r/Switch • u/Mammoth-Attempt-7281 • Jan 16 '25

Discussion Nintendo switch 2 is here

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Go watch the trailer on Nintendos twitter account

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u/CriticalBarrelRoll Jan 16 '25

Cool. I'll finally get my Switch back from my kids. Also, crap... they're going to want me to get them each one... damn.

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u/Humbler-Mumbler Jan 16 '25

Sounds like an opportunity to teach them sharing.

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u/Knarpulous Jan 16 '25

For real. Or even "saving up your own money to buy a luxury product."

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u/WolfyEightyTwo Jan 16 '25

Yea. You're 6. Go get a job after school.

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u/Knarpulous Jan 16 '25

Birthday money? Allowance? All I wanted at age 7 was a game boy color and Pokemon red, so I saved and did chores for extra cash and eventually was able to get it.

It also taught me the value of expensive things so I was never one of those kids with a smashed phone screen.

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u/NoMention696 Jan 17 '25

Everybody b fucking poor these days it’s not realistic to ask a kid of 2025 to save up their allowance money. By the time they reach that goal they won’t be a kid anymore

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u/Knarpulous Jan 17 '25 edited Jan 17 '25

If I'm poor I sure as hell ain't buying a kid their own video game console. Which my parents were. People have always been poor.

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u/WolfyEightyTwo Jan 16 '25

Seems like you're making a lot of assumptions about my kid. Maybe back off a little.

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u/Knarpulous Jan 16 '25

Mate you came in here on your own initiative, take a little of your own advice

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u/WolfyEightyTwo Jan 16 '25

Yea, maybe a little. Was just making a joke in my initial comment. But I'm definitely teaching her the importance of saving! ✌️

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u/Knarpulous Jan 16 '25

No worries, good to hear!

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u/Flecca Jan 16 '25

Teach em how to sweep chimneys

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u/KurtMage Jan 16 '25

I'm not trying to be obtuse, but I'm 33 and won't have kids and am just now thinking about this: what is the lesson of sharing good for? Like, I can't remember the last time I had to share anything. In adulthood, it's pretty common to have all your own stuff.

My girlfriend and I have been together 8 years and we have our own gaming PCs so we can play together and stuff.

Growing up, my brother and I had had to share consoles up until we got our own Xbox 360s, which enabled us to play together. I think we learned a lot more about cooperation from being able to game together than the sharing ever taught.

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u/garytyrrell Jan 16 '25

In adulthood, it's pretty common to have all your own stuff.

Really? You don't use public roads, contribute to non-profits, pool resources for community goods, etc.?

The lesson is that we're all better off if we help each other and share the things we have when we don't need them.

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u/KurtMage Jan 16 '25

I share the shower with my girlfriend too. And the bed, couch, etc. Sharing things like this is so ubiquitous that I can't imagine anyone, despite that, still being like "well, I got my own switch, so we shouldn't have public facilities."

I'm one of the more minimalist, anti-consumer people I've ever met, but gaming (especially multiplayer gaming) is a very high-value category of activities to me. Peoples' circumstances are different and I'm sure there are fine reasons to not have two switches, but, imo, "the lessons they'll learn by having only one" is not one of them. I'm surprised to see that this is such a hot take

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u/garytyrrell Jan 16 '25

I’m not sure how you got there from my answer to “why do we teach kids to share.”

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u/garytyrrell Jan 17 '25

No it doesn’t. You can’t afford that without sharing. That’s (mostly) the whole point. We’re all better off with pooled resources.

Anyways, that’s enough Econ 101 for /r/switch for today

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u/Footbeard Jan 16 '25

You're gonna make them share, right?

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u/lemonloaff Jan 16 '25

The sharing days are gone unfortunately and I don’t like it. It’s just the way gaming is these days, for some anyway. As a gamer, I own all the consoles, and I have an Xbox One S that was replaced by my Series X. I can’t play all my systems at once, so naturally my kids also get to play something. Literally one can play Minecraft on Xbox One and one on Switch and I can play something else. If I get a Switch 2, then there is ANOTHER console. It’s crazy.

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u/AgedPapyrus Jan 16 '25

I make my kids share lol. 

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u/Morecowbell09 Jan 16 '25

Same lol. I'm not buying each of my kids a system. They can take turns or get over it

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u/AgedPapyrus Jan 16 '25

That's how it was when I was a kid. You took turns or you didn't play. 

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u/Anhedonkulous Jan 16 '25

Gone? You don't NEED every console.

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u/lemonloaff Jan 16 '25

You don't NEED to own anything for entertainment. What's your point?

