Starlink: Battle For Atlas Starter Pack Sees Huge Price Drop Across UK And US

Picked mine up for £34.99 from currys Friday can't wait to try it out.

Hm, interesting. I do kinda want this game, but the digital version seems to be the way to go. Wonder if a price drop for digital is in the cards.

I am confused about the options of digital vs toy for this game.
Here are my desires:
I want to play the game. I do not want any toys. I want a game card. I do not want to pay more than for other games.

What should I do?

When the developers are gonna understand that toys in gaming ARE OVER !
Amiibos, Skylanders, Disney infinity, Starlink etc... the trend is behind us AND IT'S GREAT ! Now, focus on making great games and not to try to make money with crappy plastic thingies...

GAMES ! MAKE GAMES !

Take another £20-30 off and I'll give it a go.

Alternatively, re-release it with the full game on the cartridge and I'll order it now.

@Mortenb Buy the physical game. Give the toys to a kid or a charity shop.

@Mortenb

Get the game used from someone for cheap, sell the toys if needed to, and wait for a price drop for the digital deluxe upgrade pack thingy.... that's the best solution I can think of.

Would've gone physical myself if it didn't have that huge ugly white download banner on it (I'm surprised nobody sofar is making alternative box art covers that don't have those on them o.O).
I'll grab it whenever the digital deluxe version becomes cheap, it's Ubisoft so it's bound to get heavily discounted.

Am in no rush to buy it though as Everspace is releasing soon and that's looking like it's the better space game ^_^

@Cobalt
On a similar line I hate games companies wasting money and time on making games look good instead of play good!

This is a digital.

How much is the “all included” DLC?

No love for Canadian?

has this been discounted in digital format in the UK?

@dew12333 I'm agree with you !
Mario Odyssey is the perfect example !

I was soooo tempted to buy this the weekend at smithies.
But just paid for a new micro SD for my switch and have the SSBU collectors edition pre ordered.

Also its Christmas so kinda need to buy gifts for others

Still I cannot support this as the games content is locked behind those toys and really that's what put me off of picking it up.
..........But that lovely lovely star wing almost got me

Bought! Thanks for the heads up. Looking forward to giving this a go, though I may have to put it on the back burner until I can get through Pokémon and after I get Smash out of my system.

Unsurprising.

About toys-to-life, I only bought Lego Dimensions, I even got obsessed with it and bought several packs, and I don't regret it. The franchises I have there are fondly remembered ones and I haven't had the time to play it as I should have, but I will. Good thing you can play it whenever you want. The day games have to be connected to the internet or depend entirely on servers, I'll stick to the systems and games I already have and will abandon the train and stick to retro, because I can't nor won't buy and play the games when they are released just because they decide it.

@kobalt There is nothing locked behind toys in this game. You can play and unlock everything without them. They’re entirely optional.

EDIT: I misspoke; sorry about that. See below.

@thesilverbrick
Am I wrong thinking its the physical version needs the toys for the unlocks?
Theirs so many differing versions I forget which ones provide which.

@thesilverbrick you cannot unlock things in the game. However you can buy them digital as bundle or dlc

Will have mine in 15min when I pick it from Argos. This is the correct price for the game

I might bite when it's £20

@Balta666
Thanks for the confirmation
Thought I read up on it wrong.

It's £37.85 at Base.com https://www.base.com/buy/product/starlink-battle-for-atlas-nintendo-switch-starter-pack/dgc-sboans.htm

I am tempted but the cost of add on's, physical or digital are so expensive in the UK. Does anyone know if you can complete the game with just the starter pack?

@Mossii You can finish it but not complete it as far as I know (the starter pack has no gravity weapons that are required for some side content)

Edit: the standard digital pack allows you to complete it though

@Balta666 Thank you. That's my concern. To buy all the weapons is another £20 digitally. Am I right in saying that with only 1 ship things become difficult as you in effect only have 1 life?

