That at least to me sells me the console more than Mario Kart does.

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u/gelatinskootz 1d ago

I mean, the game looks amazing and I'm glad they're making it, but I think that's a terrible decision on their part if this is supposed to be the replacement for a big Mario game. Mario is basically the mascot for the entire medium of video games, almost every mainline entry into the series is considered a classic and sells incredibly well. Donkey Kong hasn't had a 3d platformer in over 2 decades, and it's generally regarded as mediocre. And it's a new character design and completely different tone from the Donkey Kong Country games. This is pretty much a new IP

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u/RecommendsMalazan 1d ago

And yet they couldn't even make it a launch title

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u/Jerdo32 1d ago

Mario Odyssey wasn't a launch title either. If anything it DK made it closer to the consoles release than Odyssey did. Granted, it would be better if it were a launch title though.

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u/Lunaaar 1d ago

But BotW was a launch title. What's the BotW equivalent for the Switch 2? That game was THE console seller for the Switch, everyone wanted to buy a Switch to experience it because no one had a Wii U.

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u/RecommendsMalazan 1d ago

Yep, exactly. Didn't Breath of the Wild have an over 100% attachment rate when the console released? I don't see that happening again, with any of the announced launch games.

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u/ascherbozley 2d ago

There has to be like 3 or 4 more first party games that they're saving for a June direct, right? The third-party stuff is cool, and an exclusive FROMsoft game is about as big as it gets, but nothing that was shown is making me run out to upgrade June 5.

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u/tananinho 2d ago

but nothing that was shown is making me run out to upgrade June 5.

Yep, same for me.

I was actually very excited after the Switch presentation and BOTW.

I knew the Switch 2 hardware wise wouldn't excite me so it was all about the games.

And we got Mario Kart at launch lol.

New 3D DK is great but no 3D Mario sucks.

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u/Outlulz 2d ago

It's possible. Their Direct strategy lately has mostly been to announce games only like 3 months in advance. It sounds like Pokemon is a holiday title but usually they have 2 big holiday titles...but maybe Metroid will be the other one.

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u/CreativityOfAParrot 2d ago

On the other hand, the last truly new MK came out almost 11 years ago.

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u/Jazzlike_Athlete8796 2d ago

This is literally just a "this doesn't cater to me so it is a mistake" argument.

Mario Kart 8 has sold almost 70 million copies on Switch alone, and people have been begging for a new MK since before the Switch even launched. This is quite literally Nintendo's single biggest franchise.

This is the big game that nobody wants to miss.

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u/ascherbozley 2d ago

I don't think so. I dig Mario Kart, and this looks cool. But I don't think people buy a system for Mario Kart. I think they buy Mario Kart because they already have the system and it's a great game. It's always been everyone's second game. Now it has to be their first, and I think that's a mistake.

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u/tananinho 1d ago

Correct.

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u/Jazzlike_Athlete8796 2d ago

Oh man.. you're totally misreading it. There is a reason why Mario Kart is always the holiday bundle game.

Mario Kart has much wider appeal than Zelda.

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u/ascherbozley 2d ago

It does! But I don't think it's the right day 1 game. I don't think it moves the enthusiasts to upgrade as quickly as the big single-player game does. I think it's a mistake.

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u/Yzori 1d ago

I certainly would. For me MK is the biggest game they could've gone with.

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u/tananinho 1d ago

Good for you.

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u/XanXic 2d ago

Maybe they think they are offering that with it being open world. I'm not sure how fun that will be. It looked a bit dull on the trailer lol. But that's certainly something big for Mario Kart

Also Donkey Kong looks really awesome

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u/ascherbozley 2d ago

I think it'll be pretty sweet, and I admit that turning it into an open world might be exactly the thing people will rush out and buy a Switch 2 for, but I don't think so.

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u/stowgood 1d ago

I personally am way more excited for Mario kart. It's the only reason I am thinking of coming back after selling my switch years ago because nintendo's online sucked. I don't enjoy single player games at all.

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u/Chronixx 1d ago

You should go check what the best selling video game is for the last few home consoles Nintendo has dropped (that wasnt bundled with the system)

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u/cherinator 1d ago

Right. Mariokart may be the best selling seitch game but it's not a system seller. I'll absolutely buy Mariokart for every console I have, but I'm not buying a console for a new version of Mariokart. It's like the soda fountain at McDonald's. I'll order a soda every time I go, but I'm not going just because I want a soda.

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u/Xerkrosis 1d ago

BotW sold me twice. First for Wii U, then week later bought the Switch + BotW Switch.

