Nintendo Is Hobbling Its Cheaper Switch 2 Accessories

This week’s Nintendo Switch 2 preorder madness, both in the U.S. and abroad, offered more perspective on just how popular Nintendo’s new handheld console will be at launch on June 5. Already, it seems consumers are willing to bite their tongue and drop upwards of $450 on the successor to the original Switch. If you’re lucky enough to buy a device, you’re staring down the barrel of $70 or $80 games, plus near-$100 for additional controllers if you stick with Nintendo’s first-party accessories. Third-party accessories tend to be cheaper, but the licensed and more-niche peripherals set to sell alongside the Switch 2 seem to be inferior in some ways compared to Nintendo’s official gear. For instance, if you’re looking for the most authentic retro experience on the Switch 2, you’ll have to trade practicality for price. The return of the GameCube controller—again—seemed like a major win for gamers at first. But then Nintendo offered the confusing caveat that it’d only work with GameCube ti ... Read full article.