Nintendo Switch 2 - For the Soytendo consoomers to speculate about the successor to the Switch, recently announced for 2025.

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SSj_Ness (Yiffed) said:
You could just not buy that shit. Depends on how bare bones the release is though, if they obviously held back content then that's fucked up.
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When playing the classic Grand Prix mode, 2 of the laps are spent driving to the actual track on a straight line highway that they call an "intermission". You then get 1 lap racing the actual track and then you drive to the next one.
 
SSj_Ness (Yiffed) said:
You could just not buy that shit. Depends on how bare bones the release is though, if they obviously held back content then that's fucked up.
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They did hold back content for switch1 games like splatoon, animal crossing and more. when it comes to mk8 they did see how bad the wiiu did. so they just saved the dlc stuff for switch1 port so they could continue the milking on a new platform.
 
Too Many Catgirls said:
If you don't like racing games then why would you be an early adopter of Switch 2 when the big launch title is a racing game?
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Wanna know why the OG Switch sold gangbusters during its launch? Because it launched with BREATH OF THE FUCKING WILD and was followed up by a killer launch window lineup (Splatoon 2, Xenoblade 2, culminating in Mario Odyssey). What do we have for the Switch 2 lineup? A Mario Kart that's less appealing than the previous entry, a DK game that's a new 3D Mario in all but name, and a Pokemon Legends game.... that's it. Not worth it at all
 
Vyse Inglebard said:
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Wanna know why the OG Switch sold gangbusters during its launch? Because it launched with BREATH OF THE FUCKING WILD and was followed up by a killer launch window lineup (Splatoon 2, Xenoblade 2, culminating in Mario Odyssey). What do we have for the Switch 2 lineup? A Mario Kart that's less appealing than the previous entry, a DK game that's a new 3D Mario in all but name, and a Pokemon Legends game.... that's it. Not worth it at all
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Sounds like a good reason to not buy it and complain about it, instead of buying it and complaining about it.
 
Maybe they should have held back Tears of the Kingdom. But then they can't milk an extra $20 out of you for "upgrades".
 
It's a bit of an odd launch happening in the middle of the year. Right now it feels very similar to the Game Boy Advance - emphasis on back-compat, enhanced versions of older games, and a mixed-reception Mario Kart.

Supposedly there's going to be another direct soon-ish and we might actually see some interesting titles come out in the second half of the year.

I will also reiterate - the sales in Japan alone are already equal to what the Wii U sold in 4 weeks globally.
 
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In the early PS3 and Xbox 360 days, I scoffed at the companies - Microsoft in particular - for trying to sell their little plastic boxes as entertainment systems, not games consoles. However, time has moved on and despite me being PC through and through, the ability for consoles to act as an entertainment hub, connecting to YouTube, Netflix, MySpace, PornHub and Roku has become almost essential. Nintendo does not have this option on the Switch 2, and it feels like something is missing. I get that Nintendo lives in its own bubble, and damned what consumers expect, but sometimes you want to watch a video instead of play a game.
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Fcret said:
It's a bit of an odd launch happening in the middle of the year. Right now it feels very similar to the Game Boy Advance - emphasis on back-compat, enhanced versions of older games, and a mixed-reception Mario Kart.

Supposedly there's going to be another direct soon-ish and we might actually see some interesting titles come out in the second half of the year.

I will also reiterate - the sales in Japan alone are already equal to what the Wii U sold in 4 weeks globally.
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It seems like they are content with constant sales over long time and not worrying about making a huge splash with the launch marketing blitz. And sales are still quite good.

This thing might hit huge numbers in the years to come.
 
The Mass Shooter Ron Soye said:
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Ironically enough, I've become less interested in the media capabilities of devices in the last ten years as every streaming platform has descended into churning out an undifferentiated pile of soulless, focus group-driven slop. So the majority of my entertainment these days is... games.

Also does anyone really need this stuff from a game console anymore? Every TV now comes with a billion streaming apps built-in. It was a different story back in 2013 with the PS4 and Xbone but these days I just can't see why a console would need such things.
 
Fcret said:
Also does anyone really need this stuff from a game console anymore? Every TV now comes with a billion streaming apps built-in. It was a different story back in 2013 with the PS4 and Xbone but these days I just can't see why a console would need such things.
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And for the schizo, you simply plug in the computer of your choice to the spy TV. You can pick up a 7th gen or newer Intel OptiPlex MFF for under $100 and have H.264/H.265/VP9 hardware decode, and AV1 done in software just fine.

It is true that Nintendo not including YouTube, Netflix, etc. is retarded. But that's a decision they could fix with an update.

For the older PlayStation and Xbox consoles, disc drives were part of the appeal. PS2 including a DVD player was a big deal, PS3 helped Blu-ray defeat HD DVD, and PS5 provides a last gasp for the Ultra HD Blu-ray. Physical media is deceased now though, RIP.
 
Fcret said:
Also does anyone really need this stuff from a game console anymore? Every TV now comes with a billion streaming apps built-in. It was a different story back in 2013 with the PS4 and Xbone but these days I just can't see why a console would need such things.
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I don't know if you "need" it, but it certainly doesn't hurt to have. A lot of TVs come with limited connectivity now, just one or two HDMI ports, so if you can play your vidya and stream your animes on a single device, it's definitely a plus for some people. Switch 2 also has a nice big screen, much bigger than most phones, so it might be a nice device to watch Netflix in bed on or whatever.
 
Never Scored said:
I don't know if you "need" it, but it certainly doesn't hurt to have. A lot of TVs come with limited connectivity now, just one or two HDMI ports, so if you can play your vidya and stream your animes on a single device, it's definitely a plus for some people. Switch 2 also has a nice big screen, much bigger than most phones, so it might be a nice device to watch Netflix in bed on or whatever.
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Yeah but why would you need to stream off your game console to a TV when every TV in 2025 has the streaming apps built-in?

The portable bit I can concede on though.
 
Fcret said:
Yeah but why would you need to stream off your game console to a TV when every TV in 2025 has the streaming apps built-in?

The portable bit I can concede on though.
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I don't know how many people are like me, but I personally did not connect my smart TV to the Internet because it's just another avenue to serve me ads. The software in them also becomes obsolete very rapidly and a lot of the apps stop working after a couple years and most people are gonna keep their TV longer than that.
 
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