That post looks like it’s mostly people who already hated Nintendo (i.e most of Lemmy) taking the opportunity to meme about it and make jokes rather than genuine criticism from the perspective of people who actually wanted to buy a Switch 2.
And that’s kinda a big difference.
One genuine thing to remember though is Nintendo are making absolute bank on games, because every game on the system goes through them.
They can take a loss on the console and still make money later. That’s not necessarily the case with the steam box.
JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 11 hours ago
That has less to do with the switch 2 and its price, and more about what ‘fuck Nintendo’ has always been about: Nintendo constantly being litigious, overpriced, and a totally locked-down ecosystem. Ultimately, that’s why folks rag on nintendo. If chode didn’t sue every game spinoff out of existence, attempt to shut down tournaments not sponsored by them, and all the other variety of scandals they’ve been involved, there’d be less ragging on them in general.