Oh, the Humanity
Nintendo had their Switch 2 showcase today.Wii? I knew it was going to be great from the first moment I saw it.
Wii U? I had a bad feeling. A very bad feeling.
Switch? I was on the hype train from minute one.
Three for three, in other words.
My initial reaction to the Switch 2? A disaster.
Besides the hardware changes (which were not insignificant but also not revolutionary):
1. Paid upgrades for better graphics on certain high-profile Switch 1 games you already own.
2. Game prices of $70-80 for first-party Nintendo titles.
3. Console price of $449 in the U.S.
If the console was announced at $349, almost everyone would have been pleased. At $449, it's going to be a very, very hard sell.
Incredibly, it could have been worse.
In Europe, the equivalent conversion to USD for both the UK and the European Union is $510.
I have an enormous amount of affection for Nintendo because of the hundreds of hours I spent playing games with Eli 23.8. It's a wonderful company.
And they've screwed up.
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