Switch 2 News and Tariffs: An Analysis - SNGP 119

While wondering at the overconfidence of certain fanboys, David Radd appreciated the lack of mandatory waggle in Donkey Kong Country Returns HD and endured a hail of racial epithets in Mafia III. Meanwhile, Tuesday went inside of SHODAN in the System Shock remake and copes with more Inti Creates writing in Card en Ciel.  In the news, the Zenimax Union votes to strike, Microsoft's Quake II AI experiment draws criticism and Astro Bot wins big at the BAFTA Games Awards.  Newzoo also reports on trends in the Windows PC and console game markets, such as how Windows PC is increasingly dominated by older service titles.  For the topic, David and Tueday report on recent Switch 2 news such as the lack of achievements and price of the Switch 2 Welcome Tour while talking about the tariff threat in the U.S. and how that has delayed Switch 2 pre-orders in North America, looking at how analysts and others view the situation for Nintendo.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Intro
• 2:55 Housekeeping
• 8:20 What's Been Lighting Up Your System
• 1:04:55 News
• 1:23:26 SNGP Topic: Switch 2 News Updates
• 1:37:24 SNGP Topic: Switch 2 U.S. Pre-Orders Delayed over Tariffs and SNEP Talk
• 2:00:32 SNGP Topic: General Reception to Switch 2 So Far