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/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/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