It may well have been a whole year in the making, but you can now spend your hard-earned My Nintendo Gold Points to buy Nintendo Switch games.
Yes, by purchasing your favourite Nintendo titles, you will now be saving up points towards future games. Interestingly, Nintendo seems very keen for players to be buying their games through the eShop rather than physically, as the rewards are much higher for digital purchases.
To explain, one point will equal one penny (or cent) in real money, and the amount of points you receive when buying a new game will depend on where you bought it. If you purchase a game from the Nintendo eShop, you'll receive 5% of the game's cost back in points; if you grab yourself a physical copy of a game, however, you'll only receive 1%.
That essentially means that if you were to spend £40 / $40 on the eShop, you'd get 200 points back, meaning £2 / $2 off your next purchase. If you spent £40 / $40 on a physical game, you'd only get 40 points back, or £0.40 / $0.40 off.
Of course, Gold Points expire exactly one year after they've been earned, meaning it is quite unlikely that you'll be able to save up a decent amount before they disappear from your account. Nevertheless, it is great to see that the system has finally been put in place and any money off is certainly better than none!
What will you be saving up for?
[source my.nintendo.com]
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@YummyHappyPills Well, you've been doing a bit of defending and firefighting in the forums, so you know it's coming. And in fairness people have legitimate complaints. Like only getting 1% back on physical games as opposed to 5% on digital games. I still wouldn't buy a digital game where possible, especially for such paltry "reward".
Also, "It's worth noting a little caveat here. Almost all launch Switch games are ineligible if they weren't already redeemed before the update. If you were holding out to redeem, it seems you're out of luck." - from GoNintendo.
The expiry date should be lengthened to 2 years worldwide(not just Europe). People shouldn't have to register new accounts to buy digital games around the world in different eShops. Do I need a new credit card for each account? No. People have points scattered all around in separate accounts that don't really amount to anything substantial. This is supposed to be a "Reward Scheme". It barely feels like one.
Since getting the Switch a year ago I have managed to build up 1292 gold points, so that's £12.92 off any purchase on the eShop? Ehh, alright I suppose. Better than nothing! Be nice if they added actual rewards like they did with the Wii U and 3DS as well as this.
Which is fine for digital only games but if it's a tenner cheaper on Amazon, that's worth 1000 points plus the 1% when you register the game. Anyway, I can start registering games again now.
I currently have enough gold points for six dollars off something now, which in the current moment feels awesome to me. I do hope to continue to see an evolution to it over time in some way however.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE I'll let the fires rage down here. Its not my job to sort it.
Ill have some booze handy though...I exoect some epic leaps in logic, like "The N64 had a better first year and has more games than Switch" despite that being provably wrong.
I do enjoy the fireworks sometimes...other times I ask myself why we got this far as a species.
Had 676 points e used to get a ACA Neo Geo game for "free" on the eShop
I think that these points will be good to get indie games as they are often on promotions.
If you only collect Physical Versions, all of this is pointless (HA!)
I would rather waste my points on wrapping paper and pens, like we used to be able to do.
I know how to claim points on a physical purchase, but how do I claim points for an e-shop purchase?
I wish you got a bit more back for retail games, it should be at least half of the downloads (2.5%) IMO.
But all in all I like this system. I've already bought Night in the Woods for half the price. It's the first time I've used my coins since the inception of MyNintendo.
@ryando I was gonna write the same thing.
@3dg3d3m0n you don't it does it automatically
It's worth pointing out that the amount of gold points you earn from digital purchases has gone up substantially.
A $40 digital purchase used to award only 50 coins, it'll now award 200.
A $40 retail title will also award 40 coins instead of something insulting like 13.
That said, this sort of system still doesn't do much to encourage digital purchases, when retailers can reduce the price of any retail titles much farther than the potential savings.
Spend hundreds in year 1, got £13 of stuff free.
Club Nintendo was better, this is better than nothing but compared to the discounts I get on PS4 and X-BOX this feels more like a slap in the face.
This comment section should be fun.
I'm in the minority that believes this is pretty cool.
@Bunkerneath it is pointless. My credit card gives me 2% on some purchases.
Tesco lets you quadruple your points for trips etc
Great. I like the golden points system implementation on Nintendo e-shop.
For me, this simply boils down to how much value I personally place on the convenience of owning a game digitally. On traditional home consoles... not very much really, but on a Switch with it's portability? Enormously valuable to me.
For some reason my gold points have disappeared
Better than nothing I guess 🤔
The amount of gold and platinum points I have lost due to that asinine expiry system. I do get warnings but usually like 3 weeks before expiration; I want 3 days prior or at least a week.
Anyways the pro is I can now use them for money towards an eshop game of my choice rather than whatever deal (usually not a good one) of their choosing. I have sometimes let them expire as none of the “offers” were good value or required me to spend more than i wanted.
1 year is not long enough before coins expire
Just cashed in my year one gold coins and picked up both Nine Parchments and Subsurface Circular, for FREE. Really can't complain...
@BensonUii That's for Europe. It's 1 year for the U.S and Australia(even though they're PAL like Europe). But there's other conditions that mean America has advantages over Europe, e.g. they can use gold points to buy DLC while Europe can't.
@BensonUii Yep, by that they mean that a physical copy of a game can be redeemed for Gold Points within two years from that game's initial release date.
But once you've redeemed those points, they will then expire from your account in one year's time.
Yeah no thanks. I want physical games and I'll get them from Amazon for a good £10 cheaper than Nintendo sell them 90% of the time which is a bigger saving than buying from the eShop and getting points.
Looking at Kirby. 49.99 in eshop digitally and get points or 40 pounds physical and get points.
Amazon rewards me more
Just cashed in my points for 16.99 which worked out to be the eshop price of Lone Wolf(Canadian). For some reason when using points I didn't have to pay the tax which was a nice little bonus.
The value of Nintendo Bitcoin has gone down on Switch, it's worth much more on other systems....
Anyway this is like collecting Flybuys point, pointless to me now.
Had enough gold coins for Vs. Super Mario Bros. and Earth Wars. I have nothing to complain.
Cool. It's a start I guess, more like a decent attempt at improvement. Better than nothing but let's see what rewards I can get through this because all my Platinum points are dead due to the selection of rewards or the lack thereof.
It should be noted that the 1-year expiry period doesn't apply to Europe or Sudafrica: it's 2 years here!
@dequesi What about America?
I tend to buy all of my games physically, so won't be getting as many points, however, at the same time that also means the only things I'm likely to buy on the e-shop are cheaper games that don't get a physical release, so I won't exactly be losing out much.
Any discount is welcome. I was going to buy the games i bought regardless of any offers. The fact that I'm getting any future discount on past purchases i made is a good thing. People have little to be complaining about.
If you use points to buy a game on the eshop, do you then get points based on what you spent, or what the game is worth?
So, for the sake of argument, looking at buying Arms, Mario&Rabbids and Mario Kart 8. All 3 currently £50 on the eshop, or £40-£45 retail (probably less with more shopping around)...
Going digital costs £150, but nets £7.50 in discounts for future purchases. Or possibly £145.13 cost with £2.38 discount left, if you use the points and then only get points on what you spent...
OR buy them all retail for under £130, and then register for £1.50 off a future digital purchase.
Retail is still noticeably cheaper.
It’s still nice to get something out of the points, better than nothing, but not enough to sway people who got retail because it’s cheaper.
Just bought Bleed with my gold coins, so one free game for me.
Any confirmation that the gold points you could obtain from registering your physical games (which clearly stated a 2-year window I might add) can not be used anymore?
Just spent my 3154 points on Joe Dever's Lone Wolf and Aegis Defenders. Love the new system.
So, how does this work with bought digital games before this reward system? Are those points gone?
Edit: Or dit you already recieve points prior this programme?
I just used up some points on Earth Wars. Yay for free. 8)
Got 2100 points to spend. Not sure what to buy..
I'm thinking of the Pokken DLC and Slime-san
Pointless for me as I only have 65 Gold Points. They should really increase the rate for physical games.
It's a total joke of a reward system. What a joke Nintendo!
I really, really miss Club Nintendo. I collect physical copies of games, so this is basically pointless for me.
It’s nice to have something rather than nothing even if it is a bit stingy. The ratio of points for physical and eshop buys is totally unfair though. Guess Nintendo like all gaming companies want to get rid of that second hand market as they don’t get a slice of the pie. Also the fact that the points run out is not on. You should be able to save up if you so choose.
