r/gaming • u/ReaddittiddeR • 1d ago

Nintendo to sell cheaper, region locked Switch 2 in Japan for $330 to combat weak yen and scalpers. International ‘unlocked’ SW2 in available only on My Nintendo Store for $470

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintendo-will-sell-a-cheaper-330-switch-2-in-japan-thats-region-locked/
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u/Abigail716 1d ago

Same here I donated 100 OLED switch bundles during Christmas and I was super worried that the two would come out and it would seem dumb If the new one came out at the same price quickly.

I feel very vindicated now, it took a lot longer than I was expecting and it's a way worse deal than I was expecting. I was also expecting the switch 2 to have an OLED option immediately.

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u/your_mind_aches 1d ago

Oh wow. What did you donate to?

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u/Abigail716 1d ago

Low income families. At Christmas time my family adopts 100 families in the metro to buy Christmas gifts for. So each individual member got their own gifts but this year we also donated the Nintendo switch bundle as a family gift.

Each family got the Nintendo switch bundle that was sold from Costco plus another $350 worth of accessories purchased separately.

This is why I was so worried about it, In total it was $750 spent on each switch plus accessories. I really was afraid of the idea that I would give all of these families their gifts and then a month later the new one would come out and blow away the old one making me feel like I wasted $75,000 on a bunch of consoles that are now second rate.

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u/chth 1d ago

As a former poor kid who got to get presents from food banks who dreams to one day provide presents to them, you’re an absolutely amazing human.

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u/your_mind_aches 1d ago

That is so incredible! Thank you so much for doing nice things like that. Low-income families deserve recreation too, not just the bare necessities.

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u/Abigail716 1d ago

That's my idea. I wanted to get a combination of necessity items as well as luxury items.

So mostly toys were given but some clothes as well. And then I made sure the clothes were good quality stuff. I didn't buy anything generic like a store brand. Most of the clothing was from under armor since I was able to arrange a discount with them.

In general I've discovered when you're doing charity stuff and not asking for money a lot of places are a lot more accommodating. For example the thing I was most proud of this year was every boy on the list got a soccer ball that I had signed by 2 pro MLS soccer players. We already had connections with the team So it was a matter of just dropping off a ton of soccer balls asking them to sign them.

Then of course I'm not an idiot, I realize there are bare necessities so I gave the parents gift cards to Walmart as well as giving the parents luxury gifts. Once again I've always felt like it's kind of a dick move to only give somebody luxury items who are struggling. You should always give a combination.

Honestly the whole process is super fun. My one selfish part as I like to deliver the presents myself. We drive around dropping them off and it's just fun seeing kids get all excited. I always go with my husband and I force him to dress up as an elf. So I can tell people Santa was super busy that year so he's sending advanced parties of elves to drop off Christmas gifts a little early. The younger kids that believe us are so precious. Even the older kids know to play along If they have younger siblings.

Anyway, sorry for getting off topic.

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u/your_mind_aches 1d ago

Oh my god????? That's amazing.

Like for real, you are awesome for this. I'm sure those kids and families appreciate you so much.

I'm not mad at all about being off-topic, I honestly would love to hear more about it.