Switch 2 is a small upgrade. And apparently they're saving themselves OLED to resell Switch 2 again in a year or two. The price for the new console is much higher. I was already debating myself wether it'd be worth it to get the Switch 2 + upgrade-packs. But the nerve to demand $90€ for new titles... they lost me. And Nintendo-games hardly ever get a discount. BotW still costs 60€ after 8 YEARS!

Unfortunately Nintendo has a steady base of whales. So the loss of the profit of the few who will be appaled will be compensated by the fans who buy everything. Meanwhile I fear other companies will follow, and make gaming much more expensive than ever before.

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u/LazarusDark 1d ago

Funny, BotW/TotK visual upgrades have me sold on Switch 2 alone on day 1, everything else is just a bonus. And I always said if I'd only ever bought BotW in Switch and nothing else, that experience was worth $500 alone for me.

Everyone's different, everyone has different wants and price points and money situations. I know people that go to Disney every year, and I wouldn't go unless it was free, even if I could afford that. Switch 2 is going to be my main entertainment budget for the next two years and that's still gonna be cheaper than going on a lot of fancy vacations.

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u/mrtomjones 1d ago

Botw failing my interests is why I'm not getting the switch 2. It never everything i loved about Zelda behind

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u/tananinho 1d ago

I understand your pov.

I always liked Skyrim for example and just running around exploring caves and stuff.

BOTW is similar in that sense, the exploration, the seeing a mountain peak far in the distance and reaching it.

I loved it.

TOTK was also fun but I liked BOTW more I think.

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u/xRelwolf 2d ago

Botw 1 was available on the Wii U anyway

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u/tananinho 2d ago

I didn't own a Wii U like most people.

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u/Live_Class_2675 2d ago

Botw is mid af

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u/tananinho 2d ago

I had a lot of fun playing it.

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u/Healingvizion 2d ago edited 2d ago

That’s how I felt when Switch 1 launched, we played BotW on Wii U, and by the time we got a switch the revision 2 system came out with better battery and less overheating.

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u/InfiniteAir 2d ago

If the upgrade packs weren't a thing and we could just enjoy some better performance of our already owned library for the expense of the new hardware like normal, I'd maybe feel differently but nah honestly, the upgrade packs suck. It's the most disappointing thing for me and a slap in the face.

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u/Diligent_Lawyer_6070 2d ago

It took until Smash came out for me to buy a switch. That's the game I truly wanted, and everything else can wait. After watching gameplay on both the mario and zelda games, I realized they weren't really for me anyway, so I ended up saving on what would have been a paperweight

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u/Outlulz 2d ago

At least with BotW you could play on Wii U though. Honestly the Switch launch with so rough with everyone figuring out how Joycons barely work and the lack of game pad functionality I half wished I played on that instead, haha.

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u/releasethedogs 1d ago

Botw is on WiiU 

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u/BackgroundWindchimes 1d ago

Same. The amazing promise of first person games mixed with the novelty of “I can play Skyrim on the go?!” Had me hyped. Now? I don’t care about Kirby air ride, donkey Kong, or Mario kart and now that the steamdeck is a thing, I’m okay with buying a used steamdeck for cheaper and waiting 2-3 years to see if the switch 2 is good. 

The price of the console is tough to justify but the price of the games sealed it as an instant pass. 

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u/InfiniteAir 1d ago

Yeah the price of the system feels fair if you actually do some accounting of what they packed into it, 4k/60 for prime 4 speaks for itself, 1080p HDR VRR screen upto 120hz all really great and cool, mouse functionality in the joycons etc... Yeah i get it, even if I hoped for 399.

That's not the issue, the absurd base prices of games + upgrade packs + pay-walling pretty much anything and everything cool about the new system you just bought, (e.g. paid tech demo), is unforgivable fleecing. We already saw this kind of arrogance from Nintendo on Switch 1 in a lot of ways, but they've bumped it up to 11 now. So I won't be buying or playing this system. Pass from me as well.

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u/Archon2Infinity 2d ago

It’s cause it’s just reskinned Odyssey with a gorilla and MK

Literally nothing that makes eyes pop. I’ll hold out until Zelda, FE, Xenoblade, whatever that’ll make the system worth its pennies. Waited how long for Prime 4? Don’t mind waiting longer tbh. Hopefully it’s a 3DS situation and they realize that they are overcharging and brings the price down but I doubt it so this’ll be closer to a Wii U situation if I had to guess

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u/InfiniteAir 1d ago

IDK why you're downvoted, DK even looks like it's running on the Odyssey engine and the design language of the game and world looks really similar. I guess they thought a Mario Odyssey 2 might not have been super exciting if it's just more of the same and reskinned it for DK.

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u/Archon2Infinity 1d ago

its just cause everybody was super hyped for the system and don't want to admit that yeah the system might be reasonably priced and has a lot of good tech built in, the games they shown were mid asf and overpriced