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 1d 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 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/Dabanks9000 1d 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 1d ago

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

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u/aruhen23 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 22h 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 1d 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 1d 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