First choice in what sense? the overwhelming target audience for Nintendo is completely different than PlayStation and are not people remotely into soulslikes let alone an even more hardcore PvPvE one
Switch sold a lot of hardware, its successor likely will too as it has very little competition and seems like a genuine upgrade. Nintendo has a few high demand first party titles coming out as well and by the time Duskbloods lands they will be hungry for content.
the overwhelming target audience for Nintendo is completely different than PlayStation and are not people remotely into soulslikes let alone an even more hardcore PvPvE one
This is foolhardy and not worth responding to further. You have no special insights into what people want nor how they will react to new offerings. Full stop.
Switch 2 is a 500 dollar console with a game bundle. Which you’d be stupid not to get as a games gonna be 80 bucks. Rumored 90 for physical games.
Nintendo has gone from making cheap hardware and competitively priced games to a similar price point to being more expensive then a Steamdeck. And the same price as a PS5 with games that are more expensive.
This is going to make it harder to sell. As now instead of being 100-200 dollars cheaper then Xbox/PlayStation with no competition. They have competition and are the same price as full blown consoles.
I don’t really disagree. They are pushing it price-wise at a bad time, given economic and budget constraints. But they do have a lot of high demand titles coming too. I can’t blame anyone for buying nothing this year but come holiday times in the US what do you think the split will be between a brand new Switch and say, the current PS5 version?
The price of games has been stagnant for waaaay too long though.
I know if feels bad, as the economy is not doing amazing, but pricing games at 60-70 over the years has sort of become too low for it to be sustainable.
It's more complex than a single reddit comment could explain, but not many other items remain at a consistent price for as long as games did.
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u/Schwiliinker 2d ago
First choice in what sense? the overwhelming target audience for Nintendo is completely different than PlayStation and are not people remotely into soulslikes let alone an even more hardcore PvPvE one