@Haruki_NLI you’re getting confused about not reaching sales expectations rather than selling at a loss. Selling at a loss would be selling Bayonetta 3 at $20 at launch… and not reaching sales expectations and not making a profit would be selling at $80 (at a profit per unit) but only selling 2,000 units.
And the WiiU and 3DS never sold at a loss. 3DS is even more proof of that, that they were able to do a price cut.
@KociolekDoSyta exactly. They are still making a profit at $50…(because, repeat after me people, Nintendo never sells at a loss) that’s why they are able to bundle it. Now, increasing that to $80-$90 is pure greediness. It’s almost 75%-80% in profit.
Also, let’s be honest… in 2024 alone , Nintendo’s net profit was $3.2 billion dollars.
@LUIGITORNADO Im not villainizing anything. I’m giving proof.
You proved my point. Does Nintendo sell at a loss? No. That’s what I said and it’s a simple fact.
And it supports the argument that if they are bundling the game, then their profit starts at a $30-$40 price tag for the game. It’s not like they are taking a hit because the game is actually $60 and just making a 30% profit. The bundle is proof of that.
Can they still sell MKW at $70 and make a 80-90% profit? Yes they can. Just like they have been doing for decades.
@LUIGITORNADO Microsoft and PlayStation sell their consoles at a loss initially for higher sales numbers. They take the hit to put more consoles and ecosystems for games out there.
Nintendo is well known to never sell anything at a loss or eating a cost for consumers.
MK being bundled with the Switch 2 means their profit line starts at $30 or $40 …. Which means that even at $60 their would be making quite a profit. $80 is just greediness.
In MK’s situation they could have eaten a $10 cost to motivate people to buy it and have higher sales… in this case they are upping the price which will be reflected in lower sales numbers. Just like @datamonkey puts it.
Nintendo is testing the consumer limits with its most popular game because they know we are all Mario Kart sheeps.
@hiptanaka I mean… one thing is to capitalize on success, which I can get behind that for Nintendo… but don’t tell me a 30%+ increase in less than two years is somewhat defendable. They are testing the waters again like with TotK. And if they don’t see people getting upset about it, they will not read the room and see this as the next standard, and then the next, and the next.
It’s a “Vote with your wallet” situation as always.
@hiptanaka I agree, maybe it’s the reason that, they are the ones pulling the trigger… without a good reason. There was only a year between their $60 games and now $80-$90 … that’s a 30%+ increase in two years… not even inflation is an excuse.
In my personal case it’s not about money, it’s about principle. There’s a reason why people always warn against Nintendo being on top… they tend to give in to greediness.
Also, yes, budget doesn’t mean quality in any way, I’m saying that through an economics lens. It’s like cinema, movies with higher budgets bet their returns on sales… not by raising the ticket prices because they feel the movie “is the best”.
@Olmectron man… I LOVE Mario Kart and have played them since the SNES. What I don’t love is defending something that shouldn’t be defended.
TotK certainly wasn’t a $70 game… and I love Zelda… but we all knew it was just an experiment to spearhead higher prices … and guess what… it worked for Nintendo.
Then they saw that success and used it as an excuse to raise prices again by 25%-30%. Guess what is gonna happen next when Mario Kart sells millions at $80-$90?
People are just enabling a greedy Nintendo.
That’s why I can’t defend this.
@Olmectron stay on topic… I never said their quality depends on budget. I said that games with higher budgets are usually more complex to develop… hence the higher budgets. And if a game has a higher budget, they tend to recover that with either raising the price or betting on the number of sales.
And since the high number of sales is 100% guaranteed for a Mario Kart game… there’s absolutely no reason for a price increase.
Nintendo is betting on both things.
Ugh… and it’s not because they look childish. DK also looks “childish” … why does that cost $70 then? It’s about content? Then why do other content heavy titles still cost $60?
Use RDR2 as an example then. The TLOU2 example is because of its budget.
@sanderev easy… the budgets. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe estimated budget was $50 million. And let’s say, first example that comes to mind…. The Last of Us 2 budget was $220 million.
