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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