Comment on Today’s game consoles are historically overpriced

• ieatpwns@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Switch 1 in 2017

  But then they won’t tell you that switch 2 uses the same type of capacitive analog sticks cursed with stick drift instead up updating to Hall effect sticks. Or that you really really don’t own the games because the games are actually just download keys.

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  • null@lemmy.nullspace.lol ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I mean, historically it seems pretty in-line with Nintendo releases, adjusted for inflation: NES: $582 SNES: $480 N64: $410 GCN: $362 Wii: $399 WiiU: $419 Switch 1: $396 Switch 2: $449

    It’s only ~$50 more than the Switch 1, and they just raised the price of the Switch 1 by $50.

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    • PlantDadManGuy@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Shhh the sweaty neck beards are venting.

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    • ieatpwns@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      With each gen we got some advancements. Now they’re cutting corners for share holders

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      • null@lemmy.nullspace.lol ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I mean, to pretend the Switch 2 is identical to the Switch 1 is pretty ridiculous.

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    • ampersandrew@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s the part where the Switch 1 hasn’t gone down in price that the article is talking about.

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      • null@lemmy.nullspace.lol ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Which is not what the person I replied to was taking about…

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  • missingno@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you want to complain about other unrelated things, go ahead. But the price is pretty reasonable compared to everything else on the market.

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  • subignition@fedia.io ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Existing switch owners can use any wireless controllers they already have with the switch 2. The pro controller 2 does have much nicer joysticks IMO, but you don't need one unless you really want the dedicated button for GameChat or the grip buttons

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