Nintendo somehow keeps finding a way to make this worse

  • samus12345@lemm.ee
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    9 days ago

    This isn’t even industry standard - charging $10 to “upgrade” a game, yes, but as far as I can remember the DLC is always included with the game at the base game price when it’s been out for a while.

    I hope Nintendo’s extreme arrogance and greed bites them in the ass. Will probably have to wait a year or so after launch to know since I’m sure it will take that long to get Switch 2s to all the diehards with money to burn. I’ll be interested to see how it sells to everyone else.

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        7 days ago

        Yes, when the game is new. Then, when it’s been out a while, the standard practice is to bundle the DLC together with the base game at a lower price.

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        8 days ago

        Yes, they charged for it years ago on the last gen system. This type of rerelease usually includes the DLC in the package so that they can go back to charging full price for a game that’s no longer in the zeitgeist and not worth as much as a brand new game.

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    9 days ago

    I’ve never rapidly lost so much interest in an electronic as fast as the switch 2 reveal to seeing the game prices a few hours later

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      9 days ago

      I knew it was over as soon as they said the tech demo is a paid title

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          9 days ago

          Bravo to the one pal who’s gonna buy it and post a gameplay on YouTube

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        9 days ago

        100% this was the moment for me. By no means should they be charging any amount for an FAQ on how to use the product.

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      9 days ago

      If they released it about the same price, backwards compatible, maybe small fee to “upgrade” a switch game to the newer version, I might have been tempted. But seriously meh. I’m playing my physical copy backlog on my steam deck now lol

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    9 days ago

    Nintendo’s really making it easier and easier to not buy the $500 Metroid Prime mouse control box.

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    9 days ago

    Don’t worry. Super fans will still defend it. They’ve been using the “but but but but” strategy lately

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      9 days ago

      I’m a big fan but I’m not stupid. This is some horseshit.

      I have both DLCs and I didn’t expect this garbage. Really bad stuff.

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      8 days ago

      I’m not at all defending the price, but am secretly hoping this outcry will make it easier for me to be an early adopter. I still don’t have a PS5 due to how burned I got trying to preorder one.

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      9 days ago

      I will get it and play MKW but…

      Yeah no I can’t justify getting too many games for it. Will probably just have World and MAYBE DK Bananza

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    9 days ago

    I think Nintendo thinks they have so much nostalgia, and loyal customers, that this generation they really said “fuck it” and are twisting the knife to see how much the consumer will tolerate. I’m not going to be surprised if we see price drops and actual sales (not 10 bucks off a 5 year old game like they usually do) by the time holidays role around. I don’t think they are anticipating the pushback that is happening.

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    9 days ago

    cant think of another high profile old game re-releasing on new system that would sell the games dlcs seperately lol

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    9 days ago

    Ya not sure if I’ll ever get a switch 2. I played the living shit out of my switch 1. Easily was my favourite console… Until I got a steam deck. Instantly I have over 1,000 games purchased already and a hefty percentage of them playable.

    …not to mention the switch games that are still sitting on my shelf that I just play on here instead.

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    8 days ago

    We’re only paying a measly $70 for the Switch 2 version. Just get a third job and be grateful for the opportunity to purchase the DLC at $20. Then you can use the last of your hundred dollar bill for that one tech demo game!

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    9 days ago

    Man, Nintendo in hiring the ex P&G/EA executive to run things has really had Nintendo embrace the EA enshitification roadmap and culture.