Nintendo Switch / Nintendo Switch Lite (Official Thread)

[Low]

I will say that the price expectations on this thing that most people were carrying were nonsensical as all get-out, given the evidence. Nintendo's still selling Wii U's at $299 four years after launch, and you thought they were going to undercut that with a new system with a bigger, better screen? That it was going to cost $0-50 more than what they want for a New 3DS XL? You dumb as hail.

(The peripheral prices are indeed beyond the pale, though. Yikes.)

Totally correct except no one will buy it. The Wii was a attractive $200 with pack-in, virtually built as a alternative to the 360 and PS3. $300 when the direct competition (and their more extensive libraries) has dropped below that mark is frankly dumb. The US market has proven it won't spring on a high end portable with Vita so that angle is moot. Controllers price it out of your typical family purchase, god forbid a kid lose one of those too. Point is Nintendo could have jumped out of the gate at a loss and (hopefully) build a userbase and lure the third parties. This is a carbon copy of Wii U all over again. The Switch won't sell shit.

[Frogacuda]

Nintendo had two sales pitches they could make here; "This is a giant leap in our portable technology that you can also play at home as a console," or "This is a home console that's barely an upgrade from our last one, and I guess you can use it as a portable, too, whatever."

That they're going with the latter framing is incomprehensible.

I totally understand why they're going this route. If it's a console, then games are $50-$60, they're of a size and scope comparable to how we normally understand console games, and the system can cost $300. Nintendo needs that. As a handheld, it's overpriced and so are the games, but as a console, it's something novel, despite being underpowered.

So I get the framing. None of that changes the fact that this is a premium handheld, and I'm sure that's how a lot of gamers will treat it. But I think framing it as a console was vital to it being Nintendo's premier platform and not another Vita.

There's also a bit of pride to it. Nintendo (and their fans) want them to consolidate their efforts, but they don't want to be seen a "leaving the console market." It's a way to have their cake and eat it too.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

They've priced the accessories so that if you want 2 extra joycon, the charging grip so you have a second "real" controller, and a dock, you may as well spring an extra $100 and just get another system.
Stupid.

[Darmonde]

There's a live stream of some demos going on right now. Not sure if this link will work but its on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qadzCB3CLlI

No idea when it started or how long it's going. I saw a bit of USF2, and they're demoing a new game called snipperclips right now. Just a little mutliplayer puzzle game, looks okay but nothing too exciting.

[A Robot Bit Me]

Has Been Heroes looks awesome.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

Also meta.

[cka]

There's a live stream of some demos going on right now. Not sure if this link will work but its on Youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qadzCB3CLlI

No idea when it started or how long it's going. I saw a bit of USF2, and they're demoing a new game called snipperclips right now. Just a little mutliplayer puzzle game, looks okay but nothing too exciting.

a more in depth one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctr9ZfeyvXg

[EvilMog]

I hate everything I've seen but Zelda. Even that I think people are going a bit overboard for.
Fuck you Nintendo.

[Hero]

I wanted it, finch. I did, I signed up to be alerted when it was up on Amazon, but the presser did nothing to make me say I need this anywhere close to day one. Maybe when Splatoon two comes out or maybe when Mario odyssey comes out.

Pretty much this.

And fwiw, I don't think the pricing is LOL or whatever. Each JoyCon is a mini Wiimote, so $80 for 2 makes sense. A pro controller is only $10 more than what MS/Sony sell for and people don't complain. $299 for what's effectively a home console you can also take anywhere (and $90 of that price is for the dock?) isn't offensive.

But after that event, I feel like people are quick to hate because a) it's Nintendo, so why not and b) without a promising lineup of games, or more than ports of 2+ year-old third party titles as 'support', the price gets harder to justify.

[Hero]

This could be the last Nintendo console ever made.

Every Year is the End of Nintendo (tm)

The cool thing about regurgitating the same shit every year is, all it takes is one year to be right! Who cares if it took 16 years of being wrong to get there? Vindication!