Deals: There's Really Never Been A Better Time To Buy Starlink On Switch

Wait... is it all on one cart now!? Where do I buy?

Oh.

No.

If they hadn't cheaped out I'd own the game already. But they did, and those few quid they saved then is costing them now.

Guess what happens to prices when they come down this much this quickly.

They keep dropping.

Boy, do I feel cheated

It was a matter of time until Amazon's storages were full of toys and bundles. Time to get it!

Got it at launch and I’m a huge fan of the game.

Great price but I'll still wait for the digital version to inevitably go on sale...more content and no plastic tat to find space for...

Bought everything day #1 and I must say I regret nothing! Spend a blissful month checking every hook and cranny of Atlas, absolute adore the game. I am sad to learn it might not have sell well enough to warrant DLC / sequels. The Switch version runs also performs incredibly better than any of my better expectations. A gem even if probably overlooked by people who understandably do not want to jump in into what might seem like another toys-to-life fad.

Wow, half price? Poor people who bought it on day 1

@ImagineerNik Don't be sad, just stick it on ebay and I'll take it for £15. That'll get you back half of the hit you've taken.

@Draken18 I bought this at launch too and have no regrets either, this game is terrific fun. Really sad that it didn’t do better.

Where I live, the stores are full of Starlink (and Nintendo Labo too).
The price is 35.99€ right now and I already know that it will drop to 19.99€ in January for Winter Sales...

Now I'm hoping that Ubi and all the others are gonna understand it's time to stop with VideoGameToys... It's like Skylanders, Disney Infinity etc... The trend is over...

How about on the eShop? I want a digital version of this game!

... I find you folks mocking day 1 adopters truly have missed the point of this entire new franchise... but hey, whatever floats your boat... or Arwing.

I paid nearly double that on its release

When this first came out I was keen to pick this game up for my son for Christmas. Then when I saw what they were charging for the physical edition (which doesn’t even have the full game on the card) and then saw the prices of the extra ships I just laughed and shook my head.
I feel sorry for the developers because the game looks really good but I just don’t know what the management at Ubisoft are smoking.
If the game and extras get cheap enough I may eventually get a copy I guess but after seeing how they tried to completely hose consumers it’ll have to get REAL cheap.

I understand the offering. I just don't spend big money on digital licences, or on physical media that doesn't even hold the whole of the Day 1 game.

I bought the digital deluxe version at launch and it was worth every penny.

Starlink is the Switch's best 3rd party game, and the best thing to happen to StarFox since the SNES.

I, too, bought digital on day one and love this game. It’s beautiful, fun, and has lasting appeal for me. Here’s hoping that something digital can at least be done with it in the future.

Just ordered the PS4 version of the game cheap just to get the Zenith toy to play with on the Switch...
I thought the ships would end up just being collectibles (as in "collecting dust"...), but it's actually much more fun to switch the weapons and ships around on the fly if need be than I had initially imagined and expected... Seriously. It is. Game's great, too. Typical UBI formula, but somehow it works.

I bought this at launch and I although I loved it, I quickly realised that the toy aspect of it just didn't work for me. I prefered the ease and speed of switching components digitally, in game. So I kept the game cartridge and sold everything else on eBay. Think I got about £35 for it which I put towards buying extra digital ships and weapons. No regrets at all!

Well, I sore off Ubisoft after they caught me with AS and pay more more to level up, but with the both the game and ships half price this will make a nice gift for my youngest... I'm really no good at this whole boycott stuff!

@BensonUii "Stop being overly dramatic"

That's a bit dramatic isn't it?

@gcunit could be worse, there is a ~4gb download if you buy the physical copy

I got this in Amazon Black Friday deal. Already wrapped up under tree. Present for me. From my cat. That’s the Xmas spirit isnt it?! Probably won’t start it though until DLC is on sale. I want those gravity and stasis weapons.

I did get it during black friday sale in one of the local stores for more or less 50usd (about 33% off normal price), and I am not regretting it, although I do not enjoy prospect of not being able to sell it for decent price when I'm done with it. Anyways, it's really enjoyable game. Too bad it's not received better. But I understand people are bit put off by the fact they feel they need to buy extra elements to get weapons and ships

I've gone too far with amiibo collecting and I don't want more toys and plastic in my house. With such a huge download required to play the game and all the plastic, this was bound to happen. I'm just surprised it happened so fast.

Still...$40 is actually tempting! If the digital version were reduced to this I'd buy it right away.

This has been 34.99 at smyths toys for a few weeks was gonna buy it for the star fox gear you get with it but the price made me sceptical as it had only been out a few weeks before the price drop

Well, Ubisoft shot themselves in the foot by launching this game at ridiculously high prices. Which is just all too typical.

