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[Lunatic_Gamer]

First, a $450 hardware price, more than most were expecting. Then, the $80 charge for Mario Kart World, beyond what any other game costs in the industry.

Now, here's another smaller example of Nintendo annoying its fans, but it's frustrating all the same. This has to do with its exhausting pricing scheme for old games, in this case, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

• The original Breath of the Wild cost $60. The DLC cost $20. You can play this on Switch 2 via backward compatibility.

• However, there's an Switch 2 "enhanced" edition of the game with better performance and graphics. If you own Switch 1 Breath of the Wild, you can pay $10 to "upgrade." So over the course of it's lifespan, you will have paid $90.

• If you do not have the original, Switch 2 Breath of the Wild costs $70. However, it does not include the DLC for the now eight year-old game, which would be $20 extra, for again, a $90 total purchase.

Nintendo Says Switch 2 ‘Breath Of The Wild’ Is $90 With DLC

Nintendo has had one of the worst reveals of a new console in recent memory, even if ultimately, it’s more than likely the Switch 2 will be a hit. Now, Zelda drama.

www.forbes.com

 

[diffusionx]

bro is complaining about spending $10 more after he spent $60 in 2017 lmaooooo

 

[Generic]

But this is good because inflation and tariffs or something despite BotW being a 2017 WiiU game that can't even run at 30fps.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

A just punishment for the troglodyte who never purchased the game, but for the rest of us, this isn't a bad deal. Not to mention having a sub to NSO makes it complimentary.

 

[Kataploom]

No shit they found something to ragebait in order to keep people bitching after everyone and their moms realized all the misinformation being spread.

They never promised DLC in the upgrade pack, nobody expected that, literally, this is just fake outrage.

 

[Spukc]

bro is complaining about spending $10 more after he spent $60 in 2017 lmaooooo

like the fuck right?
i spend like 500 hours on this game.
got so much value out of it.

afterwards i emulated it on my ultra wide monitor spend another 20 hours or so being so amazed how good it can look in 60 fps and widescreen dreaming how nintendo is going to fuck me again when the switch 2 comes out charging me a whopping 10 dollars to play a lesser version in a legal way.
but hey here we are... can't wait to play it. prolly will head back to my pc.. but i a least supported nintendo

 

[Punished Miku]

Thank god. I was worried it was going to be devalued for a sec there.

 

[Danjin44]

No shit they found something to ragebait in order to keep people bitching after everyone and their moms realized all the misinformation being spread.

They never promised DLC in the upgrade pack, nobody expected that, literally, this is just fake outrage.

Fake outrage what GAF does, they are no different than YouTubers who put their goofy face on thumbnails and put click bait title.

 

[Rush2112]

90 bucks for an 8 year old game.

 

[blacktout]

No shit they found something to ragebait in order to keep people bitching after everyone and their moms realized all the misinformation being spread.

They never promised DLC in the upgrade pack, nobody expected that, literally, this is just fake outrage.

There seems to be an obsession with pushing the "Switch 2 has $90 games" narrative. First it was "Mario Kart physical is $90 in the US" and and now that we know that's bullshit, this article is just stacking optional purchases together until they reach $90.

 

[Sooner]

90 bucks for an 8 year old game.

Except it's not. It's $90 for the modern version, plus buying the completely seperate and unnecessary DLC (which is kind of pointless, anyway).

You could do this nonsense of adding every seperate DLC or expansion for any game and making it sound like it's part of the price to play the game.

Breath of the Wild is $60. The same as it always was. If you want the Switch 2 upgrades it's $10 more or included with your SWO+E account.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

UBI folks are attacking on all fronts it seems.

I will pay, thanks.

 

[Generic]

No shit they found something to ragebait in order to keep people bitching after everyone and their moms realized all the misinformation being spread.

They never promised DLC in the upgrade pack, nobody expected that, literally, this is just fake outrage.

Usually next-gen version upgrades come with DLCs. Nintendo is going against the whole industry and consumers.

Except it's not. It's $90 for the modern version, plus buying the completely seperate and unnecessary DLC (which is kind of pointless, anyway).

Modern version is exactly the same game but not struggling to mantain a fps rate, something emulators managed to do 8 years ago.

 

[Guardian Monkey]

adding optional dlc and saying it's $90 now is a bit of stretch. That's like saying buying Elden ring and expansion on each release is $100. Did the author just find out about DLC?

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

First, a $450 hardware price, more than most were expecting. Then, the $80 charge for Mario Kart World, beyond what any other game costs in the industry.

Now, here's another smaller example of Nintendo annoying its fans, but it's frustrating all the same. This has to do with its exhausting pricing scheme for old games, in this case, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

• The original Breath of the Wild cost $60. The DLC cost $20. You can play this on Switch 2 via backward compatibility.

• However, there's an Switch 2 "enhanced" edition of the game with better performance and graphics. If you own Switch 1 Breath of the Wild, you can pay $10 to "upgrade." So over the course of it's lifespan, you will have paid $90.

