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One thing I've already figured out is that the HDR calibration in the nsw2 menu can be profoundly unhelpful. I'm using a oled with high brightness, and if I follow the calibration instructions the end result is a terribly washed image. I have to intentionally ignore the instructions and not have the rightmost icon invisible. Ymmv by display but I had to just use trial and error for a midpoint that looked acceptable.
 
Kyle1022 said:
From posts here you can definitely tell who actually owns and is playing their Switch 2, and who is looking for any negative video and reddit post to validate themselves not getting one
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I'm posting videos and articles from people that actually have it and are playing it and are way more tech savvy than both of us combined. You can be butt hurt all you want that your precious Nintendo is not perfect. I remain objective about things. I realize that things are not perfect. You can live in a fantasy all you want.
wampler13 said:
Found this from a discussion a few days back about playstation plus prices. I guess it's okay for sony to sony, but not for nintendo to nintendo.
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Not sure what this is supposed to mean. PlayStation Plus tiers are currently on sale right now. I think $107 for premium is a great deal.
 
The 14 day "free" trial of Nintendo Online is reminding me why Nintendo Online is a joke, the SNES/GB/NES game lineup is a clown show and GBA and N64 games are still behind a paywall anyway even with a "free" trial that will automatically charge me if I forget to cancel the "free" trial. Schrodinger's free trial. What a joke! If Nintendo wanted me to pay for this crap they could have at least let me play some GBA games for a few days, if the offerings there are even any good at all, but judging by what's available for SNES/GB/NES, probably not.

Only a couple days in and thinking about canceling it now in case I forget and get charged for a whole lot of nothing.
 
swordity said:
The 14 day "free" trial of Nintendo Online is reminding me why Nintendo Online is a joke, the SNES/GB/NES game lineup is a clown show and GBA and N64 games are still behind a paywall anyway even with a "free" trial that will automatically charge me if I forget to cancel the "free" trial. Schrodinger's free trial. What a joke! If Nintendo wanted me to pay for this crap they could have at least let me play some GBA games for a few days, if the offerings there are even any good at all, but judging by what's available for SNES/GB/NES, probably not.

Only a couple days in and thinking about canceling it now in case I forget and get charged for a whole lot of nothing.
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Bro. Every company charges you if you forget to cancel your free trial.
 
elessar123 said:
What about those of us that still haven't gotten their preorders from Walmart?
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That sucks. I have a friend in Nowhere Wisconsin whose Switch still didn't arrive either

Freeze Time said:
I'm posting videos and articles
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Believe me, we all see you spamming them every few hours. Nobody here is watching them, so feel free to stop anytime

swordity said:
Not all of them limit the scope of their free trial because they think their offerings are such hot shit though
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"How dare Nintendo not let me try their stuff for free, it's probably bad anyway 😡"

Such an entitled Karen mindset
 
gospelman said:
One thing I've already figured out is that the HDR calibration in the nsw2 menu can be profoundly unhelpful. I'm using a oled with high brightness, and if I follow the calibration instructions the end result is a terribly washed image. I have to intentionally ignore the instructions and not have the rightmost icon invisible. Ymmv by display but I had to just use trial and error for a midpoint that looked acceptable.
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Did you mess with the RGB range? Setting it to Full might correct it vs auto or limited. It doesn’t hurt to check then do the calibration. The results you describecould easily be a mismatch in the RGB range.

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back to Mario Kart Worod…. I ended up playing it for about 6 hours this morning. It’s very very addictive. I can see now that playing the open world part there are race events you can find that do include more straight segments. But it’s mostly just time trials. The actual competitive side so is more traditional MK mixed with some of the linked segment races which usually have a boss and are just bonkers in design. Progress wise, I started finding the Star blocks and finished almost all the character skins for those I have unlocked. I think I have just a couple left for Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Bower. It’s nice having so much to do. The draw distance seems unlimited and smooth. No sense of anything loading while driving around between areas. Im surprised how happy I’ve been playing Mario Kart. Usually it’s a nice family game.. diversion, here it’s way more.
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Nintendo online, they aren’t giving free access to their premium content. It’s like Hulu having a Black Friday sale for $1, they are giving you the ad tier not the no ads version. Same for the free month offers they sometimes send to get people to come back. NSO is for playing games online, cloud saves, and there’s some bonus classics. If you do t like classic games included with the GB, Nes and SNES apps, then thats pretty telling. Some of the best stuff from those consoles is on there.
 
