@Misima I'm wondering this as well because at least here in Norway, secondhand marketplaces are flush with Switch 2's. The prices are pushed down below half of what a new one costs. I put mine up for sale but would end up losing so much compared to what it cost me, I decided to just keep it. The idea was to wait for a "OLED" refresh, but that will likely cost even more, so might was well just keep it around.
I didn't see this with Switch 1 over here. I can't speak for other regions, but at least in Norway, I'm observing heavy resale, no stock shortage anywhere, and anecdotally, I'm one of only two people in my extended friend circles as well as family that even has one. That might just be completely random, but it's at the very least in stark contrast to Switch 1.
Nintendo always has varying success in different markets. Europe is a very important market for Nintendo but it probably takes 3 Europeans to buy 1 Nintendo console compared to the US where Nintendo is far more successful. I think pricing is more important in Europe too so the increase in price of Switch 2 and its games will likely slowdown Switch 2 sales more in Europe. However Japan benefits from much lower pricing for Switch 2 consoles and games and the USA loves Nintendo consoles it seems. I think people like to think globally about consoles but the Microsoft sold a ton of Xbox 360 consoles back in the day but next to nothing in Japan. Here in the UK we loved them and of course the USA loved them even more.
It definitely feels like Switch 2 in Europe is a bit 'meh' in sales, not terrible but seems to be plenty of stock here in the UK but maybe people are waiting for Black Friday etc. I've looked at reviews of the Switch 2 on sites like Amazon and while most are very positive there are quite a few that have concerns about display quality and battery runtime and a few saying its a bit too big for a portable. Some were disappointed how 720p Switch games look on the 1080p panel especially those who moved from OLED Switches.
It really feels to me that the Switch 2 launch model is a bit rough and an upgraded model perhaps with a better OLED panel and improved fabrication process with much better battery runtime will be more popular. It almost feels like a lot of people are looking and waiting for an improved Switch 2 model. It feels like Switch 2 sales may slowdown for a while until there is better hardware, more exclusive games and dare I say it better value.
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Most games for quite awhile have had a patch of some sort, so you need to make sure you tell your Switch to not download the patch when you first boot up the game if you want to play only what is on the cartridge. If you download any kind of patch, then from that point on your Switch will remember what version of the game you had and won't let you go back to just the cartridge version without a factory reset. It's annoying.
The Switch 2 Edition games, if you buy the red cartridge, do have all of them data on them (original game and Switch 2 enhancements): the Zeldas, Kirby, Mario Party, soon Mario Wonder, etc.
I also have MK World, DK, and Cyberpunk for the full physicals, and I'm not buying any game key cards. Other Switch 2 games that are full physical and you might want to try are Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma (AWESOME game) and the newest Harvest Moon. Yooka Replayee is coming out soon, and that's full physical, as well.
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