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So... my second preorder arrived. I really though Walmart was going to cancel it.

No one in my immediate family/friend group wants/needs it, so I suppose I'll have to get it back to Walmart later this week.
 
Donken said:
Pretty good stock of them for release:

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I'm very much curious how those numbers would look if the other three had also stock piled as much as the Switch 2 was for this launch.

Essentially, is this an actual mega crushing,"never seen before" demand, retail hit or is it simply great logistics meeting usual new console demand?

Like, if the Wii had been equally stock piled before launch, would it have sold even faster?

Also, the Steam Deck is a weird inclusion on that list.
 
TheKbob said:
I'm very much curious how those numbers would look if the other three had also stock piled as much as the Switch 2 was for this launch.

Essentially, is this an actual mega crushing,"never seen before" demand, retail hit or is it simply great logistics meeting usual new console demand?

Like, if the Wii had been equally stock piled before launch, would it have sold even faster?

Also, the Steam Deck is a weird inclusion on that list.
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I'm guessing the Steam Deck was included as a shot at the people who always say "I won't buy a Switch 2, I'll buy a Steam Deck instead".

The way I see people online gush over the Steam Deck and say they've sold their consoles for a Deck and tell others to buy a Deck you would think this thing is closer to 500m sales instead of the 5m sales it has. The perception is that it's a much more popular product than it actually is.
 
JohnnyCage said:
I'm guessing the Steam Deck was included as a shot at the people who always say "I won't buy a Switch 2, I'll buy a Steam Deck instead".

The way I see people online gush over the Steam Deck and say they've sold their consoles for a Deck and tell others to buy a Deck you would think this thing is closer to 500m sales instead of the 5m sales it has. The perception is that it's a much more popular product than it actually is.
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The Steam Deck is incredibly popular with the terminally online crowd.

I have one, it's great. And it can technically play Switch 1 games better than the Switch.

But it's never meantto be a mass consumer device. It's Valve's open beta for SteamOS; putting it out at a fair price and getting a million monkeys to hammer away at games for adaptation to Linux.

But to include in that graph means it's also made by someone terminally online, since they're the only ones who would care to counter said Steam Dork Deck narrative.
 
JohnnyCage said:
I'm guessing the Steam Deck was included as a shot at the people who always say "I won't buy a Switch 2, I'll buy a Steam Deck instead".

The way I see people online gush over the Steam Deck and say they've sold their consoles for a Deck and tell others to buy a Deck you would think this thing is closer to 500m sales instead of the 5m sales it has. The perception is that it's a much more popular product than it actually is.
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It's popular but it's hard to make a straight comparison when steamdeck doesn't have the same availability of a regular console or handheld. You can only officially purchase one straight from steam. Can't really find it at a retail store, at least not in the US. It was never going to have the numbers that Nintendo/Sony does even if it was far more popular because of that
 
TheLegendofTyler said:
I mean, I feel the same way about game pass. It's moving the gaming industry towards a digital only subscription model and if it succeeds the sub price will only continue to go up and up and physical games will slowly go away. Those who are enjoying having an all you can eat style model are doing it for their own "selfish" reasons and having "fun" at other gamers expense. BUT I'm not over in the Xbox thread shitting on it a couple times a week.
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Fair enough, and I wouldn't even blame you. We need more points of view to critique for the greater good.
 
TheKbob said:
It is extremely typical gamer behavior to be against any sort of criticism and Nintendo inherently gets a certain crowd of hanger-ons that think they can do no wrong. Frustrating when one wants an actual discussion (note, we're in the Nintendo thread, but also, I post zero in the Switch 2 release area).
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It's the blind faith that pisses me off most without any critical thinking. I cut my losses with those types but when it's an entire herd--it just makes me sad.
 
