Pretty soon you won’t be able to buy a Switch, once manufacturing ceases.
Nintendo famously never discounts. But this is actually Nintendo’s way of not only never discounting, but increasing the price over time.
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hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
$90 to replay a 8 year old wiiu game. Why would anyone?
ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
samus12345@lemm.ee 11 months ago
There are Switch games being released in 2026. I expect new Switches will continue to be produced at least until then.
ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
Sure, I just mean, look how long BOTW has been sold - it will be a fraction of that length of time before Switches cease being sold. Mostly I was pointing to the system refresh as not only a chance to reissue BOTW, but to reset pricing expectations.
There will be a future where BOTW S2-edition is still being sold and the Switch is not. From them on, BOTW will be a $90 game, since it will be the only way to get it.
samus12345@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Yup, which is exactly how Nintendo wants it. I feel like they’ve always had things that mitigated their BS “never lower the price of games, EVER” philosophy, most notably cheaper hardware than the competition and a lower price point for games ($60 rather than $70). Now they have a console that’s almost as much as a PS5 AND are charging MORE than $70 for some of their games? Maybe the market can handle their excessive pricing, but I hope they get knocked down a peg.
smeg@feddit.uk 11 months ago
Pretty soon you won’t be able to buy a Switch
A new one, but pretty soon the market will be flooded with second hand switches
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 11 months ago
Nintendo fanboys are notorious suckers
kandoh@reddthat.com 11 months ago
There are lots of people with disposable income who don’t have the technical capability to pirate.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I wouldn’t pay $90 for it, but Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition was definitely fun enough to keep playing.
calabast@lemm.ee 11 months ago
As relevant now as it was over a decade ago.
technomad@slrpnk.net 11 months ago
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
I played it six years ago, but with a better experience than switch 2… thank you, cemu
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
I’ve been wanting to play botw so I tried it on cemu awhile back but couldn’t get it to work. I’ll have to try it again and see if I can figure out what I was doing wrong.