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[–] MeaanBeaan 3 points 5 hours ago

Genki: "we bought this switch 2 model off the black market"

Nintendo: "we did not provide the switch 2 to Genki"

Yes, we know. You're not telling us anything new.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Not a fan of this response. Not because of the response itself, but because of the timing. Either they’re saying that because they’re about to announce Switch 2 very, very soon, or because they’re NOT about to announce it soon and needed to say _something _.

Here’s hoping it’s the former over the latter.

[–] ggppjj 69 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"We didn't leak this."

Yeah no shit bub.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

Why are companies so awkward and dumb and "corporate". Just lean into it and score some fan points.

"We know it can be fun to speculate and people are excited about whatever information they can get about the next Switch; but we've got a lot of amazing things we're working on and it will be worth the wait".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The speculation is free buildup and helps create demand anticipation. Leaks and speculation like this are great advertising. It only becomes bad when the leaks and speculation created are better than what the actual product is, or a lot worse than the product is.

If the speculation was going around that it would be backwards compatible with all former Gameboy cartridges and include free downloads of any Nintendo games older than 5 years, Nintendo would quickly release the real specs/info.

[–] amon 2 points 12 hours ago

Usbourne effect

[–] [email protected] 18 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

That also implies that there is more to get excited about. It's entirely possible that the leaks have completely stolen the thunder of their big reveal.

I also suspect that when they say "not official", what they really mean is "not final". i.e. These are prototypes, and could change by the time it's officially announced. They could also be contractually limited from statements, in a "we can neither confirm nor deny" kind of way.

I do agree with your larger point that their press release left something to be desired.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 14 hours ago

It's Nintendo, It didn't like any of their consoles have been particularly sophisticated for their time. We pretty much know everything about the new switch already, because they're not going to reveal any new tech, because they never reveal any new tech.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

What big reveal? Lol.. the screen is a little bigger and the joycons attach differently. Not really much to get excited about, other than the improved performance.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Anyone else feel like Nintendo is missing the boat here? Every day that goes by, the switch 2 becomes less exciting compared to the competition. They needed to release it 6 months ago.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Nintendo has never really cared about their competitors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

That's true, but they still usually aim to be the first "next gen" console on the market every generation. Admittedly it probably would really affect them if they didn't hit that but that's how they've always done it

[–] yggstyle 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or their fans - consequently.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

And yet they thrive, kinda funny isn't it?

[–] pory 4 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Tell that to the Gamecube and Wii U eras. Funny that those are also all-time peaks for game quality, Nintendo is better at making video games when they're struggling.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 minutes ago

Tell that to the Gamecube and Wii U eras

They still don't lose anything, not if they can port/upscale them on the way and sell them for today's prices, why have backwards compatibility am I right?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

The Wii arguably has better first party games than the GC. Mario Kart Wii, Mario Galaxy, DKC Returns, New Soup, Wario Ware...

[–] YourAvgMortal 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

They thrive now, but they will never forget the Wii U

[–] [email protected] 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Mate, with how much the Switch sold, I think they already did.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

All the games being ported from Wii U to Switch would beg to differ.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 minutes ago

An opportunity to re-sell the same games with minor updates (I am looking at you 35 Mario anniversary edition) to a higher user base for today's prices?

What am I missing here?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

They made Wii U as obsolete as possible by releasing majority of the games on the switch

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Perhaps, but they did that by “not forgetting the Wii U.”

Furthermore, Nintendo will never forget the Wii U as it was a lesson for them.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yeah but that's because they historically have been so different than the competition. But in this case they have had their lunch eaten by the steam deck, Rog ally, etc.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago

But in this case they have had their lunch eaten by the steam deck, Rog ally, etc.

I see tons of people still using the old Switch. I have so far seen none other than myself and my kid using a Steam Deck.

[–] pycorax 3 points 17 hours ago

The Switch is a lot smaller and pocketable than those you described and is far better as a party game machine. It's also much more widely available. I don't think it's so clear cut especially if people are getting it for their exclusives. Yea, you can emulate it but there's a bit of work to get the ROMs and BIOS that the average lay person isn't really comfortable with doing.

[–] ampersandrew 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

They wanted to release it 6 months ago, rumor has it. But they postponed it to shore up supply to meet launch demand, give extra development time to its key launch games, or to squeeze the last bit of juice out of the Switch 1 -- or some combination of those things.

The Switch 2 will do just fine, better even, compared to its next closest competition.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Bit odd to complain that a console we know nothing about isn't exciting enough. Maybe wait until they actually reveal the damn thing?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Given how they front-loaded the launch schedule and ended up wiping out some of their own game communities(the corpse of Arms say hi from under the former juggernaut that was the Splatoon 2 launch).

The silence on their front WRT games suggests that they might be ramping up for a similar blitz for a switch 2.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

"Not official"

This just confirmed these are legit but because Nintendo didn't make the announcement it's "not official"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

...but also, not false...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Interesting choice of words. Saying it's not 'official' just means they're not the ones who posted it.

[–] morphballganon -1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

No shit.

Every 5 years, chodes expect each new Nintendo console to be a copy + paste of the previous one.

It's never happened.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Except no one expected the Wii U successor to be the same. The Nintendo switch leaks came years before the release, when it was still known under the codename "NX", and they were 100% accurate

[–] icecreamtaco 7 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (3 children)
  • SNES
  • Every handheld console except for the DS and Switch was a copypaste + upgrade from the last one. GB Pocket, GB Color, GB Advance, GBA SP, GBA Micro, DS Lite, 3DS, 2DS, New 3DS, 3DS XL
[–] [email protected] 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

"The new console unfortunately is not backwards-compatible." -> riots

...versus...

"The new console is backwards-compatible because it's an upgraded version of the old console." -> riots

[–] [email protected] 0 points 16 hours ago

You can be backwards compatible without just being a hardware revision. Look at the Wii, while it's definitely built on the GameCube, it has many more features

[–] amon 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Every handheld console except for the DS

I'm sorry but it is quite literally a GBA with an additional touchscreen and an ARM9 processor

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

You’re dismissing that way too easily. A dual screen handheld was pretty game changing and not to mention touchscreen was not a standard back then.

[–] amon 1 points 6 hours ago

Fair enough, I have one and it is really ahead of the time

[–] ampersandrew 7 points 1 day ago

This time it did.