Nintendo Switch 2 Launches on June 5th Worldwide; 1080p Screen With 120 FPS and HDR Support, Docked Mode 4K Resolution Support Confirmed
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Preorder for mk in AUD is $114, fortunately.
...still fucking steep.
Also it's a "preorder"
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Canāt wait to never buy one. My switch has tears and BOTW on it, and those are the last games Iāll buy from Nintendo so..
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Best switch console is still the steam deck I'm sure :3
Either that, or the powerful gaming PC you put the Switch 2 money towards that will eventually emulate the Switch 2. Seems like a better investment than buying a locked down console with a GPU less powerful than a RTX 3050 that can only play $80 games.
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So it's $650 CAD $700 AUD for the Switch 2 and it's $120 CAD $150 AUD for Mario Kart.
LMAO
Holy fuck lol. I'll buy it used in a few years then. This'll motivate softmodders and emulation too.
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And you'll be sued by Nintendo into lifelong poverty if you use it wrong.
Fuck Nintendo.
When has Nintendo sued someone for using something wrong?
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I won't lie, I'm only interested in the new Pro controller. My old one has slight stick drift which absolutely sucks of course but it's over 7 years old and feels so much better than anything else on the market. I also prefer the Nintendo button layout over Microsoft's so it's an easy purchase.
Have you looked into the hall effect controllers from 8BitDo? They're compatible with the Switch with a very comparable form factor
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Canāt wait to never buy one. My switch has tears and BOTW on it, and those are the last games Iāll buy from Nintendo so..
Why are you guys mad at Nintendo now?
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Why are you guys mad at Nintendo now?
Their penchant for lawsuits
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Best switch console is still the steam deck I'm sure :3
Legion Go (Debian) for me
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Why are you guys mad at Nintendo now?
Same reason the ps3 fumbled the announcement and failed at launch. They got too greedy
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What's the source for the $80 thing? If it's in the article I'm missing it.
https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/featured-games/mario-kart-world/
Scroll down a good amount, 79.99$ MSRP for Mario kart world. Thats not a guarantee they'll all be 80$. The new donkey Kong is 70$. No official word on other games, though.
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Or it's actually running at 720p30 and being FSR/framegenned into a blurry shimmery mess. There's no way Nintendo managed to cram a chip powerful enough to render its own Switch 1 games at true 4k120 into a tablet.
Nah the direct didn't claim 4k at 120.
You get 1080p at 120, or 4k at 60.
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When has Nintendo sued someone for using something wrong?
their legal action against emulators and DRM circumvention. they have the audacity of allowing people to play their games which were legally purchased on unapproved hardware.
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Definitely getting a Steam Deck instead. I was waiting for confirmation of the ridiculously high price.
"$450 is an insanely high price for a new console, so I'm going to buy a $400 2 year old console instead."
It's a 60Hz vs 120Hz screen, and it's got true 1080p resolution. It's certainly on-par with the Steam Deck in terms of performance and performance per dollar. The price isn't ridiculous by any stretch.
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What's the source for the $80 thing? If it's in the article I'm missing it.
Nintendo US website. Mario Kart has an MSRP of $79.99. Donkey Kong has an MSRP of $69.99.
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Bet they priced it that high to get ahead of any tariffs that might affect them. Consumers really donāt like to see price hikes right around a launch. Plus they still want to milk the Switch 1 since they probably have a very healthy profit margin on that machine. This price makes the Switch 1 look very appealing for people who still havenāt bought one.
It's about 100 bucks more than the og switch.. theres 24% tariff. 24% of 450 is 108. Math checks out for the physical copy of games too.
It's too close to be a coincidence
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"$450 is an insanely high price for a new console, so I'm going to buy a $400 2 year old console instead."
It's a 60Hz vs 120Hz screen, and it's got true 1080p resolution. It's certainly on-par with the Steam Deck in terms of performance and performance per dollar. The price isn't ridiculous by any stretch.
"$450 is an insanely high price for a new console, so I'm going to buy a $400 2 year old console instead."
Sure. But it's also a choice between a library that will forever cost $70 00-$90.00 per game, and a game library infamous for game sales so good that an average player cannot finish their library because the seasonal sales are too good to pass up.
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Legion Go (Debian) for me
How good is it? Does everything work like on the deck?
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Nah the direct didn't claim 4k at 120.
You get 1080p at 120, or 4k at 60.
Or it's actually running at 720p30 and being FSR/framegenned into a blurry shimmery mess. There's no way Nintendo managed to cram a chip powerful enough to render its own Switch 1 games at true 1080p120 into a tablet.
Fixed.
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That pricing is really putting Nintendo out of its core market. The reason the Switch was an absolute smash is because it was and remained accessibly priced. The fact theyāre charging $450 is really putting them out of the āhey thatās not too badā audience. This is a wildly bad move on their part.
Yes, it is a price increase, but the inflation has been wild. For context, the Switch in 2017 for $299 is equivalent to $389 in 2025 dollars. It's really been insane. The Nintendo 64 from 1996 was $199, or $404 in 2025 dollars.