@RusevDay Oh yea that famous reward system we all have on our playstations and xbox.......
@YummyHappyPills Great opening post. I mainly come here for the fireworks personally.
Honestly can't understand any complaints. Since when does nintendo owe any of you a better reward system than this. Be greatful you get anything, cos you sure as hell won't anywhere else.
I got 50 points for Mario,Arms,MK8 deluxe and Rayman rabbids,Zelda and Splatoon 2 had already been registered. Seeing as i didn't spend 50 on any of these (apart from Zelda) not bad!.
and they go the sonyrewards way and require a ridiculous amount of points just to redeem something. Well at least Sony has $10 PlayStation store redeems.
I got 440 points in total which i can use for a rubbish free game or spend a couple of pounds and get a slightly better one, That neo geo fighting game that is sort of like Streets of rage meets golden Axe is staring at me lol.
Used a discount on The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth +, got more coins. That's a discount for the next game, and then that will get one for the next game...
My only question is this. Why can't 3DS owners take advantage of this?
It's better than nothing. I still miss downloading virtual console games as rewards with Club Nintendo.
@Mrvengeace182 totally see what you mean but I thought people were just judging it’s merits as an Insentive program. A good insentive program helps to drive sales and push maybe buys to will buys. Obviously people will buy first party Nintendo games as you can’t get them elsewhere but a good program can help you choose the switch to buy games that are out on multi platforms and may be available cheaper. If the programs rewards are good it certainly would push me to buy more
@1UP_MARIO Use your credit card to make the digital purchase and get your 2% back, and then also collect the 5% from Nintendo. 7% discount!!
@Pizzapasta good thinking but retail still comes up more rewarding in my pocket
@1UP_MARIO It's hard to beat the 20% off Amazon prime and Best Buy Gamers club offer.
Most Japanese point cards for shops give 1%, so this is essentially the same thing.
@BonafideInfidel How? I have 300 gold coins that I wanted to cash in for subsurface circular but it looks like you’re only allowed to use 30 gold coins max for it. Am I missing something?
@Caryslan I’m pretty sure you can, but I’m not certain
@Pizzapasta it’s good for the smaller indie games. Just bought a game with my gold points and also received more gold points
@Caryslan I think you can. I’m gonna try on the Wii u and 3ds later
Well I can see that this system is not very generous, but is it right to moan about getting something for nothing!
I would prefer that they go back to the system that they started when the gamecube was released, being able to get things that couldn't be bought was excellent. But if I had been nintendo and seen so many of them being sold on ebay then I might feel that people didn't actually want the rewards!
This would honestly be fine if gold points didn't expire.
Just got £12.14 off Nine parchments with my year 1 discounts meaning it only cost me £1.35 awesome - getting something back for my switch investment and more points this year 👍
Free points = cheap games. I'm not really sure what there isn't to like.
I have 194 gold points as I only buy physical, so am I right in thinking this means I have just £1.94 to spend?
Now I REALLY regret not spending my Club Nintendo points on extra Kirby Dream Blankets.
More utter trash! I'll add this to my 1st year of a half arsed system write up.
Utter rubbish online, rubbish voice chat, rubbish gold coin rewards.....etc
@YummyHappyPills Well yeah its garbage. Platinum points can get you up to 50% off a game. Gold can get you up to 30% on certain titles for a small amount. But the switch is only 1c per point. That's horrible. You would have to buy most of the Switchs library to have enough points to be worth using.
@GuruOfGreatness Yup...1 point to 1cent.
I'll definitely register games and use the program, and consider it a big step up for My Nintendo, but it leaves a sour taste in my mouth that the program went live three days after physical games available on release were no longer eligible for redemption (in the U.S. anyway).
Free 4 bucks is free 4 bucks.
A 60 euro game on the eShop got you 70 points as an early adopter, with almost nothing to spend it on. One year later others get 300 points for the same sale, and can spend it right away on the eShop. The game is rigged.
I really like this, getting $13 off pre-purchasing Kirby. That's pretty sweet.
Worst reward program ever.
I've accumulated $25 worth of Gold Coins. It looks like I earned a free download of Bleed 2! Can't complain
I refuse digital unless the price difference is significant compared to physical. I knew they would screw this up.
I had 602 coins. $6 off! I used it right away, haha. This rules.
