Nintendo?
Never gave a cent to Nintendo and that won't change with this generation. Games will be played on an emulator like all the previous ones. It is generally a shitty company that makes good games that never go at a deep discount, so it's the only way to go. ;)
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This price are frickin outrageous imo 500euros for the console 90euros for mariokart
A game worth 1/5 of the console, there is nothing to justify that price, the switch is an amazing console but for that price you can have a ps5 or an xbox, even 2 if you manage to buy in retail, it's insane honestly. Even the frckin user sheet have to be paid (that joke of a game where they make the switch as a 2d model ) and with the key card system, you litterally buy a physical game with no game in it but just a code to download the game from the e shop, killing the possibility of any resell too
And the upgrade thing of the game you already own to play on the switch 2 is another excuse to make us pay again to already overpriced game. That presentation was an insult at so many level honestly, I'm super disgusted. Nintendo was always cashgrabbers but that's another level
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and with the key card system, you litterally buy a physical game with no game in it but just a code to download the game from the e shop, killing the possibility of any resell too
I don't think that's true. From what I understand the licence is tied to the cart, not your account (or else why would you ever need to insert it more than once? why have a physical cart at all?) so it would indeed be resellable. It's obviously strictly inferior to having the game data actually on the cart though, for several reasons, not least that it will take up space on the internal storage. At least not all physical games will be like that, though a lot of third party ones might be.
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I have an article about that but it's in french but I'm pretty sure it's indeed the case, to launch the game, you need the cart, but the cart is empty and you have a key to download it
edit here https://x.com/orbalology/status/1907461044001485149
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The cart itself is the "key" to download the game (in addition to launching it), therefore if you sell it, the next person can download the game too. If the download was locked to a single system it wouldn't make any sense to manufacture a cart at all, just give people a code instead.
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We currently don't have any info about the possibility to redownload the game on more than one account or if it pair with your account at download, so we are both in the expectation here. Anyway, I'm skeptical about nintendo strategy and even if it's indeed the cart who serve as the key, it's a wild concept to buy something with nothing in it
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If you need an official source look at the bottom of this page: "If you insert a game-key card into another Nintendo Switch 2, the game can also be played on that console by following the above steps." No mention of accounts. Edit: actually the Japanese site has a FAQ that explicitly says that no account is required, if you want to translate it.
Nintendo do some dumb, anti-consumer things, but they're not dumb enough to make it strictly worse than a standard digital purchase/key redemption.
it's a wild concept to buy something with nothing in it
I agree, but you could think of it like buying a standard physical release that doesn't work properly unless you download a huge day one update for it, which already happens on other consoles. Of course that sucks too.
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Okay thanks for the info, it's indeed less shitty than I thought, it will not make me buy it still, but at least they don't kill the possibility of resell. I'm kind of confuse on the purpose tho, cause nowadays sd card or any support cost almost nothing, especially for not that huge game compare to some ps5/ xbox/ pc stuff. And in regard of the price of the game, they can afford it.
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I like Nintendo games, but hell am I paying £75+ for a single game. I will likely pick up a Switch 2 when it has enough exclusives I want to play, maybe for The Duskbloods but even then I might hold off. For now I've still got an ample Switch 1 backlog.
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Now is the time to buy a modded switch OLED. Don't feel like giving any more money to Nintendo, since they treat their fans like sh*t.
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i don't like this pricing...... BUT
if there is one company that can justify this pricing, it's nintendo
as much as we all want to hate their "exclusivity" and their stance against emulation, nintendo ARE pretty much the only guys who actually release solid, polished games that don't feel half-baked and scammy except for pokemon stuff, unlike w*stern devs and studios that have been pumping out slop for the past 10 years........
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nintendo has the indie innovation combined with aaa funding and ACTUALLY talented devs
most of the time indie has a good idea but is bogged down by lack of funding and dev skill
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It's already the new standard price for AAAs and it's only going to get worse for the next few years, unless companies decide to hit the brakes since the cost per improvement ratio isn't worth it for the average consumer anymore.
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I can live without the next Zelda and Mario games. Those were the only reason I played anything Nintendo.
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nintendo seems to be the apple of the games. everyday they test the limits of their fanboys to expand them later. nothing new.
the rest of the world couldn't care less. them all will be emulated someday.
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Ahh I still remember all the clones of that egg catching game (Game & Watch was it?), and now you will be able to witness AAA games in Full HD on the train...
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You want Nintendo games on Steam? Too bad, you can't get them there, hehe. They are only on Switch, etc. Anyway, it seems that they announced that new games like Maro Kart for the Switch 2 will be 80 bucks. Do you think this is the new standard price of games, or is Nintendo just being themselves? How do u feel about the upcoming stuff?
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