I'm ready for some new big first party game, I feel like they're being held hostage until the Switch 2. Mario Kart 9, 3D Mario etc;

The opposite for me, I've been ready for at least the past year now.

Im ready for the next system, but Im fine with my Switch while Nintendo is taking their time to get the launch of the Switch 2 the best it can be.

I'm just now feeling the itch. I had predicted Holiday 2024, but I really appreciate the time to be able to save up a bit more cash. My hardware works fine and I have plenty of games still to play on my Switch, but the reality is that the pipeline of great software has been closed until they launch another system. I'm dying to get my eyes on Mario 3D, Mario Kart 9 or X or whatever they call it, Animal Crossing Even Newer Horizons, as well as whatever the indies and 3rd Parties have been cooking up. I have a big feeling Cozy Gaming is going to see a dramatic investment boost across the board and I can't wait to dive into some lush cartoony landscapes, chop down some wood, mine some stone, craft myself a new paraglider and sail out into the sunset looking for resources as far as the eye can see.

Here where I live, the price, in our currency, of new console usally ends up being 10 times the price it is in the US due to taxes and other stuff. If the Switch 2 ends up being 450 dollars, we would get something like: 450 dollars --> 4500 reais. With 1 dollar nowadays worthing something around 4.50 reais, buying a Switch 2  here would be as if an american bought it for 818 dollars.

So, yeah, I need time to save up money as well, another reason I am not on a hurry for the Switch 2

I'm fully ready for it. The best looking Nintendo games of the past couple years don't look that much better than the best looking ones from 2013-2014 due to the lack of a big hardware leap in over a decade. The next 3D Mario is gonna blow people cause of that I think and if people were impressed with what was accomplished with TOTK then they're in for a treat when the next big Zelda game takes advantage of the way better hardware for its world and gameplay systems. The boost to visuals and performance will be great of course but the new gameplay and world possibilities opened up to the developers at Nintendo due to them not having to use hardware a lot weaker than the Xbox One is the really exciting part.

I felt a little let down by the WiiU and had planned to wait to purchase the Switch. That changed when they released the BotW trailer. I immediately per-ordered it and a Switch so I have had mine since day 1. I don't think there is any way they have had time to make a new Zelda. I think Metroid is too niche for them to launch with one of those. Same with Splatoon4. That just leaves a Mario launch title, while Mario is good and I normally buy them it alone will not be enough for me to go after Switch 2 Day 1.

I will likely be an early adopter and I will buy new rather than used (I mostly buy Sony used since PS3 days). Who knows though maybe I will still buy day one to avoid scalpers because I'm sure one of my must have franchises will be out in the launch window if not perhaps at launch.

All that said I am ready for Metroid, Splatoon, and Zelda and am quite ready for the Switch 2.

"the resolution drops to eye-wateringly poor levels and can flounder down to near single-digit frames per second when there are multiple enemies on screen"

FYI, this is why people are READY for the switch 2.

*Quote is from Nintendolife in regard to Plucky Squire.  

There is a lot more to new hardware than just "prettier."  Many third-party games run quite poorly on the current switch, the hardware is just old and outdated.  

Part of the blame needs to be put on the developer for not optimizing their games appropriately for the hardware.

They have known about the Switch's capabilities for 7 years, it's a known quantity, it hasn't changed, thus no excuses.

Yeah, that isn't how business works.  If their code works for the ps4, ps5, xbox series s, series x, deck, ally, legion, etc...  There isn't motivation to optimize for a single piece of hardware that is outdated, unless there are foresights indicating the switch will have a disproportionate number of sales. 

This was my point about the switch 2 in general.  Can and will are two different aspects and business isn't about feelings, it is about money.  If optimization isn't worth the investment (or they don't have capacity), it isn't happening.  Doesn't matter if it is technically feasible.