Mario Kart World won’t be a $200M+ budget game… that’s for sure. There are many things in development that MK doesn’t have that others do, like a script, story, voice acting, (form the top of my mind) etc etc.
Yet those games still cost $60-$70 vs $80-$90.
Now… what’s the excuse?
@olmectron what does that have to do with anything? DK is also “childish looking” as you put it… yet, that game is $70. Yes, some assets and textures from those “childish looking” games are cheaper to accomplish.
But if we are talking about content… why does a game like Xenoblade Chronicles with HUNDREDS of hours of content still cost $60-$70?
Again… what’s the excuse?
The only difference is that Nintendo knows they can get away with this game because MK8 is their best selling game.
But it’s curious that they can bundle it and sell it for $40 right? Mhhh almost sounds like their profit line starts around $30-$40 huh? Reaaally suspicious that suddenly they have the need to sell it for double?
Again… remember that Nintendo NEVER sells at a loss.
He is right that people are just buying the brand and exclusivity, there’s absolutely no reason for a price hike that big.
He is an ex-boss but I just see Sony salivating at this opportunity and path that Nintendo cleared for everyone else to raise the prices.
And to be honest, there’s just no excuse for MKW to cost $80 when there are other games out there that are more… let’s say… development and content heavier and with higher budgets than MK.
If they are able to bundle it with the Switch2 it means that they are able to lower the price at least to $70 or $60 without a bundle.
LMAOOOO ... recency based much??
I agree with @Lizuka almost every time... the Wii had the best lineup. A new Zelda and Wii Sports that changed the way you ever played before? ohhh and Excite trucks
Yes... it was a great lineup.
In second place I would put the SNES or N64 ... it isn't about quantity but quality.
@Beetlebum91 I mean... you gotta get to a middle ground... not too linear like Skyward Sword because you take away the freedom... but not too open world like TotK because you take away the structured design.
Ocarina of Time and classic Zeldas were the middle ground... it was a bit "do your own thing" but with a structured progression and design.
Aonuma is outdated to be honest. If he can't understand the reason why 20 previous Zelda games became popular in the first place ... then he isn't fit for the job anymore.
2 games in and many people are fed up of with this formula. Unlike 20 that came before.
Now imagine this situation with other franchises repeating ad nauseum. All looking and playing the same, like a gigantic mix of sand boxes, fetch quests and unstructured stories.
@PikaPhantom have we gotten confirmation about that? I didn't watch the Treehouse tbf. And if so... phew... a sigh of relief. Imagine stripping the Metroidvania progression in favor of an open world for the game that popularized the sub-genre... blech...
So... turning every single game to open world now is "genre defining"?? Suuuuure
IMO it just converts creative formulas into big sand box fetch quests.
It's ok here and there... but not for everything! (There's rumors the new Resident Evil and the new Mario are open world too) .. sigh....
In a few years every game will be the same ... 100 hour fetch quests
@Daniel36 those SD cards cost way too much, and if you divide them by, maybe 10 games that fit on there then it’s like adding a $20 above the already $90 that the games cost.
Also, I still have my NES cartridges and my Zelda’s batteries still work perfectly. Tbh honest I don’t like double dipping unless they add content.
But I get what you mean. The thing is, it’s not the inconvenience, it’s the bawlls of Nintendo doing this and on top of that charging $10-$20 above industry standards. This is the cherry on top. I mean, if you’re gonna start doing these shenanigans, let it show on the price. I mean it’s obvious they are cutting corners on costs AND charging a really high premium for everything.
@Daniel36 the difference is that you could play the game even without the patch. And this... you've got a useless piece of plastic when servers go down.
Worse and worser news surrounding this console. All the happiness that came with that reveal is now long gone. I'm out. Maybe after the first year. I have many games in my backlog to play on my S1 and PS4 to tide me over and screw Nintendo for now.
@PushMyGran86 that’s not an argument for a high price. People still play Tetris 99 … does that mean it should’ve cost $80 or $90?
And in that case, why does DK still cost $70-$80 then? It’s not like it’s a game where it will be played to death 7 years later.
Sorry but that is not an argument for the price as it doesn’t cost Nintendo to add replayability anything more than any other game.
