Nintendo Switch 2

[johnsusername]

2 hours ago, Scott_M said:

Although it’s expensive, a PS4 cost £350 at launch 12 years ago. 
 

The games are in line with what games cost these days.

 

I remember buying Star Wars on the NES for £50 in maybe 1991. That was an outrageous price. Loved it though. Managed to complete it even though there was no save or password system so you had to start from the beginning each time. Tough odds. 

[Scott_M]

1 hour ago, johnsusername said:

 

I remember buying Star Wars on the NES for £50 in maybe 1991. That was an outrageous price. Loved it though. Managed to complete it even though there was no save or password system so you had to start from the beginning each time. Tough odds. 

That’s £113 now! 

[Scott_M]

PS5 was £450 at its launch in November’20. That’s £561 now. 
 

If you want to play it on the go, that’s £200 (which is very limited). 

 

Another 2 controllers is £65 each. 
 

Most new PS5 games are £65 each. 
 

So, really, the Switch 2 is cheaper than a PS5 and seems to be getting all the more recent games. 

[Pidge]

I don't think the price is too bad, but this feels like a wait and see for me. I know the price won't drop, but I don't think it adds much.

[The Gnome In Your Garden]

Color TV-Game,

Game & Watch,

Nintendo Entertainment System (NES),

Game Boy,

Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES),

Virtual Boy,

Nintendo 64,

Game Boy Color,

GameCube,

Game Boy Advance,

Nintendo DS,

Wii,

Nintendo DSi,

Nintendo 3DS,

Wii U,

Nintendo 2DS,

Nintendo 3DS XL,

Nintendo Switch,

Nintendo Switch Lite,

Nintendo Switch OLED

 

It's worth considering not every console Nintendo have released has taken off successfully. The Wii U, Gamecube and Nintendo 64 were impressive but hardly groundbreaking hardware at their times, but all failed commercially. This new release needs to sell really well to justify software teams to release their titles, so pricing the console and it's first party games so high is very risky and could easily backfire.

[Red Phoenix]

It looks like these people have got close enough to sussing out how powerful the chip is and what it's generally capable of. There's a lot of technical info here though so if you're not interested in that may as well avoid checking it : Switch 2: the tech specs that Nintendo and Nvidia are not sharing

[Scott_M]

 

[Scott_M]

1992 v 2025…