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Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period (www.nintendolife.com)
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I like how this article does not talk about the anti consumer practices engaged in by Nintendo, that might push some customers away from their consoles. /s Nintendo can disable your Switch 2 for piracy in the U.S., but not in Europe, as confirmed by its EULA. There is already a switch in my household, but the price along with the ability to remotely brick the device, is what made our household pass on the switch 2. We bought a second steam deck instead.

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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 days ago

(Ex) Nintendo fan here. I've owned every Nintendo console and handheld since the NES (even the Virtual Boy!) Right after the Switch 2 announcement in April I got a Steam Deck and never looked back, and I love the thing. The list of cons for the Switch 2 is immense - the price of the hardware, the price of the software, Nintendo's extreme anti-consumer practices...in the past, Nintendo at least had cheap hardware going for it. No longer. The list of Switch 2 exclusive games, both released and announced, I'd even want to play is also minuscule. Mario Kart World (which doesn't look even remotely worth $80) and Donkey Kong Bananza are it so far. I thought it would be difficult to not be able to play new Nintendo games, but they've made it extremely easy so far. I'm good with either never playing them or playing them emulated many years from now. It's very clear that Nintendo has become just another soulless corporate game company.