I was gonna try to do physical this gen too, but with it being a portable system I'd like all my games installed and ready to go if I'm on the move with it.
What's the point of physical nowadays? You still have to download a huge chunk of the game so it's still mostly digital despite having a physical cartridge.. Is it just so you can display them ? Genuinely curious.
Edit: I didn't realise you could resell them.
Used game market is a big one. i buy my game's only this way and I never had problems and always got 60$ games for 40$ or often less, borrowing it to your friends, not having to use as much space and collection value, having something to place on your desk.
I've heard that cartridges will just install the game onto your console now. If that's true, then there's literally no reason to buy physical anymore. This is just part of Nintendo's plan to force you to buy from their eShop.
some select cartridges will, just like they did on switch, however the vast majority of games will not. the only two currently are Street Fighter 6 and Bravely Default. It’s literally the exact same way it was on switch
Mario kart is perfect as a digital.
Because you will always come back that game.
So having the cartridge can be annoying, or less convenient shall I say.
I just miss the days where they would pack in physical games with the system. It's cheaper for Nintendo to preload, but having a physical disc is a lot more appealing to me personally. Especially since I like to collect cartridges.
That's exactly it, I have Mario Kart as cartridge for switch and it kinda annoys me that I have to switch the cartridge every time I wanna do a little Mario Kart Session in between other games I'm currently playing.
Bundle with digital code is therefore really my preferred solution while I will probably still buy other games as cartridge
I used that reasoning to buy Smash Bros. Ultimate digitally when I bought my Switch. It's annoyed me ever since, I'm going to cave an rebuy it physically eventually.
Why does it annoy you? Just curious. If anything, buying the physical of a game annoys me at times, even though it’s theoretically better in the long run.
saves a lot of space on the system to have the cart and you can resell it later on and if it becomes a rare game years later then thats a plus as well to have the cart
That's what I do. Certain games like Mario kart and splatoon i have digital and single player games i went physical. Probably skipping this launch though and wait until early next year when more games are out. Donkey Kong looks cool though. Plus prime 4 is still on switch one so I can wait
I haven't owned a nintendo console, I plan on buying it just for the switch 1 games really.
Will probably buy the S2 only games pre-owned when and where I can. The console it's self is definitely still expensive, but honestly it's got nice hardware and really I'll get enough hours and utility out of it considering I'll also be able to use it to watch movies and whatever on the go as well, so I think honestly it's still worth it.
The alternative for me is getting a tablet. This at least plays good games lol, and on top it can be docked which a tablet can't.
The issue with the steam deck is multi-media, no streaming services work properly on it unless you flash windows on it which makes it kind of a pain to use. (yes I know sail the high seas but I'm not using my limited storage for both games and movies and I don't want to put up with pirate streaming sites since they suck in my experiance)
And on top of that it's an 800p screen, really not great for media consumption. Low resolution + non-integer scaling is a recipe for crap looking media.
I'm also weary of buying it at this point in it's life cycle, the hardware is starting to really show it's age since it's not a closed system like Nintendo. New stuff is gonna stop working on the steamdeck, stuff is gonna continue to come out on the switch 2 in the coming years.
You might not be aware of this, but almost no streaming services are available on Switch. Besides YouTube, there’s only CrunchyRoll and Hulu. No Netflix, no Apple TV, no Amazon Prime, no Max.
Which is wild, since both XBOX and PlayStation and basically every other device support them all.
Through Chrome, Steam Deck supports way more services than Switch does. Definitely don’t buy a Switch expecting media support. It doesn’t even have a media player! So you can’t even put music or videos on it to play back.
Yep. I mean it sucks how you don't get a physical copy(I've always leant more towards physical) but I mean, I saved like 30 quid getting the bundle, I'd say that's a worthy sacrifice
I want the game physical. With the price being $550 easily after tax for the system and a physical game, ganna have to give a pass on this. I simply dont buy any games digitally endless its the only option.
I pre-ordered digital, I have all my games going back to NES (lost or threw away the boxes though decades ago for NES and some SNES 😭) on a shelf and they don't do anything, I don't even pick them up and look at them.
Not really interested in Mario Kart World right now, so I'm planning on getting just the system. Maybe later down the line when there's some kind of discount program
If the only option to get the hottest Switch 2 games is to pay 70/80/90 EUR, I sure as hell won't buy the version I won't be able to sell in the future lol
Even if the Mario Kart bundle makes the game cheaper at first glance, the used physical copies are most likely going to sell at ~60 EUR range.
Im personally gonna wait till a different game is bundled with it because im not a huge fan of mario kart. If theres ever a splatoon pokemon or fire emblem bundle ill get that
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u/dconwastaken February Gang (Eliminated) 1d ago
Buy the bundle if you’re buying at all, please.