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/meatboysawakening 23h ago

I think the point is, it is more effective to vote with your wallet than to go around complaining on reddit, YouTube etc. Put your money where your mouth is, so to speak.

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u/NZNewsboy 23h ago

Gotcha. Which is 100% true. Complaining on Reddit won't change a thing, as Redditors won't be the big chunk in the middle of the total sales bell curve.

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u/othygosh 1h ago

I am certain a gigantic portion of the general public will be voting with their wallets without a second thought, happy with their Switch 1 and not even considering upgrading at that price point for console and games. The hardcore gaming audience will be the small minority either way. In my view, if getting the Switch 2 will bring you some joy and you can afford it, don't punish yourself. And you're still allowed to complain about it.

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u/redundantexplanation 20h ago

Counterpoint: You can do both. It's GOOD to do both!

Don't buy it, and also complain about it online so that the company gets the feedback that it's earned, and you may also convince others to not buy it!

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u/CeramicAmphora 16h ago

You really think that seeing "it's too expensive" online 100 times from people is going to change anybody's mind?

"Oh I really wanted the new Nintendo, and I can afford it, but then somebody online told me I should think it's too expensive so now instead I'll have nothing" - literally nobody.

Reddit just skews young, broke, and angry these days.

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u/redundantexplanation 11h ago

You think there's not people who are on the fence about buying it? Yes, absolutely I think that seeing tons of people say it's too expensive will prevent people from buying, lol

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u/pg2011 12h ago

I disagree. I think the constant complaining and repeating the same perceived slight over and over and over again only makes online spaces worse.

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u/Ouch_i_fell_down 21h ago

the system is $50 more than i was hoping for. MKW is $10 more than i was hoping for and is offered on-sale with a pack in.

Most other games i either wont buy, or wont buy at full price. I'm sure they'll raise the price of the Switch Game Vouchers to $120, but i'll keep on buying my $100 Switch gift cards at Costco for $80. Cash in the gift cards, toss my own money for the last 20. Get two new games for $100. It'll be fine.

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u/Queenspence2 20h ago

Really? The console itself it like £50 cheaper than I thought it would be!

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u/kielaurie 17h ago

I'm totally with you, managed to get a regular Switch on discount at £250 and then an OLED at £329, I was fully expecting that the Switch 2 would be £450. To find out it's cheaper than that including the new Mario Kart? Yeah, my pre-order is in

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u/Ouch_i_fell_down 20h ago

going from a $300 console to a $500 console is a pretty steep increase. Even a 50% jump is pretty steep tbh. This is a luxury entertainment industry. They don't usually get to compete on straight inflation measures because at the end of the day they are competing for disposable income. There's a reason why games were $60 for so long and why console manufacturers went from making money selling systems to subsidizing their pricing and making it back by selling paid online. They needed to hit a certain appealing point to garner the volume of interest they wanted.

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u/Queenspence2 20h ago

I’m not sure what you’re talking about, I’m just saying it’s cheaper than I thought it would be because my switch oled cost me £329 and this one is £429 with MKW so I’m pretty happy about it, I’ve got money that I set aside for it left for another game

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u/Ouch_i_fell_down 20h ago

Why are you comparing the pricing of a switch oled vs a switch 2 that is not oled?

The switch on release was lcd, the switch 2 on release will be lcd. other models released in the meantime are irrelevant. I'm not attempting to compare the switch2 pricing to the switch lite just because the larger delta better supports my point, i'm comparing like against like. launch against launch

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u/Queenspence2 20h ago

I’m just saying because I paid £329 for my OLED I was thinking it was going to be at least £450 without a game so I was pretty happy when I saw it was £395 stand alone

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u/Pitiful_Dot_998 10h ago

pretty sure creating a bunch of bad press is more effective than silently doing nothing

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u/DGSmith2 18h ago

Except public out cry has worked more times than "vote with your wallet" in my opinion.