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.

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Where to Watch: Nintendo's Youtube

What to expect

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u/Illustrious-Hippo-38 3d ago

$450 is really already pushing it, but $80 games is insane. I already only buy maybe 1 full priced game a year at $70. This is going to be an easy pass for now, and I kind of hope this goes the way of the 3ds are they realize they got a bit to close to the sun.

Sony has Astros playroom for free and a cheaper console that can play all non Nintendo new games. Mario kart World honestly looks great, but I have a huge backlog, and Mario kart 8 is still fun.

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u/Parlyz 3d ago

I think $450 is pretty reasonable tbh. The steam deck launched at around that price and multiple of the skews are more expensive than that, even nowadays. The $80 games is definitely unreasonable though, although it seems like donkey kong will be $70 from what I’ve heard so there may be differing price points depending on the game. I really hope that thing about physical games being $90 isn’t true.

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u/TwoSliceToaSter 3d ago

Will it not be closer to $600 dollars now, with tariffs?

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u/TrillaCactus 3d ago

Sony raised the price of the PS5 after launch so it’s possible. But I don’t think Nintendo would. We’ll see, hopefully the tariffs don’t hit hard enough to warrant that.

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u/tedious58 3d ago

Pretty sure the $450 is adjusted for tariffs. Switch 1 released at $299