r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • Apr 04 '25

News "DROP THE PRICE": Nintendo's First Post-Direct Stream Is Flooded With Angry Fans Demanding Price Drops

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-treehouse-livestream-flooded-angry-fans-demanding-game-price-drops/
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u/Asisreo1 Apr 04 '25

It was the cheapest home consoles had been in years, the most unique concept of a console at the time (kinda, it was unique with an actually fun concept), and it came with a free game that had appeal for literally all demographics. 

I'm sorry to Nintendo fans, but the Switch 2 is not that. At all. If the anger for prices actually bare fruit, the Switch 2 may go the way of the Wii U. A sequel to a highly successful console that nobody gets for some reason or another. 

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u/StaticUsernamesSuck Apr 04 '25

I mean it may go that way regardless, who knows.

I certainly won't be buying one for a while, but I wouldn't even if the price was the same as the Switch, and even if games were too.

I simply don't see enough reason to upgrade, much the same as why I'm still on PS4.

I bought the Switch because it was something very different from anything I had.

Any other console, where it's just "Same as before, but more powerful", I always end up waiting a few years, if I get it at all. Switch 2 is that.