It’s because they know it’s their best selling game and they can get away with it… just like they did with TotK raising game prices to $70 even though it was mostly the same game as BotW, with the same map. It never justified its $70 price tag. It was just a little experiment to justify themselves. They thought that people would blindly buy their games for a higher price still. If it worked for them with TotK, they thought nothing would stop them with their next best seller IP, isn’t it?
So… you’re telling me there’s no real reason for Nintendo to charge $80-$90 for games then 🤬🤬
Because, let’s be honest. There are far more games that cost $60 with heavier, more complex development times, with higher budgets, expenses, and better graphics and assets than Mario Kart.
It’s not the Switch cart tax because of the capacity… it’s 100% greed.
I never thought I’d be saying this about my favorite company but I hope the launch is a disaster ala 3DS so we can return to the humble and consumer friendly Nintendo.
“So what went wrong? Ellis and Yang suggested Nintendo now lacks the consumer mindfulness it once had, following former NOA boss Reggie Fils-Aimé’s retirement and the tragic loss of former Nintendo head Satoru Iwata.”
Hahaha that is cute … meanwhile I can already see game prices in LATAM also breaking the suggested retail prince …… but being already around the $100 mark ….
I always knew TotK was bad news. It just enabled them.
This and Welcome Tour having a cost are just examples as to why Nintendo being at the top is always bad news, they lose touch and forget to read the room.
I’m up for hacking my S2 at this point when that becomes available.
The world is in a messed up situation right now to be spending amounts based on greediness. As time goes on rent, bills, food, insurance become a heavier burden in our lives, and I will not support Nintendo enabling another weight on my favorite hobby.
It’s not just the $80… for the full S2 experience you’ll have to buy:
-the console,
-the camera,
-the monthly sub,
-at least another set of joycons,
-a pro-controller,
-new MicroSd Express cards,
-generational upgrades,
-amiibos,
-stuff like a case, screen protectors, portable charger, etc
-DLCs
and now $80 games.
Now add the taxes and the rising prices in international markets because all the fear mongering caused by the US tariffs and then you start to understand why people are getting mad at Nintendo .
Yes... the early reactions for Snow White were saying it was the best Disney adaptation... LMAAAAO. Early reactions don't mean sht these days.... its just people being invited to an event who will talk good about the product to be invited to the next event.... repeat ad nauseum.
@Dee123 while technically right, you’re not 100% right… Metroid has left its niche status a while ago.
Metroid Dead - 3.09 million
Pikmin 4 - 3.49 million
And the difference in sales could be argued that at least Pikmin had its first 3 games on the console before its release, so Pikmin was in the zeitgeist at the moment, while Metroid Dread came out of nowhere and still achieved almost the same numbers.
@Wisestfool cmon... F-Zero 99 tbh isn't even a new installment.
That would be like saying Mario 35 was a new Mario game.
They are just fun curiosities with recycled assets.
We'll see if we can even consider it a main game when its servers shut down and nobody can play the damn thing .
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Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Comments On Switch 2's "Hefty" Price Hikes
@Haruki_NLI you’re getting confused about not reaching sales expectations rather than selling at a loss. Selling at a loss would be selling Bayonetta 3 at $20 at launch… and not reaching sales expectations and not making a profit would be selling at $80 (at a profit per unit) but only selling 2,000 units.
And the WiiU and 3DS never sold at a loss. 3DS is even more proof of that, that they were able to do a price cut.
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Comments On Switch 2's "Hefty" Price Hikes
@KociolekDoSyta exactly. They are still making a profit at $50…(because, repeat after me people, Nintendo never sells at a loss) that’s why they are able to bundle it. Now, increasing that to $80-$90 is pure greediness. It’s almost 75%-80% in profit.
Also, let’s be honest… in 2024 alone , Nintendo’s net profit was $3.2 billion dollars.
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Comments On Switch 2's "Hefty" Price Hikes
@LUIGITORNADO Im not villainizing anything. I’m giving proof.
You proved my point. Does Nintendo sell at a loss? No. That’s what I said and it’s a simple fact.
And it supports the argument that if they are bundling the game, then their profit starts at a $30-$40 price tag for the game. It’s not like they are taking a hit because the game is actually $60 and just making a 30% profit. The bundle is proof of that.