@kobalt @Balta666 Sorry, I was under the impression that things could be unlocked without the toys. But you can play the game without toys and simply purchase the content contained in the toys as digital DLC instead of buying a bunch of plastic.

The price is down 30% in Norway?!? Bad luck for those who paid full price a month ago...

Ugh, I got all excited by this, but it doesn't include the digital version...

@roro26 its 59.99 at bestbuy starting this Thursday

@thesilverbrick
That's ok. Alot of what I said was quick reading and assumption that the typical toys to life structure was being used.
Though reading all of these comments it doesn't give me great encouragement to go buy.

@kobalt I hear you. There seems to be some mixed impressions of the game, but at discount like that I’m willing to give it a try. I was looking for a way to get the physical card for cheap, since you can’t get it apart from the starter pack and this seems to be my best opportunity.

If anyone is interested, it's the same price in the rest of Europe, 40€.
Also Mario & Rabbids Gold Edition (with the DLC included) is at that same price now, around 40. Good time to pick it up!

@BladedKnight The only thing it shares with No Man's Sky is the setting. No Man's Sky has uncountable planets made using procedural generation, base building, logging of countless flora and fauna and the gameplay is almost exclusively around exploration. Starlink is a story based open world with seven planets and a storyline. I'm not comparing quality in any way, but the games are really far removed in terms of objectives and content.

Still not cheap enough. I don't like having so much stuff walled off by a paywall. I'm fine with dlc but only for small things.

This blocks of what feels like half the content.

Just nabbed it from Amazon! Same day shipping US

I bought it digital, didn't want to have to buy all of the toys.

@Mossii I believe so about the one life per battle (between battles you can restore health ) but the game is not the hardest ever either

I was waiting for this game to drop in price, but I didn't expect it to drop so soon! I'll probably get it if I can find it for this price.

Show us an eShop price drop on the digital and we'll talk

@thesilverbrick no worries, I am just quite well-informed as I wanted the game day one but it's price tag in the UK was ridiculous (digital packs mainly)

@adam9431 amazing thanks i’ll grab it!

I will be definitely be getting this on Black Friday if I have the money for it. Also picking Kirby Star Allies and Mario Tennis Aces as those will be discounted on Best Buy too ($49.99 each). Lego DC Villians will also be on sale @ Best Buy Canada for $49.99 if any Canadians are interested.

I didn’t really bother with the toys, but the game was surprisingly awesome. I’d really recommend it to anyone who likes a bit of a
starfox/no mans sky mashup. I put more than 40 hours into this one.

@adam9431 Is that outside the US? Everywhere I’m reading says $35.00 at Best Buy for Black Friday

$20 or bust! I only want this for the Arwing and maybe play the Star Fox portion once.

@UmbreonsPapa sorry I was replying to another user who asked for Canadian Black Friday prices.

I enjoyed the digital version for a couple of days, but it quickly devolved into rote busywork, and I sadly haven't touched it since.

As far as the hype-to-enjoyment ratio goes, it joins Mario Tennis Aces as one of my biggest gaming disappointments of 2018.

Tempted for the Arwing but don’t want to have to physically switch the toys to switch ships and weapons. That means I’d need to get the digital version right?

@gcunit @ryancraddock @NinjaSyao thanks. Is the game playable without the toys to unlock stuff? What is the arwing toy for? Can I fly it without the toy?

I think I will go the NinjaSyao route, and consider it if the digital gets cheaper in the future at some point.

Starlink: Battle For Atlas Starter Pack $39.95. Starlink: Battle For Atlas not included.

Starlink Battle For Atlas GOLD Edition $74.99. Includes full game!

Once it drops down to £20-30, I’ll be making a purchase. Because it looks kinda fun, just not £40 fun.

@thesilverbrick
That's why I was so tempted by the price too.
I figured £20 for the game and £20 for the ship and figures isn't too bad at all.
Its just I know playing it and seeing things I cannot do without shelling out extra cash will rub me the wrong way and I'll stop playing.
If this were physical and everything available I'd be picking it up no problem.
Its just the practice of selling a game with locked, finished content will always feel scummy to me.

