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Nintendo Switch 2 with Mario (local) - $429.31
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Yep Im extremely let down by what Nintendo is doing. This system should honestly cost $350 max but everyone keeps arguing its worth the $450 asking price and it 100% isnt. At all. But fanboys wont listen to logic and reasoning. I keep asking if the Switch 1 was $300, how weak does the Switch 2 need to be to also cost $300? There is not enough of a hardware bump to justify an extra $150. People just can't understand that a $300 console releasing in 2025 should automatically have better hardware than a console that released in 2017. So Switch 2 honestly should cost around $300. And then the whole issue with all the games being digital and how Nintendo can just brick your console, its all too much and I cant support them anymore even though I've always bought Nintendo consoles before.
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While the switch 2 sales were not a flop, it's been nothing like the original one. This MSRP without an OLED screen is absurd and game launch titles are a complete joke. Quite a few preorder purchases of this and buyers barely touching it, scalpers are not doing too great either.
Bunch of the people posting are probably those spamming DROP THE PRICE on youtube haha. Do people actually care about handheld mode? It's way too big to be portable. My switch and switch 2 are always on the dock.
I had the same thoughts before actually getting my hands on the system but after playing older games with upgraded frame rates and better load times firsthand, that alone makes the system worth it for me. Should probably be called "switch pro" tho.
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The gaming tech landscape has changed a lot since 2017. That was the middle of the PS4 and Xbox One generation, and 4K and 120 FPS gaming weren't mainstream yet. We are now fully into the 4K and/or high-framerate era, so the Switch 2 needs to be as future-proofed as possible for the next 5+ years, and I'm sorry, but there is no way that a handheld cut down to a $300 price point could have cut it in the 4K and 120FPS era of the next few years to come. Yes, technology has come a long way since 2017 and you can obviously get better tech for the same cost over time, but no, it simply hasn't come that far in the last 8 years. You're also conveniently just entirely ignoring inflation. $300 in March 2017 is equivalent to $395 in today's money. Therefore, $300 now buys less cutting-edge portable tech in 2025, than $300 could buy in 2017. Put all those facts together, and there is simply no way the Switch 2 could ever have come in at $300, and if it had, it would have needed to be so cut-down that it wouldn't be worth it.
We have a customs declaration form from a shipment of the systems from Vietnam that show that the system has a total build cost of $338. That's the raw build cost, before tariffs (which, thanks to a certain very stable genius, may go as high as 46% next month), logistics, shipping, and of course the retailer's cut. That also doesn't include the R&D costs to develop and market the thing. Add all that up, and the $450 is simply not the outrage you think it is. It's not just the Switch. In case you didn't notice, the PS5 launched for $100 more than the PS4 did, as well. High-end smartphones and PC graphics cards are going up, too.
Source for the $338 build cost:
https://archive.is/6nWIG
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Unless you play primarily in docked mode, I would avoid it.
This is the switch pro. Not a true sequel. So unless you have money to blow, avoid it for now. The joycons are incredible and the only thing that feel like a true sequel. Virtual game cards are also a nightmare.
When transferring systems, my switch OLED was so beautiful in comparison.
If you're primarily a portable on the go player, especially skip
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