chrisbravo said:
I ended up with 2 extra systems, 1 from the Nintendo invite that I got on release day, that is the one I am using, 1 from Target that was stuck in preparing to ship like everyone else but it actually came in yesterday, and one from Costco that I ordered on release night just in case mine got delayed or canceled. I think I will post them on marketplace for exactly what I paid and save someone in my area the hassle and they can have it on the weekend, if it doesn't sell I can just return it.
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Sold those super quick and the guys were super happy and surprised about me not marking them up like crazy. ended up losing about $5 for some stupid Paypal fee but fellow gamers were really grateful, can live with that and probably would have spent more in gas going to Costco...
 
Kyle1022 said:
"How dare Nintendo not let me try their stuff for free, it's probably bad anyway 😡"

Such an entitled Karen mindset
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I looked up the GBA game list too it's a pretty barren wasteland, what a disappointment it would have been to pay for such garbage, I have nearly every title except for a couple of the JPN Stafi games

But I guess you're right, I am technically entitled, I already own them all :LOL:
 
wampler13 said:
So is this you being objective or is it just, like, your opinion, man?
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Again, we will know within a matter of days now how much it costs Nintendo to make each switch 2. Then we can see if it's overpriced. It's just a more powerful switch. It has some mouse controls that no one is really talking about and some game chat that that you need to pay additional for a camera and you need to pay online next year in order to use it and you still can't invite friends to private servers according to people playing Mario Kart but other than that, more memory, more storage, more powerful bigger screen. No innovation at all. No special Nintendo Magic. That's not worth $450 in my opinion.

I've also stated many times that If Nintendo wasn't going to innovate and give us something brand new with their new console, they should have made the screen smaller, included only 128 gigs of storage, etc to get the cost down. In my opinion it's $100 too much for what they are offering. If this was some revolutionary new console like Wii or Wii U or Switch, I likely would be playing it right now. But it's not. Nintendo did not innovate.
 
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Freeze Time said:
Again, we will know within a matter of days now how much it costs Nintendo to make each switch 2. Then we can see if it's overpriced. It's just a more powerful switch. It has some mouse controls that no one is really talking about and some game chat that that you need to pay additional for a camera and you need to pay online next year in order to use it and you still can't invite friends to private servers according to people playing Mario Kart but other than that, more memory, more storage, more powerful bigger screen. No innovation at all. No special Nintendo Magic. That's not worth $450 in my opinion.

I've also stated many times that If Nintendo wasn't going to innovate and give us something brand new with their new console, they should have made the screen smaller, included only 128 gigs of storage, etc to get the cost down. In my opinion it's $100 too much for what they are offering. If this was some revolutionary new console like Wii or Wii U or Switch, I likely would be playing it right now. But it's not. Nintendo did not innovate.
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I’m just waiting for them to hit the local pawn shops so I can barter with cold hard cash
 
Scalpers were dumb to try in the first place, Nintendo was obviously preparing for this launch for a long while (other than first party game offerings of course, but asking Nintendo to develop a new game in 2025 is greedy and probably makes you a Karen)
 
Freeze Time said:
Again, we will know within a matter of days now how much it costs Nintendo to make each switch 2. Then we can see if it's overpriced. It's just a more powerful switch. It has some mouse controls that no one is really talking about and some game chat that that you need to pay additional for a camera and you need to pay online next year in order to use it and you still can't invite friends to private servers according to people playing Mario Kart but other than that, more memory, more storage, more powerful bigger screen. No innovation at all. No special Nintendo Magic. That's not worth $450 in my opinion.

