Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@Octane Eh, they've directly copy + pasted the US price into euros I see. Still means we're paying more, but eh, take your money and choke on it, Nintendo.

And in the case of recently released 3DS games, we pay 44,99 to the 39,99 on Gamestop, so there's that.

@UmniKnight Keep in mind that US prices don't include tax, so they end up paying more than $60 per game, even if the price tag says $60. So if you take tax into account, they're about the same.

@Octane Oh, fair enough then. Our prices always include tax.

Of course, the US has BestBuy with Gamers Club Unlocked for $30/2 yrs (so it averages $15/yr) and that ensures $60 games become $47.99, while $50 games become $39.99, and $40 games become $31.99. It also works for amiibo, deluxe editions with season passes, special editions, etc. And alot of the major games get $10 back in rewards for preordering (Mario Odyssey, FIFA 18, NBA 2k18 and that's just for Switch), and an additional 4% back with double reward points and another 5% back for using their CC. Some games can end up effectively costing $33 day one, $43 at worst (once you factor in money back in reward points). I get even more back as an Elite Plus member.

I'm greatful for that.

Well that and the people who want to hold onto physical distribution for one reason or another. Either way I think that we'll eventually see optical media for games die out. If it's not because of digital distribution it'll be because cartridges become economical enough with obvious performance advantages. It might even be a combination of both. If everyone is downloading games why not make the console cheaper by having a cartridge slot rather than a comparitively expensive optical drive?

Very true. Frankly there's less of a gap between the full RRP that Nintendo charges on the eShop and the cost of physical releases in store. I think Mario & Rabbids is $89AU on the eShop but I've seen the physical release it in shops for as little as $69AU.

And to the point I was making earlier about prices and cartridges:
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2016/12/toys-r-us-christmas-1996-ca...

1996, American Toys R Us catalogue
GB/GG games - <$40US
Saturn/PS games - $40-50US
SNES/Genesis games - $40-70US
Super Mario 64 - $70US (an 8MB cartridge, OoT was 32MB and some games were 64MB)

Nintendo overcharging
They always do and never go on sale. Such an outta touch conpany.
I seen a new copy of New Super Mario U for $60 the other day.

@skywake Well they've been saying the same thing about physical media in other areas of entertainment mainly music and film, yet there's still demand for it. In fact demand for physical has grown with regards to music. At least here in the UK.

What Nintendo should've done is eat up the extra cost rather than force it to the consumer (i.e. Nintendo pay the extra $10 per cart) to make buying 3rd party Switch games a more attractive option rather than just assuming "I can take this anywhere" is enough.

@JaxonH Yeah, we don't have such programs here.

@Grumblevolcano I do agree with that. Only the portion who loves handheld will happily eat those extra costs. For someone who uses the Switch home-console, they're just taking your extra 10 "because"

Well I was talking more about the death of optical media for games. For music and movies the one main disadvantage of optical media, low speeds, doesn't really come into play. Well for music the fact that CDs were never really portable is a factor. But even in that case ripping the CD to my PC and copying it to the microSD card in my phone is good enough.

For games read speeds have been and will always be an issue. The faster the better. So in a few years time when Sony and whoever else sit down to think about what kind of storage their next console will have? That'll be a factor. Whether it's a home console or not. Eventually the gap will be large enough and the cost difference will be low enough that they'll drop optical media.

lol I knew you were going to react that way.

Relax, man, it's 10 bucks. Save the dramatic accusations for stuff that's actually offensive. Gaming is an expensive hobby. Period. I never said there weren't other expensive hobbies, either... so I don't know what that rant was all about.

And yes, we pay 60 bucks plus tax for big releases in the U.S. Tax varies by state, roughly 5%.

Might be something, might not be something, but definitely worth giving it a look: https://twitter.com/nibellion/status/906519536278675456

"A direct is rumoured to air on the 13th of September"

More importantly, this gives us the opportunity to further validate the LA Noire leaker... If he's right about this too, I think it's safe to say we should start taking whatever he says very seriously

It sounds about right about Direct timing, stuff like this are needed:

• Super Mario Odyssey special edition (they did it for BotW I doubt they'll skip their other massive 2017 game)
• New content for existing games (e.g. Champions Ballad DLC, ARMS update, Splatoon 2 update)
• Xenoblade 2 release date (if the game is still coming in 2017, time is running out)
• 3rd party stuff, especially Skyrim release date
• Nindies stuff
• 3DS multiplayer Kirby game
• Maybe a sneak peak into 2018 like the paid online service

@DarthNocturnal Yeah, show off Star Fox 2 gameplay and remind everyone it's exclusive to the SNES Classic.

@JaxonH That guy also talked about the Switch OS/UI being purposely minimalistic well before launch too.

The timing seems about right for the usual fall Direct.

• Give the rundown for the fall Switch and 3DS games, giving release date for the games that need it (Xenoblade 2, Skyrim, Rocket League, Payday 2, Monopoly).
• New trailer for Super Mario Odyssey
• New trailer for Xenoblade 2
• Talk about updates for existing games (Zelda and Mario + Rabbids DLC, ARMS update, Splatoon 2 update)
• Reveal that damn Kirby 3DS game
• Give an early look at early 2018
• Maybe reveal a 1st party eShop title for this fall? (Pushmo, Mario vs Donkey Kong, etc)

Sounds like a solid Direct to me, even if there isn't much in the way of reveals.

I think we are going to get a fps announced. Surely some company out there has carried out a market map and seen the gaping hole! Come on Blizzard. I'm rooting for ya.

@GrailUK Did you forget about PayDay 2?