Can they still sell MKW at $70 and make a 80-90% profit? Yes they can. Just like they have been doing for decades.
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Comments On Switch 2's "Hefty" Price Hikes
@LUIGITORNADO Microsoft and PlayStation sell their consoles at a loss initially for higher sales numbers. They take the hit to put more consoles and ecosystems for games out there.
Nintendo is well known to never sell anything at a loss or eating a cost for consumers.
MK being bundled with the Switch 2 means their profit line starts at $30 or $40 …. Which means that even at $60 their would be making quite a profit. $80 is just greediness.
In MK’s situation they could have eaten a $10 cost to motivate people to buy it and have higher sales… in this case they are upping the price which will be reflected in lower sales numbers. Just like @datamonkey puts it.
Nintendo is testing the consumer limits with its most popular game because they know we are all Mario Kart sheeps.
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Comments On Switch 2's "Hefty" Price Hikes
@hiptanaka I mean… one thing is to capitalize on success, which I can get behind that for Nintendo… but don’t tell me a 30%+ increase in less than two years is somewhat defendable. They are testing the waters again like with TotK. And if they don’t see people getting upset about it, they will not read the room and see this as the next standard, and then the next, and the next.
It’s a “Vote with your wallet” situation as always.
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Comments On Switch 2's "Hefty" Price Hikes
@Poco_Lypso exactly.
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Comments On Switch 2's "Hefty" Price Hikes
@hiptanaka I agree, maybe it’s the reason that, they are the ones pulling the trigger… without a good reason. There was only a year between their $60 games and now $80-$90 … that’s a 30%+ increase in two years… not even inflation is an excuse.
In my personal case it’s not about money, it’s about principle. There’s a reason why people always warn against Nintendo being on top… they tend to give in to greediness.
Also, yes, budget doesn’t mean quality in any way, I’m saying that through an economics lens. It’s like cinema, movies with higher budgets bet their returns on sales… not by raising the ticket prices because they feel the movie “is the best”.
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Comments On Switch 2's "Hefty" Price Hikes
@Olmectron man… I LOVE Mario Kart and have played them since the SNES. What I don’t love is defending something that shouldn’t be defended.
TotK certainly wasn’t a $70 game… and I love Zelda… but we all knew it was just an experiment to spearhead higher prices … and guess what… it worked for Nintendo.
Then they saw that success and used it as an excuse to raise prices again by 25%-30%. Guess what is gonna happen next when Mario Kart sells millions at $80-$90?
People are just enabling a greedy Nintendo.
That’s why I can’t defend this.
Re: Nintendo: Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment Is A "Canonical Tale"
Time to move on from this Zelda era.
I’m not gonna fall for another repetitive Warriors game branded with Zelda again, canon or not.
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Comments On Switch 2's "Hefty" Price Hikes
@Olmectron I can bet my ass MKW is not on a $200 million development budget because they are not creating a game from the ground up.
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Comments On Switch 2's "Hefty" Price Hikes
@Olmectron stay on topic… I never said their quality depends on budget. I said that games with higher budgets are usually more complex to develop… hence the higher budgets. And if a game has a higher budget, they tend to recover that with either raising the price or betting on the number of sales.
And since the high number of sales is 100% guaranteed for a Mario Kart game… there’s absolutely no reason for a price increase.
Nintendo is betting on both things.
Ugh… and it’s not because they look childish. DK also looks “childish” … why does that cost $70 then? It’s about content? Then why do other content heavy titles still cost $60?
Use RDR2 as an example then. The TLOU2 example is because of its budget.
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Comments On Switch 2's "Hefty" Price Hikes
@sanderev easy… the budgets. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe estimated budget was $50 million. And let’s say, first example that comes to mind…. The Last of Us 2 budget was $220 million.
Mario Kart World won’t be a $200M+ budget game… that’s for sure. There are many things in development that MK doesn’t have that others do, like a script, story, voice acting, (form the top of my mind) etc etc.
Yet those games still cost $60-$70 vs $80-$90.
Now… what’s the excuse?
