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Even before that. Nintendo went after small time Smash Bros tournaments. Giving them CND. Never gave them a cent after that, and I didn't even play in those tourneys

I'd be sad but its really becoming an old yeller situation.

There are a lot of Nintendbros to convince. Good luck.

It would be incredible if somehow every streamer and tuber just stopped broadcasting anything Nintendo, which seems to be something Nintendo wants. I wonder how much of a hit they'd take without those content creators.

You heard it here first, folks: other people disagree with you, so you aren't allowed to complain. Nintendo has been successful despite your complaints, so you're now required to suck it up and buy it, as society demands.

Interesting take. Don't complain about Nintendo because they make money?

Reality: The Switch 2 has one of the strongest console launches, despite increased prices. Their games continue to hold more value than others, with used games selling for near, or even above, their original sale price. Their consoles and games remain the #1 pick for families with kids.

Their pricing is pricing out many families, and I don't like that. I've remained firm in my stance that I'm not going to buy this console. It doesn't matter if everyone else around me buys it, I'm simply not going to do it. It's too expensive, same with the games, and I simply don't want to continue supporting Nintendo.

Gabe said piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem, but Nintendo has now made it both lol

I'm sad that more people aren't voting with their wallets but it is what it is, I can at least do my part in refusing to support them.

It's way too early to call them "wildly successful." The Wii U sold 13.5 million units and was a flop. I would expect the Switch 2 to sell more than that to the die-hard fans alone since there are a lot more people playing games nowadays. But the die-hard fans aren't what make their consoles "wildly" successful. I guarantee you those families with kids aren't going to be buying as many $450 consoles with $70+ games. Maybe they will be wildly successful. But we'll have to be a year or so out before we can know how likely that will be.

Will they make money? Oh, that's a given. As much as they made with the Switch? I doubt it, but we'll see.

I think Astro Bot is already better than any 3D Mario.

We're missing a really good kart racer though. CTR wasn't it (and certainly not after they stuffed a load of DLC into it weeks after release), and the last one I really enjoyed was Speed Freaks on the PS1...