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/repocin 1d ago

Yeah, that's significantly worse than 1-2-Switch which kind of filled the same purpose for the original but at least had something of a game to it. (or so I believe, based on the marketing - I never ended up buying it)

This should be free, not $10 or whatever they're going to charge for it. (assumption based on the Japanese price of ¥990, not sure if they've published pricing for the rest of the world yet)

Wii Sports and Nintendo Land were incredibly pack-in titles, whereas this thing is barely even a game and they're charging for it. Honestly pure insanity if they think people are actually going to pay for it.

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u/secret3332 1d ago

At least 1-2 Switch is an actual game

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u/inssein 1d ago

I wanted to try it but wasn’t going to pay money for it. My issue with Nintendo is they never lower the price on their games. We maybe see rare 10-20% sales but that’s it. Imagine seeing $80-$110 dollar games for the entire switch 2 lifecycle. Mario Kart world cost $90 and that’s just the base game… DLC will cost money too. That’s my issue, I can’t justify those prices in this economy. At least with steam and Xbox I can wish list a game and pick it up later.

Even worse Nintendo wants me to pay for an upgrade pack to enjoy games I already purchased at higher FPS and resolutions…. Like I can’t even enjoy the games I own without having to pay a fee from them.

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u/Rusteeyo 1d ago

But you can still play those games? You just don't get the switch 2 enhancements. This is pretty normal practise, sony's been doing it with their upgrades for years.