Interesting video on game consoles last month ago-ish.
In Europe the discounted PS5 slim costs roughly the same as a Switch 2 in several territories, the whole discount thesis falls off a cliff once one realises that at the same price people still preferred the PS5. Whoever wanted a switch 2, already got it at launch, everyone else can see the cash grab.
Cold open with a high-pitch whiny voice? Hell no.
If you want to know if this YouTube channel is of any value whatsoever, click on the channel, then click on videos, and take a look at every video thumbnail and title, and you’ll have your answer. Believe me when I say that I’ll be happy if Nintendo faces financial consequences for some of the things they’ve done in the market, but all this data proves is that PS5 had a large discount and Switch 2 did not.
If you want to know if this YouTube channel is of any value whatsoever, click on the channel, then click on videos, and take a look at every video thumbnail and title, and you’ll have your answer.
This actually kicks out Veritasium for having no value, and i have a long standing issue with Derek. I like Veritasium, it’s a valuable channel that is entertaining and educational, but Derek is a sellout for a)knowing how bad clickbait is, talk about it in one of his older video, but continue to engage with it, which got even worst recent year; b) sold Veritasium to private equity, which explains why the shitbait is so so bad recently.
There’s click bait, and then there’s rage bait. Veritasium never tried to get me upset about gravity not being a force with a thumbnail of an evil Albert Einstein saying, “HE LIED”.
They did use AB testing, and some of their video thumbnail and title did have that sort of combination when the AB test is in effect. The best one imo is still the fresh upload, which then youtube will cycle all the thumbnail and then end up with the one that got the most click. If you pay attention to it when they first upload then a day later then a few days then a week, it will usually cycle from good to really bad then finally end in bad as their forever thumbnail and title.
Not sure when the sale happened, but there was a recent video about the invention of the Blue LED from the past year which was really good, highly recommended. To me click bait implies the contents are not worth the headline / title / thumbnail, but old Veritasium and recent have kept up mostly the same level of quality IMO. I will say updating old video titles and thumbnails to juice the numbers was annoying, but the optimist in me figured that at least people who had not previously experienced old Veritasium got it recommended to them which is a positive.
Clickbait brainrot slop
Let’s keep the comments civil folks and remember that none of this actually matters and nobody really cares lol
then why make the video lmao
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Isn’t the PS5 under heavy discounts at the moment?
In fact, Mat Piscatella of Circana says, “On the hardware side, PS5 saw the most extensive discounting. So, it got a big sales lift. Wouldn’t take much more away from the week than that, tbh.”
Didn’t the PS5 also have a price increase at some point this year though?
It did but any sort of discount is a big deal because nobody expects prices to drop in anything anymore during the end stage capitalism death spiral we’re stuck in.
Why buy a Switch 2 before they make a new Animal Crossing?
Agreed. I always wait for Zelda, Animal Crossing, and Smash Bros.
But honestly, it’s not worth it at the prices theyre asking.
They’re not making a new Animal Crossing for the Switch 2. They’re making a free hotel add on for New Horizons that is the DLC but toned down. And adding multi crafting and strafe terraforming. Oh and mouse controls and the ability to call villagers via the mic for the Switch 2. $5 for that.
And still no Tom Nook store upgrade.
I’m sure they’ll make one eventually. They don’t have anything else in exactly the same niche, and ACNH was incredibly popular. This seems like the kind of update you put out to make sure people keep the brand in mind while your next title is still too far out to announce.
Right, I just don’t think the Switch.2 will be where they launch it. While I’m not one of those guys who says the Switch is a minor iteration, I do say it’s a necessary iteration but still just a Switch. It’s just the 2025 Switch. Bigger, more powerful, mouse mode, higher resolution, some nice stuff to have… but it’s still a Switch.
Thinking about Animal Crossing releases, did the 3DS XL or New 3DS get a new Animal Crossing? Pretty sure it was just New Leaf, and Welcome Amiibo was sold on the eShop. Did the DS Lite or DSi get a new Animal Crossing, or was it just always Wild World (or City Folk, the other being NGC or Wii)?
I don’t doubt they’re working on a new Animal Crossing, but I don’t think it will be on the Switch.
It might also matter if you could get something closer to Animal Crossing on computers or rival consoles. Similar games exist but they aren’t that similar. I think Stardew Valley is the main one, but the recent Disney game would be a contender, too. And the Hello Kitty one. But Nintendo knows they don’t have any competition in the space.
They seem content to repackage Switch 1 games as Switch 2 ones and act like they’re new, just like they did with Wii U ports to the Switch.
I don’t think that’s really the same. The repackaging of Wii U games was because the Switch’s install base was several times larger than the Wii U’s, so they could sell them to people who had never played them before. The “Switch 2 Edition” updates are a way to try to extract some extra money from people who already played the games, but they’re not going to fulfill the same strategic goals as, say, Mario Kart 8 DX, partly because they aren’t going to sell as much, and partly because most of the people who buy them will already own the game and therefore only pay the upgrade price. I think from a strategic standpoint they’re basically filler.
I agree that they’re filler, but Nintendo overemphasizes their importance when they’re released. It feels like they’re trying to hide how few new first party games they’re actually releasing.
Honestly, if I was really into AC still I’d be ok paying for the work of some devs of a five year old game if it made some good quality of life upgrades.
Ironically, the best parts of the Animal Crossing 3.0 update are free. The hotel, which is based on the Happy Home Paradise DLC (which is $25), is free. The bonus features are mostly free. The ones locked behind the $5 Switch 2 Edition upgrade mostly require Switch 2 hardware, like mouse control, higher resolution, and the party/multiplayer bonuses. And being able to call villagers by name. I though the Switch 1 had a mic, too, but I’m not sure. Maybe it does and that feature will be available on both Switches, but the video made it seem like it would just be for the Switch 2.
Switch OG doesn’t have a mic and that’s the reason they included the phone app. There were a fair number of aftermarket accessories that had mics though but I can’t say any of them were implemented to use first party games.
Why buy a Switch 2 before they release the OLED version?
If you’re just going to use it docked, the screen doesn’t matter.
Right, but why buy a handheld console to play it docked when you could just buy a more powerful console? The handheld aspect is the entire selling point, at least for me. The Nintendo exclusives will still be there when the OLED version is released, and they’ll be cheaper by then, too.
Because not everyone walks around playing games. A lot of people obviously enjoy playing in thier living room. These things come with a dock for a reason.
Terrible video. PS5 sold well as it has tons of games and a reasonable price. Switch 2 doesn’t have either yet. Microsoft marked Xbox for death with it’s stupid 30 percent profit push. Done.
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Cool The last console I thought had a valid economic model was the 3DO.
Soooo 0 for 1 then so far
