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Prices for accessories will be increasing to compensate for tariffs.

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[-] Prox@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Still gonna skip this and hope for a 3DS-like price drop around the holidays. I'm really hoping Nintendo misses their sales targets big time because fuck these prices.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Personally, I'm at the point of "fuck walled garden ecosystems", not to mention all the legal work they're doing to ruin video games.

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Yep, the switch was a great idea to bridge console and handheld. Once the technology is out and the steam deck is open, without subscription, without lock down, allowing all past purchases, etc. ; the console is dead.

[-] nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 1 points 1 month ago

Agree. Personally I like having something portable, so I've always complemented my PC with a Nintendo handheld. Thankfully, PCs can now be handhelds too, even including an open operating system.

The only time I even booted my Switch after getting the Steam Deck was to rip all my games and saves from there.

[-] Viri4thus@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

This is a pretty good take on all of this. MS, Sony and Nintendo have done nothing but enshitify their platforms in the past few years and yet, they increase the cost of admission at every enshitification step.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Consoles just have a dwindling list of use cases, so trying to create problems that furthers their use is going to have much the same effect as cable companies trying to pretend that streaming video services don't exist.

[-] Manifish_Destiny@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

Yeah we're very quickly getting to the point that consoles are just moot.

With linux support increasing , I expect that to escalate since a lot more hardware will be in reach for running games.

[-] Zoldyck@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Not going to happen. US customers are lucky that Nintendo won't increase the console price.

[-] CallateCoyote@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, they’re going to sell out immediately and stock is going to be scarce even if they did increase the price.

[-] missingno@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

Very unlikely that they even could drop the price with the tariff situation.

[-] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago

I want one but I can’t afford it right now regardless. So I’ll just be waiting anyways, maybe there will be a sale when I can get one.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[-] SupraMario@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The great news is, you don't have to... they're just gonna release a bunch of shit that was already on the switch and charge $90 for it.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Given the tariff position, I’m curious if this will be the first time Nintendo decides to eat the loss on console hardware sales; something usually only other console makers have done.

Perhaps they think Trump will be on his way out. Or they’re eating into their cash reserves to prevent discussion of their consoles from getting political.

[-] missingno@fedia.io 0 points 1 month ago

Given the outcry over the price, I think they have no choice but to eat the loss. They can't drop the price, but they can't raise it either. They'll just have to hope that they can bring down manufacturing costs over time.

[-] Marighost@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

They are smoking crack if they think they can sell the Joy Con 2s (Joy Cons 2? Joys 2 Cons?) for $95.

[-] spizzat2@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago
[-] dyc3@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

2 cons 4 me

[-] PanArab@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago

I never bought a console at launch, this won’t change this time either. I will wait for either the OLED or Lite models, or at least until there’s 5 games that I really want and can’t get anywhere else.

[-] cattywampas@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago

Hell yeah brother, sign me up for that Mario Kart bundle.

[-] PeteWheeler@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

I have such a nuanced opinion of Nintendo.

I would prefer to pay for high prices to a company that has the reputation of "consistently fun no matter what (unless its online)".

Why? Because I am tired of paying a 'good' price for other media (or any goods/services) with a bunch of hidden aggressive enshitification. I know that when I buy mario kart, I am getting mario kart.

Can't say the same for most other stuff, especially AAA video games. Nintendo might ask for high prices, but they deliver their product. And that is what I was promised in a capitalist economy, but rarely get it. So I am 'happy' as long as Nintendo doesn't screw me individually.

BUT!!!

Fuck Nintendo for what they have done historically to the smash community. I won't forget.

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