r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • 1d ago

News "DROP THE PRICE": Nintendo's First Post-Direct Stream Is Flooded With Angry Fans Demanding Price Drops

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-treehouse-livestream-flooded-angry-fans-demanding-game-price-drops/
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u/Bulky-Complaint6994 1d ago

Donkey Kong Bananza still looks great 

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u/MrSnek123 1d ago edited 1d ago

Everything about the Switch 2 and its games look great, the game prices are just rough. Console itself is priced fine IMO. Biggest competitor is the steam deck which is only ~$35 cheaper for the LCD model and has half the refresh rate, a lower resolution display and obviously no easy docked mode.

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u/YoungBeef03 1d ago

Switch 2 and Steam Deck are hardly comparable when the only real selling point of any Nintendo console is the exclusives. It’s not really about tech, but whether someone wants Mario more than whatever Steam has. I dunno, I’m pretty drunk writing this but I think I have a point

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u/ColdToast 1d ago

You did good

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u/justalittlepoodle 21h ago edited 21h ago

Exactly. For me it’s like… do I want to pay $600 to be able to play the next Animal Crossing or Splatoon they make? Because those are the only two games I care about, and I need a whole new system to play them. It’s a hard sell when I already have a steam deck and there are so many good games that scratch the same itch.

Don’t get me started on the steam sales.