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[–] IllNess@infosec.pub 26 points 9 months ago (18 children)

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.

[–] simplejack@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago (10 children)

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.

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's also basically the same console with minor upgrades.

[–] semperverus@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well no, we are going from first to like... seventh gen Tegra, which comes with a whole slew of additional hardware support. They are likely going to be hitting 120fps using DLSS, which is both neat and really sad, plus the higher performance video encode/decode for their ~~Discord~~GroupChat implementation.

HDR and 1080p on the device's screen itself are big improvements. A lot of people will bellyache about no OLED but LCD tech in general has gotten pretty good and will last 30+ years instead of 10-at-best.

Most of the external hardware changes seem superficial, but things like the dual USB C and the larger joysticks (which hopefully means they won't drift) should be noticeable quality of life enhancements.

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