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@Jester676 for all of series S shortcomings Microsoft was not scared to share its information. This is like being at a used car dealer and they don’t want you to bring your mechanic to inspect it. Could very well be hiding something.

@johnvboy I think the problem is that inflation does happen the worst when customers blindly pay anything. The company thought oh you’ll pay this then shoot maybe next time you’ll pay more. And it’s a cycle. There’s no difference in the quality of the Walmart Reebok sweater than the Nike store Nike sweater. But there is a price difference because people want the Nike. Is that inflation, greed or supply demand. Either way when I feel ripped off my immediate response isn’t to shrug and say “inflation” but instead to vote with my wallet.

@Max_the_German I think I owned a whopping 10 N64 games and I came from an upper middle class family. We rented everything else. On my switch I must have 60-80 games. Thata a big difference. But how do I have so many games? We can buy them for less than n64 carts. It was the carts themselves which were pricy not so much the development. What is the reason for Nintendos prices which take less development time then a ps5 or series X game to cost so much? Most of us are buying digital.

@Jester676 we only have comparables and that is solely Nintendos fault. They could send a console to digital foundry but they aren’t. What does that tell you?

@KritterXD correct. I just bought a 2002 Camry with 68k kms for 4000 because i don’t agree with these prices. It is a luxury but people on here are seemingly dismissing those of us who are passing on this product as the vocal minority. I’m not so sure. We’re definitely hardcore Nintendo users. If there’s a lot of us passing perhaps after the initial launch where the hardcores do buy it that the casuals pass. Video games soared in the pandemic with casuals because we had nothing to do but also because the price was right. The switch was cheaper and there was a lite option. If there’s casuals do not buy this company as big as they are will need to back track.

@sanderev except I can buy better versions of street fighter on my Xbox for significantly less. Why would I pay more for ports just for portability that I do not need.

All of the ports will have similar pricing to Nintendos first party games yet will be able to be found elsewhere for less. Often times a lot less. I think the reality check is that these ports should fall in line with whatever the prices are on current consoles. But that won’t happen. So although I need to buy groceries I don’t need to buy a lot of Nintendo products.

Finally why did inflation hit Nintendos games all of a sudden but not PlayStation or Xbox. At some point it’s not inflation it is just company greed in profits. These games take the cost of a ps4 development team and that is significantly less than a ps5 development team so please make sense of this for me.

@OldGamer999 you feel? You and I are absolutely paying extra for something we will not use.

@Anakin what is the misinformation skywalker.

@jimmyjames be honest. In those days we bought few games and spent our allowances at blockbuster on the weekend renting games. Unless video game renting is coming back I don’t think this is a fair comment.

I guess every third party game will be rented via gamepass and Nintendo will only get my money on select first party games I can’t get anywhere else.

Maybe I’ll buy a high end PC and just pirate everything. Haven’t done this since Napster but life will find a way.

@NorrinRadd I was being nice with the ps4 pro comparison so that the Nintendo fans don’t crucify me before Easter.

Btw owned every Nintendo console in its history minus virtual boy and am the owner of five switches and in my old house had a DK arcade machine. Grew up in a bed room with Mario wallpaper and Zelda bed sheets. Currently in an house with Nintendo decals. Also won a Nintendo championship competition at the CNE in torontos when I was a kid. But apparently a hater and not a fan.

@Jester676 digital foundry is super credible. They knew and tested the series S almost before anyone else and before it was public. You may not like digital foundry because they tend to get into the specs which isn’t Nintendos forte but to say they spread misinformation is not true. Could they make a mistake yes. Would they admit to the mistake yes. But they are not a channel based on spreading misinformation in order to get clicks.

@GrailUK I’m glad you want a portable so much you’re willing to pay almost anything. I’m a simple person with a tv and a pro controller.

@Altaria_97 hey what if you don’t want a gimmick. I didn’t want a Wiimote. I didn’t want the Wii u game pad. Xbox was at least smart enough to drop the prebundled Kinect. And then Xbox was smart enough to release 2 skus. But we’re not in the Nintendo doing its buyers any favours world. We’re in the nickel and diming world.

