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Nintendo Maintains Nintendo Switch 2 Pricing, Retail Pre-Orders to Begin April 24 in U.S. (www.nintendo.com)

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Prices for accessories will be increasing to compensate for tariffs.

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[-] Prox@lemmy.world 69 points 2 weeks ago

Still gonna skip this and hope for a 3DS-like price drop around the holidays. I'm really hoping Nintendo misses their sales targets big time because fuck these prices.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 56 points 2 weeks ago

Personally, I'm at the point of "fuck walled garden ecosystems", not to mention all the legal work they're doing to ruin video games.

[-] Viri4thus@feddit.org 27 points 2 weeks ago

This is a pretty good take on all of this. MS, Sony and Nintendo have done nothing but enshitify their platforms in the past few years and yet, they increase the cost of admission at every enshitification step.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Consoles just have a dwindling list of use cases, so trying to create problems that furthers their use is going to have much the same effect as cable companies trying to pretend that streaming video services don't exist.

[-] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah we're very quickly getting to the point that consoles are just moot.

With linux support increasing , I expect that to escalate since a lot more hardware will be in reach for running games.

[-] arakhis_@feddit.org 8 points 2 weeks ago

Streisand effect, am now super interested in emulating switch products.

We just need a huge fund to uphold a defense against unjust bully lawsuit threats by N-word company - countless small ones through a petition and/or some big reach influencers/oil-oligarchs that are gamers

Emulators are perfectly legal, after all

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

Yep, the switch was a great idea to bridge console and handheld. Once the technology is out and the steam deck is open, without subscription, without lock down, allowing all past purchases, etc. ; the console is dead.

[-] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 5 points 2 weeks ago

Agree. Personally I like having something portable, so I've always complemented my PC with a Nintendo handheld. Thankfully, PCs can now be handhelds too, even including an open operating system.

The only time I even booted my Switch after getting the Steam Deck was to rip all my games and saves from there.

[-] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

If there a good enough games out for it, then I might consider getting one when the budget version gets released.

But, we will see not if there is stick drift and stuff like that.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 4 points 2 weeks ago

I'm so unimpressed with their release lineup as well. They've just done the same thing they always do, and made a minority improved Mario Cart and a lackluster Pokémon game. Or, and a tutorial, don't forget that.