▲ 350 ▼ Nintendo is raising the price of the Switch 2, blaming 'market conditions' (www.pcgamer.com) submitted 3 months ago by simple@piefed.social to c/games@lemmy.world 82 comments fedilink hide all child comments A $50 increase in the US. Further increases rolling out in Japan, Europe, and Canada.
[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 child) With this economy I just wait until this shows up in a pawn shop somewhere. Or more likely fuck buying that have plenty of PC games to play. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago (2 children) Their games never drop in price, and they are priced higher than anyone else. Don't buy this shit ever. If you really want, emulate it. That's the closest you should get to it. (Even then, is there anything worth it? There are too many amazing PC games already. I don't need to play the fairly generic stuff Nintendo makes.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 123@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago* A few titles actually went in clearance at Costco which is somewhat rare: https://kotaku.com/costco-sale-switch-2-games-cheap-pokemon-2000688792 Prices ending in 97 at that store indicate they wanted to get rid of the inventory to make room for other items, not sure the reasoning for it though, could be just newer games for the same system (since it also varies by location). Edit: Looks like Walmart had a similar sale ($35-$40) for even more titles including bananza, so something is definitely different when compared to previous Nintendo pricing deals with retailers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eyro_Elloyn@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago Another option if you already own the console is the library. I was shocked at how niche some of the games they have are. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago (2 children) Their games never drop in price, and they are priced higher than anyone else. Don't buy this shit ever. If you really want, emulate it. That's the closest you should get to it. (Even then, is there anything worth it? There are too many amazing PC games already. I don't need to play the fairly generic stuff Nintendo makes.) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 123@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago* A few titles actually went in clearance at Costco which is somewhat rare: https://kotaku.com/costco-sale-switch-2-games-cheap-pokemon-2000688792 Prices ending in 97 at that store indicate they wanted to get rid of the inventory to make room for other items, not sure the reasoning for it though, could be just newer games for the same system (since it also varies by location). Edit: Looks like Walmart had a similar sale ($35-$40) for even more titles including bananza, so something is definitely different when compared to previous Nintendo pricing deals with retailers. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Eyro_Elloyn@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago Another option if you already own the console is the library. I was shocked at how niche some of the games they have are. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 123@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago* A few titles actually went in clearance at Costco which is somewhat rare: https://kotaku.com/costco-sale-switch-2-games-cheap-pokemon-2000688792 Prices ending in 97 at that store indicate they wanted to get rid of the inventory to make room for other items, not sure the reasoning for it though, could be just newer games for the same system (since it also varies by location). Edit: Looks like Walmart had a similar sale ($35-$40) for even more titles including bananza, so something is definitely different when compared to previous Nintendo pricing deals with retailers. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Eyro_Elloyn@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 months ago Another option if you already own the console is the library. I was shocked at how niche some of the games they have are. permalink fedilink source parent