Welp, this prices me out on principle alone. £75 for physical games in absolutely bonkers. Then they want you to pay extra so that BTOW/TOTK can take advantage of the new hardware. Not to mention their tech demo isn’t exactly free either.
Aside from all that, £395 for the console seemed pretty fair to me. I expected it to be a little higher honestly. Just everything else on the side is asking for too much.
Yikes. I think I’m going to pass for now at that price. Honestly the only game that interested me in that entire showcase was the Donkey Kong platformer where you go around smashing the fuck out of shit, but I’m not about to drop half a grand to play it.
I feel even less excited about the idea of buying this system than I did the Wii U. The scalpers can have at this one. I’ll consider it down the line when there’s more software that looks worthwhile.
Yeah its a bit much, but what they are offering is somewhere between the PS4 Pro / PS5 now in terms of performance when docked so I don’t think its necessarily over the top with their MSRP.
My biggest turn off so far is paying that, then having to purchase individual upgrades for SELECT switch games to transfer over seems a bit stingy. I would understand wanting money for upgrades if it wasn’t just hardware performance improvements, but just let me play the old version of the game on the new console.
just let me play the old version of the game on the new console.
I don’t think you need to buy any upgrades to play the original Switch versions on Switch 2. It’s supposed to be almost 100% backwards-compatible with Switch games, with a few exceptions for games that rely on specific hardware features (like IR).
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the original BotW and TotK will play just fine on Switch 2 without upgrading.
Considering how poor the performance was in TotK, I really think Nintendo should have made it a free update. That’s fairly common on the PlayStation side. Lots of PS4 games got free updates with PS5 optimizations, for example (and even more free updates for PS5 Pro).
I dropped TotK due partly to the performance issues. At this point I might rather play it on an emulator than buy it again for Switch 2.
Yeah, looks like I just misunderstood the marketing. For anyone else interested, here is an official list of what is supported. It seems to be only a minority that won’t work.
Yeah, there was a bit too much “at an additional price” and “with a Nintendo Switch Online Plus account” for my liking. I get to what? Play a few GameCube games I can already play on my Steam Deck?
I’m sure they will eventually have enough games to entice me as I’m a big fan of Nintendo games since the 80’s, but it’s looking like I’ll be okay waiting for now.
My understanding is that the upgrade packs are only if you want those performance improvements. There shouldn’t be anything preventing you from playing your old switch games as is, especially with the save data transfers and the backwards-compatible card slot. So the old version should still be playable!
I’m a bit torn, I got a Switch first month and loved Zelda but it did take a couple years for releases to really become frequent. Eventually got a Steam Deck and now I go third party on Steam and the Switch has been a Zelda machine. That being how my purchases have been, I may wait until a new Zelda before buying a Switch 2. Maybe not until a fully exclusive Switch 2 Pokemon. Right now hoping for the inevitable PC handheld that is as strong as a Deck but way lighter/smaller
Friends and Mario Kart+Mario Party will be the final determiner of when I guess
No, no price mentioned yet. Before anyone asks.
edit: found some prices on the official stores
$449 (499 w/ MKW)
£395 (430 w/ MKW)
€470 (510 w/ MKW)
Welp, this prices me out on principle alone. £75 for physical games in absolutely bonkers. Then they want you to pay extra so that BTOW/TOTK can take advantage of the new hardware. Not to mention their tech demo isn’t exactly free either.
Aside from all that, £395 for the console seemed pretty fair to me. I expected it to be a little higher honestly. Just everything else on the side is asking for too much.
Not sure about elsewhere but there’s a price on the UK official store: £395.99 for the system. £429.99 including digital copy of MKW.
Preorders open on 8th April.
Edit: Physical copy of Mario Kart on its own is £74.99. Woof.
I added the prices based on the official stores
The price floating around seems to be $449 for the system. Not officially announced though.
Yikes. I think I’m going to pass for now at that price. Honestly the only game that interested me in that entire showcase was the Donkey Kong platformer where you go around smashing the fuck out of shit, but I’m not about to drop half a grand to play it.
I feel even less excited about the idea of buying this system than I did the Wii U. The scalpers can have at this one. I’ll consider it down the line when there’s more software that looks worthwhile.
Yeah its a bit much, but what they are offering is somewhere between the PS4 Pro / PS5 now in terms of performance when docked so I don’t think its necessarily over the top with their MSRP.
My biggest turn off so far is paying that, then having to purchase individual upgrades for SELECT switch games to transfer over seems a bit stingy. I would understand wanting money for upgrades if it wasn’t just hardware performance improvements, but just let me play the old version of the game on the new console.
I don’t think you need to buy any upgrades to play the original Switch versions on Switch 2. It’s supposed to be almost 100% backwards-compatible with Switch games, with a few exceptions for games that rely on specific hardware features (like IR).
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think the original BotW and TotK will play just fine on Switch 2 without upgrading.
Considering how poor the performance was in TotK, I really think Nintendo should have made it a free update. That’s fairly common on the PlayStation side. Lots of PS4 games got free updates with PS5 optimizations, for example (and even more free updates for PS5 Pro).
I dropped TotK due partly to the performance issues. At this point I might rather play it on an emulator than buy it again for Switch 2.
Yeah, looks like I just misunderstood the marketing. For anyone else interested, here is an official list of what is supported. It seems to be only a minority that won’t work.
https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/transfer-guide/compatible-games/
Yeah, there was a bit too much “at an additional price” and “with a Nintendo Switch Online Plus account” for my liking. I get to what? Play a few GameCube games I can already play on my Steam Deck?
I’m sure they will eventually have enough games to entice me as I’m a big fan of Nintendo games since the 80’s, but it’s looking like I’ll be okay waiting for now.
My understanding is that the upgrade packs are only if you want those performance improvements. There shouldn’t be anything preventing you from playing your old switch games as is, especially with the save data transfers and the backwards-compatible card slot. So the old version should still be playable!
Yep, I definitely misunderstood. I added a link to an earlier reply with everything that supports the transfer.
I’m a bit torn, I got a Switch first month and loved Zelda but it did take a couple years for releases to really become frequent. Eventually got a Steam Deck and now I go third party on Steam and the Switch has been a Zelda machine. That being how my purchases have been, I may wait until a new Zelda before buying a Switch 2. Maybe not until a fully exclusive Switch 2 Pokemon. Right now hoping for the inevitable PC handheld that is as strong as a Deck but way lighter/smaller
Friends and Mario Kart+Mario Party will be the final determiner of when I guess