Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period
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The biggest issue is the price. I remember a time when even the poorest kid in class had a Nintendo because it was cheap.
The last cheap Nintendo was the 2DS over a decade ago. Most parents are looking for cheap hardware with entertainment and there isn’t anything which comes close to it.
Even the switch lite is the same price as the PS3 bundle back in the day. And it came with 2 real controllers and a game.
i bought my 3ds(latest version) 10years ago, for ultramoon and sun. and never bought a swithc after that.
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I like how this article does not talk about the anti consumer practices engaged in by Nintendo, that might push some customers away from their consoles. /s Nintendo can disable your Switch 2 for piracy in the U.S., but not in Europe, as confirmed by its EULA. There is already a switch in my household, but the price along with the ability to remotely brick the device, is what made our household pass on the switch 2. We bought a second steam deck instead.
Three reasons: 1) It's too bloody expensive. 2) Most people are scared to spend money right now. 3) The USA as a global superpower, is morphing into something decidedly more sinister.
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The Steam Deck is the better product anyway. Got one recently and damn is it good.
Ain't got those amazing Nintendo games though. Glhf finding a Mario Cart replacement that is actually as good.
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Better performance and new exclusives.
I'm waiting until they get cheap on the second-hand markets before even considering buying one.
Are there any exclusives that are worth it? The new Mario Cart got a soso rating for becoming another empty open world and other than the new Donkey Kong I can't think of anything worth buying a new console.
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Ain't got those amazing Nintendo games though. Glhf finding a Mario Cart replacement that is actually as good.
IMO, Sonic Racing: Crossworlds is better than Mario Kart. I find it much more fun.
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I actually reinstalled it myself after writing that comment.
I only really started to fully appreciate it, when I learned that drifting gives you a boost. So, if you're going around curves, you pretty much always want to drift, which then kicks your speed up once you stop drifting. Maintaining a higher speed than your car normally goes, is vital for beating the harder difficulties.
Same with Mario kart
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Don't forget that rents their old games back to you, which is why they're so against emulation.
Which is why I'm so for it
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Three reasons: 1) It's too bloody expensive. 2) Most people are scared to spend money right now. 3) The USA as a global superpower, is morphing into something decidedly more sinister.
- The USA as a global superpower, is morphing into something decidedly more sinister.
Nintendo is a Japanese company…
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Better performance and new exclusives.
I'm waiting until they get cheap on the second-hand markets before even considering buying one.
Better performance, mainly because the first one performed horribly.
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Switch 2 desperately needs a TV-only version. I imagine the manufacturing cost would be drastically lower.
No dock, no joycons, no battery, no LCD.
Just a console, power supply, controller and HDMI cord.
So, not a switch, then. Haha. Nintendo doesn't like not having a gimmick!
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I like how this article does not talk about the anti consumer practices engaged in by Nintendo, that might push some customers away from their consoles. /s Nintendo can disable your Switch 2 for piracy in the U.S., but not in Europe, as confirmed by its EULA. There is already a switch in my household, but the price along with the ability to remotely brick the device, is what made our household pass on the switch 2. We bought a second steam deck instead.
Nintendo shot themselves in the foot by aggressively going after the modding and archival communities.
They will never get another cent of my money and I own over a dozen Nintendo consoles.
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- The USA as a global superpower, is morphing into something decidedly more sinister.
Nintendo is a Japanese company…
That sells to the USA...
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I find the Steam Deck far too heavy and bulky unfortunately. I'd love a Switch sized handheld PC.
I love mine but I also agree that it's a chunky boy. I'd absolutely get a Steam Deck Lite if Valve were ever to come out with one, even if it had weaker performance than the original.
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- The USA as a global superpower, is morphing into something decidedly more sinister.
Nintendo is a Japanese company…
...with a big customer pool in North America.
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I like how this article does not talk about the anti consumer practices engaged in by Nintendo, that might push some customers away from their consoles. /s Nintendo can disable your Switch 2 for piracy in the U.S., but not in Europe, as confirmed by its EULA. There is already a switch in my household, but the price along with the ability to remotely brick the device, is what made our household pass on the switch 2. We bought a second steam deck instead.
Well yeah, it's expensive and they didn't put it on sale. This was obviously going to happen.
When I picked mine up (I knew I'd get one eventually and didn't want to risk the prices going up like they did for other consoles), I saw 5 people walking out of BestBuy with a PS5 for every Switch 2 that sold, and the numbers seem to support that the PS5 outsold the Switch 2 over the holiday period.
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Well yeah, it's expensive and they didn't put it on sale. This was obviously going to happen.
When I picked mine up (I knew I'd get one eventually and didn't want to risk the prices going up like they did for other consoles), I saw 5 people walking out of BestBuy with a PS5 for every Switch 2 that sold, and the numbers seem to support that the PS5 outsold the Switch 2 over the holiday period.
thats weird that there were that many people buying consoles at the same time. ...i dont even think theres 5 customers in bestbuy at the same time where i live, lol.
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Three reasons: 1) It's too bloody expensive. 2) Most people are scared to spend money right now. 3) The USA as a global superpower, is morphing into something decidedly more sinister.
people should be buying guns and armor for their family and boycotting all this submissive entertainment culture until something changes. otherwise i kind of blame them for the current state of America. funding the enemies they claim to hate keeps them a cog in the machine the hurts humanity.
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I like how this article does not talk about the anti consumer practices engaged in by Nintendo, that might push some customers away from their consoles. /s Nintendo can disable your Switch 2 for piracy in the U.S., but not in Europe, as confirmed by its EULA. There is already a switch in my household, but the price along with the ability to remotely brick the device, is what made our household pass on the switch 2. We bought a second steam deck instead.
Gen z hates Nintendo for their bad business practices.
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...with a big customer pool in North America.
Which means exactly what?
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That sells to the USA...
Which means exactly what?