nightc1 said:
This reminds me of the N64 days when game prices were crazy for a while. I just checked the receipt in my Zelda OoT box and it was $66.85 at walmart when I bough it after tax. Golden Eye was $69.95 before tax. I think Killer Instinct Gold was $79.95 before tax. Mario 64... I feel like that was over $60. If we look at inflation on $50 in 1996 money, that's over $100 in today money. So an $80 game today would have been just under $40 in 96' money. So, yeah, I wish games were still $60 or less, but whatever. Buy less or wait for sales.
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The big asterisk there is that (going off memory) carts were $25 to produce, may or may not have included royalties. The wake up call was Sony knocking them on their ass with $40 games because CDs were absolute pennies to make and no royalty fees. While Indie and AA are that paddle to whoop some ass this time, I'm not so sure we'll see another massive shift again outside of AAA collapsing under the weight of shareholders.
 
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Love the disdain that the majority didn’t side with an imaginary boycott on price, particularly from people who weren't going to buy anyway. Very selfless to go without something you weren't going to buy in the first place.

If someone values it and wants to spend their own money on it, that's their perogative. It's their money. Bad news, if most people are willing to pay the increased price, then the demand is high enough that the price is justified. If companies operate without profits, they close shop, we lose competition and we still pay more. There aren't a lot of winning moves for the consumer other than buying things on sale, enjoying games, and trying not to punch the waves.

We've been spoiled by cheap games and cheap consoles. Lots of things skew public perspectives of value, including free to play games and loss leaders.

Those of us on this forum will find ways to get what we want for prices we feel are worth it. That's what the forum is for, to help others find the deals to get and enjoy games...right?
 
Jodou said:
It's the blind faith that pisses me off most without any critical thinking. I cut my losses with those types but when it's an entire herd--it just makes me sad.
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Everyone agrees Mario Kart shouldn't be $80. That doesn't mean everyone has to be as angry as the haters are and boycott the products. At the end of the day most people buy things that are overpriced. Whether it be a piece of clothing, a fast food meal, popcorn at the movies, etc.

Life is short, if you have expendable money then use it for what makes you happy. No need to get mad at other people for not boycotting an entire company just because one game is $10 too much. And most people didn't even pay that because most got the bundle that includes the game at a $30 discount.
 
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Everyone agrees Mario Kart shouldn't be $80. That doesn't mean everyone has to be as angry as the haters are and boycott the products. At the end of the day most people buy things that are overpriced. Whether it be a piece of clothing, a fast food meal, popcorn at the movies, etc.

Life is short, if you have expendable money then use it for what makes you happy. No need to get mad at other people for not boycotting an entire company just because one game is $10 too much. And most people didn't even pay that because most got the bundle that includes the game at a $30 discount.
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That last part is the only saving grace in that I'm sure the ~900k MKW sales are insanely inflated by the bundles. On the flip side, I can see MS using OW2 at $80 as a way to entice more Game Pass subs. Both know what they're doing at this point and if more follow suit, then I will simply stop buying games.
 
Cagg said:
Everyone!!???? I didn't know you polled 8.1 billion people. Weren't NES games $49.99 back in the 1980s? $49.99 is about $130 in 2025 according to inflation calculators.
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Making the point for others that people look at an inflation calculation and go "see?!" on pricing which they show their misunderstanding of time, place, product, and overall market.

How can I day that?

Because...
Kyle1022 said:
I just think it's a weird level of self-importance to not want a product, yet post negatively about it for months on end in its dedicated topic

Like "I am enlightened, I must convince others to not buy it as well by relentlessly spamming longform YouTube video links"
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... I posted a link to well a researched video on the history of Nintendo, their market strategy, and pricing related to each console release.

While I agree, clickbait YouTube spam with no other context is annoying, not all are created equal.

Again, it feels weird to repeat that buying something at full price, sight unseen, with no reviews, is not CAG nor generally a good plan. And if you buy it "just in case" it's hard to get or higher price later, welcome to marketing 101: FOMO works, and companies can create it by utilizing the absence of information, such shipment delivery schedules and pricing honesty.

