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Five Hyper-Specific Thoughts On Switch 2 (Patreon)

Published:
2025-04-03 12:34:15
Imported:
2026-06

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1. Mario Kart has always been a fairly rote single-player game-- mostly because of its lack of modal (?) variety, and partially because of its lack of overarching structure-- so taking the good floppy meat of Mario Kart and giving it an actual bone structure is going to be really fun. It's never had bones before really. Mario Kart DS was as close as they got.

2. Locking your webcam chat at 5FPS is the kind of genius, outcome-oriented thinking I've always loved from Nintendo. I mean this without any irony. On the flip-side: anything you don't package into the system is not going to take off, and that includes a webcam on a stick. The only exception to this was Wii Fit, and that's because it was the great recession and no one could afford a gym membership.

3. I'm not the only one with this opinion, but I'm surprised-- maybe a little wary-- of how capable the console seems to be technically. 4K, HDR, 120FPS, with a 1080p screen is pushing past even the Steam Deck, and Nintendo has never-- literally-- done well participating in power-oriented competition, because they never actually go all the way.

4. You can't launch a Nintendo system without a new FAST Racing game. Don't think we missed it.

5. Overall, jumping from $60 to $80 for games is a little much. I recognize there's nuance here-- some games are $70-- but it feels a little too much like they're hedging economically, trying to ensure they don't have to chase the consequences tariffs and/or other trade instability. $449 for the console itself, given what we know about its technical capabilities, isn't wild. Would've loved $399, but if you look at where the market is compared to when Switch launched in 2017: $300 in 2017 dollars is the same as $400 in 2025 money (yikes) and inflation is only gonna get worse.

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Thanks everyone. Be safe, reach out, play games.

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Comments

Austin Hasten

These are only quite specific. Please try to strive for true *hyper* specificity moving forward.

Brandon

I appreciate your thoughts, and I hope what you're saying about Mario Kart is right. Ive enjoyed it very much, even as single player, but it's hard to imagine how they'll actually handle this broader concept.

rp0

lmao I'm glad that FAST Future gets a bullet point in this post

Cédrick

Overall I think the actual content they showed was good. However, it's overshadowed by the business decisions. They nickel and dime the customer at every turn.

Jon

Yo Austin, I think the new Mario kart calls for a redone odd and unremarkable. We talked about this before after I sent you a way to glitch passed Lakitu. Later Lakitu! The only downside to this is that now all the areas are meant to be explored, so they won't seem as "special". Regardless, is advocate for you bringing this back to life!

Kira

every time i’m playing mario kart at a party i will - at least once - be reminded of lunchmeat. thank you for having such a way with words

Dylaodylao

Probably an unpopular opinion but I'm not super bothered about the price point of the games. Video games have been glued to the $60 price point for like 30 years while only getting more expensive to make. The industry is long overdue for price increases, surprised we made it this long, honestly.

Ben T.

More written content! No video editing needed.

Sam

Yea this post rocks

Hopscotch

The Mario Kart stuff does seem cool. I don't plan to get a Switch 2 and will likely sell my Switch OLED because I'm just done giving them my money, but it'll be cool to see this play out.

Sara Shepherd

I will gladly pay the $450 for the console if it can deliver on the technical aspects promised, but if every game will soon be 80 bucks that's going to add up quickly. $70 seems like a logical jump from $60, and like Jakey said (in which video I can't currently recall), the fact that game prices haven't increased despite the fact that graphical quality, dev team sizes, length of gameplay etc have all increased is a capitalist marvel. $80 just seems too close to $100 in my tiny consumer brain, but maybe there's good reason behind it 🤔

Sara Shepherd

My first thought seeing Mario Kart was "wow, skyboxes sure have come a long way" and that's only because of Austin 🤣

Ervin Pepper

Switch 2 felt like an incidental footnote to Deltarune Chapter 3 + 4 Announcement Day

Austin

n64 games were often $70 in the late 90s. That's like $130 now. So I'm sympathetic to this viewpoint.

Austin

i never thought about it in terms of being a capitalist marvel lmao. I'll have to roll that around in my head.

jayshee.

I'm not bothered bc I wait til they go on sale or i can buy second hand, imo unless your career is dependent on buying games on release (like if you're a reviewer or streamer or whatever) there is no need to not wait a little for it to become cheaper. Maybe it is because i have the opposite of whatever FOMO is but there is no level of hype that would make me pay that much for a game lol esp when I know I'll be able to get it for half the price or less in like a year

jayshee.

Also yeah it is a miracle they are not more knowing the work that goes into them

Sara Shepherd

Everything else is double (if not triple) the price it was when I was a kid. What made video games immune to inflation for so long?

Max

Agreed. It reminds me of Forza Horizon which seems right up the proper alley

StratoBuilds

When I heard them announce that Mario Kart will be “open world” I immediately thought of you and all the fun (boring) areas you’ll discover.

Cédrick

I disagree with the statement that video game prices haven't increased. The entry price has stayed the same, but since the introduction of the $60 price tag, we've seen the introduction of DLCs and micro transactions. The latter even appearing in singleplayer games. A good (but extreme) example of the multiplication of in-game purchases in full priced games is Call of Duty. They've been cramming more and more with each entry, and it's now to the point where it has a free-to-play business model, on top of the steep entry fee.

Roary Hanley

I think the prices are actually interesting. In Australia, the console itself is actually pretty fairly priced (it's always been slightly higher here than everywhere else to buy consoles or games), and games were always more expensive (the new $120 AUD price point for the preorders at the moment though DOES hurt). It still is cheaper than the Steamdeck here though, which is often around $1k AUD. I'm curious to see the future of the console - I don't know if I'd get it immediately, but the price here in Australia isn't as unexpected or daunting, if that makes sense.

Sara Shepherd

I completely agree. There are still games that feel complete on launch without DLC or add-ons but they are harder to come by. Now it feels like your 60 bucks will get you about 75% of the game you were promised and the rest you have to buy later (or wait for it to be fixed in patches)

Gary Rickelman

80 bucks is early 90s street fighter snes territory if it goes higher were getting towards 90s neo geo land. Fucking nuts.

Gary Rickelman

On point 3. Are we forgetting the POWER GLOVE how dare you argue that wasn't a 100% complete homerun industry paradigm shifting success.

Joe tuna

I’m mostly just sad they’re not going to be innovative and out of the box with the design and vibe of the UI and OS in general. That being said, I think part of it is just trauma from the Wii U situation. They have really solid hardware and a lot of excitement and they don’t wanna mess it up by making a console that looks goofy.

wyatt

dvd commentary reboot. lets goo

Mr. Puddin’

Since it looks like other non-nintendo, USB-C webcams can work for the switch2, many people may have one that will work already. I imagine there’s lots of opportunity for people to spend quality time hanging out together in the open world of Switch2 Mario Kart. Just driving around and chatting, catching up with an old friend sounds nice. Particularly with Nintendo having such broad appeal.