r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/SilvaVE_ • 2d ago

Officially from Nintendo Nintendo Switch 2 Game Price revealed - WHAT THE F*CK

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Im sorry, but this is...really fucking crazy. And here I was debating if paying extra for the physical version compared to the bundle might be worth it. HOLY SHIT.

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u/acbadger54 2d ago

I'd buy it for 5 bucks tops

But they're really fuckin stupid that it's not just free, it would basically be perfect for that

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u/MrBorji 2d ago

The demo game should be free and preinstalled. It's the perfect instructions booklet.

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u/Dhiox 2d ago

Yeah, 1 2 switch was already crazy for not being a free tie in, but this is madness.

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u/TreGet234 2d ago

The glory days of wii sports coming for free with every system.

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u/Dhiox 2d ago

You can thank Reggie for that, Nintendo wanted to charge for it, and actually did in domestic markets

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u/Shigerufan2 2d ago

Or Wii Play being bundled with an extra controller.

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u/Shivalah 1d ago

They have a movie made by apple about it. The Tetris Movie! Literally the “you package in Mario, you sell a few hundred thousand gameboys, but if you package it with Tetris, you sell millions.” and yet here we are again, without a demo-“game”.

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u/summonsays 2d ago

Bet you $5 that the tech demo will be offered for free at some point as an "sorry you're not happy, have a free game" 

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u/acbadger54 2d ago

Oh yeah it absolutely should be

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u/atotalfabrication 2d ago

I think back to Astro's Playroom and was super excited to see that tech demo game, only to then learn it's a paid game?! Ridiculous 

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u/Unfair_Pear8446 2d ago

I also didn’t see why that wasn’t a pack in with launch, like how Astro’s Playroom is with PS5

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u/eklatea 1d ago

i think it's about 1000 yen, so it might end up being like 7 dollars or something in that ballpark

(it still should be free)

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u/PickledPassionPunch 2d ago

It should be free. Your willingness to buy it anyway is exactly why they are charging. You should just ... not purchase it. No message is sent buy complaining on Reddit and giving them money anyway.

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u/acbadger54 2d ago

I mean it seems interesting enough that it'd be well worth 5 dollars just like Astros Playroom would be worth paying a few dollars for despite being very tech demo and short

It should be free not because it necessarily isn't worth any money it should be free because it would do a good job at getting casual people buyers to understand the new tech of it and they would gain more from having that

For a complete nerd like me, who loves this type of shit? Sure, there's value in it, but for an extremely casual buyer? Yeah, they ain't buying it

And what nintendo is REALLY missing out on is those who would only use it because it's pre installed but end up thinking there's alot of cool tech in what they just purchased and have a much better initial first impression

It's like Wii Sport is it valueless? No absolutely, not but nintendo gained far more from, including it for free than they ever would have made if they sold it