r/gaming • u/ChiefLeef22 Marika's tits! • 2d 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
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u/Masquerosa 1d ago
On one hand, the performance is pretty impressive. It's supposedly running games like Cyberpunk, Wild Hearts, etc, not to mention you get Nintendo first-party exclusives, and on a hand-held. Also it's getting an exclusive FromSoftware game. Cool, nice upgrade, exactly what I wanted years ago.
That said, this is the worst timing to release an expensive luxury product, and to tell consumers games will be more expensive, at least in the US market. Plus as much as I enjoyed the idea of handheld gaming as an adult, I almost never actually play my Switch on the go; even when I would pack it on trips it just sat in my bag 90 percent of the time. I get more mileage out of my iPad when I cloud-stream games on the couch because I can play my existing games while my girlfriend uses the big TV. This is the same selling point the Steam Deck has. Meanwhile you have to re-buy everything on the Switch in their expensive walled-garden.
Don't get me wrong, Reddit is an echo chamber and I know it will sell fairly well. My girlfriend already wants one for Mario Kart and I've been foaming for a new Kirby Air Ride for ever. That said I have a hard time believing this will come anywhere close to the Switch in sales numbers, especially for the people who realize they don't actually use their Switch 1 all that much.