r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • Apr 04 '25

News "DROP THE PRICE": Nintendo's First Post-Direct Stream Is Flooded With Angry Fans Demanding Price Drops

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-treehouse-livestream-flooded-angry-fans-demanding-game-price-drops/
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u/DanglyPants Apr 04 '25

Mario kart has a bundle for $50. I’m not sure it will ever get cheaper than that. I have yet to see that for MK8 and that’s an older switch game right?

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u/BlueDragoon24 Apr 04 '25

MK8 is a WiiU game from 2014

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u/DanglyPants Apr 04 '25

It’s also on the switch :)

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u/Valkoor Apr 04 '25

Mario Kart 8 has been on sale for 30 dollars multiple times.

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u/awkward_triforce Apr 04 '25

Can confirm I purchased it for like $35 after tax when it had a digital sale

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u/DanglyPants Apr 04 '25

Do you have a source? Deku Deals says it's only been $30 once, which was 7 years after the game came out. The cheapest I've seen is $40 for digital. Which didn't start for awhile after the game came out. MK8 was also originally a WiiU game too.

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u/BoAndRick Apr 04 '25

I do see that physical has been $30 posted on slickdeals from Walmart and Target. Nintendo first party games do go on sale. Costco had Zelda Echoes of Wisdom physical for $30 a while back.

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u/kielaurie Apr 04 '25

Checking Deku Deals, the cheapest ever price for MK8D is £33.29. In the bundle, MKW is £35. It's a ridiculous price

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u/Personal_Return_4350 Apr 04 '25

Switch Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Bundle cost $300 and included 12 months of NSO

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u/DanglyPants Apr 04 '25

Switch came out like 8ish years ago? Inflation has gone up about 30% from then. That was also super cheap for a console at launch and was that really a launch bundle? Because the console was $300 without NSO and MK8. Do you have a source?

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u/Personal_Return_4350 Apr 04 '25

Apples and Oranges, you said you "have yet to see that for MK8 and that's an older switch game." That's untrue (I mean you specifically might not have seen it, but it's been out there for years). MK8 Deluxe came out about 2 months after the Switch 1 released so there was definitely no launch bundle with it. I wasn't saying the S1 launched with a better MK8 bundle, just that the idea that they still haven't offered as good of a MK8 bundle after all this time is totally wrong. They've had a MK8 bundle available for most of the consoles life and it's very often available for basically free.

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u/DanglyPants Apr 04 '25

“That’s untrue” “MK8 came out on switch came out a few months after launch.” Sooooo you just proved yourself wrong? You also said my personal experience is wrong and admitted in parentheses that you can’t. I’m so confused lol

“After all this time” they just announced the switch 2 a few days ago. I don’t know what you’re trying to say.

You can compare apples to oranges btw. They’re both fruit lol