Thread 712749485

Is it really sold out everywhere? Why?

>>712749485 (OP)
I bought a Switch 2 to play my Switch 1 games. Shall not be buying 80 dollar games.

It's not sold out in Scandinavia because the distributer decided to price it higher than any other region in the world.

>>712749485 (OP)
I'm in Canada and it's been sold out for weeks here for some reason. No Bestbuy or Walmart has it in stock.

>>712749624
This only makes sense if you mostly play handheld, but that's fair.

>>712749485 (OP)
because normies will buy the new nintendo.

>>712749703
>third world Eastern European shithole
>look at me, I matter!!
who cares about you 3rd turd trash. It soldout in France and Spain and in North America

>>712749485 (OP)
Tendies must consume. Now because all the games on it are $80+, that's the greenligth for all games to now artificially raise their prices.
Remember to thank Bing Bing Wahoo when you're spending $200 on GTA6.

>>712749485 (OP)
>Why is a Nintendo product selling
Because they didn't totally fuck up the marketing on it.

>>712750151
>the new pokemon games don't even have all of the pokemon
kek is that true? That's fucked

>>712750025
No, it's not fair. Switch 2 doesn't even run the games natively, it emulates the original switch.

>>712750228
That's been the case since gen 8.
The excuse was high quality animations, which are just the ones from the 3ds.

>>712750365
>No, it's not fair. Switch 2 doesn't even run the games natively, it emulates the original switch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrJNgLGbYg0
You see, it is a half emulator.
>but an emulator is an emulator you can't say it's only half!
You see T.J "Henry" yoshi fucker, the CPU side of the games just run natively. There is probably some differences in how it handles the page shit, but it's literally the full performance of the CPU running the original code.
What is "emulated" is the shaders. The original switch games have the shaders compiled for the specific GPU of the switch, so you have to convert these shaders for the Switch 2's GPU that have a completely different bytecode.
So what is a shader? it is a small program that the GPU runs for every pixel drawn onscreen, or every vertice to be positioned on the 2D space.
These shaders are converted probably assincronously or even before the game run, and end up being as fast as native as well.
There are incompatibilities that happen both from the conversion not being 100% perfect, and from the native game code running faster than the developers tested it for, race conditions that would never trigger and such.

>>712750228
There was quite a commotion about it, but there was also A LOT and I mean A LOT of consoomers going all out trying to defend it.

>>712751068
I just figured that would be a given considering how much money Nintendo makes, not surprised that the Nintendo Defense Force was working overtime to shill it. I almost bought that on my Switch 2 too, glad I didn't. I'll do more research now before buying Nintendo games, I'm sure the others skimp on other stuff.

>>712749485 (OP)
It has games people want to play. Imagine that

>>712750195
>https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/09/nvidia-employee-comment-confirms-chip-rumoured-to-be-used-in-switch-pro-is-real
>https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2022/12/28/report-nintendo-cancelled-the-switch-pro-in-favor-of-the-switch-2/

Reports in 2022 suggest that Nintendo was going to use the current Switch 2 architecture for the "Switch Pro" but decided later on to brand it the "Switch 2". So essentially, the Switch 2 is a Switch Pro in all but name.

>>712750051
Northern europe is nowhere near eastern european levels of poor, educate yourself

>>712752302
The switch 2 is completely different from the switch 1 in terms of features etc..
The GPU is another arch, the CPU has an extra superscalar pipeline per core and all that.

>>712749485 (OP)
Don't ask me. I'm still trying to figure out why anyone wanted a Switch 1.

Why does it bother you?

No one ever answers this.

>>712750051
>France
>Spain
>not third world

>>712753171
Maybe I wanted to buy one myself?

>>712749485 (OP)
>hey you know that platform that sold over 150 million consoles and a game that sold 76 million copies
>what if we sold a stronger bigger version of both of those

>>712749485 (OP)
Manufactured scarcity, they don't even sell Switch 2's on Amazon

>>712753539
Shame they forgot about the stronger part.

