Comment on Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console

• catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I am using my Switch just fine without an online subscription. I guess Nintendo thinks I am using it wrong.

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  • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Right, but he sub is shareable and a pretty cheap barrier for entry… and required to play those GameCube games anyway.

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    • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I don’t need it to play Smash with friends on the couch.

      Really I shouldn’t need the subscription for GC ports either. What’s wrong with making them individual purchases like on the 3DS? (Answer: that’s not monthly recurring revenue.)

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    • Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Nintendo opting to forgo selling retro games piecemeal and instead expecting consumers to rent access to them in perpetuity is an anti-consumer move. I have no problem paying for games when they’re sold at affordable, reasonable prices, so until that’s the case for Nintendo’s library, better to just emulate as much of it as possible.

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      • ABCDE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Sure, but that’s a different issue; I agree with that. Don’t forget that if you even are allowed to ‘buy’ them, they will close the online service for that platform in the future with no guarantee you can use it on another platform.

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  • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Can you think of a better way to keep it mostly out of the hands of scalpers?

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    • shawn1122@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      They must enter a unique switch serial number (that corresponds with inventory) to make the purchase? Don’t see why it has to be contigent on a subscription.

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      • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        That would work if serial numbers weren’t visible without even opening the box the device came in, and I’m they are even included on the receipt for the device. Scalpers would absolutely have a ton of serial numbers just lying around from unsold devices, or even devices they sold and just hope the owner of won’t bother attempting a purchase of the thing they are scalping.

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    • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Make enough of them that scalping isn’t profitable.

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      • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        That’s a fine solution long term I guess, but things take time to be made.

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    • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Put the onus on the retailer to limit how many units a single customer can purchase. Why would Nintendo give a single fuck about scalpers?

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  • TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I mean, there’s plenty of reasons to not like Nintendo, but this whole thing is because the GameCube coming to their Online subscription. So I mean… it makes sense.

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