Okay, so after that rant I posted earlier I ended up getting a Switch 2 after all.
Woke up this morning and saw that it was available on Verizon.com. Figured since the price wasn't going to go down I should just get it now anyway.
Then a little bit later, we went out to do some errands. Popped in at Target and they had a number of consoles in stock. So I decided to just pick it up there as well and I'll return the Verizon one when it comes next week.
I still think it's a pretty lackluster launch. Mario Kart seems really cool and I'll play it later, but I still don't think it's anything that people need to rush out to buy. SF 6 is an impressive port that looks pretty much like the game does running on one of the Z1 Extreme PC handhelds, albeit at 720P. It's pretty much unplayable with the joy-cons though. You need a controller for it. I'd also like to give a middle finger to Capcom for still charging money for outfits and music tracks among other things. All of the shit that has been released for this game so far should have been included with the season 1 and 2 bundle package that they're advertising.
I think the most impressive thing about this console so far are the older games running on it. It's great to see them running with better frame rates.
The switch 2 itself seems very well made. I like how solid it feels with a joy-cons connected. It's also much much lighter than other handhelds in the same size range, I.E. PCs. And I think it's much more comfortable to hold and use.
Is it going to replace handheld PCs for me? For the time being, probably yes. But I don't expect that to last very long. It's also not going to replace the Asus Z13 that's currently my main gaming machine. It may not be a handheld, but it is a very portable tablet PC that that power and performance wise takes a giant dump all over everything else. It's in a class by itself. But it's also not fair to compare that with the Switch 2 because It costs $2300+.
Woke up this morning and saw that it was available on Verizon.com. Figured since the price wasn't going to go down I should just get it now anyway.
Then a little bit later, we went out to do some errands. Popped in at Target and they had a number of consoles in stock. So I decided to just pick it up there as well and I'll return the Verizon one when it comes next week.
I still think it's a pretty lackluster launch. Mario Kart seems really cool and I'll play it later, but I still don't think it's anything that people need to rush out to buy. SF 6 is an impressive port that looks pretty much like the game does running on one of the Z1 Extreme PC handhelds, albeit at 720P. It's pretty much unplayable with the joy-cons though. You need a controller for it. I'd also like to give a middle finger to Capcom for still charging money for outfits and music tracks among other things. All of the shit that has been released for this game so far should have been included with the season 1 and 2 bundle package that they're advertising.
I think the most impressive thing about this console so far are the older games running on it. It's great to see them running with better frame rates.
The switch 2 itself seems very well made. I like how solid it feels with a joy-cons connected. It's also much much lighter than other handhelds in the same size range, I.E. PCs. And I think it's much more comfortable to hold and use.
Is it going to replace handheld PCs for me? For the time being, probably yes. But I don't expect that to last very long. It's also not going to replace the Asus Z13 that's currently my main gaming machine. It may not be a handheld, but it is a very portable tablet PC that that power and performance wise takes a giant dump all over everything else. It's in a class by itself. But it's also not fair to compare that with the Switch 2 because It costs $2300+.
5 users liked this post: