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Nintendo Maintains Nintendo Switch 2 Pricing, Retail Pre-Orders to Begin April 24 in U.S. (www.nintendo.com)
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Prices for accessories will be increasing to compensate for tariffs.

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[โ€“] Nibodhika@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I agree with most of what you said, I don't think the price is as high as people make it out to be, but:

So if it will be the cheapest console of its generation

Cheapest version of the Steam Deck is still cheaper for very comparable hardware, and while generations don't align I think the Deck is closer to the Switch 2 than to the switch 1, and a Deck 2 would be miles ahead of a switch 2.

[โ€“] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 month ago

While the Switch 2 has better hardware, that's only a tiny piece of the value proposition. The Deck is leagues better in value. I guarantee it will be able to play new release games for another 10 years. You can't say that for the Switch 2. It won't be able to play all of the new releases, sure, but thousands more than the Switch 2.

And that's not to mention the tens of thousands of games the Deck can play now that the Switch 2 will never be able to play.

The truth is that hype and FOMO are powerful drugs that push gamers to constantly shell out their hard earned money to chase the newest things.

And, to an extent, I get it. There is something to be said about playing games when they come out and experiencing that moment with other gamers. There's a sort of fraternal feeling about it.

But if you can step back from that and be patient, you can play all the games you have time for and not play into their trap.