Also, I haven't been able to find a version of the game that contains just the cartridge (& not a fan of digital). These new action prices include all those toys as well. I'm not interested in all that useless plastic laying around — I just want the cart and play the game. Perhaps others feel the same way and this keeps Ubi from selling more as well.

Even with that price drop, the game still isn't worth it. At $20 I'll consider picking it up, and as fast as the price is dropping, that shouldn't take too long.

It really was an excellent game. Unfortunately, it was a little short, considering all the extra content they’re trying to get you to buy.

Amazon had this for $30.00 US a few days ago. Thought about it, but decided against it still, and here's the problem for me.

It isn't the download - I didn't even know about that. Most people won't know, or won't care. SSBU had a Day 1 patch release 2 days before the game even comes out. Can't wait to read all the comments on here about people NOT buying SSBU bc/ the complete game isn't on the cart.

It isn't the toys - we have around 200 toys to life. And since that faded we have moved onto Funko Pop, everyone in my family gets Funko Pop toys. We like toys. Well small toys that are easy to display, not those huge unwieldy Labo cardboard boxes.

What my main problem is - the physical bundle contains so much less than the digital bundle. It makes no sense to buy the physical toys only to then have to turn around adn buy either physical toys or digital DLC when I can just buy the entire thing digitally. The physical set should have contained everything, or a key to unlock everything, and the digital version should have been the bare-bones version, free-to-start, then sell the DLC cheaply for those who want it. But instead they sold the entire thing backwards. I wont' reward backwards, I'll wait for the digital version to be cheap.

I found it during black Friday at Walmart for a mere $50 canadese maple moose bits.

Bought this game day one. No regrets.

@rjejr I suspect Smash Ultimate will play without the patch.

I suspect Starlink won't run without the download.

A lot of you haven’t learned the most important lesson: never buy a Ubisoft game at full price. They ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS drop to dirt cheap within a month or two. That’s just how Ubisoft works. I plan to pick up the starter pack for $10-20

I picked it up at launch and haven't even touched it. I really need to quit buying games day one unless I'm going to play them right then and there.

There is a thing called support games/ideas you like. Sure price Drops happen. But I want to encourage companies to try new things.

So I don't feel bad that I paid full price for the game. I also got an extra ship with trade credit I had on launch, then bought my third ship on blackfriday.

The game is lot of fun, I'm only sad I won't have it finished by tomorrow for Smash.

I encourage people to buy it, digital or physical. I want to see DLC, sequels the works.

I think if this launched as a standalone game (no plastic toys) then it would have sold better.
Great price now tho. And you can bin the plastic and it's still a bargin.

@rjejr Yeah, the difference is as @gcunit mentions - SSBU will almost definitely play without the patch. So years from now, when the servers are long gone, you should be able to drop in the cart and play SSBU with no issues. The same cannot be said for Starlink if you haven't already downloaded the patch.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that's why I didn't buy the game. It does sour my opinion of the physical realease, however. As someone that buys physical wherever possible, releases that have part of the game on cart and part of the game digitally are the worst of both worlds. I'd just rather buy digital at that point.

This was gonna happen eventually

@wratih9 an all too coming problem with me too!

I would have happily bought the game and all accessories if the full game had been on the cart. As it stands, I won't be buying it at all.

I'm not going to invest so heavily in something that will eventually be unplayable. Screw that.

Toys to life is a humongous turn-off. Getting my preferred version - physical, that is, is inferior and incomplete.

If they'd launch a physical, complete, no-toy, no nonsense version for a non-bloated price, they'd have my interest.

So Ubisoft put just part of the game on a card to save money? Am I reading this right, and that now some people are drawing the conclusion that helped the sales suck on the game? I know I'm happy I didn't buy it as I didn't know about that. I refuse to buy partial games, which is why I have no copy of Wolfenstein despite loving the work done on Bethesda's other games (Doom, Skyrim.)

@VmprHntrD why is additional Download such an issue for people?

Already ahead of you Nintendolife! I love Star Fox and I am looking forward of getting this game on Christmas!

It was $30 over the weekend. I got it on Black Friday. Ship is better than I thought, and game is not bad (a bit repetitive)

Nowhere near the 9 NL gave it, but still worth playing at $29/$39.

@roadrunner343 @gcunit

That's a fair point, Starlink cart won't work at all without the download, SSBU SHOULD work. Will Nintneod's servers let you play online without the update? Sakurai himself did say we really should download the update.

And when somebody says "Players who purchased the digital version don’t need to worry" that makes me think players who purchase the cart DO need to worry, otherwise why say "worry" at all?