Well as a collector it's almost useless and my biggest grip is that they have had better systems in the past so I know it can be done.
@SimplyCinnamon53 Dunno. I just proceeded to purchase, clicked the use-coins box in the payment method form when asked and it went through (as a £0.00 payment). There was no mention of a limit anywhere for me (UK eshop).
That's awesome, especially for me as a digital-only user.
@Mr_Pepperami 5% is really good incentive. I don't know many shops that offer better.
I've noticed they've taken away the separate section for Switch rewards so I'm kinda peeved as this cashback reward is fairly underwhelming compared to the rewards they give for the 3DS and Wii U. I've 160 gold coins which equals £1.60 cashback on the eShop but buying physical usually saves me anything up to £10 compared to the eShop price plus I've the resale value. it's a no brainer to keep buying physical and just using the gold coins on things like wallpapers and such.
I was fully digital on the Wii U and 3DS but it's not worth the extra expense on the switch as I have to buy extra SD cards to hold my games which ends up costing a lot more.
@Mrvengeace182 the Wii U used to give 10% discount so this is really a step back.
.....So I received only 112 points for my existing retail games that I just registered within the last 6 months??? Wow, way to reward the people who buy your products and register the products like you asked!
I registered the following retail games so far: Splat, Kart, Mario, Zelda, No More Heroes, L.A. Noire, and a couple eShop games and I only have 112 points to show for them. But if I would have been lazy about registering them and I did it today, they would be worth 310+ points. That sucks! Other than this, I'm actually okay with this reward system.
Registered all my physical games last night: Mario +Rabbids, Mario Odyssey, Skyrim and LEGO Marvel and got 50 coins for each. Added to the 170 gold coins I already had in my account from previous e-shop purchases gave me £3.70 discount which I used against Celeste which earned me 70 points. Not too bad.
Anyone know why I wasn't able to register Snipperclips Plus physical? It kept coming up with an error message when I tried. Is it because it was an add-on to the main game so it's counting it as DLC??
This is going to make my Hamster purchases a little cheaper. Thanks Nintendo, w00t!
@gspro15198 The Wii U gave discounts on specific games a long time after they were out. It was complete joke how their discounts were. This is far better. Now people who buy lots of games are being rewarded instead of rewarding those who barely bought any as they were the only ones who could take advantage of those offers.
This combined with the constant eshop sales is a massive step forwards.
@Mrvengeace182 yeah it’s not bad. As said the only way I would tweak it slightly is to close the disparity between physical and digital game points a little bit as I think that’s too large and also to not have the points run out. Other than that it’s nice to have something to use them on finally 🤗
@dkxcalibur That doess suck! I only got my Switch in September and had been holding off registering my games because there was nothing worth buying with my gold coins, so was holding off until something did appear that I wanted.
Don't know why Nintendo didn't just launch this scheme at launch...
@dkxcalibur Reward you for what? You didn't buy your games from them, you choose to buy them physically from somewhere else. Game, 365 games, other retailers, theyve got their own reward system. Your trying to get your starbucks free coffee stamped at costa.
@Shinnos It's not all bad, I have a few games I've yet to register. ARMS, Rabbids, and Dragonball.
@Mrvengeace182 the Wii U give 10% discount for every game bought using the eShop. I used it constantly until they discontinued the 'Deluxe Digital Promotion' after about 2 years into the life of the console which was an absolute shame.
@Mrvengeace182 to be fair he may have bought physical copies from Nintendo he didn’t say he bought them from a third party
Only have about 1k gold coins left, not much i can get with that.
I miss the WiiU days, wasn't that like 10%?
@Mrvengeace182 I thought I was clear on what I want rewarded for. I purchased mostly Nintendo produced games. I registered them like they asked. Yet I received only about a quarter of what I would receive if I would have waited till today. Does Nintendo not make money when I purchase a game @ Target or Gamestop? I thought they did but maybe I'm wrong. Maybe they give their products to retailers for free and the retailers make 100% profit off of the sales.
Hey, I get it; Nintendo makes more money off of digital content. I actually prefer digital. A large percentage of my Wii U and 3DS game library is digital. But outside of the Wii U Digital Rewards Program and now this, Nintendo never cared if I purchased digital over retail. The other thing I keep thinking about is this. If Nintendo really wants us all to go out and download games, shouldn't they have included some more substantial storage?
