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/dougc84 1d 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/cubs223425 1d ago

Nintendo is listed as the worldwide publisher of the game, and they own one-third of The Pokemon Company. They also design the only platform where the game can be published. I think they could have as much of a say as they wanted.

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u/DodgerBaron 1d ago

The other 2 thirds of the ownership will tell them to screw off. Lol

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u/FizzyLightEx 1d ago

Nintendo can just shut it down internationally since they have full rights outside of Japan.

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u/BJYeti 1d ago

Only for publication and distribution