Nintendo somehow keeps finding a way to make this worse
We’re only paying a measly $70 for the Switch 2 version. Just get a third job and be grateful for the opportunity to purchase the DLC at $20. Then you can use the last of your hundred dollar bill for that one tech demo game!
lol the Nintendo hate is so odd, 99% of games do. It come with the dlc. Unless you buy a season pass additionally. Why only call out Zelda for something that is normal and has been for a long time?
This sub has Nintendo derangement syndrome
I mean generally if a company releases their game on a new console years after the original game came out it does include the DLC and is like a definitive edition. At least that’s how I remember it used to be when I actually bought console games.
I get the feeling the Switch 2 is gonna be the Wii U with stories like this.
Switch 1 was too successful, they’ve gotten omega cocky lmao
At this point I’m actively hoping for it
Edit: Typo
Morons will still throw cash at them.
Nintendo’s really making it easier and easier to not buy the $500 Metroid Prime mouse control box.
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cant think of another high profile old game re-releasing on new system that would sell the games dlcs seperately lol
LOL that’s actually despicable
This is a testament that Nintendo thinks the same as I do about their fans 🤣🤣🤣
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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!
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
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
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.”
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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
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.
Every single game dev out there charges for season pass and dlc? Every single one
Bad timing on this comment, with Larian releasing 8 new subclasses for Baldurs Gate 3 for free in a few days.
Yes, when the game is new. Then, when it’s been out a while, the standard practice is to bundle the DLC together with the base game at a lower price.
Yes, they charged for it years ago on the last gen system. This type of rerelease usually includes the DLC in the package so that they can go back to charging full price for a game that’s no longer in the zeitgeist and not worth as much as a brand new game.
The day, the Mario died.
Bye, bye, miss Mushroomian pie
Drove my joycon to the left, but the drift was too high
Don’t worry. Super fans will still defend it. They’ve been using the “but but but but” strategy lately
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.
My brother wants to play it too and he lives next door
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)/$.
$/h is a marketing term. It isn’t a term consumers should bother with. It’s what has lead to boring over-inflated games that waste your time doing things that don’t matter and aren’t fun.
Enjoyment/$ is the metric to use, or maybe (enjoyment/h)/$.
Or, as I stated, “worth the money.” I’m not interested in turning it into a hard formula, universally transferable. As you noted, there’s too many variables. I was stating that the money was well spent. That’s it.
OK, but you didn’t say that. You said worth the $/h, which is a common metric people use but is less than worthless.
$/h is useful because it isa universally transferable measure. Enjoyment is not, but is actually what we care about.
I’m just trying to work to remove $/h as something people discuss, because it’s ruined so many games.
Fair enough.
Yeah… But that’s Zelda and not Mario kart.
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’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)_/¯
But if I buy the upgrade pack, what will happen to the DLCs when I play on the Switch 2?
Then you’ll play the DLC with the updated graphics etc. There’s nothing mystical about the upgrade pack - it’s just engine optimizations to let the game run natively on new hardware, probably some revamped textures, etc. The base game has been DLC-aware since the DLC was released. Having the DLC doesn’t change the game code, it just makes the extra content accessible.
Okay, so then it’s just like normal? This is no news at all? It’s the same as buying the game on the original Switch? Because the DLCs weren’t included with that version either. 🤷♂️ How uninteresting of a post.
I’m not at all defending the price, but am secretly hoping this outcry will make it easier for me to be an early adopter. I still don’t have a PS5 due to how burned I got trying to preorder one.
