vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoNintendo Switch 2 details: Screen size, controllers, storage, microphone chat and gameswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down16
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minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 days ago The Switch 2 will hit store shelves on June 5 for $449.99. Mario Kart World will cost $80, an increase from $60, which is what Nintendo charged for Switch games. Um… Wow. With these prices, they better have one hell of a line up besides a Mario Kart that looks about the same and Street Fighter 6. I’m very interested on how powerful this thing is if it’s price is going to be higher than the LCD Steam Deck and $100 less than the OLED model.
minus-squareJesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·10 days agoFun fact, if you adjust for inflation, this machine is only $52 more than the original switch was at launch. This is basically the originally pricing, adjusted for inflation + Trump’s 20% Chinese manufacturing tariff.
minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoGood point about inflation. I’m really curious on how powerful the Switch 2 will be in comparison to the handhelds in the market now.
minus-squareBigDiction@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 days agoYeah I distinctly remember N64 games being $60 in the late 90s. We saved a lot with digital downloads vs retail over the years but it is funny that games have largely been level in price for 30 years at this point.
minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 days ago$60 was a lot considering PS1 and Dreamcast games were in the $50 range. According to an online inflation calculator, from 1996 inflation rose 103.4%. So if game prices followed inflation, $50-$60 games should be $100-$120.
Um… Wow.
With these prices, they better have one hell of a line up besides a Mario Kart that looks about the same and Street Fighter 6.
I’m very interested on how powerful this thing is if it’s price is going to be higher than the LCD Steam Deck and $100 less than the OLED model.
Fun fact, if you adjust for inflation, this machine is only $52 more than the original switch was at launch.
This is basically the originally pricing, adjusted for inflation + Trump’s 20% Chinese manufacturing tariff.
Good point about inflation.
I’m really curious on how powerful the Switch 2 will be in comparison to the handhelds in the market now.
Yeah I distinctly remember N64 games being $60 in the late 90s. We saved a lot with digital downloads vs retail over the years but it is funny that games have largely been level in price for 30 years at this point.
$60 was a lot considering PS1 and Dreamcast games were in the $50 range.
According to an online inflation calculator, from 1996 inflation rose 103.4%. So if game prices followed inflation, $50-$60 games should be $100-$120.