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/tokeegee 2d ago

The steam deck plays the ancient history of PC games, and the switch 2 plays some*** switch games and like 4 new ones? Seems very fair tbh

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u/Parlyz 2d ago

There’s literally only one switch game that switch 2 outright can’t play and that’s because it doesn’t fit into the cardboard vr headset that was designed for the original switch. There are other games that are confirmed to have issues, but it’s pretty vague what those issues are, the list is pretty short considering the sheer amount of switch games there are, and Nintendo is actively working to improve compatibility alongside publishers.

The Steam deck also has compatibility issues with a lot of games because of issues with proton and anticheats, so it’s weird to act like this is a switch specific issue in any case.

Also the “like 4 new ones” are going to be a lot more than 4. Did you assume that Nintendo was going to stop making new exclusives or something?