>>1253238 >The only things that I know Nintendo pays royalties for *In regards of the Switch 2

who's /out/ here?

>>1253599 SOVL

>>1253060 this is the shittiest bait I've seen in a while, congrats

>>1253060 >QoL It still has a lot of the jank Oblivion has

>>1253599 I can't imagine how it came to be that people are now camping in wait to pre-order a console. What's next, standing in line for a digital DLC?

>>1254495 >now Bro this has been a thing for 20+ years. Yes even for pre-orders.

>>1254495 Have you seen midnight releases? They were pretty big and was a big deal back then.

>>1252230 Basically anything that gets a switch 2 rerelease.

All the following launch titles are confirmed to be key-card with the amount of required data to download: >Bravely Default For Flying Fairy HD Remaster (Square-Enix) - 11GB >Shine Post Be Your Idol! (KONAMI - JP Import) - 8GB >Survival Kids (KONAMI) - 3GB >Suikoden 1 & 2 HD Remaster for NSW2 (KONAMI) - 12GB >Ryu ga Gotoku Zero Director's Cut (SEGA) - 47GB >Sonic x Shadow Generations (SEGA) - 24GB >Puyo Puyo Tetris (SEGA) - 4GB >Kunitsugami (CAPCOM) - 12GB >Street Fighter 6 Years 1-2 Fighters Edition (CAPCOM) - 50GB >Raidou Remastered (SEGA) - 17GB >Daemon x Machina Titanic Scion (MARVELOUS) - 24GB RGG0/Yakuza 0 being 47GB big is pretty crazy as I remember the game being half of that size on PS4 & PC but it's probably the weight of 4K assets + new mode & cutscenes doing this increase.

>>1254565 You might want to be checked for a learning disability. Because you misspelled PARTYFUCK 115 times.

>>1254559 https://x.com/marveloususa/status/1915448652371550415 Marvelous USA has said that the US version of Daemon x Machina Titanic Scion is all on the cart. So good indication that it'll vary by region, hopefully meaning that other keycard games will have on-cart releases in other regions, like was seen on Switch1.

>>1254597 Is there a reason for this? On why some regions it's on cart while others are not?

>>1254730 My guess is it's to save on production costs while also keeping die-hard physical-only buyers happy. Probably figure that people who really want everything on cart will be willing to go the extra mile to import from other regions if necessary.

>>1254772 Yeah since it would be subject to tariff costs it sounds like it's to disincentivize American purchases more than anything. Cost-cutting measure to release as a game key in the first place, then tariffs will ensure only the diehards import the full cartridge anyways.

>>1254772 There is also a Japanese article that goes more in-depth with what you said (google TL'ed below) https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/nintendo-switch-2-20250424-336320/ >In response to this situation, Daniel Ahmad, Director of Research & Insights at research firm Niko Partners, speculated on the reason why key cards are being widely adopted for packaged games. He said that the cost of game cards and the proportion of download sales in recent years are the reasons for the adoption of key cards. >It is said that game cards for the Nintendo Switch come in several different maximum capacities, and it seems that game cards of the minimum size that can hold the data for each game were adopted. The larger the capacity, the higher the cost, and generally, there is a tendency for the price of large-capacity games to rise. >It seems that the capacity of game cards for the Switch 2 has been significantly increased, and it is reported that Cyberpunk 2077 Ultimate Edition will already use a 64GB game card, which is the maximum capacity (related article). The maximum capacity game card for the Nintendo Switch was 32GB, so this will double. It is thought that the capacity itself is likely to increase for titles developed for the Nintendo Switch 2 due to improvements in graphics, etc., so even larger capacity game cards will be available. >However, it is possible that the cost of game cards, especially those larger than 32GB, will be higher than that of the Nintendo Switch. Key cards seem to be an option to reduce the cost of such game cards. >In addition, the proportion of sales from download versions has been increasing in recent years. In the financial results presentation released by Nintendo on May 7, 2024, the ratio of digital sales to total sales will be 48.2% in fiscal 2022 and 50.2% in fiscal 2023. As of the year before last, download versions already accounted for almost half, and it seems that demand for download versions is steadily prevailing. In such a situation, key cards, which allow you to stock packaged versions at a lower cost than using game cards, may be actively adopted.

>>1254825 I mean, in this case it's the American release that's getting it all on cart, while the JP release is keycard.

>>1254884 Oh I misread the post completely.

>>1253599 Midnight releases were fun, don't care what anyone says. I remember going to the Smash Ultimate one and we had a Wii U set up with Smash 4. Good times

>>1252114 >Source Like I said, and like your own screenshot suggests, Japanese people go for the cheaper JP language edition switch because IT IS CHEAPER. Not for any stupid "nationalism" reason or "future gatekeeping" reason, because that does not and will not exist.

>>1255027 But nothing's being released, they're just paying for something that's not going to be out for another month and a half.

>>1255728 So? That's always been a thing. Back in the early 2000s I camped out to get my preorders in for the PSP, Xbox360, and Wii.

>>1255764 What's the point? You don't need to rush preorders, that's the whole point of a preorder.

I hope Kunitsu and Wild Hearts gets some love with S2 >>1254529 My point was about pre-orders. Standing in line to get the promise of being able to buy the product in 2 months. What's even the point of this. Will Nintendo only ship to stores that already sold the console before release? >>1252230 Will they, when the games are all backwards compatible? Is there any information on whether games ported to the new system will run better. Uncapping fps is probably already asking too much, but many games dipped below that. Surely this won't be the case on Swtich2 right.

>>1255877 Preorder doesn't mean made-to-order. If a store is only slated to get 100 units, and all 100 are claimed before release, then you're gonna be SOL on release if you don't preorder.

4chan is back online.

>>1255885 >Is there any information on whether games ported to the new system will run better If you mean playing switch 1 games on the switch 2 then yes, at the very least things will load a lot faster in comparison

>>1255885 how many people are going to want to pay for the upgrade packs, that's the real question. i imagine with higher game prices and very steep introductory cost, switch games will be lining shelves pretty soon. keep in mind, it's not just as easy as slotting the cartridge in, a number of games will have a paid upgrade patch.

Just managed to get a Walmart pre-order, seems they have a few put up again.

>>1253060 Which one lets you climb the mountain?

>>1256718 I wouldn't mind paying a small bit if it was an actual upgrade, maybe an dlc attached to it. Devs can fuck their knees if they think I will pay for them to up the fps limit and change the graphics preset a little. Take MH Rise for example. This game is on all platforms. All it takes is up the settings and see if it runs fine

>>1264193 >I wouldn't mind paying a small bit if it was an actual upgrade, maybe an dlc attached to it. It's the case for the Kirby and Mario Party games which both act like an expansion pass in addition of the visual/performance upgrades.

I've been completely unable to get a pre-order in for the Switch 2 in my area. Online obviously didn't work because of bots, but even physical stores were telling me they ran out of pre-order slots as well. One of the gamestop employees told me they're doing a midnight launch and are expecting more units to come in for that, so I have a very small chance of buying it if I walk-in, but other than that my only salvation is May 8 to see if I get picked to buy from Nintendo directly. Life fucking sucks sometimes.

>>1151593 Switch 2 will certainly be successful but I don't think it will be on the same level as the original Switch since the novelty of being a hybrid console is no longer there, lack of any slam dunks like Mario Odyssey and BotW and the high prices of the games themselves. Switch 2 will probably sell 100-120 million units in total.

>>1268842 The Switch 2 also doesn't have the Covid boost that the Switch 1 had

>>1275989 Don't worry, it will.