new mario kart costs $80 (digitally, some european retailers say it costs more physically but it’s unknown if that applies to usd too)
new donkey kong game costs $70
reminder that the most expensive switch 1 game (that didn’t have any fancy attachments or cardboard or whatever) was tears of the kingdom, which was $70 and iirc nintendo later stated it was a one-time thing and they wouldn’t be using that price model again
switch 2 editions of previous switch 1 games (which basically means switch 2 exclusive dlc or at the very least a frame boost) range from $70-80 (when a sane company would make them cost far less since they’re older games and not worth paying full price for again)
if you already bought the switch 1 versions they’re selling upgrade packs to convert your switch 1 copy to a switch 2 edition, i haven’t seen any costs for those but i’m gonna guesstimate they’ll be $10-20 depending on their content
and perhaps most disgustingly greedy of all,
they’re making you pay to play a manual/tech demo that explains how to use your switch 2 (which arguably looks worse than astro’s playroom on the ps5, and that was free). it’s only $10, but at that point they might as well have bundled it with the console
so… yeah, the entire gaming community is understandably upset, and i hope enough people boycott the switch 2 that they’re forced to drop the price (in a similar manner to the 3ds)
oh i forgot to mention that until fall 2025 they’re selling a bundle which has the console and a digital download of mario kart, that’s only $500 (and $50 is a much more reasonable price for mario kart imo). that’s $711 canadian
and no, as far as i can tell the experience would be just like playing it on the switch 1 if you don’t pay up. if you have the nso expansion pack, apparently you get botw and totk’s switch 2 upgrades for free
I haven’t watched the announcement event yet. How expensive are they?
you might want to sit down for this one…
console is $450
new mario kart costs $80 (digitally, some european retailers say it costs more physically but it’s unknown if that applies to usd too)
new donkey kong game costs $70
reminder that the most expensive switch 1 game (that didn’t have any fancy attachments or cardboard or whatever) was tears of the kingdom, which was $70 and iirc nintendo later stated it was a one-time thing and they wouldn’t be using that price model again
switch 2 editions of previous switch 1 games (which basically means switch 2 exclusive dlc or at the very least a frame boost) range from $70-80 (when a sane company would make them cost far less since they’re older games and not worth paying full price for again)
if you already bought the switch 1 versions they’re selling upgrade packs to convert your switch 1 copy to a switch 2 edition, i haven’t seen any costs for those but i’m gonna guesstimate they’ll be $10-20 depending on their content
and perhaps most disgustingly greedy of all,
they’re making you pay to play a manual/tech demo that explains how to use your switch 2 (which arguably looks worse than astro’s playroom on the ps5, and that was free). it’s only $10, but at that point they might as well have bundled it with the console
so… yeah, the entire gaming community is understandably upset, and i hope enough people boycott the switch 2 that they’re forced to drop the price (in a similar manner to the 3ds)
So $750 Canadian dollars for the console + Mariokart and I won’t be able to pop in an existing copy of Tears of the Kingdom and run it at 60FPS?
oh i forgot to mention that until fall 2025 they’re selling a bundle which has the console and a digital download of mario kart, that’s only $500 (and $50 is a much more reasonable price for mario kart imo). that’s $711 canadian
and no, as far as i can tell the experience would be just like playing it on the switch 1 if you don’t pay up. if you have the nso expansion pack, apparently you get botw and totk’s switch 2 upgrades for free