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Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Fri April 04, 2025 3:13 pm
by Monkey_Driven
This thing's going to be $500 and the Internet will lose their minds.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Fri April 04, 2025 3:42 pm
by CopperTom
tree_ wrote:fucking trump messing with our video games... now it's personal
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Fri April 04, 2025 3:44 pm
by CopperTom
Monkey_Driven wrote:This thing's going to be $500 and the Internet will lose their minds.
$556. Japan's tariff amount is 24%. $99 for Mario Kart.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Fri April 04, 2025 3:46 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Trump will probably change his mind 2-3 times before next Wednesday anyway.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Fri April 04, 2025 3:53 pm
by CopperTom
CopperTom wrote:Monkey_Driven wrote:This thing's going to be $500 and the Internet will lose their minds.
$556. Japan's tariff amount is 24%. $99 for Mario Kart.
Correction: Switch 2 is being manufactured in Vietnam which has a 46% tariff. So $655. Game cartridges are being manufactured in Japan.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Fri April 04, 2025 3:56 pm
by Monkey_Driven
They should just round up to $1,000
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Fri April 04, 2025 3:58 pm
by CopperTom
Monkey_Driven wrote:They should just round up to $1,000
At least we'd score a preorder.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Tue April 08, 2025 2:41 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Seems like this thing is more powerful that initially predicted.
If it can play Hades 2 and Silksong at 60 fps in handheld mode it will be my device of choice for the next few years.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Tue April 08, 2025 5:02 pm
by tragabigzanda
1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
2. Mario Kart (Wii)
3. Half-Life 2 (PC)
4. Twisted Metal 2 (PS1)
5. NHL 95 (Sega Genesis)
6. The Oregon Trail (graphical version, 1985, Apple II)
7. Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA)
8. Missile Command (Arcade)
9. Rocket League (PS4)
10. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father (PC)
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Tue April 08, 2025 6:10 pm
by Monkey_Driven
tragabigzanda wrote:Probably an unpopular opinion, but this looks like beautiful technology with a long shelf life. They’re trying to position a fairly luxury product as a premium product for every home in America.
I’m fine with a $700 price tag if the games back it up, and if the price brings economic stability to the supply chain laborers — maybe that’s a big if, I don’t know as I’m unfamiliar with Nintendo as a business entity.
Kind of an interesting litmus test for the trade war stuff. Yahoo!
I'm very happy they are trying to make a premium product.
This will be $500, max. If it's any more, it will be dead on arrival until a price drop.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Tue April 08, 2025 6:14 pm
by tragabigzanda
1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
2. Mario Kart (Wii)
3. Half-Life 2 (PC)
4. Twisted Metal 2 (PS1)
5. NHL 95 (Sega Genesis)
6. The Oregon Trail (graphical version, 1985, Apple II)
7. Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA)
8. Missile Command (Arcade)
9. Rocket League (PS4)
10. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father (PC)
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Tue April 08, 2025 6:18 pm
by Monkey_Driven
tragabigzanda wrote:Does that suggest the console operates as a loss-leader for games, subscriptions, and peripherals?
Nintendo never sells consoles at a loss, but these are unprecedented times...
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Wed April 09, 2025 2:20 am
by daft twat
Every Nintendo console from here to eternity needs just 6 titles to be a smashing success:
1) Mario Kart
2) Mario
3) Zelda
4) Pokémon
5) Smash Bros
6) Animal Crossing
If titles like Metroid and Donkey Kong are also great, sweet! A new great Castlevania sure would be a nice surprise.
Here’s my number one concern, and I fucking mean this - will we get another Mario Golf?
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Wed April 09, 2025 2:59 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
daft twat wrote:Every Nintendo console from here to eternity needs just 6 titles to be a smashing success:
1) Mario Kart
2) Mario
3) Zelda
4) Pokémon
5) Smash Bros
6) Animal Crossing
If titles like Metroid and Donkey Kong are also great, sweet! A new great Castlevania sure would be a nice surprise.
Here’s my number one concern, and I fucking mean this - will we get another Mario Golf?
Add Mario Party to that list and I'm in.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Wed April 09, 2025 4:27 pm
by CopperTom
Splatoon is a guarantee. It is somehow one of the Switch's biggest seller worldwide.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Wed April 09, 2025 6:50 pm
by CopperTom
90 day pause on tariffs. Give me that pre order date!
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Wed April 09, 2025 6:51 pm
by tree_
still 10%
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Thu April 10, 2025 12:53 pm
by CopperTom
Rumor has it...
The price will be what was already announced and
US will receive more units before 7/9 than originally planned.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Thu April 10, 2025 2:32 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Well, let's open those pre-orders then! Hopefully, retailers have learned some tricks to avoid selling primarily to scalpers.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 (coming June 5, 2025 for $449)
Posted: Sun April 13, 2025 3:28 pm
by tragabigzanda
1. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
2. Mario Kart (Wii)
3. Half-Life 2 (PC)
4. Twisted Metal 2 (PS1)
5. NHL 95 (Sega Genesis)
6. The Oregon Trail (graphical version, 1985, Apple II)
7. Metroid: Zero Mission (GBA)
8. Missile Command (Arcade)
9. Rocket League (PS4)
10. Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father (PC)