Oh yeah, and your little example you gave about Starbucks Rewards. Well I actually get rewarded when I purchase coffee at Target so.......
This is an awesome reward program! I love how the gold coins now actually have meaning! It makes sense from a business point of view to priortize digital purchases. I had been holding off buying a lot of Nindie games until this became effective - it was a download fest last night!
@Hyperion
i didn't even know they were a thing.
guess after work i'll need to see if i have any.
The problem with physical games is that the price can vary outside of Nintendo's control... if a game goes on sale (Mario rabbids over xmas was $25 on black Friday - they won't get same ratio of discount as if it was digital since that reflects the price you actually pay) - the physical is based off of the price of game when it launched... with amazon prime pre-order - I can get physical games at 20% discount .... so I take the savings in money and storage (save space on SD cards!) over the digital rewards.
It was time!!!! Good news!
@YummyHappyPills BEST COMMENT EVER!!! 😂😂🤣🤣
Though it may be tempting, I will still be buying physical copies.
America is 1 year indeed, @Yasaal.
2 years only apply to Europe and South Africa.
It's 1 year for the rest of the world.
I've got $7 USD to spend AND IT FEELS GREAT! It's all from impulse buys and planned purchases. There's always something I've got my eye on and most of the time it's due to New-Shiny syndrome. It's gonna feel great to plunk down this $7+. Microsoft has some sort of rewards program but I don't think I ever really earned anything. Keep it up, Nintendo. I definitely appreciate it.
(Now what can I do with my Platinum coins?)
From my understanding even if you dont have enough points for a full game you can still use the coins to get a discount on your purchase
@Wolfgabe It's true! But I don't think you can split your points, if that makes sense.
300 Gold Coins for $59.99 is a better upgrade from the 60 coins before, especially if they have any discounts/digital contents worth redeeming. Bummed that it converts to 5% compared to the 10% DDP for Wii U but it can be said there are way more games worth downloading compare to Wii U (joking around there). At least I wouldn’t worry about wasting Gold Coins anymore.
Also I mostly buy my eshop credits from eBay when they have it for 15% off ($50 code for $42.50) from time to time so it’s toppings on my digital ice cream for me.
Welp, at least I can still use My Nintendo to back up FEH and AC:PC. Doesn't seem like I'll get much use out of the points :/
@mister_magnus On the MyNintendo site it states as an example that if you have 300 points you can use them to get 3 dollars off your next purchase
@Captain_Gonru I think there's no minimum spend.
Looks like Nintendo kicked us all out da Club....
http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/6.26.16-Bad-Pun-Husky27.jpg
I got 370 coins... where is the rest???
Some of the games i have bought the last 1-2 months is skyrim, doom, Mario kart, portal knights, rocket league, minecraft, stardew valley. All digital. = 2300kr/300dollar should be = 115kr/15dollar worth of coins.. Ive got 37kr/5dollar worth of coins.. their system dosent Work ??
@Wolfgabe but if you have 600 and only want to spend 300 I don't think you can. Last night when I was messing around with it to pick up "Thimbleweed Park" it seemed like an all or nothing kind of proposition. I'm still a huge fan. But it's not as flexible yet as something like Amazon Points, etc, for example.
@mister_magnus No you can. When you go to redeem your points you can set the amount you use.
@Shinnos Cool. I wasn't finding a way to do that last night from the e-shop but could easily have been missing it. Thanks.
Overall, I think this system is an improvement. Getting a discount on anything digital vs. a discount lottery is a good move. I still wish that physical games could be redeemed for a higher percentage, but it's easy to see why digital games accrue more points.
I do hope that some sort of physical reward system shows up in the future, and that gold coin expiration gets extended to two years instead of one in most regions.
That said, I still miss Club Nintendo.
One thing they don’t mention is if you buy digital download code from Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, etc it counts the same as a physical purchase, 1%. I lost a lot of points because of this even though I am going all digital on my Switch. Guess i’ll go right through the eShop or Nintendo.com from now on.
So what does over 2000 gold coins get you? HMMM. I'm checking it out,
@Supadav03 Actually, they do mention it, and you are wrong. From the MyNintendo website (UK):
For redeeming a download code, you automatically earn Gold Points worth the equivalent of 5% of the undiscounted Nintendo eShop price of that content at the time of redemption. Only commercially distributed download codes qualify for points.
