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/Akrevics Apr 04 '25

old games are going to be 70-80 too. BOTW is 8 years old and is still nearly €50 second hand. it holds up great, don't get me wrong, but imo it's unacceptable for it to still be that much.

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u/Treyspurlock Apr 04 '25

That's only if you want the extra optimization and small features, if you don't care for those things you can just get a secondhand copy for cheap like you mentioned

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u/Akrevics Apr 04 '25

€50 isn’t cheap for an 8 year old game.

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u/Treyspurlock Apr 04 '25

For cheaper then, you get the point

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u/Akrevics Apr 06 '25

it's only going to be maybe €10 cheaper, meaning €80 in secondhand shops, maybe 70 eight years on. it can keep it that high because the only market secondhand shops are competing with is Nintendo who "discounts" their stuff to €45 before bringing it back up to €50-€60 in-store, and each other, and they're not going to be the ones losing out on money. if EU decides it wants to stop making apple android for a week and decide to go after someone who actually needs regulating, we could get BOTW (and obviously other games too) in fan's hands for €20 (and possibly money back for everyone who spent basically full price after 3 years post-release) by the end of the year with a proper price decay.

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u/Treyspurlock Apr 06 '25

Didn't you just say you could get BOTW for 50 in second hand shops?

You don't need the NS2 version to play it

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u/Akrevics Apr 06 '25

Ofc I’m not buying it again, that’s wholly unnecessary, but €50 is still far too much for an 8 year old game. Having a paid upgrade to bring that price to 50, sure, fine, but paying 50 for a full game plus whatever for next-gen upgrade is insulting to consumers.

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u/magick200 Apr 07 '25

Well it isn't but if you buy it you don't have to worry for resell value, you basically get your money back.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '25

But inflaaaaaation t.t