@StewdaMegaManNerd how bout you ditch the battery and the screen and just sell a tv only model for less. Hybrid for those that need that. TV only for the cheapos like me.

I just hope we get a new Nvidia shield so we can find out how much an actual tv only version of the switch 2 would have cost.

@StewdaMegaManNerd were comparing apples to oranges though. If the ps6 does come out at this rate it will be 2040 before nintendo catches up. Just because it’s new doesn’t mean it’s worth X dollars.

@Jester676 Nintendo hasn’t actually released specs. It’s like it’s 4k 60fps trust us. Oh wait there’s some VRR and DLSS in there. Forgot to mention that. Please understand.

@Banjo- I only play docked. So I’m looking at paying 450 for 2013 tech to play donkey Kong and hamster arcade archives ridge racer. Sounds like a steal.

@Overzeal just because it’s the most recent release does not mean it’s a generation ahead. It’s comparable to a PS4 pro and we live in a PS5 world.

So it isn’t cheap.

You guys are absolutely insane. I think the nes is the best and has a top ten game in super Mario bros. Such a variety but there’s no doubt switch with maybe the best game of all time botw is better than switch 2 unless you think Mario kart world is going to be the greatest game of all time.

@electrolite77 inflation happened at the last few years at a far higher rate than the average persons salaries. People on here’s response seems to be completely OK with that. Or saying something like inflation applies to everything so you can choose to pay or not. For the record I have decided simply not to buy anything anymore. If it doesn’t come off kijiji, and or marketplace it’s not coming in this house. The other day I was at an adidas outlet. A sweatshirt was on sale from 170 to 60. I think 60 is insane. 170. That’s absolutely nuts. Unless you’re telling me that adidas went to the sweatshops and said to the little kids were finally going to give you a living wage then I don’t consider this inflation. I consider it greed. Or in 2021 I bought a new house. Moved in and painted it. A huge tub of the best paint from Home Depot was 109. Now that same paint is 259. Is there metals in this paint. Computer chips? Why did paint go up? I don’t consider these things inflation but just coorporate greed. Well in some ways I get the price of the switch when we compare it to these other portable PCs. But that’s never been Nintendos lane. Nintendo has always found away to make their systems assessable. And I’m not sure this strategy is going to work. I’m a die hard since the nes days and I’m frustrated. The switch partially boomed because of its low cost entry combined with Covid and animal crossing. Now you get rid of that. Good luck getting the casuals. And yes I’d rather pay less for dk tropical freeze on the Wii u than on the switch. People are crying about eggs in this world and yes money is subjective. But you need to sell the system to more than just the wealthy to be successful. And yes I think you need to be pretty wealthy to buy this system if a tarrif is attached in this ever uncertain economy. It’s just a poor way to spend money. Especially if you already have a ps5 or series X. Other than Mario kart and donkey Kong which you can’t play on the other systems I think their direct showcased over 40 third party games which are already on other systems at cheaper prices than they will be in switch 2.

Btw our finances are in the 200ks. We own our house. We have five switches. I can afford this. Maybe I’m just cheap.

But maybe the fact people are universally raising their eye brows and are on here saying I’m out is a sign that perhaps I’m not the only one. Maybe you’re right and everyone will buy it and it will sell like gang busters. Maybe I’m right and after the launch we have a 3DS situation on our hand. We shall see. But the comments in here are more negative than they have ever been and that means something. It’s one thing to pay once 70 for TOTK it’s another thing to start paying 80-90 for games regularly.

@coolioam hamster arcade archives 2 currently is switch 2 exclusive. The idea that I might be buying a switch 2 for classic arcade games because Nintendo showed a handful of 1st party games is absolutely wild.

Mario kart
Drag X drive
Donkey Kong
Zelda spin off

Am I missing something?

@Trikeboy trash games. Let’s be honest

@-wc- I don’t understand why they simply didn’t sell new hardware that was compatible with the joycons and the oled dock. Then you could have had 2 skews. One as a bundle with a dock and joy cons and the other with just the tablet.

Well my other option is a tv only switch 2. One bundled with a pro controller. Second skew just a tv switch 2 and you buy the accessories by themselves.