Crap some of my points expired no fair. I have only 732
$3 off for a $60 game. Well better than nothing.
Yaaaaay -_-
Poo
ka-ching! $1.20 to spend
can i get a , ka-ching !
I'm kind of bitter. All those points are gone and I didn't use them. They played me like I played Mario Odyssey.
When they increased the number of gold points you get for a game they should have adjusted all saved points to compensate for that. Not fair 😡
Great job disappointing fans who have been saving their gold coins, Nintendo. Geeze. I thought that the discount coupons were silly enough. The program only works when you don't really care about the gold coins and a serendipitous coincidence happens where a non-Switch game that they are offering has gold coin promo on...
The silver lining is that we are no worse off than we were before.
Previous Gold Coins should have been scaled up to meet the new value.
@lifer well I have 540 gold points and have 14 digital games. Almost all bought as codes from retailers. They said 300 golds per 59.99 digital title so just my purchase of BotW, SMO, & MK8 would have netted me 900 gold. So where are my points? When I add up at 1% the figure matches. I’m on my Nintendo site on US and see no mention. I can post screen shot of site (which I have read twice).
Not sure if this had been mentioned, but it seems like you get coins for the full price of the game versus the sale price. 200 coins ($40) for Monster Hunter Wii U (on sale for $8). 75 coins ($15) for Ducktales (on sale for $3.75). Can anyone confirm this? If so, I’m waiting for sales to get better rebates.
OR! I can buy a physical copy of the game at Amazon with 20% off and later trade it back to get another 15% to 20% in credit for my next game.
This is worthless.
Honestly, this would be good if buyers got 20% back in coins after a purchase and the points didn't expire. This is decent for now, but there is plenty of room for improvement.
@Agramonte you can still do that AND get the 1% My Nintendo gold points. So why not?
I buy most of my games as cartridges so I can have the cartridge and because they're a bit cheaper so a little disappointed about the 1%, but it's still better than nothing. I haven't checked yet to see how many points I have and what I could buy/discount with them. I check regularly for games worth buying/downloading, but have trouble justifying full price for many of the titles. Still, there are a couple of things in my wishlist that might be worth getting at a cheaper price and won't show up in physical format.
I do wish the points wouldn't expire, though. I know they want to give people an incentive to buy something before the points expire, but it would be friendlier to the consumer if they didn't.
Got Sengoku 2 for free. However, 34points earned for a Hamster game means 19 games and get one free. It does make you think discounts on even DLC would be better. Still better than nowt.
Great! Now once I spend $4,000 on switch games in one year I can get one free! Awesome! I'm so excited! I just hope I don't miss the mark and only buy $3,960 on games. Good thing switch already has 100 physical games released so I can do this and get a digital one free! Yay!
I'm gonna wait till I get Kirby, register those points then use my 700+ points to get $7+ off Night in the Woods. I hear great things about it, but wasn't ready to spend $20 on it and I'd heard about the My Nintendo upcoming changes. Yay discounts. Convinced my friends it wasn't worth their time so I could claim their points. 😈
Wow, I’m really excited... Now if I can just buy two full price digital games every month for 10 months straight, I’ll get a full priced came for free..... gonna need more storage.... that’s gonna cut into cost of my free game and.... Wow, I’m not excited anymore.
Ok, you need to buy 20 $60 digital games to get enough gold points to get a free $60 game. However, you need to buy 100 $60 physical games to get a free $60 digital game.
...all of this within a year or they expire. I guess the extra 4% that digital downloaders get helps to reimburse them having to buy their own storage.
It's better than nothing but I don't understand the mentality. I "save" $3.00 on a $60 game, but if 1 million people download that game then Ninty just lost $3M (using simple math to make my point).
Also, I agree with everyone else about the timing in the US. I got 12 points for registering BotW a year ago, and now it should be worth 5x that amount but we rolled this new system out a few days too late? What a joke. I love Nintendo and I love the Switch but this is ridiculous.
@lifer Here’s My Nintendo point summary. You can see I bought a digital game at 59.99 (Arms via download code bought on BestBuy.com) but it only earned me 60 gold, 1%:
1/28/2018
Mission
Completed: $50.00-$59.99 downloadable game purchase (tax not included)
I used it to get a few quid off Stardew Valley. It's better than nothing.
