Is Nintendo Switch 2 penalty?

The noise generated by Nintendo Switch 2. In a generous direct one hour, the Japanese company presented almost all the details of its new console. Command functions, launch catalog and titles that will be to come. The event hangover was longsince after it we find out about the price, of the increase in the price of games and of issues such as ‘Broadcast’ Reserve System.

Since yesterday, several friends have asked me if they reserve Nintendo Switch 2. I have been raising a few hours What will I do when the machine goes on sale And then I will try to answer that great question a little if, as a Nintendo Switch user, Nintendo Switch 2 is worth penalty.

To do so, I am going to put myself in the skin of the different profiles of players that can feel identified at this time.

Switch user since April 2017

Eight years have passed since the launch of the previous console and you will surely have played all the great exclusive that have been launched for the machine. You may be updated to the model OLED To have a better experience when you are not on TV, but if your profile is a user ‘dedicated’ to switch taking advantage of that hybrid model it proposes, I think it is a good idea to buy Nintendo Switch 2 of launch.

In the absence of seeing the screen of the new console, moving from a good OLED to a LCD (by a lot of resolution, 120 fps and HDR that has) seems like a step back, but in the dong to Switch the seams have been noticeable for a long time, a lot of time. The purchase of the first is more than amortized and, although you could continue for a time with switch and make the jump to Switch 2 in the future, play ‘Mario Kart World‘ and ‘Doneky Kong Baniza‘In summer, as well as that future’Metroid Prime 4: Beyond‘With improvements, it will be a taste.

In addition, and obviously, in the Direct we saw a lot of multiplatform games. If you are only Nintendo user, titles like ‘Elden Ring‘,’Yakuza 0‘ either ‘Cyberpunk 2077‘, among others that will arrive, open a huge fan for a switch catalog that is already dilated. And that for not having the retrocompatibility with all Switch physical and digital games that you have not yet played or added such as the Gamecube emulation in Nintendo Online.

As I say, in this case (player who only has switch), I think that making the jump to Switch 2 launch is a good idea. And let it go in summer is a good incentive to enjoy it for hours, hours and hours with games already thrown or with which they will come.

You have switch, but also another platform

You may have a launch switch, but you have also been doing with a Xbox Series x or one PS5. Maybe also with a Steam Deck Because that portable game already supplies Nintendo Switch, but you wanted a ‘cyberpunk 2077’ portable. Or you had switch for laptop and lounge plus one Gaming PC in conditions. Come on, you give all the sticks.

Here it will depend on something very important: how long does Nintendo want to stretch the first switch with its exclusive. That is, in this case, you use the other platform for its exclusive and multiplatform, but Switch may have it for what you want to play in laptops plus those that you can only play in a Nintendo machine.

Switch 2 would make the same meaning as Switch, but if Nintendo continues to launch its games on both machines once the successor and the exclusive Switch 2 do not call you for the moment, maybe waiting is a good idea. It all depends, in this case, the games: if you want to play ‘Mario Kart World’ because the saga flips, You have no choice but to buy the new console Because it will be exclusive to her. If what calls you is ‘Metroid Prime 4: Beyond’, it will also be on switch.

As I say, a switch 2 makes sense for the exclusive Nintendo if you already have other platforms in which to play the rest of third companies catalog, but if the games that interest you still appear in your switch, perhaps waiting for a price reduction or a second -hand offer for Switch 2 is not a bad idea.

Are you laptop or desktop? Casual or more jugon?

In this case I will raise a double melon because here I have a very clear answer depending on your style of play. Here it will give the same if you only have switch or more platforms: the new console makes you tilín and you want to buy it, without more, so I will not value more cases than how much you play and in what format.

And I have it so clear that I will summarize it a lot:

• Yes resounding. If you play more in desktop mode, Switch 2 is a good purchase. What has been said above: Switch has been dragging for a long time and Switch 2 is updated in resolution and performance. In desktop and large screen is where video games are most noticeable, so seeing titles at more resolution, with more definition of textures and with that support for 60 fps or 120 fps in 1080p, as well as HDR support, is interesting. And if you are very jug, I say the same.

• No, at least for the moment. If you play in laptop, especially if you have an OLED, I consider that you can wait for it to get off. The Switch 2 resolution is 1080p, has HDR and 120 Hz in the panel, but in the end they are still 7.9 inches and yes, that increase in definition in image and textures is noted, but when playing on a small screen, everything is hidden more. And if you are a more casual player who already has switch

You haven’t had switch and calls you switch 2

Buy, no doubt. Not only are you going to discover a catalog of new Nintendo games with enormous potential, but you have some of the best games in recent years like ‘Breath of the Wild‘,’Tears of the Kingdom‘,’Super Mario Wonder‘or the’Xenoblade Chronicles‘To vitiate hours and hours.

Short answer.

The most personal opinion: fighting the phomo

At the blacksmith’s house, stick knife. I know if I recommend Nintendo Switch 2 to one profile or another, but in my case, I don’t know very well what to do. And although it is very personal, you may feel identified with me.

I am in that second case that I raised, that of the user who has a release switch, but also other platforms. My problem here is no longer so much where to play, but when. There is no time for everything, too many games are released in all systems and it is impossible for us to get to everything.

But there is something that comes into play in this conversation, the fomo. They are the acronym for ‘Fear of Missing Out’, or ‘Fear of staying out’. Out of what? Of the conversation. If you see all your contacts talking about the kart world ‘on June 5, it is very possible that the game already caught your attention enough to throw yourself by Switch 2, that you enjoy it very much during the launch weekend … and that you leave it parked because you put yourself with something new.

And the same with each new release. It is a problem of the industry because too many games are launched every month, but we like so much that we want to be there. In my case, I have fallen into the fomo many times And I recognize that I have already reserved Nintendo Switch 2, but I have two months to see what I do with that reservation because what I have to consider is whether I will continue to peck everything or if I start to spend games seriously.

If it is first, I think Nintendo Switch 2 is not for me, at least not for the moment. If I take seriously complete the games that I buy and do not succum to the Fomo with each of the numerous releases, because I think I will do with the machine.

In short, to the question of “Is Switch 2 worth it if I already have a switch?” I would like to give a much more concise answerbut as I say, there are many nuances and variables. In general terms, and passing over the almost 500 euros that it costs, I consider that it is a console that is worth the technical jump that will be able to give the exclusive games of Nintendo.

But if you play especially in laptop or switch you like it, but it is not the console that you spend the longest, maybe waiting is not a bad idea. Especially since it is very likely that in a few years we will see a machine with OLED panel that will be a much more appealing candy.

And the last thing I have to say is that, more important than all this: if you like what you have seen of Switch 2 and you want to buy it, go ahead. If not, then to wait, there is nothing wrong with any of the two options and games (on any platform) are not missing.

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