Now that the dust has settled...

What went wrong? Why did they betray all their fans and make an extremely locked down overpriced console with gay ass key carts.

>>713205872 (OP)
are consoles really locked behind glass in america? why?

>>713205872 (OP)
why would anyone buy it over a steamdeck?

why would anyone use it over a steamdeck?

>>713205872 (OP)
People keep talking about initial sales like it fucking matters. A fuck ton of people bought the original switch obviously a few million would buy the switch 2 on launch. Will it keep selling is the question
There aren't any huge games out for it. Botw was a total game changer but for the switch 2 it's just mario odyssey but monkey and mariokart

>>713206015
you know exactly why

>>713205872 (OP)
It's not getting scalped because there's a good supply. It's the biggest release of a console, although other consoles could have beaten it if they just had stock.
>What went wrong?
Nothing
>Why did they betray all their fans and make an extremely locked down
It's a console, they're all locked down
>overpriced console
It's not overpriced.
>with gay ass key carts.
Carts are expensive and some devs don't want to fork over the dough for 64 GB drives. But yes, this is the lamest shit regarding the Switch 2, plus the lack of OLED.

>>713206015
White people are thieving drug addicts that steal anything not locked behind glass

>>713206015
we have fucking candy, bath products and other things behind locked glass.
Its to stop people from stealing because instead of hiring someone to stop someone and risk a law suit about "muh racism" they would rather wait till the person steals $1k worth of stuff so they can nail them with a felony.
there is a massive market on selling stuff you stole to point small 'flea' markets will pop up in some places.

>>713206113
>it's just mario odyssey but monkey
Tardos keep saying this like Odyssey 2 would be the best-selling game of the year.

>>713206335
for some reason books and sun screen lotion are never locked behind glass.

>>713206376
*wouldn't

>>713206046
The switch 2 and the steam deck/deck OLED aren't good purchases, they both suck in their respective ways, I still think switch 2 sucks more because its not a PC.

Deck 2 is really what I'm waiting for, but I don't really care I'm using a deck still and I'll sell it for $400 or whatever take the hit and loss when the next deck 2 leaks and just spend the extra $200 on the new one.

Went to Walmart after going to the DMV. No Switch 2 were available, even asked the employee, they had none.

>>713205872 (OP)
Because of Doug Bowser and the Nintendo President. Look them up. They only care about money. Nothing else. Nintendo is slowly becoming the new EA and Disney.

>>713206046
Less than 5M people bought a Steam Deck. That's a meme handheld targeted towards an extremely niche audience of PC players looking for a handheld to play. PC players never leave their computer so it makes sense why nobody bought it. People like Nintendo games so they buy Nintendo consoles, not sure what's so confusing about this. And now the Switch 2 is even stronger than the lil decky, it's a no-brainer.

>>713206376
I'm sure it would be but it's nothing impressive like botw was at the time

>>713206015
Bro fucking shaving and lotion products are behind glass, and I'm too autistic to ask a rep so I have to ship em now fucking niggers ruin everything

>>713205872 (OP)
>falseflagging retard trying to stir another console war
I'm genuinely getting tired of this board.

>>713206376
They're going to have a cope for every single first party game?
>what ANOTHER splatoon?
>seriously, this is just BotW 3!
>ugh, metroid prime 5??? we just had 4!
>Xenoblade was never as good as xenogears, yawn
>Fire Emblem? but FF tactics remake just came out!
>Pikmin AGAIN??? Miyamoto needs to quit
>F-Zero? seriously who cares about this washed ass franchise? are you 40 unc?

>>713206015
DIVERSITY IS OUR STRENGTH YOU RACIST SCUMBAG!!!

>>713205872 (OP)
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>>713206015
It begins with N and rhymes with the tiger character from Winnie the Pooh.

>>713206015
Don't ask questions you know the answer to.

>>713205872 (OP)
>LGR
This fellow?

>>713206538
That walmart in OP's tweet is from some bumfucknowhere where its population is 90% oldfarts on scooters.

>>713205872 (OP)
Once again, Nintendo was never better than the rest of the industry.
The Wii 's blue ocean strategy just delayed them from hitting the Trust Thermocline for Gamers by a console generation compaired to the competition.
However I will say that being a generation behind in being shit is still better than where Sony and Xbox are right now.

>>713206113
>Will it keep selling is the question
considering the oled switch sold very well despite being a complete fucking joke of an upgrade, yes. obviously the switch 2 will continue to sell. It's not like it's going to get less games than it currently has as time goes on.

>>713206015
That question is racist.

>b-but muh 3 gorillion sales
Retards don't even comprehend how big this industry is now, C+ smut games with zero gameplay get more sale than that.
Stellar blade will outsell both mario kart, and donkey kong, think about that.