• If you do not have the original, Switch 2 Breath of the Wild costs $70. However, it does not include the DLC for the now eight year-old game, which would be $20 extra, for again, a $90 total purchase.

Nintendo Says Switch 2 ‘Breath Of The Wild’ Is $90 With DLC

Nintendo has had one of the worst reveals of a new console in recent memory, even if ultimately, it’s more than likely the Switch 2 will be a hit. Now, Zelda drama.

www.forbes.com

But Tears of the kingdom is an expansion of Breath of the wild.

 

[Nankatsu]

Nintendo to the gaming community:

 

[MrJangles]

I bought a PS3 in 2007 but had to buy a new controller and hard drive a few years ago. Absolutely outrageous price gouging and completely unacceptable!

 

[Woopah]

I absolutely get complaining about the price of MK World, since its a new price. But this is just BOTW being the price its always been.

 

[Generic]

I bought a PS3 in 2007 but had to buy a new controller and hard drive a few years ago. Absolutely outrageous price gouging and completely unacceptable!

Hard drives nowadays are cheap, it's an old tech. You can get an alternative PS3 controller for cheap, too (they aren't produced anymore anyway)

 

[TKOFromTokyo]

It could be worse. Call of Duty is $70 plus $30 per season for BlackCell on top of skins and other crap.

 

[Arachnid]

bro is complaining about spending $10 more after he spent $60 in 2017 lmaooooo

Leave it to some gaffer to justify paying more to a corporation to play a game you already own or more than full price on an 8 year old game.

 

[LordOcidax]

• If you do not have the original, Switch 2 Breath of the Wild costs $70. However, it does not include the DLC for the now eight year-old game, which would be $20 extra, for again, a $90 total purchase.

Thats the same price of the Switch 1… I am missing something here?

 

[QLQ]

And people are ok with this and then complain about $10 upgrades to games that have been in the bargain bin for years with all dlc included.

 

[Kataploom]

Usually next-gen version upgrades come with DLCs. Nintendo is going against the whole industry and consumers.


Modern version is exactly the same game but not struggling to mantain a fps rate, something emulators managed to do 8 years ago.

It was never promised, it's not a remaster like MK8D, it's just a patch with additional content and visual upgrades, basically a new DLC, if they really cared about it, they should have bitched before but they didn't because they clearly saw the rage fuel running out after the all misinformation was clarified and had to desperately find something to keep driving traffic.

Literally nobody is expecting more, not even you, you're just trolling so the narrative fits you.

It's really annoying having to deal with all this shit wanting to have other conversations about the system, I want to discuss about specs, improvements, wishes, whatever. And the constant trolling and bitching is making it impossible, all these people should try getting a job or something.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

I don't see how any grown adult with a job would be that outraged by this

 

[Evil Calvin]

Just get the original game on Ebay for $30 and then pay the $10 upgrade. There you go! $40!

 

[diffusionx]

Leave it to some gaffer to justify paying more to a corporation to play a game you already own or more than full price on an 8 year old game.

You don't have to pay the $10, you can play the old version with the old settings. This is for an upgrade. It's not at all different from Death Stranding, Last of Us, Days Gone, etc.

 

[Digital-Aftertaste]

Once again... I'm glad I don't have an urge to get this console, I feel bad for people that are trying to help Nintendo justify the price hike overall. DLC being the same price sure, but not offering a bit of a deal for the port of an old game to quell the new price tags is dumb and greedy.

Seriously, for the people that don't mind paying more... You're not winning anything by laughing at or arguing with people who are complaining. Literal Asshats.

 

[QLQ]

Just get the original game on Ebay for $30 and then pay the $10 upgrade. There you go! $40!

and then the dlc , only $60!

 

[Kataploom]

I don't see how any grown adult with a job would be that outraged by this

Internet is driven by rage bait these days, everything is designed to provoque people with negative feelings and drive traffic to their website, YouTube channel, etc.

This is really annoying.

There are people already bitching about the new TLOU collectors edition or whatever, like, come on, if it's too expensive and also you don't like it being released for n-number time just move on and don't buy it.

But no, attention whores and media outlets have to monetize on low IQ depressed bitches frustration and make internet way too annoying.

 

[blacktout]

Leave it to some gaffer to justify paying more to a corporation to play a game you already own or more than full price on an 8 year old game.

You can argue "more than full price for an 8 year old game," but no one is asking you to "pay more ... to play a game you already own."

If you already own Breath of the Wild, you can just insert the cartridge and play it on the Switch 2 with backwards compatibility. The $10 charge is for the visual upgrades and new features, not to play the game on new hardware.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

Once again... I'm glad I don't have an urge to get this console, I feel bad for people that are trying to help Nintendo justify the price hike overall. DLC being the same price sure, but not offering a bit of a deal for the port of an old game to quell the new price tags is dumb and greedy.

Seriously, for the people that don't mind paying more... You're not winning anything by laughing at or arguing with people who are complaining. Literal Asshats.

Lifes too short to take such silly stances, money is meant to be spent and enjoyed.

 

[Hawk The Slayer]

Even other big companies will include DLCs into their base game years later for newer players on old game.

