• CaptPretentious@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    Didn’t plan to buy one, before the S2 was announced.

    The number of anti consumer actions they take is amazing. They still hate YouTube. Instead of making their games not suck, they sue anyone who dares to try. They have a handful of console exclusive that even interest me, everything else I’ll get in Steam and it’ll play better, have cloud save, and a refund policy.

    I bought a NES in the 80s because it was the most amazing, magical thing. Now I’m at the point of ‘Fuck Nintendo, let it fall’

  • Matt@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    6 days ago

    I mean, my Switch works, and if Microsoft won’t port the Xbox UI to Windows handhelds, then I’ll buy a Steam Deck.

  • steeznson@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    7 days ago

    I’m getting one on launch. Love my OG switch and got many cherished hours of gaming out of it.

    • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      Completely agree. They burnt all their goodwill in the past few years. I have no interest in the company and the products.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      01·
      7 days ago

      Why? The first Switch is pretty fantastic for my use case, which is casual gaming w/ my kids, their friends, and my nephews/nieces.

      I also have a Steam Deck and most of my gaming money goes to PC games. But I do like the Zelda series, so I’ll buy a handful of games now and then for the Switch (usually as gifts to my kids for X-mas or whatever to kill two birds w/ one stone).

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          0·
          7 days ago

          Sure, if it’s not a good value for you, then don’t buy it. Console games have never been cheap, and consoles have generally been affordable (not cheap).

          IMO, the prices aren’t outlandish when you take inflation into account. Here’s an article that goes over it:

          • OG NES - $180 in 1985, ~$480 today
          • SNES - $200 in 1991, ~$415 today
          • N64, Game Cube, Wii - ~$330, give or take
          • Switch - ~$440

          And this page lists game prices:

          • NES - $146
          • N64 - $120
          • GameCube - ~$90
          • Wii - $80
          • Switch - $77

          So generally a downward trend. The Switch 2’s expected prices are a bit of a correction to $80-90, but still pretty much in line with recent consoles.

          Here’s the image for reference:

          • QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            1·
            7 days ago

            No, I get it. You really don’t need to post an entire breakdown when I can read it on any gaming site. These never seem to take into account that manufacturing games has become much cheaper or that the majority of games are sold digitally which have negligible costs compared to physical. Maybe I’m wrong about that but at the end of the day we are still getting used to $70 when it comes to modern consoles—so Nintendo thinking their games are worth more than that on top of being a generation behind? It’s a shitty look, honestly, especially combined with the other crap that’s come out about pricing since the reveal

    • Walican132@lemmy.todayEnglish
      4·
      7 days ago

      Loud person who makes their entire personality disliking Nintendo tells you not to buy Nintendo without highlighting any good reasons, just focusing on easy to hate on reasons.

    • B0NK3RS@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 days ago

      This video has been doing the rounds but if I remember correctly they are overly negative and are obviously not the target for Nintendo and have no intention of buying the Switch even before all the controversy.

  • Noerknhar@feddit.orgEnglish
    01·
    7 days ago

    Too late, I already pre-ordered. I’ll make sure to let you know what a shit time I’ll have with it. I promise.