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EXCLUSIVE - Nintendo Switch 2 Will Have a 3-Phase Launch Plan For Its Games (insider-gaming.com)

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Are they saying third-parties don't even have devkits yet? That's a bizarre way to do a launch plan.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Are they saying third-parties don’t even have devkits yet? That’s a bizarre way to do a launch plan.

The console will be out of stock for at least 6 months anyway.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Maybe they are doing it due to how similar gen1 and 2 are to develop on. Gen2 just gets faster processing power. Maybe Nintendo told the devs target 30 fps on gen1 and we will almost guarantee 60 on gen 2. Or something to that effect.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

This claim is dubious. Several publishers have already announced Switch 2 games.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Wake me up when the pricing comes out.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I'm betting on $400, quote me on this

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

$500 more likely due to tariffs. Maybe $450.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

This is also my guess. Nintendo knows the demand, they'll do $499.99 for the launch model and release a cheaper "lite" version like the original Switch in 2 years at $350 or $400 or something.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Maybe electronics will finally be cheaper in Canada compared to the US :D

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Oooof! lol

And you might be right actually. It’s a weird timeline we live in

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I’m betting on $400, quote me on this

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

$399.99

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Set your alarm for April 2nd.

[+] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Agreed, but it is pretty important news for our hobby, and third party titles are tied up in its marketing campaign.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also you can hate Nintendo while still enjoying some of their exclusive games like Zelda and Mario.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You can, but I sure won't.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

More Korok seeds for me! 🤷

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They actively harm the emulation scene, despite themselves being responsible for making it necessary. They don't want to make their old games available for sale where those potential customers are; they want you to buy their hardware and rent those old games from them in perpetuity. We're also now at a point, at least temporarily, where their latest games often play better if you emulate them than play them in the only way Nintendo makes them available legally, so buying games and playing them "the right way" is worse. Then there's the whole thing where they actively stand in the way of competitive Super Smash Bros.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

This is all the same point.

I agree with you, but they also continue to release more interesting and innovative games than most every other first party studio.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Then maybe it's worth bringing up their recent behavior as a patent troll. Regardless of what you think of palworld, nintendo is suing them based on patents that were filed AFTER palworld was announced, or even released in some cases, and has gone on to follow the patent troll playbook beat for beat. Recently they've started putting in more baffling patents as ammo against companies seen as threats, such as patenting squeenix's "HD2D" art style, or, in an extreme, but recent example, patenting "a character standing on top of a vehicle and moving with that vehicle"

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 months ago

Except for Smash Bros., yes, but they created a really shitty vicious cycle. I don't care if it's first or third party; I'm not giving Nintendo any more of my money.