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?
This. I’m a little surprised so many comments are telling OP to go ahead and buy it if they’re inclined to. Too many people are way too okay with all of this.
The Nintendo fandom is unmatched in their ability to take an absolute shafting from a company that would throw them down a river at the hint of emulating instead of paying full price for a 20 year old game.
Of course this is coming from a guy that still owns a working gameboy color, so I can understand at least a little how the nostalgia and the ability of “Their old hardware was always so good” carrying a lot of weight of their newest product.
This one that feels either overpriced for minor incremental upgrades being labeled as a whole new console (compare the ps1 to ps2 and you’ll see how little they’ve changed in the switch 1, to OLED, to switch 2.) Or actively enshittified to scrape more money out of their fans wallets, in my opinion.