@olmectron what does that have to do with anything? DK is also “childish looking” as you put it… yet, that game is $70. Yes, some assets and textures from those “childish looking” games are cheaper to accomplish.
But if we are talking about content… why does a game like Xenoblade Chronicles with HUNDREDS of hours of content still cost $60-$70?
Again… what’s the excuse?
The only difference is that Nintendo knows they can get away with this game because MK8 is their best selling game.
But it’s curious that they can bundle it and sell it for $40 right? Mhhh almost sounds like their profit line starts around $30-$40 huh? Reaaally suspicious that suddenly they have the need to sell it for double?
Again… remember that Nintendo NEVER sells at a loss.
Re: Ex-PlayStation Boss Comments On Switch 2's "Hefty" Price Hikes
He is right that people are just buying the brand and exclusivity, there’s absolutely no reason for a price hike that big.
He is an ex-boss but I just see Sony salivating at this opportunity and path that Nintendo cleared for everyone else to raise the prices.
And to be honest, there’s just no excuse for MKW to cost $80 when there are other games out there that are more… let’s say… development and content heavier and with higher budgets than MK.
If they are able to bundle it with the Switch2 it means that they are able to lower the price at least to $70 or $60 without a bundle.
Remember that Nintendo NEVER sells at a loss.
Re: Talking Point: Does Switch 2 Have Nintendo's Best Launch Line-Up Ever?
LMAOOOO ... recency based much??
I agree with @Lizuka almost every time... the Wii had the best lineup. A new Zelda and Wii Sports that changed the way you ever played before? ohhh and Excite trucks
Yes... it was a great lineup.
In second place I would put the SNES or N64 ... it isn't about quantity but quality.
Re: My Nintendo Adds A Switch 2 Reward (North America)
@Abrammchi lol... this is sad ... at least give us a well designed coaster ...
What the hell am i saying... I live in Mexico... we don't even get these rewards over here lol
Re: My Nintendo Adds A Switch 2 Reward (North America)
Lmao… what the hell is this crap?
It’s something you could get for free out of any random corporate booth.
Any Switch icon has more value than this lol…
Re: Nintendo: Switch 2's Launch Titles Are "Sort Of" Genre- And Franchise-Defining
@LikelySatan he would be a wild test audience and focus group lol.
Re: Nintendo: Switch 2's Launch Titles Are "Sort Of" Genre- And Franchise-Defining
@Beetlebum91 I mean... you gotta get to a middle ground... not too linear like Skyward Sword because you take away the freedom... but not too open world like TotK because you take away the structured design.
Ocarina of Time and classic Zeldas were the middle ground... it was a bit "do your own thing" but with a structured progression and design.
Aonuma is outdated to be honest. If he can't understand the reason why 20 previous Zelda games became popular in the first place ... then he isn't fit for the job anymore.
2 games in and many people are fed up of with this formula. Unlike 20 that came before.
Now imagine this situation with other franchises repeating ad nauseum. All looking and playing the same, like a gigantic mix of sand boxes, fetch quests and unstructured stories.
@PikaPhantom have we gotten confirmation about that? I didn't watch the Treehouse tbf. And if so... phew... a sigh of relief. Imagine stripping the Metroidvania progression in favor of an open world for the game that popularized the sub-genre... blech...
Re: Nintendo: Switch 2's Launch Titles Are "Sort Of" Genre- And Franchise-Defining
So... turning every single game to open world now is "genre defining"?? Suuuuure
IMO it just converts creative formulas into big sand box fetch quests.
It's ok here and there... but not for everything! (There's rumors the new Resident Evil and the new Mario are open world too) .. sigh....
In a few years every game will be the same ... 100 hour fetch quests
Re: Switch 2 Game-Key Cards Aren't Tied To Nintendo Accounts
@Daniel36 those SD cards cost way too much, and if you divide them by, maybe 10 games that fit on there then it’s like adding a $20 above the already $90 that the games cost.
Also, I still have my NES cartridges and my Zelda’s batteries still work perfectly. Tbh honest I don’t like double dipping unless they add content.
