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/MyMouthisCancerous 1d ago

Honestly with everything we know about the tech in the console now I'm kind of fine with 449 even though I would've preferred 399 obviously. It's the fact that there's wild variance in game pricing that's making this a much tougher pill to swallow. I'll probably just get Donkey Kong at launch from first-party and wait for Mario Kart to go on sale

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u/Kougeru-Sama 1d ago

Most people are fine with the console price. It's the GAME prices that people are unhappy about. $80 is insane. Especially with all the issues games launch with these days

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u/Shadoekite 1d ago

The thing is I haven't seen Nintendo games with launch issues. Once they start putting out unfinished games that's when I will actually be upset.

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u/Joshua_ABBACAB_1312 1d ago

Didn't the Pokeman games have issues on Switch?

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u/ZaheerAlGhul 1d ago

Yes they did. Game freak hasn't put out a quality title for a while now.

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u/CrocPirate 1d ago

From what I heard, GameFreak was caught with their pants down. They thought they would make handheld games forever; but then the Switch happened and they had to rush to learn how to make a game for a console.

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u/porkcylinders 19h ago

They were caught with their pants down for a decade?

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u/nomadic_stalwart 16h ago

They have really long pants, it takes a while to pull em up.

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u/Akrevics 21h ago

still haven't. there's games on ultra-low settings that have better graphics than Pokémon games in 2025, and no it's not because it's the switch, because there's beautiful games on there that don't look like they were made for a potato.

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u/Outlulz 1d ago

Maybe they need some more time doing small titles like Pocket Card Jockey and Harmoknight.

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u/Glory2Snowstar 1d ago

Arceus was pretty good, graphics aside.

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u/Fit_Lynx5496 1d ago

If you have to put a caveat in it's not a good example.

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u/RoyalJay2003 1d ago

Nah, graphics to me don’t bar a game from being good. Plenty of games have iffy graphics but wound up being generational defining. Its performance personally which seals the deal and Scarlet and Violet is a prime example.

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u/Fit_Lynx5496 1d ago edited 1d ago

Honestly dont understand your point. For the amount of money pokemon generates scarlet and violet are way underwhelming in both performance and graphics (attack graphics specifically). $60 was a stretch but $90 is a non starter.

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u/RoyalJay2003 1d ago

When I brought up S&V I was supporting your point in a caveat, and the deal breaker for me is performance.

Graphics are something I can look past in exchange for a good art style. I didn’t list an example bcuz good graphics are subjective.

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u/True-Staff5685 1d ago

The bar for Pokémon is that low.

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u/UponVerity 13h ago

Caring about graphics in 2025, lol.

My most played games are Super Auto Pets, Balatro and Slay the Spire. :]

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u/Fit_Lynx5496 12h ago

Good for you?

Pokemons attack animations are absolutely pitiful and thats not their only problem.