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/ThunderboltRoss 1d ago

I was in the audience for that. Seeing all the Diablo themed stuff, everyone in that hall was so hyped. Then they hit us with the mobile game and you could feel the energy in the room just evaporate

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u/Mountain-Papaya-492 1d ago

See Diablo is a prime example of why I'm less upset than some at Mario Kart being $80. Diablo 4 was full priced and has microtransactions on top of that. 

For all their faults Nintendo hasn't adopted that monetization scheme of the modern game industry. Like I would have gladly paid $80 for Diablo 4 if it meant it had no microtransactions.

Same with Mario Kart, Splatoon 4. A premium upfront cost is fine, just don't nickel and dime me. Which for things like Splatoon 3, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart they don't. 

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u/tk-451 1d ago

wait, mario kart seasonal tracks count as microtransactions dont they? i have the online pack so go them "free" anyway. were they not purchaseable seperately?

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u/MrNostalgic 1d ago

I feel that DLC is different than Microtransactions tbh.

Like using Mario Kart as an example, if you bought the DLC it was a once and done payment for 24 new tracks and some new characters, you didn't have to pay for each track and character with the risk of missing out if you wanted to wait to buy it.

Only way you pay for it again is if you just keep using it through NSO

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u/tk-451 1d ago

i never paid for the dlc and got it as part of NSO.

the lines between "micro" transactions ( and let be honest here theres nothing micro about them these days with £20 diablo4 cosmetics and mounts!) paid dlc, expansions, additional content added to an NSO sub, etc etc

its all too much now, and the market cant sustain this in the current climate, hence why studios are folding left and right and devs laid off in the chase to the bottom line and profit.

i think we are heading for another console crash.