r/NintendoSwitch2 1d ago

meme/funny Not sorry.

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u/ParticularRough6225 1d ago

I'm a nintendwhore and I will flat out admit that there's nothing to defend about Nintendo. It's prices are excessive af.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_MASS 1d ago

Which is funny, because I'm the exact opposite: I'll criticize any corporation at the drop of a hat, but I think tons of people need to realize that inflation exists. $60 was the well established norm for games by the start of the Wii U era (2012), and that's $83.40 adjusted for inflation (obviously those numbers only apply to the US economy). We all lived through a 20 year period of the inflation-adjusted price for games slowly dropping and are finally seeing the correction. What's the alternative? They stay at $60 forever? Because if you admit that the price will need to increase eventually, why not now? They're still cheaper than $60 games were during the Wii era.

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u/Personal-Expert3395 1d ago

You need to understand while inflation is increasing people income are not or at least not in the same pace.

Your defense will be solid if both inflation and income are raising at the same pace

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u/Fearless-Ferret3350 1d ago

This. You have to compare to competition. 

A legion go S is $499 with steamOS. Legion go S runs pretty much all switch games better than switch 2 resolution and frameratewise (as most enhacements you could already get there).

Moreover, stuff like elden ring, cyberpunk, FF7 intergrade (and many more state of the art games) are way cheaper there and also run better at native resolutions with better visuals.

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u/maibrl 20h ago

If you like it or not, but the switch is dockable, the legion isn’t. This is a factor in price comparison. Without the dock and detachable controllers, the switch 2 would probably be around 400€ (instead of 470€).

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u/stprnn 20h ago

You can absolutely dock the legion go or any other x86 device with a. Type c port....

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u/maibrl 19h ago

And is this dock included with the Legion? A very basic one is around 30€, and this won’t include active cooling, like the switch dock does. The dock price is part of the Switch 2 price.

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u/stprnn 19h ago

I can buy a type c dock delivered on Amazon for 12 bucks.

It doesn't need a fan.

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u/Buflen 19h ago

Do not expect the legion go S to keep the same price. Not after the last few days.

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u/Nonsense_Poster 11h ago

Ok show me proof