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Norion on 11 June 2025
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Wman1996 said:
Norion said:

Nintendo does a lot of shitty things so in general deserves a lot of the hate thrown their way but there has for sure been a lot of silly over the top criticism with the Switch 2. Criticism towards hardware pricing is unreasonable considering what you're getting for the price and while criticism towards software pricing is warranted there's been a lot of misinformation and exaggeration going on there. People should stick to criticizing things like their treatment of fan games than getting overly riled up over the Switch 2.

You just won the thread.

I don't buy the majority of Nintendo games that come out but still buy a lot of them. I only ever got 3DS at launch and got burned in the short term. 

I love a lot of Nintendo's products, but they are still subject to both my mild and extensive criticism when I feel it's needed.

Software and accessory prices? Yeah, it's an issue.

Switch 2 console pricing in Japan and USA? Not an issue for what you get.

I don't think I have any more to add, you nailed the Switch 2 situation.

I appreciate the compliment. You mention Japan and the US but I'd say the price in my country the UK is completely fine too. At £395 the gap between the price here and the US is actually notably bigger than it was for the Switch 1. That was £279 vs £299 so nearly the same and while it's the same price as the PS5 digital over there here it's a bit cheaper.

It also compares decently well to the Steam Deck since the LCD version is £349 but is overall a worse piece of hardware while the 512GB OLED one doesn't really have a clear winner either way but is £479.