Topic: Is The Switch 2 Worth It???

@UpsideDownRowlet Or maybe you can just chill out? I swear people still take video games and crappy forum talk too seriously...

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@skywake Yes, thank you for your enlightening observation.

One wonders why those who seek to create drama are the most fragile when people disagree. Something to that I think. Anyways, to respond directly to this post:

From my perspective, as one of the people who has commented in the thread who thinks it is worth it. Three points about my situation that disagree with this assertion:
1. I have a Steam Deck and a decent PC. I have other means to play modern third party titles
2. I have to this point purchased no multiplatform titles for Nintendo's hardware (Switch or Switch 2) since the release of the Switch 2. I would have purchased Hades 2 but I already had it on Steam. I would have got Mina the Hollower but it was delayed
3. The third party titles on the Switch 2 thus far, excluding some of the smaller titles which fit well within the Switch 2's capabilities (think indies and the like) do not really factor into what I like about the Switch or the Switch 2. Even remotely

The Switch 2 is appealing because it's very capable for how compact and portable. And then additionally because of how soft the generational transition from the Switch has been and how low friction it is to swap between play modes. It's all the things I liked about the Switch, just with hardware from this decade

Maybe for the funny haha's, and not taking anything seriously in throw away forums?

Y'all have too much time and money on your hands, but how you all waste them is your business.

@NotASockPuppet
I mean, you are also on this forum making posts. Pots and Kettles and all that jazz. And in terms of expense what are we talking about? Let's be real, it's not like the other platforms are cheaper

Also let's just sit back and bask in the irony of someone who made a post saying "let's summarise the thread" both failing to accurately summarise the thread and then proceed to suggest that other people have too much time on their hands

@NotASockPuppet That's at least two posts in a short space of time where you belittle this forum. Reflect on that and what you're doing here, because I'm not sure anyone's getting much positive out of it currently, other than a growing Ignore list.

For me, I own consoles just for the physical editions. I like the install & play factor. PC does not offer that to this extend (except GOG, where I can make myself kind of physical edition of a flash drive).

Currently the Switch 2 does not offer me enough of this. If I want to play digital only games on a handheld I will just play them on my Steam Deck.

I hope, next year there will be more games that are as normal editions (not GKC). Then the Switch 2 will be worth it to me

It's worth even more

I don't think you can rely on a healthy amount of third party multi-platform titles as it seems commercially they have sold very poorly, below the publishers worst expectations. So it feels like we will get less of such games going forward and those we do get will be less optimised in order to reduce their development costs. I think at the beginning the publishers had good faith and put the effort in but I just can't see that happening in the future if sales continue to be low. It feels like this will continue to be a console mainly about first party games pretty much. The only third party games that might sell well are exclusives for the Switch 2. That's what it is looking like in the sales figures and I don't think that is surprising based on Switch, wii u etc. I was picking up wii u third party multi-platform titles for £2.99 years ago brand new for titles that I think had a full retail price of £40. They were generally weak titles compared to ps3 and 360 but significantly under-priced those versions so I bought them. Yes the wii u hardware sales were low and that is a significant cause of the situation but even on wii which was a huge success I got many third party titles very cheaply. However again that was technically a very weak console so such conversions were disappointing technically.

My point is I don't think you can rely on third party multi-platform games coming to Switch 2. These could well dry up or end up being technically very weak. I don't think you can consider the Switch 2 if you are relying on third party multi-platform titles to come to the platform in the coming years. I feel many will be cancelled. I thought there was talk of a Red Dead Redemption 2 coming to Switch 2 but now its just a version of the original Red Dead Redemption that is 15 years old and playable on old consoles like the Xbox 360 etc. Easy to port and even emulate nowadays. Surely they wouldn't have to spend much money at all on such a conversion to Switch 2. Probably an afternoon's work with existing assets and code and no need to optimise as well beneath the capabilities of Switch 2.