>>713206015
Moved to Seattle last year and everything from toilet paper to laundry detergent is behind glass. It's fucking annoying. The midwest wasn't like this but maybe it's changed since I moved.

>>713206682
Metroid Prime 5 won't get made after 4 releases, if ever. Retro will make a new Donkey Kong Country instead. It sells better than 'troid.
>But Bananza!
3d and 2d DKs will coexist, like how 3d and 2d Mario do.

>>713207006
>Moved to Seattle last year
why the fuck would you do that?

>>713207057
Job. A job you dumb NEET loser.

>>713206998
SB is great, but if you ever think it'll sell more than Mario Kart through their lifetimes you're a genuine retard

>>713205872 (OP)
Press S to spit

>>713207057
Cities are where jobs are, deadbeat.

>>713207114
no job is worth living in seattle, or any large democrat city for that matter.
I'm glad my job can be done literally anywhere as long as I have a pen and paper and internet access.

>b-but it pays 200k a year!!
cool, and you spend like 5k to share a studio apartment with jamal and have to avoid 18 crack heads on the way to your car (that just had its windows smashed for the twelfth time this week)

That 3.5 million will come to a screeching halt when they realize how mid world is a d that the rest of the games for this year are ports or cross platform

>>713206550
can I play steam games on switch? because I can emulate switch games on steamdeck

>>713206113
>People keep talking about initial sales like it fucking matters

>>713206607
For being a game where you can destroy everything it's pretty impressive, they usually are mega pixelated or are locked into cubes

>>713207296
people like ports.

>>713207171
It probably will is the fucked up part because switch 2 sales are going to get a bump at christmas and then never again.

>>713206015
The cabal in charge either lacks the will or courage to enforce the law appropriately (which would skew arrest numbers in one direction), so they put us all in a prison instead so the shoplifters don't feel singled out.
Not even joking bro.

>>713207006
The Midwest has a boatload of bucks, i lived in Michigan and everything is locked behind glass. Moved to Wyoming and nothing is.

>>713207356
>just to more weeks until Nintendo is finished!
Nintendo always wins, baby

>>713206015
They are not humans anymore

>>713207296
The switch was 100% ports too and no one gave a shit. Hell its top selling game is a 11 years old wii U mario Kart port

>>713207219
>>713205872 (OP)
S
nintengoy has always been a brand to just pirate

>>713207236
you know there are jobs outside of the top 10 most populated hellscapes in the us, right?

>>713207339
People already own steamdecks, and alternate emulationstations where they don't have to pay $40 for a 40 year old game.
>>713207448
Wiiu

>>713205872 (OP)
Must have been a slow launch day for them.

>>713207552
cool. didn't stop the original switch or the oled switch from selling like hotcakes.

>>713207275
Did I stutter? Again, people move around because of their work, you should know that if you're a responsible adult. No one cares about you perceive cities in your headcanon because social medias aren't reality. What you just described isn't how what most cities are and every place has its highs and lows.
>cool, and you spend like 5k to share a studio apartment
Maybe for a person like you since your work consists of a pen and paper.

>>713207541
Comments like these prove that you've never put the effort required for a career.

>>713206015
>why

>>713205872 (OP)
Wow it's almost like people aren't buying the system because
>It's way too fucking expensive
>The only game on it right now is Mario Kart
Maybe if it wasn't a $450 paperweight, people other than jewish scalpers would've bought them.

>>713207650
Funny that, considering it's effectively the same console all 3 generations

>>713207847
these companies are insured anyway, you just have to pay more for insurance?

>>713207721
I've lived in los angeles and seattle. they are a slightly less hyperbolic version of what I described. you literally could not pay me enough money to live there. sorry your career led you down the path of having to move there.

>>713206015
to prevent the boxes from falling off the shelves and tripping people

>>713205872 (OP)
Shit build quality, no games, overpriced.

>>713207913
people "upgraded" to an oled when all you get was a slightly better battery and screen, you think they won't buy an actual very significant upgrade?

>>713207990
You lived there but didn't put the effort to network and climb the career ladder despite having the opportunities? Sounds like a skill issue.

>>713206015
white minority commits most of the crimes

>>713205872 (OP)
A scalper sitting on a pallet of those would have made good money. Not as good as PS5, but the Saudis don't care. Hell, I wish I was sitting on a pallet. I'd have shipped them off so fast.

>>713208064
I think nintendo fans are dumb enough to buy a clock with mario's face on it anon.
But I also think nintendo is doing progressively worse with each generation at retaining diehard users.