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2018/11/super_smash_bros_ultimate_will_have_a_day-one_update_but_only_for_those_who_buy_physical

But let's not get distracted by my minor failings as to the heart of the matter. Anybody claiming they wont' buy Starlink b/c of the toys OR the download will NOT be saying they won't buy SSBU b/c of the toys - toys probably cost well over ONE THOUSAND FREAKIN' DOLLARS to buy all 70 amiibo - or the day 1 patch. Or the $25 you'll pay the get the extra 5 fighters which will NOT be on the cart, so years from now when you play SSBU you probably will NOT be able to download those 5 fighters. But everybody is complaining about Starlink b/c you have to pay extra for toys, which they've said you don't need to buy the physical toys, it's ALL available digitally.

SSBU gets a pass b/c it's Smash, Starlink gets piled on b/c it's Starlink. No matter what SSBU does it's fine, anything people can complain about Starlink they will.

And I'm not defending not putting the entire game on the cart. I've been complaining about that every time a Switch game gets released only partially on the cart. I just don't think in this case that affected sales very much. It was the toys-to-life fad being dead. And the confused marketing - Target near me didn't even carry the extra toys - and I believe the main retailer for toys-to-life was Toys-R-Us. All things being equal, if parents were shopping in TRU over Thanksgiving that alone may have doubled this games physical sales. No TRU, no toys-to-life.

If SSBU required a 4GB day 1 patch it would still sell. Maybe more digital than physical at that point, but it woudln't kill the game.

OK, that's enough about Starlink for me. SBU review is out, games out tomorrow, lets focus on that.

1) Take advantage of this deal. 2) Put Airwing on shelf; play digitally, 3) added a few weapons (Shockware is uber nice!)/planes via eShop as desired, 4) play til heart's content.

@rjejr I won't disagree - if SSBU required a 4GB day 1 patch to play single player, I don't think it would negatively impact sales too much. Honestly, I hope people would still make a big deal about it - because like you, I've hated that practice from the beginning and have passed up on games I would have otherwise purchased, like the Mega Man Legacy Collections - Ultimately, I would still buy SSBU, just digitally.

I also do think there is a bit of a double standard, but somewhat rightfully so. SSBU would get a pass because it is SSB, but that's because it's a known commodity. Amiibo don't really add to much to the game, but many people (Myself included) don't mind picking up a couple amiibo because they are of characters they love. I have no attachment to, nor a desire to purchase, any of the Starlink figures. I don't think the mandatory download should be the death knell of a game, but for me personally, it does eliminate any desire to own the physical cart, so I would likely pick it up digital in a sale, if ever. There's just too many other good retail options out there for me.

At the end of the day, it seems like we are mostly in agreement. Required patches suck, but it's not the end of the world. And as you said... SSBU will be here tomorrow, so all is right with the world

I think the game is really fun BUT I just can’t stand the fact that the analog stick that controls up and down movement is supposed to be used with the same thumb that controls boost. What does this mean? It means I can’t boost and move around at the same time because I can only use my right thumb to do one thing at a time; Either hold the boost button, or use the right analog stick to move around. For me that ruins the experience. One of my favorite things to do in flying games is boost and maneuver around quickly. Can’t do that in this game. I wish the analog sticks could be reversed! No you can’t do it in options!
EDIT: I do want to add, save for the controls having broken the experience for me, the game is an absolute blast when you can look past the controls. The controls don’t make the game unplayable by any means, it just boggles my mind that you can’t at least do some remapping in options. I’d only swap the analog sticks. No issues elsewhere! I LOVE the music and the atmosphere. Being able to hold R1 and take off from the planet and travel abroad at will is nothing short of exciting. And entering hyper drive mode is so awesome!

I honestly think I’m going to write to Ubisoft and ask them their thoughts on possibly allowing analog stick swapping/minor button remapping in options. It would make a WORLD of difference overall.

@jswhitfield8 if Christmas wasn't around the corner? Why not get it for Christmas! It's fun

I mean it totally sucks that this game is already getting this price cut, especially for those that got it at launch. But, if that means the word is spread more about this title and it gets a ton more sales, it’s a better move for the series and quite possibly, for future Star Fox titles as well. Ubisoft has my full approval to tackle Star Fox. I approached the game with skepticism, but boy am I glad I gave it a chance for $40.

@roadrunner343 The double standard is deserved. Ubi did everything wrong with this release - toys-to-life is over, Toys-R-US is over, digital has more content but the physical costs more with less, only half the game on cart - and Nintneod seems to have SSBU under control at the moment, nobody is even complaining about having to pay to play online that I can see.

So one company is doing it all wrong, one all right. Not sure anything was going to save Starlink, not even Starfox, but no one thing killed it either, it was everything. They should have at least made the Switch digital version work with the StarFox amiibo, amibo are big again with SSBU, gonna piggyback on the marketing. Why buy a new Starfox toy when we already have one? Nintneod is makign more amiibo for SSBU but at least they are letting us use the old ones as well. Their amiibo marketing is finally coming true, 1 toy, multiple games, SSB4 and SSBU.

