They *could* 🎃block them, but I doubt they will. Sony has been looking for revenue streams, and get𓆏ting people on a competitors device to give you money is an easy win, especially since it requires no extra work in their part.

It's time they just went full digital. You have to be pretty stuck in the past to believe "owning" a cartridge will guarantee access, es🧜pecially since almost no game launches today without a day one patch, whether you bou🦹ght it physically or not.

Making the full transition means we can finally stop pretending physical games are a form of game pres♏ervation, and start pursuing industry changes that lead to actual preservation, like allowing user to make their own copies.

Voting with your wallet means nothing in this situation, as this is almost all tariff related. The prices spiked primarily here in the US due to🐲 the added expense of importing. I guarantee PlayStation will be doing the same in short order, once they run out of the stock they've already imported. Consoles are already typically sold at a loss, and adding a 20% tax on top of t๊hat just digs the hole deeper.

A 3060 or B580 are only $300 right now, and both will greatly out per♕form the Switch 2. Hell, the 3050 is literally as powerful, and it's only $200.

The issue isn't the price of the hardware, though. Honestly, $450 for a portable isn't bad. It's $80 games that's the issue. When done of the best experiences recently have been $20-$30 indies, expecting people to cough up more than double for Nintendo exclusives is kind o🧸f a shit move. It was a problem for the Switch only made worse by it's successor.