>>713207356
Yeah, right. I'm not really expecting switch 2 to do quite as well as switch 1. But if you don't think it'll sell like hot cakes once they announce and release a new Zelda or Mario mainline game you're really out of touch

>>713208069
maybe when you're older you'll realize how big of a tool you sound like. probably not, but one can hope. I change my mind though, I'm glad your career took you there, they need more people with your mindset living there and not fucking up the rest of the country.

>>713205872 (OP)
>launching a console in the downslope of a recession

they are 2 years late, if they would have launched in 22 or 23 everybody would already have one and only be bitching about the trickle of first party software

nobody has any fucking money now and they jewed us on first party software pricing so nobody is going to upgrade to this thing.

I'm looking forward to picking up a handful of OLEDs on black friday and hacking them, personally, the 2 offers very little and it doesn't seem like it would improve the performance of my wall of switch games enough to justify the $600+ investment

>>713208204
I don't, they're completely out of ideas for zelda and they can't release a 3d mario which is why they went for donkey kong or they can't have you clamoring for a 3d mario on the switchu or whatever the fuck the next one will be called. That's their "secret weapon" ip.
But enjoy the 2d mario you'll get.

>>713206550
>but less people play on the Steam Deck
Meaningless fact. Especially for people that only play single player games.

Mobile gaming should be the undisputed king if we use your retarded logic

>>713208129
>buying a Switch 2 more than MSRP
lmao

>>713207721
>cares about you perceive
>social medias aren't reality
>isn't how what
Not him but fucking kill yourself, you fucking 3rd world ESL shitskin. Worthless piece of shit parasite trying to tell me how fucking great the hellholes in my country its kind are ruining are when there were literally homeless people with baseball bats walking around the Seattle-Tacoma airport asking me for money last year when I came back from Okinawa after 4 years.

>>713208129
as someone who scalped a few switch 2s (got 2 preordered at gamestop, 1 at walmart, and 1 at bestbuy) I was able to sell off 3 of them opening day for a $130 profit each.

including selling my oled, I didn't actually pay a penny for the one I kept. feels good

>>713206845
Pulling all nighters was so easy when I was a kid. The thought of missing out even a minute of sleep makes me want to die.

>>713207969
Actually the vendor pays to put their stoke in designated planograms around the store so the big retailer essentially has close to no overhead costs when it comes to stock so they really don’t give a shit about stopping thieves onlyfor one of them to file a lawsuit against the store.

>>713208380
going from living in japan for 4 years immediately to seatac? oof
I only visited for 2 weeks and it was painful

>>713208373
That's how much a buying group is paying for them. +$75, they pay for shipping label. You just need to provide box.

>>713208396
That's really good, lol. I sold a couple of them for +$50 because market here sucks. Sold like a dozen to TBG for +50 to +75 though.

>extremely locked down
It's not any more locked down than any other console. You can even use 3rd party input devices. Oh boo hoo you get banned from online if you pirate, where the fuck would you not get banned for it?
>overpriced
Nah PS5 Pro is overpriced. $450 is fine.
>gay ass key carts
Real, but all first party games are on cart and first party games is what matters on Nintendo systems.

>>713208928
>but all first party games are on cart and first party games is what matters on Nintendo systems.
like 5% of my switch library is first party games. keycarts need to fucking go.

>>713208323
It's clear you have no idea of what you're talking about. But keep on doomposting, it creates "engagement" I suppose

>>713206015
In LA*

>>713207006
It's because hyper liberal cities are extremely soft on crime and set extremely low standards for certain minorities. Businesses have no choice but to treat everyone like a potential shoplifter based on the cards that they were dealt by local/state governments.

>>713207969
How do you think insurance works, retard? Do you think it's magic money that poofs into existence from nothing? Why do you monkeys keep using this retarded talking point?

>>713209603
you just have to pay more insurance so that companies can get their money back when folx of color get their owed reparations.

>>713206952
we have a bigass walmart here in my town here that's mostly old farts and vietnam vets and the shelves been completely empty since release date, same with every retailer in nearby cities, fucking wish I could find one

>>713205872 (OP)
I'm guessing that Walmart is in a shithole neighborhood.

>>713209936
I'll go buy one for you if you pay for my gas and shipping
I live near a military base with a gamestop on it that always still has a bunch in stock because civilians are retarded and don't know they can shop there

>>713208317
>nobody has any fucking money now
and the marketing strategy of saying "actually in 1992 games were even MORE expensive so get over it loser" doesn't seem to be working too well

>>713209936
So you can what? Play Mario Kart 9? Is you’re FOMO and lack of self-control really that bad?

