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  • The Switch 2 at 450 is still cheaper than Sony and Xbox’s launch pricing when adjusted for inflation. Kind of in line with previous generations over the last 30 years.

    $80 games are more expensive than they have a right to be for sure, but the hardware I think is reasonably priced.

    Bear in mind Switch 2 being a portable console puts it in a different category of device to PS5 and Xbox series consoles.








  • I’m an Australian so I’m not 100% sure on what you’re paying for other consoles at the moment, but the switch 2 hardware is cheaper than the base disc PS5 slim and Xbox series X over here. Don’t even get me started on PC hardware.

    Xbox raising their prices to $80 isn’t a good sign. Sony increased the price of the PS5 over here recently even though it won’t be subject to any tariffs, to subsidise their losses in the US.

    All that is to say that Nintendo aren’t being so anti-competitive relative to the industry that I think they’re going to be forced to drop prices


  • I think the average PC gamer on Lemmy isn’t going to see the value in the Switch 2. I’ve personally seen that for people that want things to just work the switch is a great console.

    The Switch 2 is getting a little greedy with paid upgrades to switch 2 performance for switch 1 games, and that goes against the “just works” ethos.