You’d think around an hour would be enough time to really go over everything going on with Nintendo, but apparently not with the way we do it. But yeah, this is what we’re talking about for the whole second hour of the show.
We didn’t finish the conversation and we’re likely to have it again once we figure out what this new console will end up costing.
Look, tariffs aside, it wasn’t a great showing for the console. The price itself and more so the games are really gonna test a lot of people’s decision making here. But beyond that, even if the prices were reasonable, it still lacked a pull for me. Mario Kart was it. For me. And that wasn’t enough a few days ago to spend FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. It also won’t be with whatever price we eventually land on that’ll be higher than that. It needs more original games – and again, this was if the prices were reasonable. As it stands now, having more original games just means more $70-$80 titles. Something that won’t justify a purchase with whatever price we end up getting for the hardware itself.
This also makes me wonder how far they will go with making cross-gen games for the two systems. Also, will those new games cost the same across generations? If Metroid Prime 4 is released on both Switch and Switch 2, will the price for each be the same?
There’s a lot of questions still to be answered, but for the most part, none of them matter until we get an idea of what this machine will cost. And then after, how well does this thing sell at that tariff-ied price point?
Ubisoft just got a massive billion dollar bailout, but one franchise was NOT a part of the deal, care to guess which one? It has been 4,247 days since a new Splinter Cell game (non-animated series or guest spot in another game franchise, remake, BBC radio drama, or VR exclusive) was released.
Also, there’s been 1,632 job losses in the gaming industry since January 1, 2025.
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