this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2025
238 points (97.2% liked)

Games

46164 readers
933 users here now

Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.

Rules

1. Submissions have to be related to games

Video games, tabletop, or otherwise. Posts not related to games will be deleted.

This community is focused on games, of all kinds. Any news item or discussion should be related to gaming in some way.

2. No bigotry or harassment, be civil

No bigotry, hardline stance. Try not to get too heated when entering into a discussion or debate.

We are here to talk and discuss about one of our passions, not fight or be exposed to hate. Posts or responses that are hateful will be deleted to keep the atmosphere good. If repeatedly violated, not only will the comment be deleted but a ban will be handed out as well. We judge each case individually.

3. No excessive self-promotion

Try to keep it to 10% self-promotion / 90% other stuff in your post history.

This is to prevent people from posting for the sole purpose of promoting their own website or social media account.

4. Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts

This community is mostly for discussion and news. Remember to search for the thing you're submitting before posting to see if it's already been posted.

We want to keep the quality of posts high. Therefore, memes, funny videos, low-effort posts and reposts are not allowed. We prohibit giveaways because we cannot be sure that the person holding the giveaway will actually do what they promise.

5. Mark Spoilers and NSFW

Make sure to mark your stuff or it may be removed.

No one wants to be spoiled. Therefore, always mark spoilers. Similarly mark NSFW, in case anyone is browsing in a public space or at work.

6. No linking to piracy

Don't share it here, there are other places to find it. Discussion of piracy is fine.

We don't want us moderators or the admins of lemmy.world to get in trouble for linking to piracy. Therefore, any link to piracy will be removed. Discussion of it is of course allowed.

Authorized Regular Threads

Related communities

PM a mod to add your own

Video games

Generic

Help and suggestions

By platform

By type

By games

Language specific

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Nintendo somehow keeps finding a way to make this worse

top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 67 points 10 months ago

Average Nintendo moment.

[–] LaserTurboShark69@sh.itjust.works 53 points 10 months ago

LOL that's actually despicable

[–] Master167@lemmy.world 43 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I get the feeling the Switch 2 is gonna be the Wii U with stories like this.

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 29 points 10 months ago

Switch 1 was too successful, they've gotten omega cocky lmao

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

At this point I'm actively hoping for it

Edit: Typo

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 36 points 10 months ago (4 children)

This isn't even industry standard - charging $10 to "upgrade" a game, yes, but as far as I can remember the DLC is always included with the game at the base game price when it's been out for a while.

I hope Nintendo's extreme arrogance and greed bites them in the ass. Will probably have to wait a year or so after launch to know since I'm sure it will take that long to get Switch 2s to all the diehards with money to burn. I'll be interested to see how it sells to everyone else.

load more comments (4 replies)
[–] commander@lemmy.world 31 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I've never rapidly lost so much interest in an electronic as fast as the switch 2 reveal to seeing the game prices a few hours later

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 29 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I knew it was over as soon as they said the tech demo is a paid title

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 19 points 10 months ago

"Outrageous! They want, what, $5 for a tutorial?"

"$10."

ಠ_ಠ

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 13 points 10 months ago

100% this was the moment for me. By no means should they be charging any amount for an FAQ on how to use the product.

[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

“Pay $60 to learn that the Joycon uses magnets”

Bravo Nintenbros

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

Bravo to the one pal who's gonna buy it and post a gameplay on YouTube

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

If they released it about the same price, backwards compatible, maybe small fee to "upgrade" a switch game to the newer version, I might have been tempted. But seriously meh. I'm playing my physical copy backlog on my steam deck now lol

[–] nfreak@lemmy.ml 31 points 10 months ago

Nintendo's really making it easier and easier to not buy the $500 Metroid Prime mouse control box.

[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago (15 children)

Don't worry. Super fans will still defend it. They've been using the "but but but but" strategy lately

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm a big fan but I'm not stupid. This is some horseshit.

I have both DLCs and I didn't expect this garbage. Really bad stuff.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have both DLCs

So then you still get to play them. The only people this affects are new buyers, which... scans internet will be approximately nobody, given the raging hate-boners on display. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

But if I buy the upgrade pack, what will happen to the DLCs when I play on the Switch 2?

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (12 replies)
[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 18 points 10 months ago

The more Nintendo talks, the worst it gets.

[–] Gerudo@lemm.ee 18 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think Nintendo thinks they have so much nostalgia, and loyal customers, that this generation they really said "fuck it" and are twisting the knife to see how much the consumer will tolerate. I'm not going to be surprised if we see price drops and actual sales (not 10 bucks off a 5 year old game like they usually do) by the time holidays role around. I don't think they are anticipating the pushback that is happening.

[–] ShittDickk@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So the 3ds system then.

Wonder what they'll offer to ambassadors only. Twilight princess gamecube?

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago

Windwaker HD Switch version finally ......

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

Remember the 3DS Ambassador program?

[–] Flemmy@lemm.ee 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bye, bye, miss Mushroomian pie

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Drove my joycon to the left, but the drift was too high

[–] 100@fedia.io 15 points 10 months ago

cant think of another high profile old game re-releasing on new system that would sell the games dlcs seperately lol

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago

Ya not sure if I'll ever get a switch 2. I played the living shit out of my switch 1. Easily was my favourite console... Until I got a steam deck. Instantly I have over 1,000 games purchased already and a hefty percentage of them playable.

...not to mention the switch games that are still sitting on my shelf that I just play on here instead.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Man, Nintendo in hiring the ex P&G/EA executive to run things has really had Nintendo embrace the EA enshitification roadmap and culture.

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago

His name is Doug BOWSER. Of course he's evil!

[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Morons will still throw cash at them.

[–] Viri4thus@feddit.org 1 points 10 months ago

This is a testament that Nintendo thinks the same as I do about their fans 🤣🤣🤣

[–] morphballganon@mtgzone.com 1 points 10 months ago

...

●﹏●

load more comments
view more: next ›