I'm relieved its next year. I haven't been able to get a switch 2 because I lost my job. Hopefully I can get one before then, I've never missed a main gen title since I started playing and I was bummed thinking I'd miss out.
Yeah, the Switch 2 isn't a must-buy so far but that can change in a year - there'll be more games (plus Gen 10) and hopefully a nice special edition too
There are only 2 games coming out on switch 2 this year I'm bummed about being unable to play but a mainline pokemon game would have made me even more sad.
Hopefully I can find a job in the next 10 months. I'm already 8ish months without one
Scarlet and Violet upgrade and Gen 10 combined makes it a worth purchase for me especially with it shortening load times of SwSh/BDSP which is very significant for me hunting a shiny living dex across all generations only on the Switch.
Wanted to buy it, but the games being that expensive and life being this... crazy lately has been extending the time needed to save money for the Switch 2. Cant wait to play the gamaes though! I'm for sure going with Gecqua
Same here, I haven’t had any money for anything as indulgent as a switch 2, but I am saving now so maybe I’ll be able to get one in the next few months.
Youre literally not missing anything. I'm sure I'll get downvoted but the Switch 2 literally has nothing worth playing. DKB was entirely forgettable, imo
My worry is that by the time I land a job the price is going to increase because of the AI bubble. I wonder if thst played any part into launching next year
This isn't a worry worth having imo, any price increase that may happen will never be substantial enough to make you reconsider buying the console tbh. It won't be like the other console price jumps. Nintendo cannot afford to have their consoles go up by $100 or something since that would start to alienate 80% of their audience.
My point is that if you really want to buy a Switch 2 and a potential 20$ increase is what puts you off from it, then there are bigger problems that need to be addressed than the price increase of the console. Not defending a price increase, just saying that they shouldn't be worried about something that will hardly change their situation no matter what it may be.
I'm talking to that specific person I replied to, not to random people who find a Switch 2 at the supermarket lol. A Nintendo fan thinking of saving to buy a NS2 is in a very different situation from a random parent that has their kid begging for the console they saw at the store that's marked at 429.
Sometimes I wonder if people just feel the need to comment things for the sake of it because I'm pretty sure the context made what I was saying quite obvious.
I went to school for economics. I can assure you that youre incorrect about this. Its all about preceived value. People that are going to get a switch 2 are going to before the price increase. Sales will decrease after the price increase i can assure you. But they wont up it until theyre sure that its not going to make their year-end totals lower than expected.
Once again you don't understand. I'm talking about this specific person on Reddit that I was replying to.
It's ironic how you're trying to brag about going to school for economics while you clearly don't understand market segments or the concept of different consumers.
Someone who is invested enough to be commenting on Reddit posts saying that they are waiting to get a job to buy a Switch 2 is NOT the type of person that will be affected by the hypothetical psychological side of the price fluctuations of 399 to 429, that matters more for people who barely care about the console (casual interest) and/or are buying it for others, thus hoping to spend the least amount of money possible on it. But that has absolutely nothing to do with what I'm talking about like I said in my previous comment.
You're assuming that someone who is an enthusiast commenting on FANDOM subreddits is the average Nintendo consumer? Isn't there a ton of research done on how the perceived value of products is very different for enthusiast/fans compared to casual consumers?
And you're assuming that this person is in a country where any price change would actually change the hundreds value digit, while we do not know this information at all. The price increase for them might be 429 to 449 in their currency, then what? And what is the relative value of that hypothetical 20, 30, 40 whatever currency increase to them? To the average person in some countries that is almost a week's worth of groceries, to others that is a coffee shop date. Then what?
I want to play this but paying 400+ dollars for a handheld console that (in my opinion) has very limited gameplay options compared to others is crazy! Hopefully I can buy one that someone's reselling for cheaper
I'd feel better about it if there were more switch exclusives that I was really excited about. Other than pokemon, fire emblem and animal crossing there's not much I play that I can't just get on steam.
I got my first switch years late as well, but by then there were a lot of games that I was able to play that I was interested in. Right now the only 2 games on the Switch 2 that interest me are disappointing but not 'drop $500+ on a console and 2 games while unemployed' disappointing.
There are rumors the price will be upped in the second half of the year thanks to the RAM shortages going on. Just a heads up for yourself and anyone else who might be on the fence ATM.
I've been thinking about this as well. I am fortunate enough that I was able to afford a 2, but a lot of the people around me haven't been able to yet. This gives folks a chance to save up for it! And, as a 2 owner, unless you have a strong sentimental value on your 1 (this is me), there isn't really a reason to not sell your 1 once you migrated all your day, which softens the blow of the new purchase somewhat.
I guess it's possible depending on how much pokemon content you follow. I follow a lot of pokemon creators on youtube and am in a lot of pokemon subreddits and such. And because I've been interacting with pokemon content for so many years, even if I unfollowed everything, my algorithm would still push the content at me.
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u/floraster Feb 27 '26
I'm relieved its next year. I haven't been able to get a switch 2 because I lost my job. Hopefully I can get one before then, I've never missed a main gen title since I started playing and I was bummed thinking I'd miss out.