Yea I'm wary too as I'd have to buy a tv to use it with as well. There are quite a few games I'm interested in, but I can wait.
I'm still perfectly happy with my 3DS. The system costs half the price and the games are a fraction of the price as well. But... Mario.
Yeah, people make the mistake of thinking the Switch is a PS4 or XB1 replacement, and it's not. It is its own thing. That said, between my 3DS and my GPD Win (and my Vita, sometimes), I have my mobile gaming needs covered. And for big screen gaming, I use my PC. I'm sure I'll get a Switch at some point, though. Maybe after a price cut or an upgraded revision or something. Either way, once it has a more robust library.
yep, I reckon for a lot of people critical mass will be reached now with the release of Odyssey - if my entertainment budget was entirely unlimited, I'd definitely jump in now - alas, other venues (PC upgrade, Xbox One X, secondary UHD TV, etc) are more "pressing" right now
Same. Just upgraded my main PC subsystem (CPU/mobo) and that was more or less the cost of a Switch! That'll have to do me for a while.
This is where I'm at right now. Currently watching Vinesauce stream Mario Odyssey and it's damn tempting to run out and cash in my $400 for a Switch and Mario tomorrow.
What I don't understand is there is a Mario bundle that cost $380. But isn't the Switch $300 and Mario $60? So what is the extra $20 for?
Subsidies to make sure they can meet their production budget, clearly. Also the Mario bundle is download-only, or as I call it, a bunch of bullshit.
Very good point! Remember the good old days when a bundle would be CHEAPER than if bought separately? I have never bought a downloaded game, it's pointless. Mario will have a resell value of like $40+ for the next two year.
As long as people keep buying physical I have hope. More so because Nintendo still sucks when it comes to physical games and accounts.
Don't forget the internet, as long as that is not up to speed all over the world physical will be here to stay...
That makes zero sense. "The world" is not a single market. Anyway, only about a quarter of video game sales in the US are physical these days. It was 80% in 2009. The trend is obvious.
Source please. But the world is a single market. If the USA is download only and Africa is physical only then I can just buy an African version.
Here you go. Not if the consoles are region-locked, you can't. And if nobody is selling physical copies, you are out of luck.
The Switch isn't locked, and as Rincewiend pointed out that as long as some part doesn't have decent internet then there will be physical games. I mean there are still records, they are making a comeback. And thanks for the link! Rare people actually get back to you on the internet.
So... no Virtual Console for the Switch? That is a shame, it was what I was looking forward to. Though my son loves the console. He was up until 11 last night, in bed playing Mario+Rabbids: Kingdom Battle.
Well, now that Net Neutrality thing has gone wrong physical will rise again(oo-er!) Another reason why physical will stick around is pricing of games... Very often buying the physical copy of a game can save up to €/$10 or more compared to the digital version(on EU PSN atleast)...