{"id":434,"date":"2025-03-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=434"},"modified":"2025-03-18T06:38:44","modified_gmt":"2025-03-18T06:38:44","slug":"games-inbox-will-the-nintendo-switch-2-cost-too-much","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/games-inbox-will-the-nintendo-switch-2-cost-too-much\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: Will the Nintendo Switch 2 cost too much?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It’s probably not going to be cheap (YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Friday letters page tries to guess what the Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> mice will be used for, as one reader struggles with the endless menus of Monster Hunter<\/a> Wilds.<\/p>\n

To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Inflation issues<\/strong>
There\u2019s been a lot of talk lately about how the various PC handhelds, including the Steam Deck, aren\u2019t actually very successful and have sales that seem miniscule compared to the Nintendo Switch<\/a>. There are lots of reasons for this but one of the most obvious is that they\u2019re more expensive, at \u00a3500 or more.<\/p>\n

There are other reasons too, like the fact that they need a lot of faff to get games running properly and the Steam Deck isn\u2019t even sold properly in the UK. But at the end of the day their price and expensiveness basically makes them a niche product. And I agree that does seem an odd thing for Xbox<\/a> to want to be involved in<\/a>, although I suspect they\u2019re just doing it so they can say they still make hardware.<\/p>\n

So we\u2019ve established all that but the obvious problem with the Switch 2 is that it\u2019s going to be more expensive. It was \u00a3280 at launch eight years ago but that\u2019s obviously going to increase based purely on inflation. We keep hearing rumours of the price being close to $400 and that is going to mean around \u00a3400 here.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not saying I wouldn\u2019t pay that, but that is going to put a lot of people off, especially in these uncertain times. Even \u00a3350 is a lot of money for parents worried about so many other things. I\u2019m as excited about the Switch 2 as anyone but it\u2019s not going to be the easy ride for Nintendo that some people seem to think.
Lefty<\/strong><\/p>\n

Always wait<\/strong>
Is it just me or is there no reason for Bethesda to be shadow-dropping the Oblivion remake<\/a>? I\u2019ve never understood why suddenly releasing something out of the blue is supposed to be a good thing, because personally I want to research my purchases a bit before I hand over any money; even if it\u2019s just an indie game. And this isn\u2019t, I assume it\u2019s a full price game.<\/p>\n

Obviously, it\u2019s publishers tempting us into making an impulse purchase but the strange thing is I can\u2019t think of any of these shadow drops that were actually bad and they were hiding something. I guess the idea just seems naturally suspicious to me, but I can\u2019t think of any situation where it wasn\u2019t always better to wait before buying a game, whether it\u2019s to wait till the price lowers, till the game is fixed, or just until there\u2019s a consensus on whether it\u2019s any good or not.
Goolash<\/strong><\/p>\n

Anything but new<\/strong>
Even after you\u2019ve explained it, I still can\u2019t even begin to imagine why someone would make a sequel to Beyond The Ice Palace<\/a> and expect anyone to care. It would make the jokes about bringing back Blinx: The Time Sweeper seem like legitimate ideas.<\/p>\n

I guess your theory that the name was available and cheap to use makes some kind of sense, but while it might earn the game a few reviews, that it wouldn\u2019t have got otherwise, I really can\u2019t imagine it helping in term of sales. If you are old and nerdy enough to remember the original, then you\u2019ll know it was a really bad game.<\/p>\n

It really is the most extreme example of companies going out of their way to do anything but create a new franchise. The fact that it\u2019s just a blatant Castlevania clone on top of that makes it even funnier. I now demand a sequel to BMX Ninja (remember that?) except it\u2019s a flight sim.
Aerie<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I herd you like menus<\/strong>
I played and liked Monster Hunter: World on PlayStation 4 and Rise on the Switch, so I recently started Monster Hunter Wilds on the PlayStation 5, thinking I’ll be alright\u2026<\/p>\n

I’d forgotten how bewildering these games are at first. Menus within menus with other menus, if you press various buttons or D-pad directions.<\/p>\n

It took me a google to invert the vertical camera axis.<\/p>\n

It’s a great game, albeit a constant loop of ‘kill that to get better stuff to kill the next stronger that’ and the combat is very good, if slow (I like the hammers, very solid feel to them).<\/p>\n

If anyone is thinking of buying it, who’ve never played any of the series before I can only say this: be prepared to be confused, it takes a while to work out.
Chevy Malibu (PSN ID)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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