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Nintendo announces the Switch 2 [video]

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781 points HelloUsername | 3 comments | 16 Jan 25 13:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.892s | source
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sigmoid10 ◴[16 Jan 25 14:15 UTC] No.42725360[source]▶
Huh. I guess updated ergonomics / QoL stuff and confirmation of backwards compatibility counts as enough of an update over the last hardware refresh. But zero info on anything that could actually make this worth a buy. Granted, this feels like Nintendo who will do anything to not get dragged into PS/XBOX flops discussions. But without any real upgrade or even games announcements, I suppose most people will keep holding off their purchase decisions for now.
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nazgulsenpai ◴[16 Jan 25 14:48 UTC] No.42725909[source]▶
I'm no Nintendo fan but I still find this criticism unfair as it's simply the design reveal and a date of when more information will be provided (April 2, 2025).
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1. jonkratz ◴[16 Jan 25 15:01 UTC] No.42726146[source]▶
Interesting, as an American, I read the date in the video (02.04.2025) as February 4th, 2025 (I agree that the DD/MM/YYYY format makes more sense, but dates are commonly listed MM/DD/YYYY everywhere here). It makes me realize when doing a worldwide release, it's important to be as explicit on the date as possible.
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2. mejthemage ◴[16 Jan 25 17:49 UTC] No.42728443[source]▶
ISO 8601 is the only correct date format.

I don't care if people laugh at me when I sign documents and date them with "2025-01-16"

3. nazgulsenpai ◴[16 Jan 25 18:26 UTC] No.42728943[source]▶
Same here until I saw the date below that spelled out April 2nd :)