Only 2 Days Before The Nintendo Switch 2 Launches "Out of Stock" Signs Hit Retail
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It is finally Nintendo Switch 2 release week and to prep retail locations carrying the new console, Nintendo has shipped 'Out of Stock' signs to retailers.

To be honest, this gamer is totally gob smacked on the attitude that people have when it comes to new console releases.

Sure it was time for a change. But is it worth the hassle and aggravation?

I’m not the one to jump on the NCHW (New Console Hype Wagon), just for the sake of popularity. I pay attention to the ebb and flow of popularity.

I learned this lesson all to well when the SEGA Saturn was released in 1994. Like everyone else in the console video game space at the time, I jumped on the hype and pre-relase popularity.

But in the end, after it was all said and done, it was a total flop. The lesson that I learned is plain and simple.

Slow down and relax. Let others make the mistake. Let them make the mistake you’ve made.

But this time around, the hype was justified. The Switch 2 is one of those consoles that lives up to the hype. Where the games go from here is up to NINTENDO and the publishers. But take it easy, Let the hype train enter the station and then buy the system. I’m telling you, it’s worth the wait.

  • BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    281·
    4 days ago

    I’m not hyped by the Switch 2: its expensive, its games are expensive and the launch titles are paltry. It also has competition in the form of the Steam Deck and a range of SteamOS and Windows handheld devices with a huge volume of games available including many at significantly lower prices.

    Switch 2 needs exclusives to justify its price and its existence. Switch 1 games with slightly improved graphics (which you have to pay for) and a small handful of launch titles make the Switch 2 a bad proposition for anyone except diehard fans at this point.

    At the moment there are no compelling 1st party games in the pipeline. 3D Mariocart and Donkey Kong Bananza seems to be it for now. No new Mario platformer, no Zelda, no pokemon at launch. Everything is old games with better graphics, and much of it available on other platforms like PC with better graphics already anyway (e.g. Cyberpunk 2077 - a 5 year old game which most people have played and is still better on PC or PS5/Xbox; why is that a compelling launch title?).

    Nintendo has a lot of work to do - I think there is a real risk the Switch 2 will be a flop if they dont get 1st party exclusives out before the holiday season.

    • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      Cyberpunk 2077 - a 5 year old game which most people have played and is still better on PC or PS5/Xbox; why is that a compelling launch title?

      Because it’s portable! Oh, wait, it’s been playable portably for years on the Steam Deck and other PC handhelds.

    • PonyOfWar@pawb.socialEnglish
      32·
      4 days ago

      That’s almost every console launch ever though. Switch 1 had an even weaker launch lineup when it comes to exclusives.

      • Matt@lemdro.idEnglish
        3·
        4 days ago

        But the Switch was a unique form-factor at the time that did not have direct competition for most of its life. Nintendo essentially created the hybrid handheld console segment. As previously mentioned, there is much more competition this time around, including the much cheaper original Switch.