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CaptainExplosion on 11 April 2025
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Bumblaster said:

Nintendo have done absolutely nothing wrong. It's been stupid YouTubers who have put 2+2 and come up with 5! It's a good system for $450, even better value if you buy the Mario Kart Bundle. Most games will run better for free and you only have to pay for an upgrade if there is additional content. NSO members don't pay anything. The Nintendo games are available completely physical as they get totally downloaded once onto a cart which can be sold later on if you feel like it. ONE game is $80, one single game and that game looks groundbreaking. The others games will be $70 or less. If the console goes up due to Orange Mans tariffs that's not Nintendo's fault. Misinformation has been widely spread by well known YouTubers getting their facts all wrong.

I think you're onto something.

KLXVER said:
RolStoppable said:

I tried to find something along those lines, but all my search could come up with is this:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/nintendo-switch-2-price-tariffs-1.7503598

Bowser, who spoke with CBC prior to the U.S. pre-order pause, noted that the previous generation of Switch devices will still be supported, including with a selection of new games coming out later this year.

"We recognize there are some people that may not be able to afford [the Switch 2's] price point. That's why we wanted to make the other Switch platforms available, so [people] still have an opportunity to come into our gaming universe, be a part of these characters in these worlds, and see value, if you will, in whatever rung of the platform they come in."

I've found this same quote butchered on another website to put a different spin on it, namely to make it sound like "Can't afford Switch 2? Just buy Switch 1 then!"

Yeah, this one kinda pisses me off. He gave an answer to people who said they cant afford one with the only other option he could. What was he gonna say? Buy a Xbox Series S? He would be fired on the spot. The spin on this quote is just from people who already had negative feelings towards Nintendo.

And he was backed into a corner. This is a difficult situation for Nintendo even without factoring in Adolf's tariffs.