Well, families on NSO have a limit of 8 users. So I thought 1 could play online, and 7 offline at most.

Interesting – I thought they always restricted it to only one user playing the same game online at a time!

That wasn’t directed to you, just in general. Sorry about that! Haha

Yeah, I can definitely see Twilight Princess being a system seller! Plus the Wii had a completely new playstyle, and was basically a GC with the controller ports and memory card slots. If you didn’t have a GC, it made sense to get a Wii.

It was also a lot cheaper than an S2 IIRC…

Yeah, I didn’t get the hype for those consoles either, lol

Not that there was much for the new Xbox…

Yeah, exactly. The post is about the launch date, but I guess I still should’ve clarified that I don’t get the excitement for the Switch 2 on its launch date in particular.

Yeah, new Nintendo console. But new consoles haven’t really been particularly exciting for a while imo – they aren’t really doing anything new. The Switch did new stuff (the first “hybrid” console/mobile device), and the Steam Deck made PC gaming (and the Steam library) handheld.

But since then and aside from that? I really don’t understand what’s to be excited about a new console launch at such a high price point, especially when they’re setting a new standard (high) price for games. I’m not seeing anything new that hasn’t been done before.

…and the downvotes are not changing my mind, lol…that suggests to me that it’s just fanboyism. And that’s great for those who are excited. To me, it seems like successful brand marketing with little substance behind it.

Used consoles have been cheaper though. And with such a high launch price, I could see it having “room” to drop. Tariff fears and such may have been priced in.

Of course. I do expect the price to drop significantly over time though.

I’m not seeing what makes it worth that much money to have on launch day.

You can point to many consoles throughout history and ask “wHaTs tHe PoInT???” based on their launch titles.

Yeah, exactly. Some consoles had a killer app, like Super Mario 64. Or 3D graphics. Or the console doubled as a DVD player. Or it had some other sort of new tech.

I’m not really seeing what the killer app the Switch 2 has that makes it worth such a high price.

I can have fun with the original Switch, my computer, my phone, myself…lots of options! Lmao

What’s the point of the Switch 2? It seems like it’ll only have a small handful of exclusives that’ll cost maybe $1,000… that seems crazy expensive for like.4 games. I’m certain prices will go down eventually

Though please be aware, generally when a link shows up on Facebook and gets formatted with a picture and a paragraph underneath it. This feature is controlled directly by the external sites integration with Facebook or social platform, and they can choose how much of the link is condensed or shown.

This is what seals the deal for me as the news companies being in the wrong here.

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It doesn’t become useless, it just misses out on a bunch of useful features for the drives.

Still ridiculous, of course

They don’t specify though, and it should be at the content level, not the account level

its far to iphone(esk) in design

It’s far too iPhone-esque in design

“It’s” has the apostrophe because it’s “it” + "is

“too” has two o’s when there’s an excess of something. More stuff = more o’s!

“esque” is uh…just how it’s spelt

iPhone capitalization is just their branding.

I only commented to help with “esque”, but saw other things I could help with. Knowledge is power!

My decent Bluetooth headphones have the option to plug in a headphone cable to use them wired. I use it occasionally so I can reduce audio latency, which can be useful with gaming…and essential with rhythm games.

Because they display (or even host, potentially) content that’s “illegal” in Turkey.

What they should probably be doing is just hiding said content from users in Turkey…and encouraging users in Turkey to use VPNs, lol

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“Brian”…?

Typo/autocorrect for “bran”?

It’s a great word. It can be almost any part of speech/grammar!