I think my overall takeaway is: - Switch 2 console: reasonably priced - Switch 2 games: overpriced - Switch 2 quirky tech demo tutorial: should’ve been free and pre-installed - ThreadSky

danny8bit.bsky.social • 12 days ago

I think my overall takeaway is:

- Switch 2 console: reasonably priced
- Switch 2 games: overpriced
- Switch 2 quirky tech demo tutorial: should’ve been free and pre-installed

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synthst0rm.bsky.social•12 days ago

I personally think the console is an okay price, but due to the game prices, it should be lowered to accommodate for how much the games are.

nervrsprout.bsky.social•11 days ago

They learned the wrong lessons from Astro bot's demo's

fireballdragon.bsky.social•12 days ago

There's a terrible irony in realizing that the games are more overpriced than the console itself. But yeah, the tech demo really should've been built in. Thanks, capitalism.

mangadungeon.bsky.social•12 days ago

I’m ok simply not buying a video game if it’s too much. But imagine saying “oh the Nintendo fucking tech demo, on sale for only 40 bucks? Well Hot dog!”

danny8bit.bsky.social•12 days ago

I can’t see it being more than $10

but holy shit it shouldn’t cost literally anything at all haha

mangadungeon.bsky.social•12 days ago

I’m not gonna act like Wii sports wasn’t a real one… but I ain’t paying 10 dollars for Wii sports

giygas88.bsky.social•12 days ago

Piracy is your friend once people figure out how to dump games, keys, firmware and make an emulator

natspectrum.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yeah. 100%.

ostianowl.bsky.social•12 days ago

It's even more of a tech demo than Wii Sports and Nintendo Land. This is unhinged behavior even by Nintendo's standards.

danny8bit.bsky.social•12 days ago

yeah, like those are actual games, at least

this is an gamified manual basically

lunaruxz.bsky.social•12 days ago

I completely agree, especially talking about digital versions. I'm in no way knowledgeable with how the process of selling games goes for big companies, but it cannot cost just a $10 difference between physical and digital games, can it??

yummymaichi.bsky.social•12 days ago

i dont understand why they make you pay for the tech demo.

like... they expect people to buy the tech demo and not like... an actual video game instead??

unless i am missing a component here

afnarratives.bsky.social•12 days ago

I still have no idea who their market for that tech demo is. It's interesting but I'm not buying that lmao especially when someone's going to put the whole thing on YouTube

simonsignal.bsky.social•12 days ago

I want to say the people who played NintendoLand and Game Builder Garage.

...

Did they list the price for it yet?

bankaraxteevie.bsky.social•11 days ago

japanese nintendo site had it listed for, like, 900 yen... so probably around 10 dollars, which is still confusing, but at least not 40

simonsignal.bsky.social•11 days ago

Oh yeah, that's gonna be at least $15 CAD then. $13 if we're lucky.

I'm gonna have to wait and save on the console cause exchange rates. Maybe they'll slap it as a switch online extra by then.

lovelymori.bsky.social•11 days ago

The console is cheaper than I thought it would be. The games are very overpriced, and probably not gonna buy that tech demo.

josh592.bsky.social•12 days ago

Tariff increase on Japan? Things cost more as a result. Are we surprised? Poor Canada getting caught in the crossfire

skimlines.bsky.social•12 days ago

eighty to ninety dollars for a videogame omg.......... even if you can "loan" it out to friends digitally, it's so so so steep. And the mario games never go on sale neither sigh

marcolivellidav.bsky.social•12 days ago

I don't want to be mean but yeah, no one is going to paid actual money for that game

zoomzeta.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yes (Though taxes inflate the price here in Canada to 605$ CAD), yes, and probably yes.

frogletcomics.bsky.social•12 days ago

Oh 100%!!!!

brugmoment.bsky.social•12 days ago

For real

makinogagotoku.bsky.social•11 days ago

Console: 400 for LED
450 for OLED

Games: should be $70 for long games and 60 for rest.

Tech Demo know as Welcome Tour should been Free and Pre installed.

blue-2076.bsky.social•11 days ago

reasonable take

hutch2much.bsky.social•12 days ago

basically exactly how i feel. i wonder if the $80 mario kart is a test to see if consumers will bite for more expensive titles

josh592.bsky.social•12 days ago

From what I hear it's still 60 in Japan. This is the result of the tariff dispute.

josh592.bsky.social•12 days ago

Signed today. New 24% tax on all products imported from Japan.

danny8bit.bsky.social•12 days ago

feel like they’re just quietly trying to push people to just buy the bundle, which would make the game a $50 value instead, and net them $500 instead of 450

zoomzeta.bsky.social•12 days ago

Sure, in that case, buying the bundle is a more reasonable choice.

emaam64.bsky.social•12 days ago

Tbh I think Mario kart world is just an experiment and it's probably not going to go well. And in Japan they do this thing where some like Blockbuster event games are slightly more expensive than normal games so that might be a test out for here. Not justifying it, just making sense of it

orions-horizon.bsky.social•11 days ago

"So, do I look like him?"

nikuneko-b.bsky.social•12 days ago

90 dollars for Mario kart is a crime

laurenwalshart.bsky.social•11 days ago

Yeah the demo not being free is kinda wild to me

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