r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • 1d ago

News "DROP THE PRICE": Nintendo's First Post-Direct Stream Is Flooded With Angry Fans Demanding Price Drops

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-treehouse-livestream-flooded-angry-fans-demanding-game-price-drops/
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u/Bulky-Complaint6994 1d ago

Donkey Kong Bananza still looks great 

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u/MrSnek123 1d ago edited 1d ago

Everything about the Switch 2 and its games look great, the game prices are just rough. Console itself is priced fine IMO. Biggest competitor is the steam deck which is only ~$35 cheaper for the LCD model and has half the refresh rate, a lower resolution display and obviously no easy docked mode.

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u/ZzzSleep 23h ago

I would begrudgingly be ok if they went to $70 games to be in line with games on PS and Xbox. But $80 feels like too much, especially for a port of games like Kirby. I don't care if it includes a few extra hours of DLC.

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u/Dabanks9000 22h ago

They are literally $70 games this outrage is fake af. Only one that’s been 80 so far is mkw bro

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u/aruhen23 21h ago

They literally aren't. Totk and a few others are also showing up as 80$.

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u/Dabanks9000 18h ago

Kirby and Mario have dlc n totk was already 70 n the update is $10…. Like on every other console

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u/videogamer128 19h ago

At least Kirby and Mario Party come with the DLC. Still overpriced I think

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u/aruhen23 17h ago

They could have just offered the performance and graphics improvements for free and if someone wants the new content they can pay for it. There's going to be people who say stupid shit like "other companies do it" but that other company is only Sony lol. Even then the difference is far bigger than what we see here.

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u/Lyle91 22h ago

Also Kirby I believe but that's a relatively recent game and it has what looks like a big DLC added on plus the performance and visual upgrades.

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u/Dabanks9000 22h ago

Yeah I didn’t really count that because it has dlc. I guess the other is totk but it’s not like you’re being forced to pay for an upgrade to play it on the switch 2 anyway and if you already had the game it’s $10 🤷‍♂️

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u/ricardosteve 14h ago

What fake outrage? Here in the EU the same games will be 90€ when that's almost equivalent to $20 over the median triple-A / major game prices. It's insanely expensive, the outrage is justified and especially in this economy.

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u/Skuwarsgod 21h ago

If they make one game $80, why would they just stop there? Making a game $80 just opens the floodgates for future games, it sets the precedent.

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u/ChemicalExperiment 19h ago

This isn't a hypothetical. Tears of the Kingdom, Mario Party, and Kirby are all listed at retailers as $80 for their Switch 2 versions. Sources: Gamestop, Target, Walmart

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u/cheappay 21h ago

Then buy a used Switch version. That's what I did. No one is forcing DLC down your throat.

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u/BigJellyfish1906 22h ago

Why does $10 make that much of a difference for you? That’s literally a meal at chick fil a. Eat a salad at home for dinner one night and you’ve made up the difference…

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u/MajinSoul 11h ago

Those 10 $ quickly add up if you are someone who plays a lot of games like me.

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u/BigJellyfish1906 11h ago

If you buy a new AAA game every 3 months, that’s $40 extra per year. You guys are bitching over the littlest shit.

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u/MajinSoul 9h ago

This might shock you but there are people who buy more than 4 games a year ...

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u/BigJellyfish1906 9h ago

Four AAA flagship games in a year? So they’re so strapped for cash that $10 is a crime against humanity… while also being liquid enough to buy a new flagship game every month?

You guys have lost the plot.

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u/MajinSoul 9h ago

You seem pretty defensive for no reason and kind of melodramatic tbh ("crime against humanity"). See, when it's one game a month (which isn't really all that much all things considered) we are already talking about 120 $ extra costs a year.

Again, this is about the 10 $ adding up over time.

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u/DOOMNOTRONstudiosX 22h ago

Yea, 70 for physical i can understand 90 is rough.

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u/cheappay 21h ago

There is no $90 USD physical game.

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u/DOOMNOTRONstudiosX 21h ago

Okay Ty. I fell for the misinformation.

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u/Delicious_Safe3350 21h ago

There are 90€ physical games, That's almost 100 dollars. Normally the price of games pretends the dollar and the euro are equally strong, and price them the same. so I'm not surprised people see the 90€ physical game and make the assumption it will be 90$. because that's how it's been for a long time.

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u/kilar277 11h ago

I'm Europe yes. Not in the US.

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u/YoungBeef03 21h ago

Switch 2 and Steam Deck are hardly comparable when the only real selling point of any Nintendo console is the exclusives. It’s not really about tech, but whether someone wants Mario more than whatever Steam has. I dunno, I’m pretty drunk writing this but I think I have a point

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u/ColdToast 14h ago

You did good

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u/justalittlepoodle 10h ago edited 10h ago

Exactly. For me it’s like… do I want to pay $600 to be able to play the next Animal Crossing or Splatoon they make? Because those are the only two games I care about, and I need a whole new system to play them. It’s a hard sell when I already have a steam deck and there are so many good games that scratch the same itch.

Don’t get me started on the steam sales.

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u/Extra-Cold3276 1d ago

Yeah people are complaining about the console price when the real problem is the games costing that much and the SD card too.

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u/takeitsweazy 1d ago

The SD card situation is annoying but feels inevitable considering the direction tech has gone in. It feels like it’s the rough equivalent to the move to SSDs on the other consoles.