I don't judge my merits or self worth on what I own, but I find it funny that the people defending a corporate toy seemingly do when they get cranky at pointing that out.
 
The only self importance in this topic is from Nintendo thinking their free trial of their meager Game Boy game collection for their online service is going to convince anyone to actually pay for that shit service

Their free trial of Nintendo Online is reminding me of why I never signed up the first time, what a waste of a service. Never should have gotten rid of the old eShop, continued with that model and should have just kept adding games where you could permanently buy digital downloads of old games a la carte, which would have been more incentive to add good games people actually want to play and might not already own instead of dumping garbage at irregular paces whenever they "feel" like it.
 
Tetris 99 is my most played Switch game and I’ve earned like 30 Nintendo related themes. Buying the $10 DLC means I can keep playing offline even if they shut off the servers. Try it if you have an NSO trial!
 
Do they lock buying Tetris 99 behind the paywall too though like they block buying their overpriced repro controllers?

That's a pretty funny joke about Nintendo's shitty online service and free trial too!
 
I get the "media" and nintendo cheering for their sales numbers and that's great. Good for them. As has been pointed out already; how would those numbers look if availability would have been equal?

There was a point where the SW1 was not available due to the perfect storm of Animal Corssing releasing and a global pandemic. Let's see how the numbers look after years have passed. Heck I have 2 SW1s and a SW lite (have not purchased a SW2, I probably will at some point).

Nintendo flaunting these numbers is similar to when a NFL team brags about their draft that same year. You never really know for years to come if the draft of any paticular year is great or not.

Also the PS2 is still the system that sold the most units, but some of those sales was that (at the time) it ad the beenfit of a video game sasytem AND a dvd player (when people were upgrading from a VCR player to a DVD player.
 
Kyle1022 said:
I just think it's a weird level of self-importance to not want a product, yet post negatively about it for months on end in its dedicated topic

Like "I am enlightened, I must convince others to not buy it as well by relentlessly spamming longform YouTube video links"
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New consoles always tend to bring this out I people. I’m sure I participated in it in the past but I’ve gotten to the age now where I only focus on what I like. I’m just so tired of expending energy on things I don’t like or that don’t excited me.

I think there’s a certain level of self-reassurance involved as well where people try to convince themselves they didn’t need it so their online persona will try to reflect that confirmation they’re making the correct decision not to buy it.

One week in and I’m enjoying my Switch 2, but more importantly, I barely get to play it because my kids keep hoarding it like Gollum and the one ring.
 
swordity said:
The only self importance in this topic is from Nintendo thinking their free trial of their meager Game Boy game collection for their online service is going to convince anyone to actually pay for that shit service

Their free trial of Nintendo Online is reminding me of why I never signed up the first time, what a waste of a service. Never should have gotten rid of the old eShop, continued with that model and should have just kept adding games where you could permanently buy digital downloads of old games a la carte, which would have been more incentive to add good games people actually want to play and might not already own instead of dumping garbage at irregular paces whenever they "feel" like it.
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Sony and Microsoft have their own issues, but Microsoft is the gold standard for "buy the game once, play it on all our machines."

Sony has some carry forward, where compatibility exists; better than Nintendo.

The best deal Nintendo ever did was those mini consoles. Something like $4/game and you owned them forever, no need for online checks or subscriptions.

But screw you if you bought NES games on the Wii, Wii U, or 3DS, pay for this subscription!
 
You don't need an "online persona" if you aren't a nutjob who doesn't engage in good faith, and you say what you really mean and feel at all times. It comes effortlessly and expends 0 energy.

Like farts in the wind.
 
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You don't need an "online persona" if you aren't a nutjob who doesn't engage in good faith, and you say what you really mean and feel at all times. It comes effortlessly and expends 0 energy.

Like farts in the wind.
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Or the business side of video games is part of your interest in the hobby beyond just the games.

And usually it's folks seeking justification regarding buyer's remorse, IMO. I certainly had it with the Wii after I beat Zelda (should have got the GC version).