>>712753651
Because Nintendo stopped selling shit to Amazon's American branch because they kept breaking street date and letting their warehouse workers run away with shit.

>>712749485 (OP)
At least not where i live, i just saw a dozen of them at an electronic store today.

>>712752302
The Switch 2 is a full generational leap. It makes the PS4 Pro look like the PS4.25 and the PS5 look like the PS4.5

>>712749485 (OP)
yes it's impossible to get unless you live out in the country where people don't play video games

>>712749485 (OP)
I needed a replacement because my Switch 1 was a day Switch, and I was not going to buy an OLED, Lite, or the same exact thing. Simple as.
>>712750365
Why is it an issue on whether or not it's native or emulation? This has never changed my experience with a video game.

>>712752302
>pro console that needs a compatibility layer to play games for the base model
retard

>>712755624
DLSS is doing so much heavy lifting its insane

>>712752302
You're like fucking grinchleakfags. You guys will literally just invent random ass nonsensical conspiracy theories instead of just being quiet or admitting you were wrong about the never existing Switch Pro.

>>712755756
I've been seeing this same image for days

>>712755624
Wow mario shart does all that? Amazing.

I can't imagine being willing to drop 800 dollars on a toy when the price of everything is increasing and will continue to do so. They're gonna wish they had that shit back when they're having to pay 6-7 dollars a gallon for gas.

>>712756797
I literally took that screenshot just before posting it

Artificial scarcity is just how commerce works now. There are a ton of these rotting in a distribution center somewhere, but they have to give the impression that they're hard to find

>>712755350
You mean providing additional value to the consumer and being a good employer to their employees? Why would anyone be against that?

>>712749485 (OP)
Great console, great games, great value. Simple as.

>>712749485 (OP)
if you need one just send me money i will send it to you 775$ + shiping.

>>712754708
How are you not embarrassed when posting straight seethe like this

>>712759746
>Artificial scarcity

You faggots learn one concept and think it applies to everything like a Switch 2 is a fucking jacket from Supreme.
What fucking incentive would Nintendo have to arbitrarily sell less Switch 2s thus lock potential consumers out of their ecosystem and delay hitting critical mass for the platform? Nintendo doesn't make money off of scalpers selling Switch 2s at a higher price and $450 is pretty middle of the road as to where the Switch 2 functionally is. Not having Switch 2s available to meet paying customers hurts Nintendo and also hurts publishers and game sales in general. This is basically why game sales on 9th gen consoles were so anemic in the first place because PS5s and XSXs being sold weren't translating into a equivalent amount of video game buyers.
Nintendo just wasn't prepared to meet demand of the NES and SNES Classics because previous legacy classic consoles from other manufacturers barely fucking sold anything and the Virtual Console didn't have crazy numbers outside of a few Mario games, so they just made as much as they expected. It wasn't a fucking conspiracy, nobody at Nintendo thought people would go nuts for a NES/SNES box. But instead you knuckledragging morons in an attempt to sound smart think Nintendo is suddenly selling Jordans or Burberry jackets.

>>712749485 (OP)
It's sold out online because of bots. Just don't buy from scalpers and check in-store inventory regularly. Ask store employees if there are set days for restocks, if they are at all willing to spill the beans. As a PC gamer, it's normal. Don't bend to scalpers.

can't you guys just buy one from your local nintendo online store (third worlders close your eyes)

>>712750195
Plus, Ubisoft is dead, so no ones actively sabotaging them

>>712750151
Gamefreak started to fuck up from a technical standpoint with Gen 3 when they avoided Crystal's animated sprites. Crystal had ONLINE through the Mobile Adapter GB. Gen 3 dropped it, but at least it ran at 60 fps and, to this day, Emerald has a HUGE amount of playtime, if only for the really grindy Battle Frontier. Then Gen 4 came, everything felt lazy, even the music, and general FPS was more like 15 to 20 in the overworld.

>>712753651
>highest volume of any new console ever
>manufactured scarcity
man nintendo just can't win with you faggots.

>>712749485 (OP)
People love the Switch.