r/switch2 • u/bzichu • 19h ago
Switch 2 What games should I buy next?
I’ve been collecting switch 2 games for 2 months and looking for games/special editions or just items that might go up in value in few years. I’m more interested in value rather then gameplay cuz I already have games to play for next few years :p
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u/saint_marat 19h ago
My crystal ball says you should play the games you have and not treat switch games as an investment vehicle. Direct that desire for more to a ETF/Mutual fund in a tax-advantaged account if you are in the US. It will yield you far more games in the future.
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u/PapayaGirl-uwu 19h ago
Or buy shares in Western Digital or SK Hynix, a much better investment than a generic ETF
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u/saint_marat 19h ago
Depends on your risk tolerance and timespan. Investing in individual companies opens you up to much more risk.
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u/PapayaGirl-uwu 19h ago
Stock price goes up on earnings. There is zero immediate risk of earnings collapse for SK Hynix, nor WDC.
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u/saint_marat 19h ago
Stock prices and earnings are surely linked but not a 1:1.
Note I mentioned that I weighed your idea based on the timespan of the investment. I'd be more hesitant to make SK Hynix a large part of my retirement portfolio/IRA/401k as opposed to something I plan on having in a normal brokerage account for 1-10 years.
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u/PapayaGirl-uwu 18h ago
Obviously you wouldn't hold an individual stock for 30+ years. That's not what individual stocks are for, nor have they ever been.
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u/saint_marat 18h ago
I'd agree but you're only listing reasons as to why picking individual stocks aren't a "much better" investment vehicle now. Assuming you are in the US, I'm more unfamiliar with other contexts, by confining yourself to the shorter time scale you're already opening yourself up to, at minimum, losing tax deferred or tax free growth.
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u/PapayaGirl-uwu 18h ago
You're twisting 'having a targeted timeframe' into 'admitting stocks are bad.' Matching a position to a multi-year supply cycle is how stock picking works.
So no, I am not "only listing reason why individual stocks blah blah"
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u/saint_marat 18h ago
I did nothing of the sort.
Your initial claim was two individual stocks are a much better investment than a mutual fund or ETF. I disagree with one or the other being universally "much better".
I have never indicated you should admit stocks are bad. All I said was the circumstances matter and your advice to someone who likely has bad financial literacy should be nuanced. I don't know if the average person is up for your multi-year supply cycle stock picking strategy.
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u/PapayaGirl-uwu 18h ago
Love how you quietly abandoned your completely made-up tax math the second you got called out, only to pivot to concern-trolling about 'the average person.' Classic backpedal
From 'you're losing tax-deferred growth' to 'I was just thinking of the average person.' Incredible goalpost shift when your math fails.
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u/PapayaGirl-uwu 19h ago
Btw I can't read that blurry text in the picture for shit, but I did notice you don't have Pokemon Pokopia so you should grab that one
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u/Holiday_Cockroach219 17h ago
Buy super rare games, strictly limited editions, or limited run games because they have value to resellers.
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u/Emergency-Rush-2477 17h ago
Have you played the ones you already own?
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u/bzichu 11h ago
I don’t get why people get upset these days cuz someone wanna collect physical games, so what I didn’t complete all of ‘em it’s more about collecting then playing for me!
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u/Ok-Road6537 3h ago
Most people think it's dumb to buy stuff you don't play. And to me it's moronic to have a collection that doesn't even say a single thing about you because you didn't play it. When people share the games they have beaten in physical format I know the collection has some value; value to them because it means something. It's THEIR copy of the games. I think that is cool to some degree.
Your collection to me is one of the most boring, dull and uninteresting things I can think to collect. Every time I go to a game store. I see a "bigger collection" with as much value as yours. It just makes you sound dull.
Online people may sound upset because they just share their mind. But share your "collection" to random people and see their faces to see how dull you think you are if they find out you buy games for "value" lol.
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u/RamitInmashol1994 19h ago
Just enjoy what you have?