I've also stated many times that If Nintendo wasn't going to innovate and give us something brand new with their new console, they should have made the screen smaller, included only 128 gigs of storage, etc to get the cost down. In my opinion it's $100 too much for what they are offering. If this was some revolutionary new console like Wii or Wii U or Switch, I likely would be playing it right now. But it's not. Nintendo did not innovate.
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that is called profit, if you knew what every day items cost to make you would completely lose your mind if you are this upset about a video game company making a profit on their console.
 
ritchardf said:
that is called profit, if you knew what every day items cost to make you would completely lose your mind if you are this upset about a video game company making a profit on their console.
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It's the margin of profit. Here's an article about Sony losing money. Microsoft also lost money when they launched series X. Not sure about series S. I have no idea what it costs to make now nor do I care.
www.polygon.com

Sony is selling the PS5 at a loss, investors told

‘Strategic price point’ on new console is lower than manufacturing costs
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Sony and Microsoft are okay losing money. Nintendo made about $40 for each switch they sold for $299 back in 2017. Don't know how much It costs them to make it now. Switch was also something brand new and innovative. Switch 2 is pretty much just more of the same but for $150 more. I just don't think there's any way it costs Nintendo around $410 to make each switch 2. In my opinion, they are making more profit than they did off of switch. Time will tell. We should know very very soon when some website like digital foundry takes it apart and costs out everything.

You are right that if I knew the price for every single thing I bought, I wouldn't have bought everything that I did buy. If I know for a fact something costa a dollar to make it's being sold for 30 bucks, I'm not going to buy it. If something costs a dollar to make and five it's being sold for $5 and I like the item, I would buy it. It's all about how much profit the company is making off of it and how much it costs. We are discussing a $450 console here. If it costs Nintendo $337 to make, I'm not going to buy it for $450 when there's pretty much no innovation at all.
 
Freeze Time said:
It's the margin of profit. Here's an article about Sony losing money. Microsoft also lost money when they launched series X. Not sure about series S. I have no idea what it costs to make now nor do I care.
www.polygon.com

Sony is selling the PS5 at a loss, investors told

‘Strategic price point’ on new console is lower than manufacturing costs
www.polygon.com www.polygon.com

Sony and Microsoft are okay losing money. Nintendo made about $40 for each switch they sold for $299 back in 2017. Don't know how much It costs them to make it now. Switch was also something brand new and innovative. Switch 2 is pretty much just more of the same but for $150 more. I just don't think there's any way it costs Nintendo around $410 to make each switch 2. In my opinion, they are making more profit than they did off of switch. Time will tell. We should know very very soon when some website like digital foundry takes it apart and costs out everything.

You are right that if I knew the price for every single thing I bought, I wouldn't have bought everything that I did buy. If I know for a fact something costa a dollar to make it's being sold for 30 bucks, I'm not going to buy it. If something costs a dollar to make and five it's being sold for $5 and I like the item, I would buy it. It's all about how much profit the company is making off of it and how much it costs. We are discussing a $450 console here. If it costs Nintendo $337 to make, I'm not going to buy it for $450 when there's pretty much no innovation at all.
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Time will tell but I feel Nintendos wrong for pricing is 450. The original switch had a very nice family friendly price of 299. 450 don’t seem like a family friendly price to me but like I said time will tell.
 
If someone spent as much time on learning a new skill or studying the stock market as he does complaining about Nintendo, he could make extra cash and not worry about the price of the Switch 2.

But back to topic, I have not actually played the Switch 2 yet, but both kids have put a lot of hours into Mario Kart World already. Both are having a lot of fun and that is what’s important.
 
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briandadude said:
Launching Mario kart world from the internal storage is 8 seconds faster than loading the physical game?
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I'm not surprised but man does it suck being a physical buyer.
I also bet this is why some games dont be on the cartridge, they'd have to change the game possibly to factor in lower read speeds?
Fwiw, MKW still feelslike it loads really fast. I know most people would hate it but I wish they went with a "install from cartridge" option (NOT DOWNLOAD)
 
gospelman said:
One thing I've already figured out is that the HDR calibration in the nsw2 menu can be profoundly unhelpful. I'm using a oled with high brightness, and if I follow the calibration instructions the end result is a terribly washed image. I have to intentionally ignore the instructions and not have the rightmost icon invisible. Ymmv by display but I had to just use trial and error for a midpoint that looked acceptable.
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Sounds like most Nintendo first party games have poor HDR implementation, so it's not going to look great atm. I noticed this as soon as I started playing MKW.