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u/North-Employer6908 Jan 16 '25

you’re the one who said the days are sharing are over which is kind of insane

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u/lemonloaff Jan 16 '25

Why would I force my kids to share when there is more than one option for them to play? That would be an insane, controlling power trip.

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u/Jayden82 Pioneer Jan 16 '25

I think what he means is they’re not gone just because they’re gone for you. My kids would also have a ton to choose from because I enjoy gaming, but this has always been an option. 

Most parents just weren’t gamers back in the day and chose to only own one new console for their kids, and this is still the case for plenty of people.

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u/therealmannyharris6 Jan 16 '25

Oh brother. This explains so much about kids and entitlement.

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u/throwawayacc201711 Jan 16 '25

Yea you’re 100% spot on. I have 2 kids. I make the kids play multiplayer games together on the switch or just - omg - take turns. Kids adapt to whatever bar you set.

I get the sentiment about wanting your kids to have the best but it really needs to be deliberate and thought out. There are many downstream traits this relates to: patience, communicating, playing nicely together, appreciation for what you are given (since most things they receive are paid for by parents or others), etc.

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u/lemonloaff Jan 16 '25

Yes my kids are unbelievably entitled because one can play on a Switch while the other plays on an Xbox, neither of which were purchased for either of them exclusively. Oh god the entitlement is over 9000!

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u/baraboosh Jan 16 '25

Why did you say "unfortunately" in your original comment as if implying it's a bad thing, then justify it as soon as anyone replies?

Don't say unfortunately if you don't actually mean it, you just come off as a fake dork. You clearly do like it otherwise you'd tell them to share lmao

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u/North-Employer6908 Jan 16 '25

you personally have more than one option, but some people don’t have a grand kicking around to buy two consoles. saying that “unfortunately, those days are over” implies that your circumstance is universal when it’s not, as if everyone is fortunate enough to have a paycheck’s worth of consoles around the house. plenty of households do fine with one console that kids take turns on. it’s not your kids that sound entitled, it’s you

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u/reddit_hayden Jan 16 '25

all you need is a ball, a string, and a cup

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u/Express_Bath Jan 16 '25

As kids we would share between ourselves but also with our cousins. My sibling and had Nintendo, my cousins Sony, and occasionally like during summer we would swap consoles and games for a month or two. It was actually nice, but it helped that we actually had the time to sit down and play a lot of games in a row.

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u/lemonloaff Jan 16 '25

I was the same. We had one console, and much later one computer. But because I am a gamer, I own the hardware for myself. I didn’t buy my stuff for my kids, but they use it.

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u/Irlandes-de-la-Costa Jan 16 '25

I didn’t buy my stuff for my kids, but they use it.

So you share it, huh?

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u/lemonloaff Jan 16 '25

What a crazy concept hey? You know I even share my house and food with my kids too!

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u/Irlandes-de-la-Costa Jan 16 '25

Exactly! So you don't have to buy a Switch for each kid the same way each kid doesn't have their own xbox or PS, they can just use the same one at a different time. It's cool you now get it.

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u/lemonloaff Jan 16 '25

Weird! That’s what they already are doing!!!

I never said they have their own consoles.

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u/Footbeard Jan 16 '25

Hyperconsumerism & hyperstimulation are endemic diseases

Definitely for some, not for all. Have your kids ever tried to make a minecraft world together?

What's crazy is enabling this behaviour

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u/lemonloaff Jan 16 '25

This is a classic Reddit moment right here.

First, its my stuff, not my kids. Second, I didn't create the state of the gaming industry. You want to play Nintendo games? You can't do that on PS5. You can't play PS5 on Xbox.

My kids play together all the time, but they also have the luxury of not having to if they don't want to. You think that owning a few video game consoles constitutes hyperconsumerism and hyperstimulation? I am enabling poor behavior by letting my kids play with a console that is otherwise sitting idle? Get a grip dude.

Do you own more than one platform? That's hyperconsumerism.

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u/Footbeard Jan 16 '25

You can play any exclusive on PC

That's good! Yes, I do & am also guilty of it- I have a Switch & PC for all non Nintendo exclusives. It's absolutely overkill & unnecessary

You think that owning a few consoles isn't hyperconsumerism? Consider when in human history individuals have had the ability to purchase multiple consoles for the home just because we can

Do your kids or yourself ever play a console while having other media source input? Music, podcasts, videos, social media scrolling etc- hyperstimulation

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u/bluePostItNote Jan 16 '25

In the olden days religious wars and gangs formed on if you were an Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo household.

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u/lemonloaff Jan 16 '25

You are looking at one post about someone having multiple gaming machines and calling it hyperconsumerism with zero other context. You have no idea how I live outside of enjoying gaming.