That's why gamer's fight so much over review scores instead reading/watching the review and making a value judgement. And there's usually one have every generation that burns a whole new group of pre-orderers (was Spore for me).

I've got cash on hand to buy several Switch 2 systems. I just know it's not for me currently because I don't buy systems on hype or hope, and they need to have five exclusives I want to play.
 
Breath of the Wild was a pretty great example of why not to buy a console based on its future expectations for sure.

What is the master list of worthwhile Wii U games that never made it to Switch at this point anyway? The two HD Zeldas and Kirby Rainbow Curse? That Wii U Star Fox remake was a bit of a joke. Doubt anyone is going to bat for the Mario Party or Animal Crossing Amiibo game either.
 
swordity said:
The only self importance in this topic is from Nintendo thinking their free trial of their meager Game Boy game collection for their online service is going to convince anyone to actually pay for that shit service

Their free trial of Nintendo Online is reminding me of why I never signed up the first time, what a waste of a service. Never should have gotten rid of the old eShop, continued with that model and should have just kept adding games where you could permanently buy digital downloads of old games a la carte, which would have been more incentive to add good games people actually want to play and might not already own instead of dumping garbage at irregular paces whenever they "feel" like it.
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Huh? I have the family plan with some other cags here and a couple of friends. I pay $10 for the year and I have access to everything. Snes, nes, gba, Sega genesis, N64, GCN, etc and Mario Kart DLC and now the switch 2 game upgrades. This is 100% worth it and I would even pay more money if Nintendo does raise the price.. 10 bucks is an absolute steal.
 
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TheKbob said:
... I posted a link to well a researched video on the history of Nintendo, their market strategy, and pricing related to each console release.

While I agree, clickbait YouTube spam with no other context is annoying, not all are created equal.
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Actually I was referring to the other guy. For you, maybe we can swap out "longform YouTube video links" with "paragraphs of why I don't want the device"

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Again, it feels weird to repeat that buying something at full price, sight unseen, with no reviews, is not CAG nor generally a good plan
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It wasn't a good plan last decade, sure. But we live in a country where the leadership is literally pumping and dumping the entire economy with this tariff nonsense. We don't know what's gonna happen in the next few months, much less the next few years

You can downplay it as FOMO all you want but the fact is, the 4+ year old PS5 and Xbox Series just went UP from their launch price, not down. Nintendo already announced price hikes for accessories. The OG Switch has gone over EIGHT YEARS without a price drop. You are completely delusional if you think this thing is gonna get a price drop anytime soon, if ever. Your logic is stuck in the past

TheKbob said:
I don't judge my merits or self worth on what I own, but I find it funny that the people defending a corporate toy seemingly do when they get cranky at pointing that out.
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The fact that you have to come into a dedicated topic for a device and repeatedly post paragraphs on why you're not buying the thing, makes me think you do. Or rather, you judge your self-worth on what you don't own, I guess?

It's like going to a vintage car show, and complaining that it's all overpriced and you would never pay for any of it. Like okay, like what you like, but why feel the need to announce it and be combative with people who are trying to enjoy a hobby? Just screams a weird level of self-importance

Like I couldn't care less about Sony since the PS2 era, and you don't see me posting in the Sony thread. Do you not think that's how it should be? Wouldn't it be weird if I just hung out in there and posted paragraph after paragraph about how much I don't want their new systems?
 
Kyle1022 said:
Actually I was referring to the other guy. For you, maybe we can swap out "longform YouTube video links" with "paragraphs of why I don't want the device"


It wasn't a good plan last decade, sure. But we live in a country where the leadership is literally pumping and dumping the entire economy with this tariff nonsense. We don't know what's gonna happen in the next few months, much less the next few years

You can downplay it as FOMO all you want but the fact is, the 4+ year old PS5 and Xbox Series just went UP from their launch price, not down. Nintendo already announced price hikes for accessories. The OG Switch has gone over EIGHT YEARS without a price drop. You are completely delusional if you think this thing is gonna get a price drop anytime soon, if ever. Your logic is stuck in the past


The fact that you have to come into a dedicated topic for a device and repeatedly post paragraphs on why you're not buying the thing, makes me think you do. Or rather, you judge your self-worth on what you don't own, I guess?