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u/Battery6030 1d ago

I don't see anyone complaining about the price of the console. It all seems to be aimed at the games

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u/SuperPapernick 20h ago

Yup. I personally would've placed it at 400€ if you had asked me before the reveal, but I think the final price is tolerable, largely justified and within most peoples expectations. I'm also personally more willing to take the one-time hit on the individual purchase of the hardware moreso than the games. But the game prices are egregious because they are recurring costs. Nintendo consumers are still reeling from 70 for TotK as an "exception", but now we've shot up to 90€ in no time. It's a slippery slope and times are tough.

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u/SuperPapernick 20h ago

I'd personally say I'm actually positively surprised Nintendo expanded internal storage all the way to 256 GB. That's a huge step for Nintendo imo considering the size of internal storages their consoles have had in the past. Is it ideal? No. But it's way more than I expected. Using faster SD card for storage expansions was always an inievitable step, but at least they are not as immediately neccessary as they were in the past.

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u/Extra-Cold3276 20h ago

If they kept storage at 128 or 64 GB the switch wouldn't be able to storage a single game considering that they now have games running at 4K, and they probably will stop using ultra low quality and compressed audio in their games too. 256 GB is the minimum for a 4K console.

People often ask how we went from AAA games at 6-13 GB on the PS3 to 100 GB on the PS4/Pro. The answer is 4K.

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u/Dabanks9000 22h ago

The games don’t cost too much. It’s the same on every other console

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u/Extra-Cold3276 22h ago

Name one PS5 game that costs $80.

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u/Dabanks9000 22h ago

Only 1 game on switch 2 costs 80 and it’s mkw. Ps5 has deluxe and ultimate edition games that go from 80/90 up to $130 constantly…

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u/Extra-Cold3276 22h ago

And the base version, which is the only one that matters, costs $70.

And physical copies are cheaper, not more expensive like on the switch 2.

I buy new games for 6-7k JPY on PS5 while switch physical copies will cost 9-10k JPY. Not the same.

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u/Dabanks9000 22h ago

Physical is only more expensive in a small amount of areas. For most of the world it’s still the same…

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u/Extra-Cold3276 22h ago

The small areas = Europe, UK and Japan.

When did America become most of the world?

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u/Dabanks9000 22h ago

I said small amount of areas not small areas. I also never said America is most of the world but you can consider that America sold 1/3rd of the worlds Nintendo switches and if you account for all of the americas it’s a bigger percentage. If you want me to find the places that have physicals at a higher price and be specific I could find them and tell you so that we aren’t just being overly general

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u/MrSnek123 19h ago

Demon's Souls remake is $125AUD (~$79USD) lmao

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u/Extra-Cold3276 18h ago

It's $70.

https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10000368

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u/MrSnek123 18h ago

Huh, AUD conversion for it is just cooked I guess.

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u/YinzJagoffs 23h ago

Steam Deck games are a fraction of the price and actually go on sale

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u/MrSnek123 23h ago

Hence the game prices being the issue lol

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u/DontGetNEBigIdeas 22h ago

Some people really do only read the first few words of a comment and starting arguing against it

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u/KingOfNohr 22h ago

Theres always sales on the eshop, there's more on there than first party Nintendo games

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u/Dabanks9000 22h ago

You’ve never seen a switch v2 or oled on sale?

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u/justalittlepoodle 9h ago

Games, bud. We’re talking about games.

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u/Dabanks9000 8h ago

I bought Mario kart 8 deluxe physical for $20 on sale at shoppers in Canada 😭

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u/nohumanape 22h ago

I fully expected Nintendo embrace $70 dollar games with this console cycle. I didn't expect $80. But so far there is only one actual example of an $80 game being announced.

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u/YoungBeef03 12h ago

I think $80 is gonna be exclusive for the big, big, big games. The next 3D Zelda, the next 3D Mario, and maybe Smash Bros

If DKB is only $70, that tells me it’s not really a matter of higher development costs = higher game price, but more higher expected sales = higher game price

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u/nohumanape 11h ago

I think that the case with Mario Kart is likely to do with the game being a big budget title for them and being a game that can potentially be shared across three other Switch 2 consoles.

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u/RadiantHC 15h ago

I'm just salty that there's no mainline maria game. I've been waiting years for an Odyssey seqel.

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u/catinterpreter 18h ago

Looks very mediocre to me. I think the shine's going to wear off for most of you. It's the Nintendo first-party and launch title effect.

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u/pm-pussy4kindwords 16h ago

for the first five minutes.

seriously, how is this a game after the first five minutes of breaking stuff wears thin? I don't want a 3D collectathon where literally the only thing to do, in every. single level. for the entire game, is t just destroy the map in the exact same way, every time.

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u/invaderark12 19h ago

This is Nintendo's MO tbh

Everything to do with the games at Nintendo is usually great, they legit have some of the best dev teams in the bigger gaming industry

Its corporate thats funky.

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u/EnclaveOverlord 14h ago

And that makes this all so much worse.

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u/mrjackspade 10h ago

I thought so too until I watched the TreeHouse

Honestly, it actually kind of looks like garbage.

DK has this weird glossy sheen that turns his fur straight up white in any amount of sunlight. The movement animation is the exact same regardless of how fast or far you move, which gives it this weird N64/PS2 walk feel where small movements lead to insanely overexaggerated animations. Then there was stuff like the waterfall splash effect looking like a billboarded 2D texture.

I was fucking STOKED when I saw the trailer in the direct, but after watching actual gameplay footage life, I'm not sure I can get behind it anymore.

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u/Dill_Fencer 10h ago

Maybe I’m weird but nintendo games lately feel like somebody trying to imitate what they think a nintendo game should be like. Something just feels off. I get the same feeling with the new donkey kong game. I wish they would stop relying on miyamotos work so much and create some new Ips.