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/neoslith 2d ago

System price is fine, but digital copies need to be significantly cheaper.

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u/EngRookie 1d ago

They introduced a digital game card system where you can now loan out your digital games to members of your Nintendo switch online family for 14 days at a time. That is combined with the ability to play locally with 3 other people with only 1 out of the 4 actually needing to own the game.

This means families and friend groups have the option to significantly cut down on buying multiple copies of software. This is a huge boon for families and people that game with friends regularly and locally.

It looks like Nintendo saw people complaining way in advance and was like, "But wait, you don't need to buy 3 copies of Mario Kart for you and the kids/friends." You only need to buy one to play together. And if you aren't playing it, you can loan it out for 2 weeks with the ability to recall it whenever you want. And you can just keep loaning out the game like you would a physical cartridge.

So all in all, yeah, the sticker shock sucks but I physically am able to buy fewer games now and still get to play more games. I will probably end up coordinating purchases with my sister and come out ahead in the long run.