To those who don’t have a Switch 2

[-Apples-]

I will tell you what’s the most bothersome part about Nintendo’s decision to brick any consoles that were hacked or used unauthorized software. Nintendo put in their agreements that you cannot sue them for doing that. This is ridiculous.

I wonder if they’re going to start banning Nintendo accounts and consoles owned by people who publicly criticize them for criticizing their bad business decisions.

 

[Reginald Fairfield]

I believe Nintendo have bricked consoles for playing used games other people have illegally copied.

Also the game key cards and joycon drift still existing are a deal breaker for me.

 

[Airysuit]

probably as soon as AC6 is announced, or like a couple of months before release

 

[BunburyBrianna]

I'm really surprised to see so many people that don't want to buy a Switch 2 - but there are lots of valid points. I will be honest and say that the second Animal Crossing is announced for the Switch 2... It's over. I may even just buy the Switch 2 for the new Pokemon game. Or Pokopia, if I really lose my self control haha

 

[KimiyoCake]

As tempting as Switch 2 exclusive games sound (Pokopia, Pokemon Winds/Waves), I most likely won't be getting one until Nintendo comes out with a different color variant of the console ;v; I just don't like the black/gray aesthetic. If they come out with a white version then I might get that since I highly doubt they'll bring back regular colored joy-cons. (Heck just before the switch 2 was announced, I had gotten the pastel purple/green joy-cons!)

 

[Squidward]

I'm quite sure it's going to be never. I only bought the first Switch so I could play ACNH. To this day it's one of the only games I own on it so that seems pretty wasteful and not something I'd like to repeat. Especially since I don't even play video games that much anymore.

 

[Grishiu]

At the moment I am holding out for a special edition copy of the Switch 2 because so help me if I end up buckling and buying a regular boring black one and then they release something like a Kirby themed Switch 2 I will cry Pokopia wasn't enough for me to justify buying the console, but Animal Crossing might be just enough to tip the scales for me to get one. Hopefully though there's going to be a special edition or two that will come out before it

 

[q9q]

I think the only thing that would maybe make me want to buy a Switch 2 is Splatoon. Splatoon Raiders would have to be really good though. I would also want to wait for a Splatoon special edition; I'm kinda bummed I never got the Splatoon 3 Switch.

 

[BalloonFight]

I will likely get a Switch 2 when the next AC game comes out. At the moment, it's not even remotely tempting. I'm not a big Mario Kart fan, and while Pokopia looks fun, I'd rather just play another AC game whenever it releases. I'm also hoping that by the time the new AC comes out, another version of the Switch 2 will already have released.

 

[-Raven-]

it's an ecosystem issue. i'm not going to buy a console for a single game anymore, esp at these prices

sick of console nonsense in general- longterm they're exponentially more expensive than pc for me, they have less modability and control, and are so clunky and limiting they no longer have convinience as a boon.

wrt switch 2 specifically uh yeah being used to pc i don't really want to deal with framerate issues on ports to it and even the other consoles really struggle to be stable on some major games these days. god forbid as an example, even pc struggles with some things like mhwilds. and this really matters to me, especially at these prices.

i think the final straw that kept me away was game key cards. they're just another symptom of how inconvenient consoles have become and how consoles lock you into specific ecosystems to keep things going forward. you can't even move saves anymore on any consoles without cloud nonsense? i understand it's for vulnerability reasons but we should be going back to the wii days of being able to copy saves to sd cards. like does this bother nobody else, even if you don't want pc level control your save files are hostage, this is gross

so never, and probably never any other consoles atp. boycott microsoft by the way