Nintendo Switch #5

[Jovavic]

When I think luxury I think extravagant, expensive, and inaccessible tbh. Gaming isn't really any of those things. When I think about a new generation of console coming out, the way I see it is you pay $400-$500 up front and get 4 to 6 years of entertainment out of that purchase. Sure there are games and other things on top of that but the general price of the hobby is not bad when you look at the life you get out of the console.

Doing some quick math in my head and between what I spend on a games a year and how much I roughly play per year, my ratio comes to maybe 50 cents an hour. That doesn't seem extravagant to me. Gaming can be, especially PC, if you need to upgrade your hardware and monitor more often (and more expensively than just a console)

 

[Do Make Say Think]

Unless you have a verifiable and trusted source or you can prove that you are an industry insider then i am not buying anything you say to justify these prices.

So you really think an OLED screen wouldn't have made the product more expensive? The only reason Nintendo didn't go with an OLED is to piss of their customers.

Yeah the Vita had an OLED screen, it was much smaller and the Vita bombed in spectacular fashion. Hardly a good comparable I'd say.

 

[Jovavic]

Apparently the third party camera that looks like a Piranha Plant films at 480p...who is still making 480p lenses? Did Hori accidentally buy millions of them twenty years ago?

 

[x Tame Impala]

Unless you have a verifiable and trusted source or you can prove that you are an industry insider then i am not buying anything you say to justify these prices.

NS1 released in 2017 for $300 USD. What on earth has gotten cheaper these last seven years?

You all may as well be whining about people’s bad driving for as pointless these pricing complaints are. Prices increase over time and we have a madman ruining the global economy.

Save up for an extra week or two and fork over the extra $150 JFC. Or don’t buy it. Play your current system until you can afford it. We’re not entitled to consumer entertainment products being dirt cheap.

 

[robertmac43]

I don't have any issue with the pricing of the console itself - I expected to pay around $600 Canadian.

I do think the games prices are a little steep considering the physical copies are just a download code. The consumer doesn't even own the physical game anymore and that makes me sad.

I also think it opens the flood gates for other games to start increasing their asking price. I trust Nintendo to make fun games that will be worth the cost, I can't say the same about many other studios.

 

[Unholy Diver]

Apparently the third party camera that looks like a Piranha Plant films at 480p...who is still making 480p lenses? Did Hori accidentally buy millions of them twenty years ago?

They repurposed them from a batch meant for ugly OF models

 

[PeteWorrell]

I don't have any issue with the pricing of the console itself - I expected to pay around $600 Canadian.

I do think the games prices are a little steep considering the physical copies are just a download code. The consumer doesn't even own the physical game anymore and that makes me sad.

I also think it opens the flood gates for other games to start increasing their asking price. I trust Nintendo to make fun games that will be worth the cost, I can't say the same about many other studios.

It was the next logical step for Nintendo considering that they scrapped Nintendo Selects/Player's Choice and they had their most successful generation. Games like Mario or Zelda would be discounted after being best-sellers but that's no longer the case. They will keep increasing prices as long as they can get away with it.

 

[Mr Positive]

I don't want to pay more but I get it. Inflation during COVID was out of control.

Here's what $60 adjusts to from the start of the Switch in 2017 to today. It's about $80

$60 in 2017 → 2025 | Inflation Calculator

I'm Canadian and there's a similar jump.

The console price seems okay to me too for similar reasons. People are saying this is Nintendo's PS3 moment but that console was almost $1000 adjusted to now. Plus the Switch 2 is a bigger, more ambitious device in terms of processing compared to the Switch, even for the time

Also, most of the other moves around the console are meant to benefit the consumer. Nintendo never let you transfer your downloads before. Now you can. Nintendo sold HD updates as separate games for full price. Now you pay for an upgrade pack for $10.

Honestly for me, I might skip the Switch 2, for a while. My wage didn't catch up to inflation. I just don't blame Nintendo for this mess in the economy

 

[x Tame Impala]

I don't want to pay more but I get it. Inflation during COVID was out of control.

Here's what $60 adjusts to from the start of the Switch in 2017 to today. It's about $80

$60 in 2017 → 2025 | Inflation Calculator

I'm Canadian and there's a similar jump.

The console price seems okay to me too for similar reasons. People are saying this is Nintendo's PS3 moment but that console was almost $1000 adjusted to now. Plus the Switch 2 is a bigger, more ambitious device in terms of processing compared to the Switch, even for the time

Also, most of the other moves around the console are meant to benefit the consumer. Nintendo never let you transfer your downloads before. Now you can. Nintendo sold HD updates as separate games for full price. Now you pay for an upgrade pack for $10.

Honestly for me, I might skip the Switch 2, for a while. My wage didn't catch up to inflation. I just don't blame Nintendo for this mess in the economy

The complaining is typical of gamers on the internet. Are they not looking around and seeing what's going on in the world right now? (probably not)

 

[Randy Butternubs]

I vividly remembering buying Mario Kart 64 for $60 way back then.

 

[x Tame Impala]

I vividly remembering buying Mario Kart 64 for $60 way back then.

I don’t know how it is for kids now but I was born in 89 and a kid having a N64 was big deal. Only one of my friends had one and he only had a few games and two controllers.