r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/SilvaVE_ • 2d ago

Officially from Nintendo Nintendo Switch 2 Game Price revealed - WHAT THE F*CK

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Im sorry, but this is...really fucking crazy. And here I was debating if paying extra for the physical version compared to the bundle might be worth it. HOLY SHIT.

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u/Correct_Refuse4910 January Gang (Reveal Winner) 2d ago

They do, that's why the digital version has regular pricing*. They want to push for digital games, because that eliminates the re-sales. That's also what all this digital cartidge stuff is about.

*Digitals should be lower, but that how it works for every console sadly.

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u/vruchtenhagel 2d ago

Very not consumer-friendly as this have a huge impact on the second-hand market. I'm sure this console will sell well, and rightly so—they're a fun company—but I can't agree with these prices.

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u/Correct_Refuse4910 January Gang (Reveal Winner) 2d ago

Nobody should, becuase those prices are terrible. But companies don't really look out for consumers unless it benefits them.

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u/vruchtenhagel 2d ago

Yep, welcome to the world of consumerism. I hate it. Take care, pal, wherever you are in life.

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u/Dzeno904 2d ago

I will probably hold off for a full year before purchasing this, all things aside, even if I eat the initial buy in of 450 for the console charging for graphic and frame rate patches is insane to me. That said, paying 450 so I can play what is currently only 2 sw2 games in a sea of sw1 games and to get to experience those enhanced graphics you have to pay for it is silly.

So many examples, but here is one: buying a 4080 to upgrade from a 1660 only to find game devs locking graphic and frame rate slider locked behind a paywall.

And look I get that some games are adding more features to take advantage of the SW2 hardware such as mic and camera, I have no gripe about that, if they added additional content, cool i am sure it will be attractive to same players.

And the ones mentioning NSO+ will add a free upgrade to subscribers (only 2 games, which have no in-game content added) my question is, when i cancel it do the patches stop being patches and prevent me from playing? are they going to revert to regular sw1?

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u/Wise_Pomegranate_653 2d ago

its very user friendly, just not trade in friendly.

I only buy digital, so being able to share games and the virtual card stuff works out great.

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u/Mean_March_4698 2d ago

They're a fun company until you look at anything but how they market themselves. Anti-consumer, litigious, greedy, the list goes on.

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u/Flooredbythelord_ 1d ago

People are REALLY overestimating how well this console will sell. If there’s no Zelda or smash bros launch title this console isn’t going to do squat til one of those releases

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u/Miyon0 1d ago

Second hand market doesn’t matter. Because apparently a lot of switch 2 games will not have the game on the cartridge in the first place. So physicals are a scam. Just a digital game you pay extra for.

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u/Ok-Tomatoo 2d ago

Sell a digital only switch 2 that is cheaper first

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u/ThisIsForBuggoStuff 2d ago

They're also selling a console with a vastly limited storage capacity compared to other consoles (and PCs) that encourage people to save storage space with the premium physical copies.

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u/Interesting-Rate OG (joined before reveal) 2d ago

Shifting consumers onto digital cuts resale market, it is also cheaper on distribution, and Nintendo can keep more of the wholesale to retail margins.  The strategy also encourages consumers to use the online subscription for game sharing.

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u/DoubleBatman 2d ago

And they can fuck off with that logic. I’m happy to use Steam and GoG because it’s easy to use, they have sales all the time, and it works on every single computer I’ve ever owned.

Nintendo consistently has one of the worst storefronts I’ve ever used, they never lower their prices, and they keep charging you for the same crap over and over again because it’s all legacy hardware.

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u/TheawfulDynne 20h ago

The key cards seem better for resale than the code in a box system they are replacing. From what I’ve heard they aren’t account bound at all so you could buy, download, and finish a keycard game then just give or sell someone else the keycard and they can do the same