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@jojobar

The only change if GKC disappear will be more games going digital only

@Anti-Matter

“ Sell the product properly, full physical or full digital, no BS in between”

Er no. If you want to buy the games digital you do so. If you don’t want to buy the games but want to endlessly relentlessly complain about the criteria you’ve set for not buying them, do so. But don’t reduce choice for the rest of us. I don’t want an all digital future and GKC help stave that off.

@Skunkfish

• Better for the environment due to not having expensive Memory chips inside
• Come down in price quicker than cards (completely unscientific comparison of Cyberpunk v other Third Party games based on 30 seconds on Amazon)

Ok I’m more interested than I was. Not really my thing but it sounds like it could genuinely be good. Reviews will be key now.

@NolandC

It’s got a Metascore of 77 so an 8/10 is entirely typical

Seems to be averaging about 8 out of 10. Pretty much what I would expect from a Mario Tennis game, they’ve never been killer titles. I’ll pick it up at some point.

Looks hugely impressive on Switch 2. Nintendo/Nvidia have done a superb job. The gap between S2 and the tethered systems is so small portability becomes the deciding factor for me

@HalBailman

This is where I find CIAB so egregious.

I can make peace with GKC. They can be shared, they can be traded in and resold. I can believe that there is a substantial cost saving for the publisher going for a GKC instead of a 64GB card so they help encourage third party support to come to Switch 2.

However I don’t believe there’s much difference between manufacturing a CIAB v a GKC. The box is the same so the distribution costs are identical. In a world of GKCs there is no reason at all for CIAB to exist.

@Yosher

Where was I hounding you? I replied to your post.

@Yosher

CIAB is far worse than GKC. No resale value and an absolutely pointless waste of plastic.

@midnitet0ker

These are Microsoft games

Code in a box is the absolute worst. Far worse than GKC by any measure. So I’ll pass on those two unless I see a very deep sale on the digital at some point.

CIAB shouldn’t be allowed. It’s a waste of plastic.

Not the best but it’s amazing as someone who’s been a Nintendo fan for more than 5 minutes to see this much third party support

Weirdly I’m hoping for an onslaught of Xbox games. Get Doom the Dark Ages, Psychonauts, Forza Horizon, Halo, Killer Instinct, Starfield, Diablo IV, Flight Sim and all the rest on there

Ah, the corrupt gambling arena that all us poor working people are subjugated by

Keeping up the very consistent pace of releases they’ve managed so far. Obviously there are big hitters missing but Nintendo have obviously learned from Switch 1 and know they need to keep the content coming.

Absolutely amazing figures.

Particularly impressive as they’ve been shifted with-apart from Mario Kart-Nintendo steering clear of their biggest system sellers in favour of quite a quirky, leftfield line up. Donkey Kong, Kirby Air Riders, Drag and Drive and Metroid Prime have their fans but it’s mainly likely to be hardcore Nintendo fans interested in those.

Third party support has been good and Nintendo has a lot announced for 2026 and so many inevitable huge releases in the future so hopefully the momentum keeps going.

Looking forward to
Mario Tennis
Yoshi
Fire Emblem
Pragmata
Mina the Hollower

Interested in the Mario Wonder and thoroughly intrigued by the idea of a single player Splatoon game. Rhythm Heaven is a maybe too

Nintendo ready has plenty announced for this year (Mario Tennis, Splatoon Raiders, Pokémon Pokopia, Tomodachi Life, Rhythm Heaven, Yoshi, Fire Emblem) so this isn’t too surprising. Hopefully we’ll see evidence that Nintendo has caught up with Dev kit distribution. Third party support has been good so far but I’m hoping for more from the likes of Xbox

Impressive numbers.

To those of us who lived through the N64, Wii U and (to a lesser but still significant extent) eras it’s amazing to see third party support like Switch 2 is getting

Not for me, but nice to see excitement around it and I hope those who do get it have a great time

@Discostew

We really are. I have a Series X and a PS5 and a 4K 120HZ TV and I’m fine with Switch 2. In fact the flexibility of the latter now far outweighs the graphical improvements seen elsewhere for me.

Always going to be 60 FPS in a racer for me

I don’t have nearly enough issues with the Official Joy Con 2 to warrant £125 for this

I know Nintendo have upset a few people with their weirdness recently, using a string of leftfield releases to launch Switch 2 rather than their mainstream big names. I also know they’ve duplicated Mario 64 across retail and NSO but this still seems unlikely to me. Pikmin 2 is already available on the Eshop and Metroid Prime Remaster was at 1.36 million 18 months ago meaning a decent chance of profit from a sequel.

That said, these being a weird choice of games makes it seem believable, Nintendo being Nintendo….

Thats a great result for this game. Well deserved too.

Seems a decent upgrade but I was hoping for a 120FPS mode

That’s truly awful

Another excellent port

@BanjoPickles

They will release new AC games, the updates are just schedule fillers to pick up a few quid from stragglers who haven’t bought them yet and those willing to buy the upgrade. New AC, Zelda, Mario etc is how they make their money. They’re the biggest profit drivers for them.

As for new games, Nintendo have released 5 Switch 2 exclusives along with distinct Switch 2 versions of two new games. They have 6 more Switch 2 exclusives already announced. Not many are system sellers but that’s a good thing to me as a Nintendo fan. I like it when they go a bit more leftfield.

@Coffee-Waffle

Oh I’m not trying to change anyone’s mind. I’m just at the other end of the scale where I want more upgrades. Some have been minor but others like TOTK, Links Awakening, Bowsers Fury, Captain Toad (2 player via Gameshare) have been transformative. Anyway, all opinions isn’t it? Take care.

