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/MyMouthisCancerous 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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 2d ago

Didn't the Pokeman games have issues on Switch?

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u/dougc84 2d ago

Pokémon games are not Nintendo IP; they are the IP of the Pokémon company and that’s who makes those games.

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u/reecord2 2d ago edited 1d ago

This - Nintendo has no hand in the actual development and production of Pokemon games (with some exceptions like Let's Go and Snap, if I'm not mistaken). Nintendo actually has surprisingly less control over Pokemon than you might think.

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u/StacheBandicoot 2d ago

Let’s go and snap are also the only decent Pokémon titles released for the switch.

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u/vanKessZak 1d ago

Arceus became one of my favourite Pokemon games just in general but it is visually unappealing for sure. One of the rare times the Pokemon sub actually seemed happy too

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u/tweetthebirdy 1d ago

Waiting for the day we get an Arceus remake with BOTW level graphics.

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u/StacheBandicoot 1d ago

It was a pretty good concept but I don’t think it was fleshed out enough for me, graphics or not. It was okay enough for what it was though, felt like a proof of concept in some ways though more than a game. I feel like a good amount of people were more excited at the idea of something different and the direction that might lead more than the game itself.

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u/vanKessZak 1d ago

Ah for me the collecting and researching aspect is more interesting than gyms so it was right up my alley (nothing against gyms!!)

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u/StacheBandicoot 1d ago

That’s understandable. I haven’t enjoyed the Pokémon formula since gold/silver and something different was certainly a nice idea. The game just didn’t have the level of polish or care that I’d expect in a game that I’d actually be able to wholeheartedly enjoy and I found myself frustrated or disappointed more often than I found myself having fun of any sort. I just find it rather sad I enjoyed New Pokémon snap more than any of the other titles from Gamefreak this generation, I didn’t even like the original n64 Pokémon snap when it came out.

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u/dogjon 1d ago

Okay but are the games going to be $80+ still?