DO NOT BUY THE NINTENDO SWITCH 2 - VERY DISAPPOINTING

Hello, welcome back to a new video.

So as some of you know, the Switch 2 is

coming out in just a few months, and I

have to say, as someone who's owned all of

the previous Switches before and is an

avid fan of Nintendo games in general, I

knew I just had to buy the Switch 2.

Unfortunately, like most other people, I

don't think I'd even be able to buy it

because Nintendo have a stupid pre-order

system in place.

So I thought I could pre-order it if I

just put down some money, but actually you

can't pre-order it unless you get invited

especially by Nintendo, which is just so

dumb.

So the requirements for being able to get

invited to the pre-order thing is, first

of all, you need to be a Nintendo member

for 2 years or more continuously, and I

thought I was a Nintendo member for at

least 2 years, but I still didn't get the

invite.

And then secondly, you need a certain

amount of watch— I mean, video gaming

hours.

And I don't know how many hours you have

to be gaming to be able to qualify for

this gaming hour thing, but I played quite

a lot of Nintendo games on my Switches and

I didn't qualify.

So it's kind of— I mean, it has been a few

years since I did play any Nintendo games

because I sold my Switch a few years ago,

but I thought I'd have enough watch time—

I mean, game time hours to qualify, but I

didn't.

And then also you need to— I forgot what

the third one was.

Yeah, I just think it's really unfair that

you got to get these requirements to be

able to pre-order the thing.

I thought if you got the money then you

should be able to pre-order it, but no,

you've got to meet these requirements and

get the special invitation.

So I think most people are not going to be

able to get their hands on a Switch 2 even

when it comes out because it's just going

to be sold out, and not everyone was able

to get the invitation for the pre-order.

So I think that's a bit of a scam from

greedy Nintendo.

I think— I don't know if Nintendo are

really stupid or they're doing this on

purpose.

They're probably not that stupid, So they

obviously know that loads of people are

going to want the Switch 2 when it comes

out, so why aren't they preparing to

create more and produce more and increase

the production?

So they would just have to order more

chips and more plastics to make more.

I feel like they're just making it hard to

get so there's like a lack of supply so

there's more demand, and then they can

like get more money out of people that

way.

I think it's just very nefarious business

practices.

Nintendo is very greedy for money.

I don't know why they're so greedy for

money.

Surely they make enough money, but it's

like they're always squeezing every last

drop of juice out of all the franchises.

They've been milking the same franchises

for decade after decade— Mario, Zelda,

Pokémon, Metroid.

It's just so boring.

And as for the price point, £400 for the

Switch 2, it's kind of on the expensive

side.

And it says the Switch 2 performance is

going to be equivalent to previous

generation consoles like PS4, Xbox Series

X, but not as good as the current

generation like PlayStation 5.

So you're basically paying £400 for the

previous generation of consoles, it makes

you wonder why not just spend the money on

a PlayStation 4, and that'll probably have

better graphics than the Switch 2.

And also, the Switch 2 is coming out in an

environment that's completely different to

the Switch 1.

The Switch 1 came out when there were no

other viable gaming handhelds, but ever

since a few years ago, there's been a

whole slew of handheld gaming consoles

with Windows.

You've got Steam Deck, I was Allied,

Legion, Aya Neo.

You got loads.

There's like so much competition now that

the Switch 2 has to go up against, and I

just don't think it really has any of the

competition beat.

So I just if I was gonna get a handheld

gaming device, I would rather get a Steam

Deck, and the Steam Deck's cheaper.

It has more games.

It has more versatility.

It's not just a gaming device.

It can also be used as a computer.

So it just makes you wonder like why would

you get a Switch 2?

2 when there's just so many de-benefits.

So first of all, we've got the price,

which is just not very competitive.

£400 price point, that's not very good.

You can get a Switch— I mean, a Steam Deck

for— Steam Deck is like £300 now.

You can get ROG Ally for about £300 or

£400.

So the price point just isn't very

competitive.

So price,

not good.

Game library,

games.

So we just got typical Nintendo games,

boring old Mario, Zelda, this.

I mean, they're even bringing out the last

version of Zelda.

That's not even a new version of Zelda.

They're just bringing the same old Zelda

Breath of the Wild onto it but with a

better FPS.

So your typical games, you know, Zelda and

Mario.

What else?

I don't really know.

There's like no new Nintendo games that

sound exciting.

Now the only games that do sound kind of

interesting would be PC games coming out

on it.

Like we've got Elden Ring coming out on

Switch 2, which sounds pretty cool.

Cyberpunk.

What else we got?

Civ 7.

And, um, there was another one.

Oh, Hogwarts Legacy.

So the problem with these games is,

although it's quite impressive that they

can run on the Switch 2, uh, they are old

games.

They came out ages ago.

I finished Elden Ring.

I've done Elden Ring, NG 4+, So I don't

want to play more Elden Ring.

I finished Cyberpunk.

I've put like hundreds of hours into it

and I finished the main story.

I don't care about Civ 7.

I already played Hogwarts and it was

boring.

So my point is, you're getting previous

generation hardware.

You're getting previous generation

hardware and you're getting Uh, previous

generation games.

These games are old, I've already played

them.

I mean, it'll be kind of cool to play it

on the go if I ever wanted to do that,

like at the airport, um, but I just don't

really want to shell out £400 so I can

play old games I've already finished 100

times.

If I had the money, I mean, you could

probably buy and build like a gaming

computer for a couple hundred more than

400, and then you could actually play the

latest games that are coming out now.

Wow, it's really raining.

So I kind of want to buy it actually,

because I think it'll be kind of cool to

sit here

and play some Elden Ring or, I don't know,

Cyberpunk, and this would be way more

relaxing.

Although I could buy a TV, put it there,

and then get a console like PlayStation 5.

Oh yeah, it's got Street Fighter 6 as

well, I think.

I mean, I can see the benefits of the

Switch 2.

If you've got a TV and you've got friends

or girlfriend, you can play Mario Kart

together.

Although you can do that on the old Switch

and it probably wouldn't really be much

different.

So I just don't really know what the

audience for the Switch 2 is.

You can play old PC games that came out—

Elden Ring came out 3 years ago now.

So you can play old PC games or you can

play the newer— the games are going to be

released, the newer Nintendo games, but

I'm not really into those and they're just

going to be the same games as previous

ones.

It's not going to be any difference at

all.

It's just what Nintendo does all the time.

So yeah, I don't know if I'll get it.

I feel like I might get it, but I just

won't really play it a lot.

I used to have a Switch Lite and I mainly

used it to play Mortal Kombat and The

Witcher, and it was like a nice little

gaming travel companion until I got a

gaming laptop.

The thing is, when you get a gaming

laptop, you start to wonder, why do I need

a Switch anymore?

Because a gaming laptop can fit in your

backpack if you're going traveling, so you

don't really need a Switch for portable

gaming because there's many portable

laptops now.