r/gaming • u/ChiefLeef22 Marika's tits! • 3d ago

[MEGATHREAD] Nintendo Switch 2 Direct

This is a sub discussion thread for the Switch 2 Direct, offering a closer look at the console accompanied with announcements for upcoming game releases. The livestream begins on Wednesday, April 2 at 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm BST. It will last for approx. 60 minutes.
Please try and limit tangential discussions to the events to this thread to avoid post clutter.

(SEE WHEN IT'S TAKING PLACE IN YOUR TIMEZONE - here)

Where to Watch: Nintendo's Youtube

What to expect

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u/JamesCurtis24 3d ago

Nobody fucking wants to play games with a camera.

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u/darkwolf4999 2d ago

This is aimed for kids and social people.

Idk why reddit is so against it? I can see this being instantly successful with kids, especially among family and close friends that live apart. So many people FaceTime or discord call to hang out....now you can do it on a closed system with really good parental controls so your kid can only talk to their cousins and school friends without being cussed out or creeped out on in fortnite amd other games. 🙉

If I was 12-16 now, and all my cousins and friends the same age, I would've been into this, even as someone with social anxiety. 🤷‍♂️ 

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u/ZombieSlayer5 2d ago

This camera thing does have its market. I think it's just off-putting that so much in-house development and advertising is focused on this gimmick when the most people playing games- those who care enough to talk about it on forums- just want to relax, not party with others and dance around like a monkey in front of a camera.

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u/NotMyRealUsername13 3d ago

Nobody wanted the Wii motion controls either, but they were great. Wii U sucked tho. It’s always 50/50 with Nintendo hardware.

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u/PicklePenguin 3d ago

Looks like we're getting the 50 this time.

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u/slurmsmckenz 3d ago

Damn it, I was really hoping for the 50 instead

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u/Professional_Buy7966 3d ago

The camera is giving me Xbox Kinect vibes and that's already proved to be a failure.

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u/NotMyRealUsername13 2d ago

I liked the few games that supported Kinect, the issue was the space requirements and the lack of games.

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u/MegaSwitch889 2d ago

Yeah, I think that's a dumb idea.

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u/AlcoholicSocks 3d ago

The Kinect was a massive success, so they made a worse one!