(Still waiting for my Wave Race update! 😉)

@Johnny44

I’m expecting some people to complain that these upgrades aren’t free enough. If these upgrades hadn’t happened there would be a different set of people (or possibly some of the same people) complaining that Nintendo hadn’t upgraded their games. You can see why Nintendo just does its own thing.

@Coffee-Waffle

Fair enough holding that opinion, but the polls should tell you you’re very much in the minority.

People upgrade PCs, Consoles, Phones, Tablets, TVs etc all the time and one of the main draws is their old content running better and/or faster. Gaming in particular benefits from this more than other forms of entertainment. Buyers don’t have to lose access to their old library and Games aren’t just left in the past, just as with other forms of entertainment. In the case of Switch 2, it already has 5 exclusives and another 6 planned for this year just from what we know about. Upgrades are just an addition to that.

@Woodyshoe

I’ve got an 8-year-old and an 11-year-old who got the Switch 2 for Christmas and they’re just fine with the size.

Probably nothing. Would be a Nintendo surprise in the classic fashion to release a non-portable Switch 2 model though. The system is powerful enough to justify it. Would be much cheaper and could generate some sales from consumers not bothered about portability.

Not a big AC player myself so no interest in this. My wife is much more into it but also has no interest, doesn’t sound like there’s much to it.

My Switch 2 backlog is huge as it is, I don’t need to add for the sake of it so I’ll pass

@Paulo

Of course the big hitters will release, they always do. That’s how they make money. Nintendo won’t be expecting to move the casual user base over quickly, it happens over time (e.g.PS5). I’ve seen absolutely nothing to suggest Nintendo sees S2 editions as new games, and they all offer upgrade paths anyway, many of them free.

You’re extrapolating ‘things you care about’ into ‘reasons it will fail’

@Paulo

I’ve no idea what you’re so upset about this but Switch 2 is doing great. It’s the fastest selling system of all time at a tricky time for the industry and with Nintendo still to launch the vast majority of their big hitters. Nintendo won’t be panicking, it’s all going to plan.

@HalBailman

Very well said. Doom sells though, especially to an audience that contains a significant number of people desperate to pretend Switch 2 is failing for some reason.

The tide goes in, the tide goes out, Nintendo just carries on. That was a bubble in August and now it’s, well, probably a good time to buy stock.

You would hope that, given it’s their primary product and facilitate sales of their other primary product (software) they’d have a plan for the foreseeable. It’s going to be difficult to avoid at some point if demand remains as high as it currently is, so they need to keep a steady pace of new releases (Nintendo have 5 Switch 2 exclusives lined up this year off the top of my head) and upgrades of Switch 1 games, while hoping third party support strengthens further. They’ve got the hardware very right, it’s excellent, keep the software coming.

OTOH they aren’t particularly in a rush, they aren’t looking to move the entire Switch 1 user base over immediately and sales have been exceptionally strong so far. Nintendo aren’t usually ones to panic and I doubt the current climate will see them do so.

“overall sales for 2025 were actually up by by 6% compared to the Switch (which was also released a full 14 weeks earlier too, by the way)”

“The Switch 2 is doing remarkably well, then, and has already nailed the record as the fastest-selling console of all time”

So things are going pretty well then?

Switch 1 in that period had new Zelda, Splatoon and 3D Mario along with a Mario Kart that was new to most people. Switch 2 only really has one of thei big hitters (Mario Kart). The rest of the Switch 2 line up is great for the hardcore Nintendo fan and those who like to see Nintendo experiment a bit but the casual audience won’t get excited by Metroid or Kirby Air Riders.

Funny to see people on here thinking this will lead to a change of course or a price drop (with current memory prices this is a fantasy). Nintendo will probably be looking at the big picture and say they’re executing the plan nicely.

Hope he enjoys his retirement, seems to have done a very solid job for Nintendo. Not a ‘personality’ like his predecessor which is important in the Social Media age but the results are there.

As I said back in June it was time to move on. 6 months with Switch 2 has done nothing to change that. Apart from battery life which is understandable given the power difference, everything about Switch 2 is an upgrade. Still got a Switch 1 and it’s really hard to go back to the tiny joycons, slower loading times and inferior graphics.

Handy to keep around to play Retro games on where there’s no upgrade but that’s about it. Switch 1 is my favourite system of all time but things move on and Switch 2 is a proper generational leap.

Mouse controls, game share, and a significant resolution boost please. 720p on Switch 1 wasn’t the best effort.

@Grumblevolcano

Again, that underestimates the power of convenience. Ever since the Gameboy launched Nintendo have had no issues selling massive numbers of portable systems. All those systems have been missing many of the big third party games of the day. The absence of Tomb Raider, Grand Theft Auto, Call of Duty or whatever it may be hasn’t been an issue. Of course losing their exclusives would have an impact but portability is a huge factor for many.

@TheBigK

They’d go third party, 100%. They only exist to make money whether it be Video games, Gaming hardware, Hanafuda cards, love hotels or whatever the means to that end is.

@Gamecuber

I think you’d be surprised how many people value convenience over a power difference that needs YouTube videos to explain to the average punter these days

Whether to keep games exclusive comes down to a value calculation. Would the money made from sales elsewhere outweigh the losses that inevitably follow when hardware sells drop and then third party revenue and peripheral sales drop? The bigger the sales as exclusives the harder it is to make that maths work. That’s before you get to the intangible value of things like brand loyalty. For Nintendo exclusives on their own hardware make so much sense it’s hard at this stage to see that ever changing.

@Dalamar

….or old people with (shock horror) a different opinion