Morons will still throw cash at them.
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The more Nintendo talks, the worst it gets.
I get the feeling the Switch 2 is gonna be the Wii U with stories like this.
At this point I'm actively hoping for it
Edit: Typo
Switch 1 was too successful, they've gotten omega cocky lmao
Ya not sure if I'll ever get a switch 2. I played the living shit out of my switch 1. Easily was my favourite console... Until I got a steam deck. Instantly I have over 1,000 games purchased already and a hefty percentage of them playable.
...not to mention the switch games that are still sitting on my shelf that I just play on here instead.
This isn't even industry standard - charging $10 to "upgrade" a game, yes, but as far as I can remember the DLC is always included with the game at the base game price when it's been out for a while.
I hope Nintendo's extreme arrogance and greed bites them in the ass. Will probably have to wait a year or so after launch to know since I'm sure it will take that long to get Switch 2s to all the diehards with money to burn. I'll be interested to see how it sells to everyone else.
Average Nintendo moment.
LOL that's actually despicable
I think Nintendo thinks they have so much nostalgia, and loyal customers, that this generation they really said "fuck it" and are twisting the knife to see how much the consumer will tolerate. I'm not going to be surprised if we see price drops and actual sales (not 10 bucks off a 5 year old game like they usually do) by the time holidays role around. I don't think they are anticipating the pushback that is happening.
Remember the 3DS Ambassador program?
So the 3ds system then.
Wonder what they'll offer to ambassadors only. Twilight princess gamecube?
Windwaker HD Switch version finally ......
I've never rapidly lost so much interest in an electronic as fast as the switch 2 reveal to seeing the game prices a few hours later
I knew it was over as soon as they said the tech demo is a paid title
"Outrageous! They want, what, $5 for a tutorial?"
"$10."
ಠ_ಠ
100% this was the moment for me. By no means should they be charging any amount for an FAQ on how to use the product.
“Pay $60 to learn that the Joycon uses magnets”
Bravo Nintenbros
Bravo to the one pal who's gonna buy it and post a gameplay on YouTube
If they released it about the same price, backwards compatible, maybe small fee to "upgrade" a switch game to the newer version, I might have been tempted. But seriously meh. I'm playing my physical copy backlog on my steam deck now lol
Nintendo's really making it easier and easier to not buy the $500 Metroid Prime mouse control box.
Don't worry. Super fans will still defend it. They've been using the "but but but but" strategy lately
Good. Let them eat shit.
If by this point you’re still excited for the new switch and you’re in line to buy it then you 100% deserve to be robbed and shit on.
In other words Nintendo has shown year over year that they are willing to nickel and dime their customers and if you’re still giving them business then you’ve shown them that you enjoy getting treated this way and will continue to support them.
No sympathy here.
I will get it and play MKW but...
Yeah no I can't justify getting too many games for it. Will probably just have World and MAYBE DK Bananza
You're going to buy an entire console for just one game?
Yesn't. Gift from the family since it comes out on my day. Just not looking the horse in the mouth
Why not ask them for something else, unless they really want you to have that device in particular for some reason.
When I hit 360 hours in BotW, I asked myself, was this worth a dollar an hour? Yes, yes it was. That was almost 8 years ago, and doesn't take into account time spent playing other games, or the 7+ years of playtime since.
$/h is a shitty metric. Some hours are more enjoyable than others, and also time is a resource we spend, just like money, not something we're gaining, so it taking time is a negative. Enjoyment/$ is the metric to use, or maybe (enjoyment/h)/$.
$/h is a marketing term. It isn't a term consumers should bother with. It's what has lead to boring over-inflated games that waste your time doing things that don't matter and aren't fun.
Yeah... But that's Zelda and not Mario kart.
I'm a big fan but I'm not stupid. This is some horseshit.
I have both DLCs and I didn't expect this garbage. Really bad stuff.
I have both DLCs
So then you still get to play them. The only people this affects are new buyers, which... scans internet will be approximately nobody, given the raging hate-boners on display. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The day, the Mario died.
Bye, bye, miss Mushroomian pie
Drove my joycon to the left, but the drift was too high
cant think of another high profile old game re-releasing on new system that would sell the games dlcs seperately lol
Man, Nintendo in hiring the ex P&G/EA executive to run things has really had Nintendo embrace the EA enshitification roadmap and culture.
His name is Doug BOWSER. Of course he's evil!
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This is a testament that Nintendo thinks the same as I do about their fans 🤣🤣🤣