Impressive that CDPR was able to shed that much space.
Still, I think that storage space will be an issue - 64GB is still effectively a fourth of the consoles memory space. And with the trend of digital downloads over physical games, the buck is gonna stop somewhere.
The only case yet. I’d be very surprised if the next Zelda isn’t gonna be $90 as well. Doug Bowser said himself that prices are gonna vary depending on how much Nintendo thinks people will begrudgingly pay for them they’re worth, factoring in production cost, play time etc.
Let’s be real: $90 is gonna be the new price for Nintendo’s flagship titles.
I’m honestly asking myself how these re-releases will sell and how this will work long term on the Switch 2.
For the release day we already have Elden Ring (60GB on Steam) and Cyberpunk+Add on (100+GB). Now this FF (100GB) - that’s more than the internal storage of the Switch 2. Unless the developers will be able to shed a ton of space, this is not sustainable.
And since, for some reason, Nintendo’s Semi-proprietary SD-cards only come in 256GB, this will not be a solution either. How many SD-cards will you have to buy over the years?
It also bears keeping in mind that the main game + the expansion is more than 100gb on Steam.
Unless CDPR magically compresses the hell out of this, that’s almost half of the consoles storage space.
Unless you really, really feel the need to play the Nintendo exclusives, a Steam Deck is a way better deal. It even has an OLED, more storage and can be upgraded via standard SD cards.
And in terms of games: the only ‘80’ you’re gonna see is the discount percentage during the constant sales.
The moment Nintendo did not address the sticks AT ALL during the Direct it was obvious Switch 2 would not have Hall Effect.
Given how big of a deal drift was with the Switch, the marketing would have jumped on that if it were the case.
I assume the sticks were redesigned to (hopefully) be more resistant to drift, but I would not be surprised when these issues will make the news eventually… Again.
Still (probably) a better deal than giving Sony 900+ for a shitty PS5 Pro.
Not that surprising, mouse mode looked terribly uncomfortable in every video I’ve seen of it.
I fully expect this gimmick to go the same way the Switch’s infrared sensors went - basically nowhere. And while I assume Nintendo would love to sell us even more peripherals for inflated prices, I just don’t see this going anywhere. It’s a feature that just does not fit with a handheld/couch console.