Two Switch Games Will "No Longer Be Available" On The eShop

Over the next year or two, with the Switch on the way out and more games being delisted from the eshop as a result, I fully expect to see the price of used Switch cartridges skyrocket.

Pretty much means the publishing license is expiring. As mentioned above, games most people have heard of and had poor reviews. Which also means this was a click bait article meant to pad an article quota.

I have never heard of these.

Meh they all had physical releases so if you still want em you could always get em but both aren't even that good of a game. God Wars was an okay game on other platforms but on Switch it was just decent.

@CharlieGirl I just checked and it already started lol not even 24 hrs and prices are already rising which is sad

@Daggot

How the hell is this a clickbait article?

The headline tells you the two titles will no longer be available on the eshop and the article tells you when they leave and then even offers the reviews so people can decide if they want to purchase them. One person's trash is another's treasure and all that.

Do people even know what clickbait means?!

@SBandy1 At this point, clickbait is just starting to lose it's meaning now. whether or not this is true, I don't know. Time will tell.

@DanijoEX

Less it has lost its meaning and more people just throw the word out without understanding what it actually means (or maybe that is the same thing).

When you say "whether or not this is true" do you mean the article itself? NL linked to the tweet from the publisher so it's safe to say it is true.

@SBandy1 Just the word itself. I should've been specific though.

I actually like God Wars. It's pretty niche but if you like old japanese legends and srpg it has plenty to offer.

@DanijoEX

Ah no worries. People just throw out the term for no good reason.

@SBandy1 @DanijoEX It seems to be following the pattern of many neologisms.

・Word comes into being to describe specific issue
・Prevalence of issue results in word gaining widespread use
・Ease of use results in word being (mis)used in more general contexts
・Word loses specificity, and ultimately much of its meaning

It’s a shame, but seems somewhat inevitable. It’s just too tempting to default to these sort of terms in order to feel like we’ve made some sort of cutting observation.

The word itself might be a precision instrument, but using it in this context is like trying blindly swinging around a scalpel hoping to break open a piñata.

Aw man.

Man, idk what is happening with NISA. They already take ages to localize games and I feel like half of their ports haven't been that great either.

Welp better get demon gaze. Already have the other three.

Got all of them expect Demon Gaze 2, but frankly the first one was such garbage that I want nothing to with it. Not that the other games are much better.

This is why physical releases are important. I own Lost Child on Switch. One of the earlier first person dungeon crawlers on the platform. FYI the “dlc” for that game isn’t important.

It’s just early P2W items you can get from natural game progression.

They are both average games (besides the point) but it seems a bit odd. Maybe there is a NIS compilation coming up upon next year with these games featured.

Does this also mean if you own a digital copy, you no longer will be able to download it either?

Every time a game gets pulled from the market, there is at least one person in the world who will never fall in love with it only because they haven't heard of it yet

@AviatorApe No, why would that be the case?

Stuff like this is so annoying.

@Maxz

Well put!

I'm assuming it's because these all have the same Japanese publisher (Kadokawa) and whatever licensing deal they had with NIS has expired.

The Steam release of God Wars is already attributed to a different publisher than NIS.

I've made other discounted choices over many a God Wars sale, so it will be almost karmic if I end up paying full price in the end (that knowing chuckle you just heard was Mistover), but at least I should have the money even for that scenario, given the period and deadline. Already got Lost Child... and almost got a heart attack thinking Demon Gaze was delisting the Switch version over the goddamn weekend. Phew.😅 The Vita original I've already had for years, although the game is a natural double-dip candidate for me since its eShop release, and it looks like I can still procrasti- er, thoroughly plan getting it down the road.

Natural Doctrine is also in my Vita collection and Demon Gaze 2 might eventually go to the black flag unit (it's technically still possible to purchase Vita games on Russian PSS from the console storefront search, but the exorbitant prices and dwindling availability of respective regional paycards beg to differ), although by the time I get and beat the first game on Switch, the sequel may well show up here, too. Hey, [most] Danganronpa games did.

Hmm... I've had my eye on some of these. Hopefully there'll be some good sales before they go.

Edit: Turns out The Lost Child is 90% off in the European eShop right now.

@AllieKitsune Demon Gaze on Switch is also a separate publisher, hence it not being on the list.

Physical media will always be superior to digital, until there are standardized changes to many aspects of digital, including licensing laws.

@CharlieGirl there are only two Switch games leaving. Does your logic apply to PS too?

@progx I mean, yeah. There's a handful of PS4 games that have gotten way more expensive in the last year or two.

I have God Wars physical because I saw it at CeX for cheap and decided to get it because why not. Haven't tried it yet so I don't even know if I like it or not, but I'm glad to have it now since the physical version might start becoming rarer due to this. Who knows.

I may get God Wars since I have an interest in archaic Japanese settlements and it may be interesting to play a tactics game there.

The review for it here is good enough for me - it's not like a new FE or FFT title but it's sufficient at what it does.

The Lost Child doesn't look good enough for me to buy based on your review.

It's frustrating when games get delisted, though.

Lost Child is US$5 right now. Decent alternative to Etrian Odyssey, at this price it’s a no-brainer.

Where is the Gaming Preservation Front when you need them? Nowhere to be seen here...