That's the new trend: games dropping 40% 2 months after release.

oh, thought it was just a Black Friday thing when I saw this on deal sites. Sell better this way anyway I'm sure.

@BladedKnight I see what you mean. Certainly some inspiration around the planet entry etc... I've not played Starlink so thanks for your opinion on how it stacks up. From the videos I have watched, the combat looks far better for sure.

How much was it before?

Thank you NL! I just bought it from amazon. Who needs prime now

Why didn't I wait? Why!?

@Mossii You really do tend to run out of lives when you're only using the starter pack. I went out and bought a starship pack this weekend just for that reason. I'm sure some people can get all the way through the game with just the starter - Ubisoft say it's possible - but I'm not one of them.

I didn't mind buying one more ship because the models are nice and I do collect that kind of thing, but there's no way I'm buying any more than that. There are whole games I haven't bought yet because of finances, I'm not going over budget for this one.

It is a fun game, though.

I pre-ordered mine with the E3 discount most retailers gave back in June. Got the game when it released and played through it. I couldn't put it down, it was a lot of fun. This was the Starfox game I wish Nintendo had made, and it makes me hope that Nintendo just gives Ubisoft the franchise to make a new game. Highly recommend this game, especially at this price!!!

Well now I just might..!

@JasmineDragon It's funny, I bought Digital Deluxe (in addition to starter pack) but since I want to play the whole thing with the Arwing I never use the other ships (I do use the weapons though.)

Thanks Nintendolife! Keep the deals coming!

@JasmineDragon Thank you for the advice.

Match this on digital (cos' ya know digital really should be cheaper!)
and you have a deal - I really don't want the toys hanging around.

Toys-to-Life is dead. If you are forced to spend hundreds of bucks to experience everything in a game, and have your house filled with more useless plastic, is it any wonder?

@Mortenb Right there with you!

Lol I had a 25 dollar store credit too. So plus shipping (recently canceled prime) i paid 25 bucks. Works for me!

Paid 38 EUR on Friday at wehkamp.nl and received it next day. On Saturday it was 45 EUR. 38 EUR is a very good deal! Waiting for it to become 30 EUR will probably take a while. Time that I find worthy 8 EUR

The real earnings will be those of the toy sales. Discounting the starter pack could be compensated by players later buying plenty of additional ships, weapons and pilots.

Still too expensive for me

I got it last night - I'm ok paying $39.

Even though I got it early I still got them with my GCU for far less than the asking MSRP.

$100 in Australia, down from $120. Disappointed it dropped in price so quickly after only a month out. The positive is I got a display stand for my Arwing and a bonus pilot due to the pre-order. I'd be less miffed if they waited at least another month for the price reduction, or even offer an eshop credit!

Hopefully the digital version will go on sale on the Eshop, just like it is on the Playstation store and Xbox Marketplace for the digital edition it is $44.99 and the digital deluxe edition it is $59.99.

So many cheap people on here. It's no wonder why Nintendo fans are treated unfairly by third party companies...

@SamuraiPanda It was in the top 30 in the US. It fell out this week.

@SamuraiPanda I want to say #6 but I could be wrong.

Its $39.99 now at Target to Redcard people. Plus an additional %5 off the early $39.99 black Friday Sale. I think I'm about to pounce on that price.

@Mortenb buy the discounted game, give/throw the toys away and keep the cartridge and regular game case.

I bought the full price starter kit, never used the toys (although the Arwing is now sitting on my desk, looking pretty), and also never bought any ingame stuff. I beat the game last week using only Starfox, and while I couldn't get 100%, I had fun. Some treasure chests need specific elemental weapons to open, but you never find anything live changing in there anyway.

So yeah, that's what you should do if you're still interested in Starlink.

Sooooo it flopped then? Of course!

Just got the starter pack for £9.99.... amazing value! It’s huge, it’s fun (repetitive so best played in chunks of a few hours here and there!) and it’s got Fox in! What’s not to like?!