It's like going to a vintage car show, and complaining that it's all overpriced and you would never pay for any of it. Like okay, like what you like, but why feel the need to announce it and be combative with people who are trying to enjoy a hobby? Just screams a weird level of self-importance

Like I couldn't care less about Sony since the PS2 era, and you don't see me posting in the Sony thread. Do you not think that's how it should be? Wouldn't it be weird if I just hung out in there and posted paragraph after paragraph about how much I don't want their new systems?
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Logic stuck in the past? Hah.

More like if you're going to go political, it's because we defy logic and the reasonable folks and continue in a consumption death spiral. Stick to video games.

And again, if you're only reason to buy something now, sight unseen, with no reviews, because it might get more expensive later, that's FOMO. Reasoning doesn't change just because you want the toy. If everything is falling apart, then owning a Switch 2 is the least of your concerns.

Car show analogy doesn't work; it's more like I own a ton of vintage and modern cars and an discussing the pros and cons of a new vehicle. You know, part of any hobby.

Wouldn't it be weird if you didn't realize you're in the Switch eShop thread and not the dedicated Switch 2 one? You know, the one I'm not posting within? And that I've owned nearly every piece of Nintendo hardware and two Switch systems? Which funny enough, is my second largest system collection (149 physical games).

If you wanna play that "but, technically..." card, stick to Switch eShop deals and not discussing a fully priced system.

Cripes. All y'all just want nothing but sunshine and rainbows or something. Anyone with a criticism is some sort of irrational anti-fan... Instead of being, I dunno, reasonable and patient?
 
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Kyle1022 said:
I just think it's a weird level of self-importance to not want a product, yet post negatively about it for months on end in its dedicated topic

Like "I am enlightened, I must convince others to not buy it as well by relentlessly spamming longform YouTube video links"
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It's so fucking weird. It's not like the product in question is blood diamonds or something objectionable and you're trying to inform people of the true cost of that product. It's a gaming console. Buy it if you want. Don't buy it if you don't want.

Sometimes I wonder: "Are these people getting paid to disparage Nintendo? because they're acting like it's their job."
 
TheKbob said:
Logic stuck in the past? Hah.

More like if you're going to go political, it's because we defy logic and the reasonable folks and continue in a consumption death spiral. Stick to video games.

And again, if you're only reason to buy something now, sight unseen, with no reviews, because it might get more expensive later, that's FOMO. Reasoning doesn't change just because you want the toy. If everything is falling apart, then owning a Switch 2 is the least of your concerns.

Car show analogy doesn't work; it's more like I own a ton of vintage and modern cars and an discussing the pros and cons of a new vehicle. You know, part of any hobby.

Wouldn't it be weird if you didn't realize you're in the Switch eShop thread and not the dedicated Switch 2 one? You know, the one I'm not posting within? And that I've owned nearly every piece of Nintendo hardware and two Switch systems? Which funny enough, is my second largest system collection (149 physical games).

If you wanna play that "but, technically..." card, stick to Switch eShop deals and not discussing a fully priced system.

Cripes. All y'all just want nothing but sunshine and rainbows or something. Anyone with a criticism is some sort of irrational anti-fan... Instead of being, I dunno, reasonable and patient?
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There's nothing "reasonable" about an argument that ends with a hyperbolic statement characterizing what someone else is doing as labelling you to make their points sound completely unreasonable.
 
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There's nothing "reasonable" about an argument that ends with a hyperbolic statement characterizing what someone else is doing as labelling you to make their points sound completely unreasonable.
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oh buddy I don't see the arguments in this thread ending any time soon, there are those here who insist the show must go on in bad faith
 
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There's nothing "reasonable" about an argument that ends with a hyperbolic statement characterizing what someone else is doing as labelling you to make their points sound completely unreasonable.
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I'm sorry, I suppose I misread folks dog piling on anyone with anything remotely critical about the device.