"Even if the system-level HDR calibration is properly setup, most Nintendo first-party titles (like Zelda, Mario and others) have very raised black levels when played in HDR at the moment. This is NOT a fault of the system-level HDR calibration app but it's all on Nintendo in-game HDR implementation side."

Long article with analysis by somebody that works on Dolby Vision games. TLDR: Fake HDR. No use of wider color gamut in HDR, everything is in standard color space. Clamped HDR brightness. Any pop you see is from luminance being cranked by TV in HDR mode.
www.alexandermejia.com

From SDR to ‘Fake HDR’: Mario Kart World on Switch 2 Undermines Modern Display Potential

Nintendo's Switch 2, launched with Mario Kart World, suffers from inadequate HDR implementation despite industry standards. The game qualifies "fake HDR," using SDR-first methods that limit color and dynamic range. Developers must prioritize HDR from the outset to truly leverage its potential...
www.alexandermejia.com

Pro controller from Target just arrived. Was estimated for delivery next week so that's nice.
 
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Man, this dude is relentless - read the room. It’s easy to say I’ll just enjoy my Switch 2 (which my son and I are most definitely). But when I come on this site to see my fellow people’s enjoyment, it gets bogged down constantly by these dumb videos, reactions and walls of text. It’s like Reddit in here. If you don’t like it, cool, move the hell on and enjoy what you enjoy. But constantly complaining ad nauseam isn’t doing anything. What the hell are you gaining by being obnoxious.

It’s becoming beyond obsessive.

Anyway, like I said. My son and I are really having a blast with Mario Kart. Exploring and driving around together has been a lot of good times already. We are looking forward to this summer - I personally cannot wait for Donkey Kong. Hope everyone that wants one is getting their chance. And those that have it, hope you’re enjoying it!
 
Whatever the price and how we feel as individuals about the Switch 2, it is nice to see an hotly anticipated tech item be readily available for those that want it and scalpers put to pasture. Good or bad opinion on Nintendo right now, they at least planned well enough ahead to meet demand and I wish more companies would.
 
ritchardf said:
I have the all on my ignore list, but if I don't read their posts there are literally no posts....
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awp said:
This thread is hoppin’. Must be some killer deals on the Switch 2 already huh? :)
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Technically we shouldn't be talking about the Switch 2 at all because there aren't any deals on it. :D

Twilightsparkle said:
If someone spent as much time on learning a new skill or studying the stock market as he does complaining about Nintendo, he could make extra cash and not worry about the price of the Switch 2.
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We already live in a boring dystopia, please stop monetizing your hobbies. Everything has to be done for "investment" purposes. Ruins the fun.

I wonder how long the Switch 1 will be manufactured and if/when they stop making Switch 1 carts.
 
Legendbatista said:
Time will tell but I feel Nintendos wrong for pricing is 450. The original switch had a very nice family friendly price of 299. 450 don’t seem like a family friendly price to me but like I said time will tell.
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$393.43 in Apr. 2025 equals $299 of buying power in Mar. 2017.

Basically Switch 2 costs $50 more without inflation. I don’t think that’s crazy. It was never gonna be $299 again.
 
Had a scare and a chuckle earlier. Animal Crossing crashed when I started it on my Switch 2. That was the scare, since I don't want to lose my island. The chuckle came from the system asking me if I wanted to "grant Nintendo permission to share error information from this system with third-party developers whose software crashed for the purposes of analysis and improvement of services". Just third-party developers, huh?
 
Bloomy said:
Had a scare and a chuckle earlier. Animal Crossing crashed when I started it on my Switch 2. That was the scare, since I don't want to lose my island. The chuckle came from the system asking me if I wanted to "grant Nintendo permission to share error information from this system with third-party developers whose software crashed for the purposes of analysis and improvement of services". Just third-party developers, huh?
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Haha. Of course not the almighty Nintendo. They never make any mistakes 😇
 
While on the subject, I did have 1 crash today. Tried to open my friends list and got a BSOD-style screen (ERROR 2011-0102) telling me how to restart the console and how to contact Nintendo Support if the problem persists. Apparently it exists on Switch 1 as well but didnt like seeing that on day 2
 
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