Inflation and cost of living continue to rise, but average wages are not climbing the same way to counter balance. That's all fine and dandy if $100 game is no big deal for you, but for the average person this isn't true at all so maybe don't make such statements like it's a fact. 

This is not true, they questioned whether Nintendo would put battery time towards 1080p since 720p is pretty solid. They never said it is not possible. Them pixel counting the trailer Nintendo themselves released is exactly what we want. Someone looking at the game and saying its "4k" is not more conclusive. DF said its 1440p, which essentially meets modern definitions of decent 4k output as it will simply be upscaled for the output display. The same applies to 90% of PS5 games. Rarely do they actually hit native 4k.

These are media outlets not random people reporting this DF in very recent times have been call out by other tech channels for not being entirely accurate in their assessments.

What examples are you referring to? Because again, them doubting whether Nintendo would go with X or Y technology is just an opinion thrown out, not a technical assessment like pixel counting the games shown. 

As far as DF saying Zelda is 1440p from pixel counting vs another outlet saying its 4k just by looking, I presume DF is more accurate and the other outlet is just judging by eye znd using the term 4k approximately which is fine, but we shouldn't use that to doubt DFs analysis. it's like saying a game is HD... That could mean sub 720p upscaled, 720p, 900p or 1080p.

It's overall more capable than the Steam Deck though not by a lot since the SD was notably better for 2022 standards than the Switch 2 is for 2025 standards. Other than power they both have different benefits over each other like the Switch 2's screen being 1080p and 120fps while the SD is only 800p and 60 or 90 depending on the version but the 90hz versions are OLED which is significant. The LCD SD is actually somewhat cheaper than the Switch 2 though the screen is worse while the two OLED versions have an overall better screen for those who prefer OLED over the higher refresh rate and resolution and more storage and better battery life but cost more so each one has things going for them. 

Though for cost if someone is fine with getting a refurbished SD when they're available then the 512GB OLED one is about the same price as the Switch 2 so that's something notable to consider.

I get your point.  My statement didn't separate business vs my personal point of view.  Personally I'll be more selective in the games I choose to purchase and not just buy everything willy nilly.  

My larger point was that I will continue to support physical releases of video games, regardless if I have to pay more for them versus a digital copy.  When physical releases of video games ceases, I will be done completely with all consoles.  A large group of people complain about the minority that still want an actual physical release and say that we should simply move on and get with the program.  I will not.  

@Cerebralbore101 though I completely agree that it’s the game experience that matters, I’m still absolutely stoked about MP4 and DK Bananza and am getting both on Switch 2 without batting an eye, and will also be happy to finally play TotK on the right console, and will most likely finish BotW on Sw2 as well :)

That is how I interpreted it also. Some people seem to think the description on the box means original switch black cart + a download code. But I personally thing if that was the case it would be written as such to be more specific you are buying the original game cart with a code and it would probably be significantly cheaper.

People were arguring that Switch 1 price at 300 bucks was too much. A lot of people were saying it should not be above 250 and won't buy if 300. History repeats. Now the games being 80 bucks. That's some bullshit.

Yeah I don't think it's a deciding factor in sales. It can be impactful for action based games whether its 30 or 60fps, but there were expectations that DLSS could move these cross-gen/PS4 games from 30 to 60 fps on Switch 2. And I imagine it still comfortably can.
I just didnt consider that it wouldn't be implemented in these titles. Likely because they didn't already have the feature. So it probably costs more to do than I imagined.