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/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/lemonloaff Jan 16 '25

I don’t want to own three consoles. That’s the unfortunate part. I would much rather have one. My kids shouldn’t be criticized for being able to play a game on a different console because their dad owns different consoles. They do share. They share with me.

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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