I think what those that are complaining don’t seem to get is that Nintendo isn’t trying to coerce anyone into buying games but rather give a little “thank you” for buying the games you were already gonna buy. What’s the alternative? Nothing... Microsoft and Sony don’t give me a thing for buying games on their systems. I do miss Club Nintendo because I liked the little novelties over discounts on games but at the end of the day anything is better than nothing.
I've bought at least 13 full priced games ($50-60), and at least 8 things of indie and dlc stuff (although probably more). And I can only get $4.60 off a game. Cmon, really? Over $800 or so should get me more than a $4 discount.
And this is all just switch stuff, not to mention all the 3DS stuff I have or have gotten
I can't seem to see how you turn these gold points into the discount to use on the eshop. Ive read the news article on MyNintendo and I had 200 gold until the switch turned 1 when I lost 102 leaving me now with 98 gold.
However I can't see a way of turning this paltry amount into a discount before I lose these at a rate of around 20 per month from now on.
Can anyone can point me in the direction of where it tells you how to use them ?
@justin233 yes, I paid $2.13 out of pocket for Slime San and got back $.60 in coins, which is in line with what I'd earn if I paid full price.
@Yorumi It is 20% because I have Prime for family/home office needs - I would need to have it one way or the other or my monthly Shipping cost would be astronomical. The 20% on games is a bonus.
I did GameFly for 2 years. Problem was I like RPGs.. I found I rarely can finish them in a month. With Prime It ended up being cheaper to just get those games than to keep the GameFly for 2 or 3 months (I also always felt rushed) Once I took all my RPGs off my GF list the service made little sense. I just got a Spotify Family plan with the cash.
Was hoping for a special free game, like Zelda Picross or 4 Swords Anniversary ported. Or anything of the imagination. I have 300 gold coins built up for this “big announcement.” $3 off a game? Woohoo? Its not like I didn’t work and buy the system and a years worth of games on it already. I mean, thanks? Better than nothing I guess. At least it goes to what I want or don’t already have for once.
As it is right now I probably won’t take advantage of it. It will take too long to build up enough to get a worth while discount. I guess I will keep using if on the random 3DS or Wii U discounts that I find appealing.
@IronMan28 Well then this is pretty good if you buy the games on sale, I think. I'll get Ducktales and get 75 cents back.
@Yorumi that’s true. However with the current earn ratio I think they might expire before I find a higher value game I would want to spend them on...
Love the new system. Picked up Nine Parchments, Voez and the Aegis Defenders DLC.
@Supadav03 Before today, you got way less points for any game, no matter if bought on the console, or retail, or code. The stuff you linked from your log is from January, so that's why. Same codes would net you 900 points now (if they are all 59,99 over there).
@lifer aha! That’s the part I was missing. Didn’t realize this was from today moving forward. Still see no mention on US site about the digital download codes but I’m going to take your word for it. So I guess being an early adopter we kinda get the shaft then?
We waited a year, and got an absolute joke. I am not entitled enough to think we are OWED something better, but only comparing Nintendo to itself, this is a bad joke of a reward system. They have done so much better then past.
Not everything can be a winner I guess.
Got 2286 coins, witch converts to 228.60 DKR. That is 38 $ / 30.60 € / 27.37 £. Great conversion rate for me as a Dane.
Got Darkest Dungeon: Ancestral Edition for that amount, and still 171 gold coins left. I am pleased with this. Now I can finally use my gold coins for something useful. Stop the hating
It's not much but better than nothing, still by far not as good as Club Nintendo was but can't really complain about gifts.
Does anybody know if you still 5% for using a digital code bought from a third-party? For example, Splatoon 2 is £46 on cdkeys right now, can I buy that, redeem it on the eshop and get the £2.50 worth of points on top of the £4 discount?
@dkxcalibur I dunno what the f**k target is, so im suddenly starting to understand your arrogance
@Mrvengeace182 Yeah, I'm the one being arrogant because I gave the name of a store and not you who resorts to dropping the f-bombs when someone mentions a store you never heard of???
I prove your argument/example worthless and now someone is pouting.
@3dg3d3m0n they automatically transfer you gold point whenever you make a purchase on the e-shop
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