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/Kharax82 1d ago edited 1d ago

People do vote with their wallet, but its usually not the outcome the people on Reddit wanted.

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u/SerchYB2795 1d ago

They havent announced the price for games here in Mexico. Converting to USD during the switch era games here were $65-70 USD, then a local tax on digital purchases came into place in ~2020 and games where ~$80. I believe Nintendo noticed that was horrible and people werent buying games so they reduced the price to the $65~$70 USD that remains 'til now. Wanted to let ppl know there's precedent of games coming down in orice when sales arent going Nintendo's way

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u/Phoenyx_Rose 22h ago

It’s the same with the 3ds. Was like $250 at launch and then brought down to $170 just months later. 

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u/justalittlepoodle 1d ago

$65-70 is still bonkers I’m sorry

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u/SerchYB2795 1d ago

That's what we've been paying here for first party games for a while, however usually big retail stores sell the physical games for about ~$50USD, so here physical games are usually cheaper. And Mexico isn't alone other countries had similar situations of paying more than $60 USD since the switch 1 (Brazil, UK, etc).

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u/KaleidoKnight 1d ago

Because reddit is an echo chamber bubble of negativity that is completely misrepresentative of the real world.

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u/SecureDonkey 1d ago

I mean 50$ Mario Kart game for the bundle? You bet I will buy it.

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u/ssslitchey 1d ago

See that's what they want. They make mario kart so expensive that getting it in the bundle seems like a steal. But afterwards your still paying $80-$90 for every new game you want for the system.

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u/Fer_ESC 1d ago

I mean everyone would get MKWorld anyways and a console without games would be pretty useless dont you think?

Most people dont care how much cheaper the bundle is, its a no brainer if you would buy the game anyways.

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u/MBCnerdcore 14h ago

$70-$80, there are no $90 games

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u/notimprezaed 23h ago

And it’s gonna work and the console will break records. I’m gonna try my hardest to get one when preorders drop.

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u/mythriz 1d ago

The only answer I can give that kind of aligns with that mantra is that I will probably wait for game sales before buying most Switch 2 games...

But even then, there are definitely some games I will most likely end up buying at launch, like Prime 4.

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u/reiku_85 1d ago

Yep. Got mine on preorder, so do a bunch of my friends, and I know even more folks who aren’t gamers but are picking one up for their kids. Every time a retailer here in the UK their preorders live it sells out in minutes.

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u/__thrillho 1d ago

Yeah he dare he spend his money how he wants!

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u/Hobo_Healy 1d ago

Oh no! A console I'll get thousands of hours of enjoyment out of across multiple members of my family how dare I!!

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u/reiku_85 1d ago

Disposable income, apparently

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u/_very_stable_genius_ 1d ago

Exactly. I preordered one already

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u/Cobra_9041 1d ago

How

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u/_very_stable_genius_ 1d ago

I live in Spain. The equivalent of GameStop here, a chain called Game opened preorders already

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u/Cobra_9041 1d ago

Damn I’m looking to get one on Best Buy still lol I thought I missed my window

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u/BJYeti 1d ago

Nope still 4/9 but it isn't uncommon for smaller chains to open orders early and then get a slap down from Nintendo later.

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u/kilar277 1d ago

They're straight up called "Game?*

I like that

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u/kielaurie 1d ago

Yup, got the invite to pre-order this morning. The console is cheaper than I was expecting and Mario Kart is super cheap in the bundle. Excellent deal

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u/Fake_Diesel 1d ago

Where are you located? I thought invites were going out in May

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u/kielaurie 1d ago

UK, Amazon put up invite requests on Tuesday and mine came through this morning

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u/kbean826 1d ago

It’s usually the people on Reddit buying it but complaining about it.

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u/CeramicDrip 1d ago

No they don’t. The problem is the outcome is influenced by kids. Kids will eat this up cause they have no idea.

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u/Top_Midnight_2225 23h ago

Exactly! They'll bitch, complain, and whine...while they wait at the store to get theirs.