Nintendo Switch 2 Thread

[simiansmarts]

Everyone I talked to about this thing has basically been like: "eh I guess I'll just buy it" 

I think Nintendo will set records with the 'eh' launch.
Switch 2 is there, it exists, you can buy it.

It seems to work.  

Made it through all the system transfers and installs, bought Mario Kart.
Time to sleep now and try it tommorow. Again, 'eh', I guess I'll sleep, work and try it tommorow. 

I don't think that's a Nintendo-only thing. The PS5/XSX launch was identical in nature. I mean, has there really been anything that could be considered a "killer app" this generation? Pretty sure shit is still getting cross-gen releases. 

Video games as a business has matured to the point where the devices are becoming a commodity and the games are so cheap and easy to make they too are becoming commodified.

What sets Nintendo apart from PlayStation and Xbox are they make an effort to get a couple of their big, evergreen games out each year. We saw with the Switch 1 that there's clearly an S-tier for Nintendo IPs that sell their systems as a killer app: the Mario Kart, the 3D Zelda, the 3D Mario, the Animal Crossing, the Smash Bros, etc. They already launched the system with Mario Kart, there's 3D Donkey Kong coming out a month later and 3D Mario is probably releasing next year to coincide with the new movie. 
 
Now compare that to PlayStation who wasted so many years of precious dev-time chasing the GAAS gold rush under the leadership of Jim Ryan. It led to an absurd number of cancelled projects, record-breaking bombs like Concord (with Fairgames and Marathon likely not far behind) and now all they have to show for it is Helldivers 2. For casual consumers of videogames, the PS5 and Series X have felt like the 'GTA VI waiting room' for the past few years.