>>713206376
Wut mario kart just released and its by far nintendos best selling game

>>713209603
"They got insurance" is what leftybros say to justify looting and riots.

>>713205872 (OP)
>This is what the most successful launch in gaming history looks like

>>713210398
>You're not allowed to be excited for Mario Kart because... YOU JUST AREN'T OKAY

>>713210357
>anon breaks the narrative
>no stop don't buy it wah wah
Kek retard.

>>713210629
Nintendo games are niche they are neve relevant to today's culture that like PC games like Fortnite and Expedition 33. Nintendo will not be winning anything at the game awards, just like in 2024

>>713210862
You are brown

>>713210860
Answer the question, tendie

>>713211039
The games are coming, and this is the last tendie console they'll ever make.

>>713210932
Resorting to racism because you had no retort fuck you cracka

>>713206015
tbf consoles at launch have always been behind glass or behind the counter

>>713210302
the people who are dumb enough to fall for that type of rhetoric are usually the ones who buy day one, problem is that they are getting the credit lines reduced or cut completely.

I don't think Nintendo really took into account the cost of literally everything else in this country going up so high. Really makes me wonder what the fuck they were thinking, things were supposed to get CHEAPER because they stopped bifurcating their hardware team into mobile and home console.

They have significantly less of a hardware footprint now and still haven't figured out how to get economies of scale to make their software cheaper than the competition. Microsoft has them cornered on this front, they just can't make the games any good while making them cheap.

>>713211102
>the games are coming
Okay, besides being cope and something not even guaranteed, why wouldn’t you actually just be able to wait until some of them are actually out so you have an actual concrete reason to buy them?

I'm not risking buying a console only to have a system glitch or some other tomfoolery brick it forever, only because Nintendo mafia said so.
Switch 2 release actually encouraged me to buy Retroid Pocket 5, so I can play PS2 and Switch games.

>>713210862
>Nintendo games are niche, but that doesn't mean I won't suck Sakurai's dick to get my favorite Sony/Microsoft characters into Smash Bros to validate them as being Important Video Game Characters.

>>713206015
Socioeconomic factors.

>>713211634
People dont play smash they just like to play guess the character. Once all the characters have been released discussion stops forever and they dont exactly have good netcode

>>713211385
>something not even guaranteed
you're absolutely right, anon. no one is going to make switch 2 games anymore. it's over. pack it up and go home. no one will be making games for a console with record launch sales. I don't know how we got lucky enough to have such smart people on this board.

So is this thread supposed to be ironic or are you guys really still pretending the Switch 2 isn't selling?

>>713205872 (OP)
They are literally sold out everywhere. You cannot find one online right now or in person.

>>713211449
must suck to live in a 3rd world country where they can remotely brick your console

>>713212151
my local gamestop has 9 in stock

>>713212048
True, but the fact that Smash rosterfaggotry is such a big deal is very telling of how much cultural power Nintendo holds that guessing what characters ends up in their game is treated as a more legitimate Game Award then the two hour advertisement that is the Game Awards.

>>713212128
There are still people coping about Switch 1 sales.

>>713206015
Junkies.
Bro, we are drowning in junkies. They are all over the streets, stealing everything, and we got no Charles Bronson.

>>713212709
why not build a robocop? we got the tech now

>>713212771
Charles Bronson has a significantly higher kill count.
https://youtu.be/XlBFaKnQ1PU?t=217

>>713205872 (OP)
They want to become gaming's Apple.
>>713206046
Same reason people buy iPhones.

>>713212949
why not build a robocop charles bronson?

>>713210357
I'm mostly getting it for the new dk, but of course that's still a ways off, but who knows how long the supply issues is gonna last, I had a chance to get it on release date with nintendo's preorder queue system but passed on it thinking it wouldnt be so bad
I might just wait a year to grab it once they start getting the ball rolling with actual games

>>713206298
>>713208087
dont be racist..

>>713205872 (OP)
GrifterBro, it's already broken world records.
Our false narrative is over...

>>713205872 (OP)
>walk in
>break glass
>take switch2
>walk out
>if anyone tries stopping me i sue
GOD BLESS AMERICA

>>713205872 (OP)
lol look how they spread them out kek fuck nintendo

>>713212329
ok. Mine doesnt, or any GS within 30 miles

>>713206015
amerimutts are very degenerated

>>713206015
americans worship black people daily through music, sports, tv and movies... whites even want to talk like ghetto niggers and are also the main consumers of bbc porn.
now the niggers feel entitled to do whatever the fuck they want

>>713213534
only works if you're black

>>713214254
Enough about Europeans.

>>713207275
how do people like you manage to get so lucky enough to be able to work remotely but you're clearly so annoyingly autistic