This bozo thinks it's just gonna be a picture of the switch on the box instead of a huge mario kart graphic. Kids will ask for switch 2 and parents will buy switch 2. That's the beginning and end of the decision making on getting it. It's gonna be wildly sold out no matter how many Nintendo can get to retailers.
this post was submitted on 23 Jan 2025
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I think the GB and DS Lineup was much more difficult.
Are there people that can afford stuff anymore?
I actually agree with the article, though I think it is premature. The Switch 2 trailer does nothing to attract normal people to buy the Switch 2. The trailer showed that the S2 is slightly larger, has a new JoyCon attachment, and implied that the graphics are better. None of that is a reason to throw away your Switch 1 and buy the Switch 2. Most people don't care about top of the line graphics and those that do know that a PC or PS5 Pro is the top of the line and a high end phone will beat the Switch 2 for portable power.
Normal people want to hear the story about what the system offers. The Wii sold video games that made you more active instead of less. The Switch offered the same gaming experience at home and on the go. Every generation of PlayStation sells on top end graphics in a plug-and-play box.
What will be the unique selling point of the Switch 2? Hopefully we will know after the April announcement.
I'm interested to see how it lands. My family have zero interest as they're happy with there switches, but as a techy person I'm really keen for the switch to get some much needed upgrades under the holds for the games progress sake. I suspect the first party launches that aren't available on OG switch will be the decoded for some.
If buyers can handle whatever X Box's naming convention is then I'm sure they can handle previous gaming console name plus one.
That's the neat part: they can't :^)
Gamestops during the Xbox Series launch were a mess, parents weren't sure which "Xbox" was the Xbox their kid wanted, and people ended up walking out of stores with Xbox One S boxes when they were asked for a Series S 🤣
To be fair, Microsoft's actively self-sabotaging marketing didn't help with their push to blend every model's identity together as "The Xbox" (even before last year's "This is an Xbox" campaign), so maybe it's not the fairest example lol
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People will probrally say "bigger number better" and blindly buy it even though it probrally wont offer much over the Switch 1.
I think with Nintendo's attack on emulators and stuff, I'm going to finally crack my OG switch (the unpatchable one) and rip all of my games and buy a Steamdeck, honestly. I heard emulation there is great, and I've already backed up all of the emulators since before they were taken down.
If the Switch 2 is backwards compatible and can play the OG switch games; then we know exactly WHY they started the crackdown - because likely the same methods as before will work just fine against the Switch 2 as well.
I won't pirate the games, but I don't think I'm gonna worry about my old switch being banned from their online network any longer either. Especially after they shut down the old DS network.