My reasons for this are varied and I will attempt to explain why the Nintendo Switch 2 simply isn’t for me.
The first issue I have is with the price point. $80.0 for games is an insane price point and for an industry that is already hurting this is simply gouging. The price point for the system is also insane as the hardware while improved over the Switch still lags behind older systems from their rivals and I would much rather put the price-point of the Switch 2 towards a 5000 series NVIDIA card or apply it to the next console from Sony.
I have not found the games offered by the Switch very compelling as the Wii U and Switch systems we purchased sat for months gathering dust as after an initial wave of play, the games became very dull for me and I found the better graphics and online play offered on the Sony and PC platforms to be far more compelling.
The notion of Third-Party games having to be throttled back to play on the Switch was also a factor as I saw the horrible MK1 graphics and saw how other games had to run at a reduced graphical standard and compromised or removed online play to make it work.
Naturally exclusives will be the key and as interesting as a new Mario Kart game to play against our Granddaughter would be, it is not enough to draw me in at the price point and I have not seen one announced game for the system that I would be interested in having even if the price was lower.
There are also concerns about the P.R. side of things as their P.R. firm has a history of playing bait and switch (no pun intended) with us and other sites but that does not factor in for me it is simply a mater of I am not a fan of mobile gaming and for me, the Switch 2 is an overpriced and under-powered system compared to my PC and PS5 and I would rather wait and see what is offered by Sony for my next console as I believe there will be far more compelling titles that are going to feature more advanced graphics and online play.
I am sure that the Nintendo Switch 2 is going to be a success and I am likely not the target audience for it and that is fine. I am glad that there is a new system for their fans to embrace I just hope their price points for games does not influence others to raise prices accordingly as this is a dangerous slope as while people who buy the Switch 2 will not have much choice but to pay the prices set by Nintendo and their partners, other platforms may be wise to avoid this path.
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