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[Chuck Berry]

Nintendo Boycotts Ramp Up As Activist Group Begins Official Protest Of Switch 2

Boycott urges gamers to "Switch 2" other consoles.

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So basically these are all just angry losers and kids that can't afford the taste of a new generation of Nintendo. Gotcha.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Even this isn't enough to get me to buy a Switch 2. Almost worked though. Not gonna lie. Spite activists is its best advertisement yet.

 

[Zacfoldor]

These always backfire.

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

Nintendo Boycotts Ramp Up As Activist Group Begins Official Protest Of Switch 2

Boycott urges gamers to "Switch 2" other consoles.

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Based, fuck Nintendos practices with the Switch 2.

 

[Baemono]

So basically these are all just angry losers and kids that can't afford the taste of a new generation of Nintendo. Gotcha.

I'm pretty sure they can afford it and already did, but they're like "we should actually complain"

 

[Scrawnton]

jokes on them, ive been boycotting Nintendo since the GBA because i grew up.

Calm down bro. Save some sex for the rest of us.

 

[PeteBull]

Now we just need michael pachter to "predict" switch2 never reaches 100m units to be sure it will easily break 200m =D

 

[mckmas8808]

Nintendo Boycotts Ramp Up As Activist Group Begins Official Protest Of Switch 2

Boycott urges gamers to "Switch 2" other consoles.

screenrant.com

OH SHUT UP you activist! I do think the "Switch 2 a new gaming platform" is cute though lol.

 

[Deerock71]

 

[Mozza]

jokes on them, ive been boycotting Nintendo since the GBA because i grew up.

You do seem to be confirming the exact opposite lol.

 

[iHaunter]

Please feel free to tell me any current videogame company that is not making money, or gives their products away for free..lol.

Charging $100 for their games is fucking crazy. Especially since their studios are known to be smaller and their games are way smaller in scope. You getting kick-backs for shilling?

 

[Nicktendo86]

Why don't they get a life and fuck off.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

This is more about this "activist group" trying to find a reason to exist

Sure. What I say is that this whole argument is very easy to shoot down.

Prices is something that can only be protested against by not buying. The PS5 Pro had a similar backlash from youtubers and then they all bought it. Peak hipocrisy on their part and idiocy on their followers.

 

[Mr Hyde]

What a bunch of pathetic losers.

 

[Mozza]

Charging $100 for their games is fucking crazy. Especially since their studios are known to be smaller and their games are way smaller in scope. You getting kick-backs for shilling?

So I guess you have not found any videogame company giving things away for free then...

 

[Dampf]

Lol I don't get why some here are so angry.

The best these people can do is to lower the prices, which would be a benefit to all of us.

And the worst (and most likely scenario) is that it leads to nothing.

Some act like these people are going to kill their mothers. Wtf is going on in here?

 

[Mozza]

Lol I don't get why some here are so angry.

The best these people can do is to lower the prices, which would be a benefit to all of us.

And the worst (and most likely scenario) is that it leads to nothing.

Some act like these people are going to kill their mothers. Wtf is going on in here?

I seriously doubt this will lower prices lol...

 

[Chuck Berry]

I'm pretty sure they can afford it and already did, but they're like "we should actually complain"

Regardless, it wont do shit. These things never do. Just a complete and utter waste of time always.

 

[Stefan.North]

Bought NES, GB, SNES, N64, GBA, GC, WII, NDS, 3DS, Switch...

Not gonna buy S2

 

[iHaunter]

So I guess you have not found any videogame company giving things away for free then...

Ignored my point entirely, move along if you have nothing to say.

 

[Mozza]

Ignored my point entirely, move along if you have nothing to say.

How many $100 games??

 

[Deerock71]

I just wish I could be a fly on their wall when they watch the Pokemon bundle sales numbers roll in.

 

[PlayStaytion]

The lite version in 3 2 1

 

[blacktout]

Lol I don't get why some here are so angry.

I don't see many legitimately angry posts on this thread. It's mostly just people dunking on the inherent goofiness of "gamer activism." You can think something is silly without getting mad about it.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

What exactly about the Switch 2 has "a lower value" compared to Switch 1? What does that mean?

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

The lite version in 3 2 1

18 months away still, at least. Even that would be absolute record time.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Lol I don't get why some here are so angry.

The best these people can do is to lower the prices, which would be a benefit to all of us.

And the worst (and most likely scenario) is that it leads to nothing.

Some act like these people are going to kill their mothers. Wtf is going on in here?

I seriously doubt this will lower prices lol...

It definitely will not. If anything they'll raise Switch 2 prices on hardware if they feel that $80 is the absolute cap for most gamers' threshold of tolerance for game prices. They never once lowered the price of any Switch console, ever, not even the Lite. And the generation lasted over 8 years. Not only that, they *raised* price on all Switch 1 models after Switch 2 launched, to little-to-no fanfare. If the loud voices after the price announcement of Switch 2 games and the console on April 2nd didn't get them to lower the price, nothing will. That moment was our opportunity to get them to listen and respond to the feedback. It was nowhere near loud enough.

Sales would have to languish for a prolonged period and the trajectory of the system's install base growth would have to severely flatten, before they would consider price drops. That is the only thing that would work at this point. Unfortunately for anyone wanting to save money and holding out for Nintendo to drop prices, Switch 2 is actually selling really well. So that's not likely anytime soon. People may have whined at first, but we're buying it in droves.

 

[touchfuzzy]

I talk to guys at work and they pay $500 for one new golf club out of the fourteen they need, and $100+ for a teetime that gives four hours of entertainment. Many of them will go out less than ten times in a whole year, I live in a place with very inclement winters. Gaming as a primary hobby is still a bargain compared to most things, even with prices going up a bit.