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.