But I get what you mean. The thing is, it’s not the inconvenience, it’s the bawlls of Nintendo doing this and on top of that charging $10-$20 above industry standards. This is the cherry on top. I mean, if you’re gonna start doing these shenanigans, let it show on the price. I mean it’s obvious they are cutting corners on costs AND charging a really high premium for everything.
Re: Nintendo Understands Switch Owners May Not Be "Ready To Jump To Switch 2"
@Poco_Lypso agree... this time is about sending a message.
Re: Switch 2 Game-Key Cards Aren't Tied To Nintendo Accounts
@Daniel36 the difference is that you could play the game even without the patch. And this... you've got a useless piece of plastic when servers go down.
Re: Nintendo Understands Switch Owners May Not Be "Ready To Jump To Switch 2"
Yep... I'll make the jump when I can pirate the damn thing. Its a matter of principle against those $80-$90 price tags. There's just no excuse.
Re: Switch 2 Game-Key Cards Aren't Tied To Nintendo Accounts
Xbox One had a disastrous reveal for less. Why does Nintendo think they get a pass for this?
Re: Switch 2 GameChat Choppy Frame Rate Explained By Nintendo
I completely agree with @shepdawg1 ... this right now is a non-issue.
There's worse things to focus on about the Switch 2.
Re: It's Official, Switch 2 Joy-Con Will Not Feature Hall Effect Sticks
Worse and worser news surrounding this console. All the happiness that came with that reveal is now long gone. I'm out. Maybe after the first year. I have many games in my backlog to play on my S1 and PS4 to tide me over and screw Nintendo for now.
Re: There's A New Way To Add Friends On Nintendo Switch 2
@Kyloctopus ahh but this time you can design and customize your own QR code and the Nintendo tool will cost you $9.99
Re: Nintendo Confirms US Price For 'Switch 2 Welcome Tour'
This tutorial should have been $80 … not $10
Re: Nintendo Comments On Mario Kart World's Controversial Price
I’ll start calling this the “Nintendo open world tax”
F open worlds
Re: Switch 2 Game Cart Max Capacity Is 64GB, Says CD Projekt Red
@PushMyGran86 that’s not an argument for a high price. People still play Tetris 99 … does that mean it should’ve cost $80 or $90?
And in that case, why does DK still cost $70-$80 then? It’s not like it’s a game where it will be played to death 7 years later.
Sorry but that is not an argument for the price as it doesn’t cost Nintendo to add replayability anything more than any other game.
It’s because they know it’s their best selling game and they can get away with it… just like they did with TotK raising game prices to $70 even though it was mostly the same game as BotW, with the same map. It never justified its $70 price tag. It was just a little experiment to justify themselves. They thought that people would blindly buy their games for a higher price still. If it worked for them with TotK, they thought nothing would stop them with their next best seller IP, isn’t it?
Re: Switch 2 Game Cart Max Capacity Is 64GB, Says CD Projekt Red
So… you’re telling me there’s no real reason for Nintendo to charge $80-$90 for games then 🤬🤬
Because, let’s be honest. There are far more games that cost $60 with heavier, more complex development times, with higher budgets, expenses, and better graphics and assets than Mario Kart.
It’s not the Switch cart tax because of the capacity… it’s 100% greed.
I never thought I’d be saying this about my favorite company but I hope the launch is a disaster ala 3DS so we can return to the humble and consumer friendly Nintendo.
Re: Opinion: A Few Too Many Questions & Unwelcome Surprises Are Taking The Shine Off The Switch 2 Reveal
Nintendo has truly hit it's PS3 phase.
Re: Can You Conquer Mastermind's Fiendishly Difficult Legend Of Zelda Quiz?
Wooo top 10 for now
Re: Opinion: No One Is Talking About The Switch 2's Best Feature
Forget the rumble… we need the drift!!
Re: Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Pre-Orders In The US Amidst New Trump Tariffs
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Re: Select EU Retailers Are Abandoning Nintendo's Suggested Retail Price For Switch 2 Games
@Folkloner its already chaos in there... people are already expressing their disgust and voting with their comments in the live channels.
Also:
https://www.ign.com/articles/former-nintendo-pr-managers-say-switch-2-and-mario-kart-world-price-backlash-a-true-crisis-moment-for-nintendo?
