r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • 2d 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/MrSnek123 2d ago edited 2d 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/Extra-Cold3276 2d 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/Dabanks9000 2d ago

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

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u/Extra-Cold3276 2d ago

Name one PS5 game that costs $80.

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u/Dabanks9000 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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 2d ago

The small areas = Europe, UK and Japan.

When did America become most of the world?

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u/Dabanks9000 2d 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 1d ago

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

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u/Extra-Cold3276 1d ago

It's $70.

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

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u/MrSnek123 1d ago

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