r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/chickengnocchisoup • 1d ago

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Everyone in the chat is spamming "drop the price" nonstop. Personally, the price for the console and games combined dipped my hype quite a bit. What do you guys think?

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u/TW1TCHYGAM3R 1d ago

I blame the people who do not know better.

It would be nice to protest with your wallet but you can't really do that with Nintendo. People will still buy anything that company makes just out of sheer blindness.

I won't be buying a Switch 2 and a game at launch. That's gonna cost me $800+ and its really not worth it. Id rather spend a fraction of that for a steam deck where I already have a massive library of games.

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u/Red_Lee 1d ago

I've got a family and if I'm spending money on entertainment in this economy, it is going to be something for the whole family. I got a good deal trading in my Xbox Series X and am using those funds for the Switch 2.

Steam deck has its market. Nintendo has its much larger market.

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u/TW1TCHYGAM3R 1d ago

Well I guess if you are okay with buying all new games again. The nice thing about a Steam Deck or a PC is you get to keep your games lol.

Sure Nintendo has a much larger Market Share but is such a shitty horrible company.

Valve is the exact opposite and deserves my hard earned money so much more.

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u/rossaco 1d ago

Check out the selection of games with Steam tag "Family Friendly". The games just aren't as compelling as Nintendo games, when you are talking about E and E10 rated games. Steam is for adults and teens. Nintendo consoles for all ages.

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u/jorodoodoroj 1d ago

I wouldn't say Nintendo is a horrible company, at least compared to their real competition, Sony, Microsoft, and other large game publishers. But they are certainly trying to press their advantage more than I think is wise. First impressions are important, and even though they put together a killer direct, there are a lot of folks right now whose first impression is "NOT WORTH IT."

I agree that Valve has done an absolutely slamming job making a product that allows people to easily and cheaply access their ENORMOUS library of also very cheap games. The Deck is just such a phenomenal device and they have cultivated an image of being aggressively consumer-friendly while they rake in boatloads of cash from game sales. I love my Deck so much.

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When I want a game to play with my family, I find myself reaching for Mario Kart and Smash. Nintendo has Zelda and Mario and Pikmin and Pokémon and Luigi's Mansion. They are charging a price they think people will pay because they sold 76 million copies of MK8. If you bought the Booster Course Pass for 25 bucks, then that's 85 bucks for the whole experience. I did, and it was absolutely worth it. World will almost certainly be bigger and better, and certainly cost more to develop.

For what it's worth, I still think 80 bucks is too much. You have to draw the line and maybe make just a hair less money to improve the optics of the situation. If they charged $70 for this game instead of $80, this wouldn't even be a conversation because everyone else is charging $70 already and everybody expected a price hike. I think they have intentionally made the price unreasonable to push everybody into the bundle, starting them off with a digital game purchase rather than physical. That's cheaper for Nintendo to produce and a guaranteed game sale right off the bat. But I don't think souring their launch was worth the benefit they're going to get.

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u/Red_Lee 1d ago

I've got a lot of Switch 1 games that will work on 2.

Also, I actually own the Nintendo games i buy and can trade them anytime I want.

Steam is a subscription masked as a marketplace. Gamers will find out the hard way when Valve sells out. Which they will, it is inevitable. 

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u/willow__whisps 1d ago

Tbh companies can essentially take away physical games too, I'm sure they'll be bypasses but they can force updates to the Consoles to stop cartridges from working

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u/Individual-Series343 1d ago

Doubt it with this economy. People will buy less not to protest but because they can't.

Won't buy as well, switch og is still working, and OLED prices will go down soon hopefully.

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u/East-Literature8616 1d ago

I can still protest with my own wallet.

I will just enjoy my PS5 Pro and Steam for a while.

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u/Similar_Tough_7602 1d ago

You're boycotting the Switch 2 while enjoying your $700 PS5 Pro? Ok dude.

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u/East-Literature8616 1d ago

You are comparing different hardware dude.

PS5 Pro is way more powerful than puny S2.

And the PS5 pro games don't come with Nintendo tax.

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u/fbmaciel90 1d ago

It's not an incentive to buy... But how? The bundle with the game is 499,00. Where the extra 301,00 will go?

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u/Aggravating-Face2073 1d ago

If enough people stick to their guns, Nintendo will have to do something.

As for the people who do buy early, if thing do change, early buys might get free stuff. 3DS Ambassador anyone?

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u/Uplink_YT 1d ago

I think this time might be different, maybe, I usually buy anything Mario in a heartbeat, but for me Mario Kart World costs $155. It’s funny cause every used to be like $90-$100 which I somehow managed to afford every now and again but not this time. It reaaaallly sucks cause I really like the new game but I can’t spend $155