And being rude or name calling while doing so.

But I'm the hyperbolic one? Odd.
 
confoosious said:
It's so fucking weird. It's not like the product in question is blood diamonds or something objectionable and you're trying to inform people of the true cost of that product. It's a gaming console. Buy it if you want. Don't buy it if you don't want.

Sometimes I wonder: "Are these people getting paid to disparage Nintendo? because they're acting like it's their job."
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That's a job?

But there are jobs paid to glaze up Nintendo and some of you are giving it away for free.

(Notice how this isn't about the deals or about the system. Complaints about criticism, more valid than anything cited, sourced, and provided in good faith.)
 
valiki7375 said:
Also the PS2 is still the system that sold the most units, but some of those sales was that (at the time) it ad the beenfit of a video game sasytem AND a dvd player (when people were upgrading from a VCR player to a DVD player.
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This was a huge selling point for the PS2 for the first few years it came out. It was basically the same price as a quality stand-alone DVD player, so why not get a DVD player that can also play games? The same thing was true when the PS3 came out. Stand-alone blu-ray players cost a fortune, so you might as well get a PS3 if you're already paying for a blu-ray player. Also, the PS3 had the benefit of having an Internet connection, so you could download software updates for your blu-ray player, something that was uncommon for early stand-alone players. The PS3 still gets system updates to this day because it won't be able to play blu-ray discs without regular encryption software updates.

My first DVD player was a discontinued Div-X player that Circuit City clearanced out after the Div-X disc rental product failed. I think I paid under $100, which was really cheap at the time for this fairly new tech. The Div-X disc feature was disabled and it was just a normal DVD player after that.

My first blu-ray player (and I never bought a stand-alone one) was a PS3.
 
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And again, if you're only reason to buy something now, sight unseen, with no reviews, because it might get more expensive later, that's FOMO.
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That's incredibly disingenuous. It's not "sight unseen", we had an entire presentation covering the thing and all its first party games for the rest of the year. It was probably the most leaked console of all time. We all knew exactly what it was and what core group of games it's going to get during its life

Early adopting isn't always FOMO, it's people buying a product they want and can afford

TheKbob said:
Wouldn't it be weird if you didn't realize you're in the Switch eShop thread and not the dedicated Switch 2 one?
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This is the thread for Nintendo gamers just like the Steam thread is for PC gamers. I know you've been here long enough to know this. No need to be pedantic

But by all means, continue talking past all my points. I think you know deep down that yes, it's weird to sit here posting essays about a console you're not interested in
 
Kyle1022 said:
That's incredibly disingenuous. It's not "sight unseen", we had an entire presentation covering the thing and all its first party games for the rest of the year. It was probably the most leaked console of all time. We all knew exactly what it was and what core group of games it's going to get during its life

Early adopting isn't always FOMO, it's people buying a product they want and can afford


This is the thread for Nintendo gamers just like the Steam thread is for PC gamers. I know you've been here long enough to know this. No need to be pedantic

But by all means, continue talking past all my points. I think you know deep down that yes, it's weird to sit here posting essays about a console you're not interested in
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You keep missing me saying "only."

If you are only buying it now for future reasons versus other ones like MKW or whatever. We're not disagreeing, just for some reason the word only isn't clicking with you.

Early adopting is always at-risk, I've also clarified that previously, too.

If you want to talk pedantry, it's literally you missing the word only and adding our own misunderstanding beyond that.

I'm quite interested in the Switch 2. Again, I've stated the business of the industry at large is part of the hobby for me. Switch 2 is a part of it. I just haven't bought it yet.

And I literally address your arguments pretty directly. It seems more like you want to complain now more than I. Just move on, go play your Switch 2 if being here is unhappy for you.
 
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