There’s a real problem here when the fan base thinks the company doesn’t owe its loyal fans anything. The answers in here to people complaining about the price is to get your money right, get another job, don’t buy it. Everyone has a price that they will walk away. If you keep letting companies use inflation this that or whatever to justify these things (some of them are legitimate) the company is going to double down and charge you more. Enjoy 100 games soon. That’s where we are heading if no onee complains. If people complain though often times they will back track. Anyways as a Nintendo fan I’ve spent 10s of thousands on this company and I could be ok with this price if there was also a switch 2 lite at launch.

@Cotillion yup. I never asked for a 120 fps screen. I don’t know what the use of that is. Didn’t ask for mouse controls. No idea why me on the couch needs that. Didn’t ask for Nintendo zoom multiplayer chat. I don’t need any of these things. Yet because it’s more the price is more. I’m sure there’s other random things I think that they added for no good reason other than to justify these prices.

@bluemage1989 wii u was Nintendos glory days. They had the same great content but were so far behind they had to practically beg people to buy their games by discount after discount after discount. Because of those discounts the users will ere having great vibes. It was great to be a Nintendo owner. Now we’re back to Nintendo thinking they’re Disney and we will pay anything. I’m not so sure I will be and I’ve had every Nintendo since the NES.

My other complaint with the price is that the switch was out for 8 years with zero price drop. They never sold the system at a loss and the last half of its existence it’s mad a lot of money as components got cheaper. Normally systems sell at a loss and then companies make back money on the games. Well I’m not sure if Nintendo is selling it at a loss but they sure are hellbent on making what lever loses back asap on the games. It all adds up

@BTB20 buy drag X drive instead. That will teach them.

@datamonkey I think a lot of people who will be buying them for their kid or kids are complaining about the price. Nintendo has always sold their consoles significantly less. If you’re a docked player add in a pro controller and this console is crazy expensive. I still see no reason why Nintendo needs to make its own hardware. Is something so essential about the hybrid system that the new donkey kong or Mario kart wouldn’t work there. No there isn’t.

Btw I have five switches in a lab party room. So five of every first party nintendo game that supports this set up. That’s a lot of money invested. I’m not poor. But these prices are PRICEY!

@Captain_Qwark_B-Job I agree it’s not all about graphics but as someone who plays almost exclusively docked it feels like a complete rip off to buy something that is essentially the power of a series s at series X price just to play Nintendo games.

I home switch 2 LITE is actually just switch 2 TV

@HotGoomba it didn’t need to be powerful to run this. The original switch could.

So these arcade archives games won’t be available on regular switch?

Charge for everything. Roll it into the service.

I really hate arogant Nintendo.

This thing is going to be a fortune.

@HatesCheese on the fourth release at full switch 2 game price it will surely be a 9/10. Maybe they should slap “Legacy Edition” somewhere on it.

Nintendolife 8/10

I absolutely hate this company that sells full remakes and sometimes trilogies ,not remasters, for what a traditional game costs.

@MrGawain sounds like Nintendos “Blue Ocean” strategy to be honest.

FIFA legacy edition 0/10. Justification…It’s the same game!!!And here we are with a Nintendo release at full price and sure why not 7/10. That makes sense.

@WaveBoy literally hate when they make terrible wallpaper instead of just having the black borders. The black borders make me love ACA. 62 games on my switch.

@John_Deacon they would have to be sold be 50% off to sell enough to catch up. That’s insane and no record is worth that to a company that won’t discount their games more than 33% off.

Everyone knows the new switch is on the way and this is a silly record that no one cares about minus the person who wants to have weird bragging rights.

Since I need four for my lab party room I’m going to hold off for a revision.

Currently 13% are smart people.

Nope nope nope

@FlyingDunsparce Nintendo fans will tell you to buy these games at their price so Nintendo can take the easy pay day to fund their big projects like breath of the wild. Seems like you have to buy a lot of over priced items to get one breath of the wild like game but what do I know. Oh I know not to spend my money on this.

@macaron35 there’s no way ea is patching this game. They want you to buy the newest model.

I can’t believe the 60fps game used to constantly get 3/10 reviews and here we are with 30fps review at 8/10. Who cares how many extra modes there are if the actual gameplay is sacrificed.