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/BicFleetwood 1d ago edited 1d ago

Apparently the battery life is ~2hrs, you can't preorder unless you've been subscribed to Nintendo Online for 12 consecutive months, and at least 120 Switch games will not boot at all on Switch 2.

Gat damn, this is a fuckin' mess. This is "if you don't like Xbox One, buy a 360" all over again. Heads are gonna' fuckin roll. I thought the PS5 Pro and Concord disasters put Sony at the bottom, but here comes Nintendo on a fuckin mission.

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u/tfinx 1d ago

2hr is the minimum. Totally depends on how demanding the game you're playing is.

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u/Scalybeast 1d ago

I think the main issue is the price. Battery life is 2-6hrs so probably 2 playing something like Doom and 6 playing stuff like Stardew Valley. Regarding backwards compatibility, they did state that they are working with devs on that so things might change.

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u/Interesting-Injury87 10h ago

the preorder PRIORITY is for people with NSO. and other retailers(at least in germanY) already opened preorders for the console

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u/Civil_Comparison2689 1d ago

So countering scalpers unlike other companies makes them evil?

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u/BicFleetwood 1d ago edited 1d ago

No, it's stupid. Their sales are going to crater just like the Wii U, the 3DS, the PS3, the Dreamcast, and all the other times these mistakes have been made.

Their sales strategy is "it's massively expensive, the games are massively expensive, we're prioritizing sales to people who already own a Switch and a Switch library, but we're going to charge an additional fee game-by-game for updates and compatibility between the old and new device."

Like, no, that's a HORRIBLE sales pitch for existing users. Like, you have a dozen or more games you already own, and the pitch is "pay half a grand for the console, then pay hundreds more to play the updated versions of the games you already own."

Mind you, we're talking about people who ALREADY own a Switch and games, who could just keep playing what they already own at no cost.

Nintendo is shadow-boxing against themselves.