“So what went wrong? Ellis and Yang suggested Nintendo now lacks the consumer mindfulness it once had, following former NOA boss Reggie Fils-Aimé’s retirement and the tragic loss of former Nintendo head Satoru Iwata.”
Re: Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Pre-Orders In The US Amidst New Trump Tariffs
F Trump... F Nintendo... F Tariffs.... but specially F Trump.... end of story
Re: Select EU Retailers Are Abandoning Nintendo's Suggested Retail Price For Switch 2 Games
Hahaha that is cute … meanwhile I can already see game prices in LATAM also breaking the suggested retail prince …… but being already around the $100 mark ….
Re: Donkey Kong Country Artist Shares His Thoughts On Kong's New Design
It’s great that it’s more expressive… but that could have been done with the old design too.
Tbh I don’t like it, but the game looks fun.
Re: "Don't Let Nintendo Ruin The Entire Industry" - Is $80 For Mario Kart World A Bridge Too Far?
I always knew TotK was bad news. It just enabled them.
This and Welcome Tour having a cost are just examples as to why Nintendo being at the top is always bad news, they lose touch and forget to read the room.
I’m up for hacking my S2 at this point when that becomes available.
The world is in a messed up situation right now to be spending amounts based on greediness. As time goes on rent, bills, food, insurance become a heavier burden in our lives, and I will not support Nintendo enabling another weight on my favorite hobby.
It’s not just the $80… for the full S2 experience you’ll have to buy:
-the console,
-the camera,
-the monthly sub,
-at least another set of joycons,
-a pro-controller,
-new MicroSd Express cards,
-generational upgrades,
-amiibos,
-stuff like a case, screen protectors, portable charger, etc
-DLCs
and now $80 games.
Now add the taxes and the rising prices in international markets because all the fear mongering caused by the US tariffs and then you start to understand why people are getting mad at Nintendo .
Re: Nintendo Expects You To Pay For Its Switch 2 "Welcome Tour" User Guide
it’s crazy they didn’t even make it free and included in the console
Re: Sakurai's 'Kirby Air Riders' Is Speeding Onto Switch 2
Can’t believe we got this before an F-Zero sequel lol
But Im intrigued
Re: Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment Confirmed For Nintendo Switch 2
Ugh ANOTHER Warriors game set in the BotW style of Zelda AGAIN.
This is the fourth Zelda game with this style. Im sick of it.
And Hyrule Warriors becomes repetitive after 3 hours.
Re: Nintendo Switch 2 Direct: Time, Where To Watch, What To Expect
Hopefully there are no franchises transformed to open world games. That trend is a genre killer.
Re: Round Up: The First Impressions Of The Minecraft Movie Are In
Yes... the early reactions for Snow White were saying it was the best Disney adaptation... LMAAAAO.
Early reactions don't mean sht these days.... its just people being invited to an event who will talk good about the product to be invited to the next event.... repeat ad nauseum.
Re: Rumour: GameCube Revival Planned For Nintendo Switch Online
@WheresWaveRace lmaaaaao
Re: Video: Metroid Prime 4 Looks Great, But Here's Why The Latest Trailer Isn't Switch 2 Footage
@Dee123 while technically right, you’re not 100% right… Metroid has left its niche status a while ago.
Metroid Dead - 3.09 million
Pikmin 4 - 3.49 million
And the difference in sales could be argued that at least Pikmin had its first 3 games on the console before its release, so Pikmin was in the zeitgeist at the moment, while Metroid Dread came out of nowhere and still achieved almost the same numbers.
Re: Introducing PLAYi - A Whole New Way To Not Play
I mean… it’s just like watching influencers playing videogames. I’ll never understand the appeal to that.
Also, it was a nice April Fools joke… it took me a while until I went to the comment section.
Re: Nintendo Music Update Adds Classic SNES And N64 Soundtracks, Here's Every Song Included
@Wisestfool cmon... F-Zero 99 tbh isn't even a new installment.
That would be like saying Mario 35 was a new Mario game.
They are just fun curiosities with recycled assets.
We'll see if we can even consider it a main game when its servers shut down and nobody can play the damn thing .