This page started for black Friday but has moved on as the deals come and go. I will update across the festive sales, as new portable hardware deals appear. I won't hype them as "pocket change" or "fire sale" like some sites, because that's bollocks. December deals : Evercade has 30% off various hardware, depending on the store, check the blog for details . PlayStation Portal is currently £20 off on Amazon UK (another £10 off for refurbs) Update: Valve has jumped in with 20% off the Steam Deck LCD 256GB model (down to £279 in the UK) Update: Xbox Ally has various deals (pretty short-lived, but likely getting cut again for the post Christmas sale). Update: PlayStation Portal has £20 off the range, bringing the white and black models down to £179, and 30th Anniversary Edition to £189. (Look out for another 5% off at checkout!) First up is Evercade offering a clutch of offers on hardware and games on Amazon and across other stores in Europ...
Nintendo officially reveals Switch 2
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We all knew what was coming, thanks to the many leaks over the last few months. But here's the Switch 2 reveal video anyway! While pretty and cartoony, it shows little useful other than a new (or updated) Mario with potentially more players, confirmation of the JoyCon-as-mouse control feature, and the date for the next Nintendo Direct, on 2nd April.
Update: various gossip suggests a $399-499 price point and a decent roster of games Plenty of indies are keen, with Fur Squadron Phoenix already confirmed as a third-party release, and Kaku Ancient Seal looks good, alongside the inevitable monster Nintendo roster.
What would make a difference is if Nintendo brings back the seal of quality to stop the AI-shit-tsunami that infects the Switch store. Even if its an AI bot tossing out all the other AI crap, I'd take that!
Available later this year, Switch 2 should be a monster seller, as most of us 150 million Switch owners upgrade, disgruntled Xbox owners fall off that wagon, and some PlayStation people get bored of the slow, drip-drip release of a few big games and go multiplatform in the gap to PS6.
Alongside that shift, we can ignore the many petulant Switch 2 vs PC handheld and PlayStation arguments, Nintendo will rely on its games, and having recently restarted Mario Odyssey, Zelda BotW and played some more Mario Kart, each title remains a class above.
What flavour do you want your Switch 2 in?
I do wonder if there will be OLED and LCD versions on release, to give buyers the choice. In the mid-20s, OLED isn't that special now, and I can't see Nintendo out-pricing their market with any of the more advanced variants like Mini-LED. Then again, some laptop models, the iPad Pro and some smartphones use Mini-LED screens for up to 30% better brightness.
Further down the line there's the case for a Switch 2 Lite, which Nintendo will predictably release, perhaps with a 6-inch or 7-inch screen (like the Switch OLED)?
This story ends, Nintendo's story continues for many years to come.
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