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Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2

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Re: Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2

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Post by gorjusborg »

ozbonus wrote: post #174
metadat wrote: post #112

I bought a Steam Deck earlier this year and haven’t touched my Switch since. Nintendo hardware and games were already obscenely overpriced imo, so this is essentially a nail in the coffin for folks who were already questioning Nintendo’s prices and value proposition. Does Nintendo intentionally make its hardware really underpowered and cheap in terms of chips to juice profits? In the past this was more the case, but…

Does Nintendo intentionally make its hardware really underpowered and cheap in terms of chips to juice profits? Yes! Famously so, in fact. Look up Gupei Yokoi and "Lateral Thinking with Withered Technology".

Comments like yours are why I come to HN discussions. Thanks for sharing.

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Post by quectophoton »

metadat wrote: post #183
snapcaster wrote: post #181

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wish people (nerds like us) would use better language. It's not overpriced, because a product is more than a pile of chips and tech specs. Do you realize you're implicitly assuming CPU speed == product quality and how untrue that is? It provides incredible value for its price (hours of fun per $) when compared to basically any other form of entertainment

I like this perspective. I was thinking in terms of enjoyment I derived from switch 1 vs steam deck. For me, the Deck has already unlocked way more fun!

And when you don't need the Steam Deck for gaming anymore, it is still useful as a home server.

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Post by array_key_first »

metadat wrote: post #112

I bought a Steam Deck earlier this year and haven’t touched my Switch since. Nintendo hardware and games were already obscenely overpriced imo, so this is essentially a nail in the coffin for folks who were already questioning Nintendo’s prices and value proposition. Does Nintendo intentionally make its hardware really underpowered and cheap in terms of chips to juice profits? In the past this was more the case, but…

I don't understand this position at all. In the console space, Nintendo makes the cheapest console and it's not even that close. The switch originally launched at 300 dollars. Keep in mind their competitors are well into 700+ dollar land.

The steam deck is more expensive as well, and the switch 2 is much more powerful than the steam deck.

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Post by tailscaler2026 »

metadat wrote: post #112

I bought a Steam Deck earlier this year and haven’t touched my Switch since. Nintendo hardware and games were already obscenely overpriced imo, so this is essentially a nail in the coffin for folks who were already questioning Nintendo’s prices and value proposition. Does Nintendo intentionally make its hardware really underpowered and cheap in terms of chips to juice profits? In the past this was more the case, but…

Can you show me where I can purchase a Steam Deck? They're out of stock except overpriced auction sites.

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Post by metadat »

tailscaler2026 wrote: post #214
metadat wrote: post #112

I bought a Steam Deck earlier this year and haven’t touched my Switch since. Nintendo hardware and games were already obscenely overpriced imo, so this is essentially a nail in the coffin for folks who were already questioning Nintendo’s prices and value proposition. Does Nintendo intentionally make its hardware really underpowered and cheap in terms of chips to juice profits? In the past this was more the case, but…

Can you show me where I can purchase a Steam Deck? They're out of stock except overpriced auction sites.

I put a watch notification on slickdeals.net for it. As soon as they get restocked on the site they tend to sell out quickly (presumably people really want them).

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deckerswitch wrote: post #121
Fricken wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm with you, but The Switch2 has so far mostly been dropping remakes of classic games, and games already released years ago on other platforms.

DK Bananza, Mario Kart World, Pokopia have all been big hits here. And the DLC for various other first party games (Kirby, etc) is quite popular with the kiddo.

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Post by bix6 »

tejohnso wrote: post #108
bix6 wrote: post #97

I’m waiting for a special edition and some games that make the upgrade worthwhile.

Wonder if you could indicate why you're waiting for a Switch 2 vs say a Steam Deck? Or do you also have a deck? I ask because I'm planning to gift one or the other. The recipient already has a Switch 1, so I thought it would be pretty lame to give a Switch 2 rather than "upgrading" to a deck. In my mind, being able to play any steam game, on a device with highly praised controls, is the better upgrade, not the Switch…

Switch is my favorite cuz we like to play party games with friends like Mario kart. We have thought a lot about the Steam Deck though cuz we have steam games. I would prefer a steam deck over switch 2 if I had to pick one right now cuz the switch is great still.

Re: Nintendo announces price increases for Nintendo Switch 2

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Post by bix6 »

gwbas1c wrote: post #116
bix6 wrote: post #97

I’m waiting for a special edition and some games that make the upgrade worthwhile.

DK Bonanza was fun. I just pre-ordered Star Fox: I played the SNES one as a kid a lot, but I never played the N64 one that the Switch 2 one is based on. The new Mario Kart is also great, and the larger screen is great too. At 45 I don't need to use reading glasses when I use Virtual Console, but on the OLED Switch I usually use reading glasses with Virtual Console.

We didn’t love DK or Mario kart when we had my friends Switch 2 one weekend so it still hasn’t felt worth it yet.

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Post by maccard »

9x39 wrote: post #189
maccard wrote: post #173

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Compared to Xbox and PlayStation it’s vastly underpowered. They’re not “shitty PC ports”, they’re ports that people tried, likely managed to one platform and then when they tried on switch 2 realised just how far behind it is.

How well do Pokopia and Mario Galaxy play on PS and Xbox? Performance is orthogonal to the Switch aims, which are about those tightly curated Nintendo titles.

> Performance is orthogonal to the Switch aims, which are about those tightly curated Nintendo titles.

I disagree. https://opencritic.com/browse/switch%202 Half of the top rated games on Switch 2 are multiplatform titles

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