You're not getting something that is going to be like 7-8x more powerful than a Switch OLED for the same $350 in one year.
I don't see it.
It's going to be $399.99 minimum, I would not be surprised if a $449.99 SKU with higher storage (256GB?) might be in the cards also. Digital purchases are a big deal now, whereas for like the Wii U it was sort of a "so what?" ... most people still bought physical back then and because the Wii U wasn't portable you could just plug in a flash drive or HDD and leave it there with no fuss.
For Switch 2, having more storage is kind of a big deal as many people are digital only and the game sizes are likely to increase next gen given the Switch 2 is going to be somewhere between a PS4++ in power with a feature set that is more like a PS5 (Ampere based Nvidia chips are a better architecture than the AMD crap the PS5/XBS use).
$399-$450 is perfectly acceptable. The Super NES today would be over $400, the N64 right around $400 with inflation. You can't just compare to the freaking Game Boy and GBA forever. The Switch 2 is a *console* too, unless you are just revising history and making it so the Game Boy Advance was a home console that would hook up to the TV and was capable of running Nintendo's console games (funny I don't remember ever playing Metroid Prime or Super Mario Sunshine or Resident Evil 4 on the GBA, do you?). You have to compare to the home consoles in terms of pricing.
The Switch 2 will be able to play the newest mainline 3D Mario, Mario Kart, next-gen Zelda, Smash, etc. on top of some modern 3rd party games like probably Street Fighter VI, Call of Duty, EA FIFA/FC, Witcher 4 (?), and Dragon Quest XII among others (I wouldn't be surprised at all with a Final Fantasy XVI port, Square-Enix needs the $$$). You can't just sit there and say "price it like a Game Boy or DS please", like that's fucking bonkers.
For people who can't afford $350+ or are young children and the parents don't want to spend big on their gaming consumption, there's going to be eventually a product for you -- it's called Switch 2 Lite ... just like Switch Lite exists for that market right now. You'll be waiting a few years for that.
Last edited by Soundwave - on 28 August 2023
