Topic: The Nintendo Switch Thread

@NotTelevision It's the classic thing though, if people are willing to pay 60 still, why should they lower it? I'll be honest, if it were me I'd do the same thing Nintendo's doing in this case. Things are worth what people are willing to pay. People aren't willing to pay 60 dollars for Horizon Zero Dawn anymore, but they still are for BotW. You can be sure that if people were still buying HZD at good numbers at 60 dollars, they'd still be selling it for that price. No companies lower the price of their product permanently just because they can.

And for those other games you mention, I assume Nintendo considers them to still be selling well enough to justify it.

@NotTelevision Isn’t Horizon Zero Dawn part of the PlayStation Selects range, or whatever they call it? A lot of Sony first and some third party titles are now in that range so are typically cheap. Plus, Nintendo knows people will pay full price for games several years old so there’s little to no reason to reduce it. Look at Mario Kart 8 Deluxe or Mario Odyssey as examples of continued big sellers.

@link3710

Is there less story-mode content? I'd assumed it was a similar amount. Haven't got through the Splatoon 2 story mode yet.

@Heavyarms55 @FragRed Right. I know I’m comparing hard and soft water from my shower head to that found in the fairy fountain. I just see it all as water (software), so I feel the need to compare them and heck I’m purchasing some fairy juice on March 20, as I’m sure many people are.

I would like to see some bottles of that refined stuff next to the discounted 24 pack of Aquafina, but it’s working fine for them.

@Dezzy Yeah, Splatoon (especially online) was pretty barebones with only four maps at launch. Of course, we did get the promise that they would release more over time, and they did. But maybe that's why it was €40. Additionally, an online game on the Wii U would've needed every little push it could get.

But yeah, the high prices mean that I've skipped quite a few games. I don't think Kirby is worth €60 for example. €45 would've been easier to swallow for Luigi's Mansion, etc. I like the fact that I can go back and enjoy the Tomb Raider trilogy for €20 a game these days. Otherwise I would've never considered them, and now they're part of my favourite games this gen.

@StuTwo I disagree. Would you stop buying Nintendo games day one if you knew they'd be half the price in two or three years? No, let's be honest. I'll still buy the new Mario day one. But I would buy additional games that I didn't buy when they came out.

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@Octane

Yep, same here. I'd definitely buy Yoshi's Crafted World for half that price. Not worth it for the full price to me though. Even my favourite Yoshi game, Wooly World, is only just about worth that to me.

Same with Mario Maker 2. Since I have the original, it's just not worth another full price release for me (definitely would be if I didn't have the original though)

@Dezzy I bought Yoshi, because one retailer had a sale and it was ''only'' €50. I still kinda regret it though, but that's maybe just because I expected more. It was a rather short game. Oh well.

@Dezzy Splatoon 2 definitely had more story content, maybe 20-30% more? Plus Octo Expansion exists now, even if that's DLC which is longer than the previous two combined.

Bought Doom last week and I've now played it for couple of hours. Enjoying it more than ever before. I've played it here and there in the last 20 years but it never quite grabbed me. I've technically beaten it once with my brother but it was more like he beat it for the millionth time while I tagged along. One thing I've always liked about Doom is the way it controls. It feels so good. Finished the first episode today. I don't remember anything about the rest of the game so it's pretty much blind from now on.

Finally after having the game since end of November/early December, I started my playthrough of darksiders 2 the other day and I'm already on the 2nd dungeon. After experiencing the first game last April(and loving it), I couldn't wait to play the 2nd one. Of course with how many games that dropped on switch since it launched in September i put this on the back burner until I grabbed it for 12 bucks In a sale. Kind of regretting putting other games before it since im loving it just as much as I did darksiders 1. With the lack of zelda coming in the near future (at least that we know of thus far) this is really scratching that zelda itch.

@Octane I’d absolutely stop buying Nintendo games day one if I knew they’d definitely be a third of the price a few years later.

There are very few exceptions where I absolutely feel like I need a game on launch. But often I’ll buy them anyway if I know the price won’t change for many years (if ever) so I might as well jump early.

Aside from anything else it lets me know I’ll be able to sell a Nintendo game a few months down the line if I wish and possibly even make a profit!

(I rarely sell Nintendo games but I do apply a similar technique to BluRays - I never buy DVDs because they have no resale value even for new titles but second hand BluRays cost almost exactly the same as brand new ones).

Nah, if it's a big game, I'll pay to have it day-one. I mean, there's always something to be said for fiscal prudence, but having to sit for 2 years and listen to people say how awesome a game is before I get to experience it just to save 20 bucks... that's a little extreme.

YOLO and all that. You can drive yourself insane by living life pinching every penny and only buying things that will "pay off" somehow (sale, resale value, whatever).

Well, there is a difference between 2 years and six months. Try this, “hey, BOTW 2 is coming out in 2 years vs “Hey, BOTW 2 is coming out in 6 months hype! XD

@NotTelevision Hey, I do still understand where you're coming from. The child in me wants to believe there are people in companies sympathetic to younger consumers or gamers who just have less money to work with. But adult me knows all too well that the people who decide these things are literally obligated to maximize profit. It is quite literally their jobs. So they can't lower prices without good reason.

Switch's 3rd anniversary celebrations begin with a new system update. 9.2.0 is out now and is a stability update!

Classic Nintentroll.

@StuTwo I think you are a minority in that case. I don't see many people say "Well, Horizon Zero Dawn 2" is going to be €20 two years after launch, I'm going to wait". It will sell a ton at launch like any other game. So I don't it would make a difference for Nintendo. People are still going to buy Zelda and Mario day one, even if they are heavily discounted in year or two after launch.

@gcunit Shouldn't it be update 10.0?

@Octane Eh really? Pretty much all Sony players I know IRL don't pick up Assassin's Creed / Far Cry and the like til it's been at least 6 months and the price has been slashed.