Three reasons: 1) It's too bloody expensive. 2) Most people are scared to spend money right now. 3) The USA as a global superpower, is morphing into something decidedly more sinister.

Personally, I prefer not to be Nintendo because of Nintendo’s behavior, but the price is why they still struggle to sell these.

They sold a ton right out of the gate. Everyone that really wanted one already got one. After that, they need parents and grandparents to get them for the kids and that isn’t going to happen as much.

Nintendo was basically a “toy”. You could, for the most part, safely buy a Nintendo console for your kids at a somewhat reasonable price. (I know the OG consoles were a bit pricey).

You could buy your kid a handheld console for ~$200 or less. The Switch 1 was $300, but you could still get your kid a Lite for $200.

Now, the only option is a $450 Switch 2.

Fuck Nintendo

I was a Nintendo kid growing up, so I'm biased. But I can't even defend them anymore. Their uncompetitive prices and anti-consumer practices are completely out-of-touch. I hope they either start listening to their fans, or go away and allow their games to be sold on other platforms...

I bought the Switch 1 on launch and loved it, it was everything I was looking for on a console. However, every single joystick broke. I bought several joy con packs and they all drift heavily. Even the pro controller drifts. Nintendo Iberia refused to even repair them. They gave me the option to either replace them with a 20 euro discount or pay 20 euros for them to ship them back.

Awful product quality, awful support, zero accountability. Guess what, I'm spending my money elsewhere.

what does the switch 2 do that the first one doesn't? other than have the ability to brick the device on you

I bought a Switch day 1, I bought a Switch Lite day 1, there are 2 other Switches in our family... there's no way in hell I'm ever getting a Switch 2 or any other product Nintendo makes.

Hardly any exclusives. Hardware is more and more meh with every release. We broke. Steam and GoG are so convenient I don't even think about it. Nintendo will die a patent troll death.

I didn't buy it because fuck Nintendo. They treat their customers with such disrespect and disdain, a company that's only bring held together by nostalgia alone. They've gotten into a cycle of seeing just how much money they can get while putting in no effort.

Meh, I’ll wait for the emulator. At this point, I mostly emulate the Switch games I own on my PC because it’s more convenient to have all my games in one place without bothering with cartridges and yet another machine. Switch pro controllers are also overpriced, so I’d rather use my existing XBox controllers, but that requires a dongle for every controller and the Switch dock doesn’t have many USB ports. The 8bitdo dongles also only work half the time and are frustrating to use. Then there are the mods. Emulation is just a better experience, and Nintendo’s lawyers have been real assholes about it. Which is why my 20+ Switch games are the last things I’ll ever buy from Nintendo.

I had every console. PS5, X-Box, Steam Deck, and Switch OLED. . . Guess which one I got rid of?

I don't know if I'll ever get one, and I play my Switch fairly regularly.

It is SO MUCH more expensive than anything undecided to play in my PC. And the exclusives aren't very compelling lately.

The games are prohibitively expensive.

Even if you calculate hours-of-entertainment-per-dollar-spent, it’s crazy expensive.

When can we own it ourself and mod it?

The first Switch had a unique form factor when it came out, now there are deck pcs that replicate it, even with detachable "joycons". Unless you want to play a handful of exclusive titles there is really no reason to buy it, especially since the old switch will now drop in price.