 

[QLQ]

You don't have to pay the $10, you can play the old version with the old settings. This is for an upgrade. It's not at all different from Death Stranding, Last of Us, Days Gone, etc.

what? those PS4 games run at 60fps on PS5 without upgrades, fast loading as well. Do the old versions of Nintendo Switch games run at 60fps locked on SW2 without the upgrade?

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Can't you just buy the games used for cheap and then pay for next gen update?

 

[Kacho]

The majority of people paying for the upgrade already own the game.

"B-b-bu won't someone think of the dirty poors without Game Pass?"

 

[analog_future]

Man we're really trying hard to find stuff to be mad about, eh?

 

[Zacfoldor]

Isn't this spin....I mean?

Isn't this game plus dlc like almost 90 dollars on switch 1 as well, well after it came out?

I know I paid a shit ton for it.

I'm looking right now and it is 19.99 for the xpak and I think I paid 59.99 for the game.

So it's only 10 dollars more for the Switch 2 version vs the Switch 1 version that I bought!? Edit: nevermind I see it spelled out in the OP but damn that's a reach, this topic title is misleading and this is a nothingburger

 

[cormack12]

Getting ridiculous now. The amount of tail wind these people get from one little bitesize piece of news is pathetic

 

[delishcaek]

This isn't a Switch 2 rant, but he made it about Switch 2 to generate clicks.

Nintendo doesn't do GOTY/Complete editions, this has always been a point of complaints. Like imagine this was SSBU which has 2 season passes and tons of Amiibo stuff as well.

 

[Mownoc]

Re-releasing an 8 year old game at $70 and not including the DLC is something only Nintendo could do.

And there are people in here defending it. Lol.

Imagine if EA charged for the mass effect DLC in the legendary edition, they'd have been slaughtered online. No they gave you 3 full games and all DLC. Can't think of a re-release of an old game that didn't give you the dlc.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

Hate it to break it to some folks but Nintendo isn't your friend, they gonna do what they gonna do. In the 90s they bitch slapped us kids around like a mother fucker when we went to our parents asking for 100.00 snes games

 

[Woopah]

what? those PS4 games run at 60fps on PS5 without upgrades, fast loading as well. Do the old versions of Nintendo Switch games run at 60fps locked on SW2 without the upgrade?

The ones with free upgrades will have better performance and the ones that don't have locked framerates will run better. But so far there's no official confirmation of how much better.

 

[BlackTron]

I don't see how any grown adult with a job would be that outraged by this

BOTW is a Wii U game. They can't even toss in the DLC 8 years later. I don't think $70 for the complete edition of BOTW with graphics sliders moved and DLC is expecting charity.

 

[GigaBowser]

 

[Digital-Aftertaste]

Lifes too short to take such silly stances, money is meant to be spent and enjoyed.

I've volunteered at a local mustard seed before, I Wish I could have that point of view.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

I've volunteered at a local mustard seed before, I Wish I could have that point of view.

Try it sometime, it's fun

 

[Larivel]

The question is: if I have japanese copy of BotW, that has the game + dlc on the cartridge, will the dlc still work when I upgrade to digital Switch 2 version?

 

[PeteBull]

90 bucks for an 8 year old game.

Ninny be like:

 

[AutumnLeaves]

bro is complaining about spending $10 more after he spent $60 in 2017 lmaooooo

Was expecting it. First reply.

A just punishment for the troglodyte who never purchased the game, but for the rest of us, this isn't a bad deal. Not to mention having a sub to NSO makes it complimentary.

Another one.

No shit they found something to ragebait in order to keep people bitching after everyone and their moms realized all the misinformation being spread.

They never promised DLC in the upgrade pack, nobody expected that, literally, this is just fake outrage.

Another one.

like the fuck right?
i spend like 500 hours on this game.
got so much value out of it.

afterwards i emulated it on my ultra wide monitor spend another 20 hours or so being so amazed how good it can look in 60 fps and widescreen dreaming how nintendo is going to fuck me again when the switch 2 comes out charging me a whopping 10 dollars to play a lesser version in a legal way.
but hey here we are... can't wait to play it. prolly will head back to my pc.. but i a least supported nintendo

It's getting sad at this point.

UBI folks are attacking on all fronts it seems.

I will pay, thanks.

You can't make this up.

I don't see how any grown adult with a job would be that outraged by this

What an asinine response. Expected thiough.

You don't have to pay the $10, you can play the old version with the old settings. This is for an upgrade. It's not at all different from Death Stranding, Last of Us, Days Gone, etc.

It keeps coming.

Internet is driven by rage bait these days, everything is designed to provoque people with negative feelings and drive traffic to their website, YouTube channel, etc.

This is really annoying.

There are people already bitching about the new TLOU collectors edition or whatever, like, come on, if it's too expensive and also you don't like it being released for n-number time just move on and don't buy it.

But no, attention whores and media outlets have to monetize on low IQ depressed bitches frustration and make internet way too annoying.

Ha!

It's too easy and not a surprise at this point. Sigh...