NPC: Next Portable Console The Switch 2: New Discoveries and Marketing Stumbles
This week on NPC, the trio analyzes how tariffs have disrupted Nintendo Switch 2 preorders in the U.S. Then Federico, John, and Brendon dissects new details that have emerged about the upcoming console, debate Nintendo’s game pricing, ponder what console exclusivity means in 2025, and share their excitement for the Retroid Pocket Flip 2.
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The Latest Portable Gaming News
Topics
- Central Perk
- Frame Rates
- Switch 2
- U.S. pre-order’s postponed due to tariffs.
- Nintendo boss on Switch 2 and tariffs: ‘we are actively assessing what the impact may be’
- Nintendo diverts Switch 2 shipping from China to Vietnam for US buyers
- Accessories
- More Switch 2 Details
- Our Big Nintendo Switch 2 Interview with Nintendo of America’s Bill Trinen
- Switch 2’s full reveal analysed how powerful is Nintendo’s new hardware and is DLSS being used
- More Thoughts on the Nintendo Switch 2
- Switch 2 Joy-Con Don’t Have Drift Resistant Hall Effect Sticks
- Deltarune Will Have Exclusive ‘Mouse Mode’ Content On Switch 2
- What is a Console Exclusive Anymore?
- Game Key Cards
- Switch 2 game-key cards won’t be account- or console-locked
- 📹 Has Nintendo Earned This Level of Confidence
- Retroid Flip 2 First Looks
- Retroid Pocket Flip 2 First Look, Powerful Clamshell AMOLED Handheld!
- Retroid Pocket Flip 2 FIRST LOOK
- Retroid Pocket Flip 2 Console-Like
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