@Alto
Oh my. That is genuinely terrible. Might hold off my purchase just because of that.

I feel like throwing Mass effect anywhere in that descriptor is a bit misleading. Original vision is so shoe horned that I can't take this description seriously. Man what a stretch. I love the game too, but throwing it out there just to remind people it exists and bait an audience to get this game. No class.

I can however say go buy starlink. It's a good game. A better starfox than starfox.

@ImagineerNik
Digital was the way to go with this one. Can't understand why anyone went physical.

I was just about to buy this, but then someone mentioned January. Yeah I'm going to wait. I'm glad I did. Looks fun though.

@Jeremazing Because it negates the point of a physical release. Without reading the fine print, if it even in exists(and doesn't in some cases) you're buying part of a game, forced to do a download to get it all. It's just dishonest, and secondarily you're getting into having to pay more for added system space to store this data that should have been on the card in the first place. It's a shady back alley way about doing a DRM setup forcing your game to be managed by locking away part behind an internet check and download.

For those who keep their stuff, go 10+ years down the line, and you'll have a game you can't play if the install data isn't still on your system making it worthless.

@Rohanrocks88 i got it on black friday as well, thanks to a $5 reward points card and the other black friday sales, i went into my local gamestop at 9am, got 2 gun packs and a figure for like $11 total.

Is it bad I only want it for the Arwing model?

I mean I'm sure Starfox's role in the game is cool and all, but still.....

@jswhitfield8 It WAS this cheap during black friday. I actually bought it on amazon on Thanksgiving for $35, they ran out and it went back to $40

Some of the ship kits are also discounted. I got 3 at about 12.99 each, and I think I’m only missing two others, one of which seem to have been store exclusive.

@Woosh193 I had zero interest in the other pilots and vehicles and such. I wanted Star Fox

@gcunit in all honesty every single game i own physical uses at least 3gbs of memory with updates, its gotten to the point that unless ninty makes it no reason to buy physical.

The digital version is on sale in the US eShop for $44.99!! Not sure if this extends to other regions.

@SuperWeird So not as good as Lylat Wars (Starts 64)? 😉

@Steevil ya it definitely is a shame it has sold as well as Ubisoft would have liked.

I bought this for about that price on Black Friday. My two cents so far:

#Addictive

#Plays wonderfully

#Looks great

#Runs smoothly (slightly surprised )

#A bit repetitive

#Quality Arwing model (surprised here as well) - tried it for 5 minutes, was impressed, but since I have no other weapons / ship parts I prefer digital and gave the ship to my 2.5-year old who hasn't let go of it for 5 days straight

#Feeling like I miss out a little by not getting to experience all weaponry types, don't care so much for other planes or pilots (no plans on buying more either, spent just enough on the game)

My overall score on my Swedish scale would be 7.5/10 where 5 is average. On an IGN scale it'd be 8.5 where 7 is average. Could dip lower if repetition keeps up, slightly higher otherwise. Still recommended!

This means it will be in a state of continual sale. Were this sale to cross over to the digital only version, for 29.99, I'd be in

Picked up a copy from Best Buy for $30 over the weekend. Like it so far, not too thrilled by how loud my Switch fan is while playing it though.

Decided to keep the Arwing in the box for now and hang the box on my wall.

@roadrunner343 : I can't say I'm happy about the way that Ultimate is being handled. I admit I profaned when they announced DLC characters for the game as it appears to be a repeat of 3DS/Wii U... more content that is not included on the provided media. Of course, all would be forgiven if they eventually release a complete edition with all of the content (including software updates) on the cart, but I'm not optimistic.

I expect patches to be commonplace, primarily for "balancing" purposes and the like, so I can't say that it's at all surprising. I'm more frustrated by the fact that the patch was larger than I expected (half a gig) and that size will surely increase in time.

Nintendo of all companies have no excuses for skimping on cartridges, especially given that Smash is likely to sell in high enough quantities to make the use of 32GB carts viable. I'm disappointed that they didn't lead the charge in this way as it may be paved the way for third parties to follow (plus, it would have been nice to have higher quality audio on the cart). My guess is that the audio occupies only 1MB per minute (being less than a tenth of CD quality audio, and CD is lossy enough as is).

If there had been a mandatory download, however, I would have skipped it. Yes, I would even skip Smash. If I didn't want hard copies of my games, I would game on PC.

Now £24.99 at Smyths and Curry's PC World.

@Almighty-Koz Physical has resale value regardless of whether a download is required.

@gungho_trucker this is true if your the type to resell....i dont i like physical so 25 years from now i can come back to my games...thats not gonna happen with digital as we seen when the service goes down when end of life happens if your memory card or hdd fails your screwed cause theres no way to re download the game...i will admit thats when piracy happens for me...had to do that for a bunch of Wii games i bought on the eshop and didnt redownload in time.