I mean, when talking about battery life: the Switch 2 is shorter whilst the OLED has it last longer. The thing is, there are games I want to play that are exclusive to Switch 2 (like HW: Age of Imprisonment or DK Banaza), I do have a ToTK special edition OLED switch though. The only difference is performance (as it’s 1080p handheld supporting up to 4K at 120 fps).

They are increasing the console price worldwide, it’s ¥49,980 ($309 / 270€) as of now but later it’ll become ¥59,980 ($371 / 324€), so should I purchase it? Also the console will become $500 / 500€ (for now it remains at $450 / 470€) I’ve heard that a new variant is releasing in 2027 with a portable battery, even then is the console still worth purchasing?

  • Zahille7@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 day ago

    I’d like to play BoTW and ToTK, but I’m not gonna go spend money to do it.

    A) I have principles. B) Nintendo is a multibillion dollar international corporation, that’s recently started charging $80 for games that are most definitely not worth the price. C) save your money for actually useful shit like groceries and gas.

    • creamfresh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      13 hours ago

      Your principle should be to not generate any kind of demand, not even cultural, and not play their games at all. Otherwise, you’re just cherrypicking for comfort.

    • cattywampas@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      1 day ago

      You can have money for both though. If you play 500 hours of BOTW or TOTK at $70, that’s 14 cents an hour for your entertainment. A pretty good deal if you ask me.

      • volore@scribe.disroot.orgEnglish
        3·
        6 hours ago

        yeah and if they pirate it they’ll have even more money for gas and groceries or anything else (like games from better companies), several hours of entertainment for absolutely free, and they won’t be giving money to a shitty, greedy corporation that plays stupid games with copyright law.

        I’m not really sure what you’re trying to drive at by breaking it down into an hourly cost. Free is still cheaper than 14 cents an hour, and giving money to Nintendo (a multi-billion dollar company that plays fuck fuck games with content creators and acts like a patent troll, among other things) is still bad no matter how insignificant you think $70-$80 is to pay – fun fact, for some of us, that is a significant chunk of our monthly disposable income, and we don’t all want to spend our only spare cash for an entire month on a single game. So there’s a very real possibility they don’t have money for both. Maybe their car grenaded itself this month. Maybe their AC died. Maybe they’ve got a funeral to pay for and they want a pleasant distraction. You don’t know what they can afford, you’re not looking at their checkbook.

        Entertainment should not be gatekept by one’s economic prosperity or lack thereof; poor people do not deserve to be bored any more than they deserve to be hungry, or homeless, or sick. I’m a little more irritated when people pirate from small indie developers (but I still accept there is good that can come of this, i.e. try before you buy), but Nintendo on the other hand can eat my entire ass; they do not need anyone whiteknighting for them and their profits online, they pay plenty of lawyers for that so you ought not do it for them for free.

        • Guitar@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          5 hours ago

          “When people steal shit, they have more money” Yeah no shit dude. Everything you mentioned can just as easily apply to someone who still buys Nintendo games. You said it yourself, you don’t know what someone else can afford. Entertainment is not a basic need and not having a lot of money absolutely does not justify theft of it. There is a whole lot of work and money that goes into the creation of the medium, and no one is just entitled to it. And honestly, it’s especially fucking gross that you’re advocating for stealing indie games too. Nintendo does a lot of amoral bullshit. But justifying theft of something that is not a basic need is also wrong. If you don’t have a lot of money to spend on gaming, sales and used games are your friend. And buying used even backs up your stance of not giving money to a corporation.

            • slaff@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              3 hours ago

              If you think you NEED a video game badly enough to steal it, I desperately urge you to go outside and touch grass. It is not the only form of entertainment that exists and you are not entitled to it. Guess what? I’m poor and I don’t steal. I save up for games I want, or I find something else to entertain myself. You’re reaching so far to justify this that you obviously have an over active imagination, why not use it to entertain yourself?

                • slaff@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  3·
                  3 hours ago

                  Hey “sport”, calling people morons and having a condescending attitude doesn’t actually make your point correct. You have yet to address that there are other forms or entertainment or that you were wrong about white torture. If you’re incapable of the critical thought needed to form a valid response with actual counterpoints…maybe you’re a moron?

                • slaff@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  2·
                  3 hours ago

                  By definition stealing is “wrongfully taking or appropriating another person’s property, ideas, or attention without permission”. By your logic, I am entitled to every thought or idea you or anyone else has ever had because I’m not physically taking something so it’s not stealing. Right? Right???

                  Take morality out of it. Whether pirating games is morally wrong or not is not the question. By definition it IS stealing and by definition, not being able to have a video game is NOT torture.

                  Take a deep breath. Take a minute. Shave the hair off your neck, put down the pizza rolls. I’ll be here when you’re ready to admit you’re wrong.

            • slaff@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              3 hours ago

              Also, comparing white torture to not getting a video game is actually insane. If you’re in a space where there is ANY mental stimulation, you are not being tortured by the definition of your own source. So maybe you should try rereading it. Out loud. Slowly. Just really make sure you understand what you’re incorrectly claiming is a source to back your logic.