Nintendo Switch 2 sales stumble over Christmas

[tanisnikana@lemmy.world]

I’ve been playing since I was tiny, and it’s not much work to learn how to play! I’d recommend a game called koi-koi.

[the_gr8_mike@lemmy.world]

That's also the thing. It came out in June. Prices will not go down. Everyone who wanted one already got one.

[digdoug@lemmy.world]

You mean to tell me that the kind of people who didn't have to buy one at launch aren't convinced by a library consisting almost entirely of: games they already own on Switch 1, games available for less money on other platforms, DK Bananza, and MK World?

[cubitoom@infosec.pub]

I bought some hanafuda recently, but because I am boycotting Nintendo I went with a nicer set made by another company.

[cubitoom@infosec.pub]

Fuck Nintendo

[b34k@lemmy.world]

This right here. The Switch 2 offers nothing compelling the more casual Nintendo fans, and is a huge purchase comparatively.

[a_chilean_cyborg@feddit.cl]

Get a steamdeck, emulate the switch 1.

[dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world]

And even in the cases when you think it might have games, it turns out they're not on the cartridge.

[mesamunefire@piefed.social]

And switch 2

[a_chilean_cyborg@feddit.cl]

Is possible already?

[truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

They're already on some of the basic components - but no retail games are playable yet. Fortunately the architectures between the S1 and S2 are quite similar

[truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Truly, the PS5 of the new generation.

[cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca]

Wow crazy. My deck works pretty hard emulating switch 1, but keeps up fine. I imagine emulating switch 2 would not perform well.

[mesamunefire@piefed.social]

Also the real code isnt on github anymore since the whole yu zu a while back. Its unfortunate but much safer this time around.

[truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Yeah the steam deck might be a bridge too far, but I'm sure any modest gaming PC could handle a S2 workload quite easily. If I remembered correctly the deck is CPU bottlenecked for S1 emulation, and that probably will be more pronounced for S2.

[truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Tbh a self hosted git or gitlab vs github only really matters for takedowns lol. I wonder how far we could go if the scene just paid a random dude in China or Brazil to just run repositories for warez and reverse engineering efforts that are untouchable by the ninjas.

[cybersteel@lemmy.world]

What a fumble of a product. PS5 all the way.

[skunkworkz@lemmy.world]

It also offers nothing compelling for the hardcore Nintendo fan unless they just like to collect Nintendo stuff. No new Zelda, Mario, Luigi, Animal Crossing or Smash. I think Nintendo completely misunderstood the market. Mario Kart 8 is the best selling game on the Switch 1. So Nintendo probably thought they should focus on MK for the Switch 2 launch. But MK8 was not the main reason people got the Switch. Like for example they got the Switch for Animal Crossing and then bought Mario Kart as a side game. Mario Kart is universally like by Nintendo fans it’s just not a game that is on top of people’s wishlist. Nintendo fans don’t want to buy a new Nintendo console just for Mario Kart or Donkey Kong.

Price isn’t the main reason why sales are dropping. I doubt that every Nintendo fan with the means to buy one already has one. Most are just waiting for a game they actually want to play.

[barbecuecowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Their roll-out schedule for games is definitely unexpected, not making the new Pokemon a switch 2 exclusive was specifically a real weird move for Nintendo. Even if it wasn't a mainline game, that's usually their 'sell that new console' line.

Definitely grateful, but I really wonder why Nintendo isn't pushing Switch 2 games more.

[thingsiplay@lemmy.ml]

I'm curious how it compares to the other consoles. If all consoles stumble over Christmas, then its not a Switch 2 problem, but a consoles problem.