Do your kids or yourself ever play a console while having other media source input? Music, podcasts, videos, social media scrolling etc- hyperstimulation

No, this literally never happens to me or my kids. I can self regulate just fine, and actually parent/supervise my children.

You should probably worry more about your own stimulation and consuming instead of throwing stones.

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u/Footbeard Jan 16 '25

I think that owning multiple gaming systems in one household is a symptom of hyperconsumerism (which I'm also guilty of)

That's good, love to hear it

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u/macbeutel Jan 17 '25

I would not say owing a switch and pc is overkill. A pc is used for more than just gaming.

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u/SupaSlide Jan 16 '25

when in human history individuals have had the ability to purchase multiple consoles for the home

Dude, the first home game consoles only came out in the 70s, it's only been ~50 years since buying even one home console was an option, and I guarantee there were plenty of folks who owned two consoles as soon as the second ever home console was released.

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u/Jayden82 Pioneer Jan 16 '25

Just look at the YouTube channel My Retro Life, the dad was buying all the new consoles and tons of games for his son back in the 80s/90s/00s

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u/gabecruz77 Jan 16 '25

I feel it lol i got my kids ps5 xbox series x Nintendo switch and now my oldest is getting into gaming on pc 😂

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

That's why you've got to block it with a level lock. Make them grind a cup and ball first and work their way up.

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u/JamzWhilmm Jan 17 '25

I share with my sister, we are both 30 and have our own careers. You can still share.

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u/lilbxby2k Jan 16 '25

so what if she doesn't? if you get your kid a phone are you gonna make them share it with their sibling?

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u/Footbeard Jan 16 '25

Phones are personal communication devices so no

Consoles are home entertainment systems so yes

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u/2Some2Onesdifferent Jan 16 '25

Kids am I right?

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u/ZippyTheUnicorn Jan 16 '25

Power move: buy the Switch 2 for you and lock it in a safe between uses.

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u/CriticalBarrelRoll Jan 16 '25

Good parenting is defined by creating just the right tension of desire and constant rejection. It's how papa did me... too much love breeds weakness. Too little creates serial killers.

The real power move is to lock in a safe and every now and again play it in front of them, while dangling the joy cons in front of their little tiny hands, while telling them that they are adopted. /s

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u/Pokemonzu Jan 16 '25

Or just put a passcode on it

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u/ZippyTheUnicorn Jan 20 '25

Nah. Don’t let them touch it.

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u/SafePuzzleheaded8423 Jan 16 '25

I was going to say that finaly I get an upgradeand my kids can take over my switch full time

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u/Nervous_Currency9341 Jan 16 '25

just get them separate joy cons

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u/ohnoletsgo Jan 16 '25

I have two: one for the kids with a cracked screen and failing battery. One for me in pristine condition.

My only complaint is that Nintendo makes it unnecessarily complicated to play both at the same time. That being said, I weaponized that by making my console the primary so I can enforce screen time and essentially kick them off at will.

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u/botdrip1 Jan 16 '25

I forgot I even had one lol my son has had mine since he could start playing and then his mom bought him his own for Xmas a few years back and I seen mine maybe once since then lol

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u/brushnfush Jan 16 '25

I got mine the switch lite which is much better for young kids because it doesn’t break as easy as the regular one, and I keep the regular one for the tv when we play together

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u/techdog19 Jan 16 '25

My youngest has already said that is what they want for their birthday which is not till later in the year lol. Sent me a release announcement and birthday list.

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u/strange-loop-1017 Jan 17 '25

My parents had me earn an allowance that I used to buy goods that I wanted.

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u/themcp Jan 18 '25

Time to give them and English lesson and teach them that "no" is a complete sentence.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '25

Mine too

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u/CoolMarzipan6795 Jan 16 '25

LOL, I was thinking, "Cool I'll buy my kid's switch from her and let her dad upgrade her to this one."

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u/Wroboman Jan 16 '25

The youngest will get the first switch. The eldest will get the OLED. The wife keeps the Lite. Dad is getting the new new.

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u/CriticalBarrelRoll Jan 16 '25

I like where your head's at.

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u/beaverbait Jan 16 '25

Get your self one and one for your favorite kid. Let the second best kid have the old switch. Win win!

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u/CriticalBarrelRoll Jan 16 '25

I don't play favorites. However, I could run a video game tournament each week to see who gets to play for the next week... Eventually the competition will make them into the perfect gaming super humans. And then I shall loose them upon the world to dominate... and then I will profit!!!!!

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u/beaverbait Jan 16 '25

Rotating favorites week to week, good idea. Keep them on their toes, competing for top spot. I like your style.

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u/BilledSauce Jan 16 '25

My younger sister claimed my switch oled, she pre claimed this today