@DiamondJim Also just gone on sale (for likely the last time) in the UK (£4.49) and I’m assuming Europe too.

@SBandy1 Er...because context is being left out? As @Daggot said, its likely due to the publishing license expiring and NIS probably haven't made enough money from it to justify renewing or continue paying for it to still be on the eShop. You can still continue to download the game digitally if you have it and physical copies were out of stock ages ago. Thus, there is no "news" as NL just simply regurgitated what NISA already posted via Twitter without clarifying or presenting new information or context through their own research.

Edit: News = "newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent events". Supposedly it derived from the French "nouvelles", literally "new things". The word commonly used before "news" came into usage was "tidings" which meant "announcement of event".

@SNES64DD

There is more informative journalism in that post of yours than in the whole NL's article

@SNES64DD

"As @Daggot said, its likely due to the publishing license expiring and NIS probably haven't made enough money from it to justify renewing or continue paying for it to still be on the eShop."

That's not news, that is you and Daggot guessing. Why would NL do that? They are providing the facts for people who wouldn't neccessarily be following NISAmerica's twitter page i.e. the vast majority of us.

NL are advising its readers about two games that have recently been announced to be leaving the eshop and when. Seems like "newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent events" to me.

Why does NIS America do stuff like this so often? You can't even get Danganronpa games on Vita anymore, no updates or anything. Anyway, might get The Lost Child, but I can't find the other one.

Unfortunate but oh well if physical still that's something for many games 'until it's digital only and well goodbye and more consoles selling with the game on them will be a thing like PT on PS4s or Fortnite on phones.

Then again they said so for a few Vita games and I went into my local big budget tech/game store and they had Future Past on PS4 easily visible so..... there is that. XD But yeah delisting these ones is odd aren't they newer entries of these games on Switch then the Vita ones?

@SBandy1 I was VERY specific with what was said and I am posting a reply to a comment in an article with added speculation. Yet, speculation in and of itself CAN be new information, can it not?

Not everyone follows the Twitter but I'm not exactly sure how extrapolating regurgitation of source material of the information ADDED more value if not for clickbait. If accuracy and not wanting to mislead is important then keep the report simple and to the point thus the article could have been much shorter. There is also no need for " " in "No Longer Be". Is that meant to suggest it's a joke or nuance for something else? Instead, I would simply use: "Two NISA Switch Games will Soon be No Longer Sold on eShop" is far more meaningful and accurate title. It could also be longer with precise points on what was research and relevantly concluded information or extrapolated information that could be extremely relevant in the article itself. Not sure if it can be done but comments for stuff like this can also be turned off or limited to vote boxes for simple questions.

People have already mentioned that meaning of words has been lost and or recycled to mean something else but the thing about articles like these is that it is DESIGNED to attract comments and reactions thus ARE deceptively clickbait which is basically the definition of what that is. Articles with comment sections generate discussion and that WILL always somehow lead to "misleading" and off topic information even if the article itself was somehow 100% accurate.

Your previous comment for example summed up to "not everyone follows NISAmerica's Twitter thus it is news to most of us". It is thus subjective. It doesn't make that aspect of it wrong, but it makes the intend of it off point to the whole article. My comments are a reply to your comments which in turn were replies to comments of this article being clickbait. Thus, it HAS misled and therefore worked as it has changed the whole topic of the article and what was asked.

If I apply this to a YouTube video, I'm sure most of us are not looking for IGN's "Director's Cut" of Tears of the Kingdom ad which whilst convenient to some, most of us just goes to the source if available. Nor would I consider Arlo's (and the millions of Youtubers) reaction or opinions to Tears of the Kingdom reveal in a Direct be "news" despite them being fun to watch or listen to.

News is actually meant to be accurate, boring and mostly comment free. Engagement should be limited, simple and on point of what is asked of relevant article. We could partly blame that tools are not yet available to do this effectively in a way that financially benefits the writer for their time and assists readers but a lot of it simply just how news is applied and works as a whole.

Anyway, I've been way too verbose, my point is that the article could have been simplier. It honestly, and probably doesn't really need a comment section for engagement in cases like this. A like and a vote box would probably suffice.

Have a good one.

@SNES64DD

That's a whole lot words to essentially say nothing. When one has to write that much to get a point accross then it usually isn't a very good or accurate point. And so it goes.

This wasn't a clickbait article, end of. The article title made clear the situation and the content of the article added further detail to said situation. Nothing misleading or inaccurate and the opposite of a clickbait article.

The comments section (which is in 99.9% of NL articles) and what is said in the comments won't change what the actual content of the article is. You are gonna pull a muscle from all the stretching you are doing.

Oh and the article title said "no longer be available".

Have a good one too.

I already owned God Wars on switch. And A lost child had a really good sell ending. So glad I saw this.

Woops! I missed the digital sale and now it is gone... For some reason I assumed there was more time and apparently thought we were still in May.

I do have it physical in a sealed state, but I would have picked up the digital to not have to break the seal. NVM guess I'll have to break it if I really want to play it XD

@FishyS It is a good game for people who like old school Shin Megami Tensei. Is Shin Megami Tensei worthless because most people never played the 2 first games?

God Wars is 90% off now and it's the last week before it's getting removed from eShop. SRPGs lovers like me, this is your chance.