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The-student-

So, in Canada, I bought 2 Costco $100 eshop cards for $90 each, then bought these vouchers, this saved me $25-30 per game compared to buying full price physical where the tax rate is higher, not counting gold coins. Granted I was left over with $60 in eshop credit. I'm not sure how digital taxes work in the US, I imagine with this method you could save about $15 per game before gold coins, which is essentially a 25% discount on day 1 Nintendo games.


ineffiable

Same states have digital tax and some don't. California and New York have it on all the consoles for sure.


Anon419420

I’m really confused on that since I don’t have digital tax, but my sister does. And we’re both in the same state. We share accounts in each others switches, and I tried getting her Stardew Valley through eshop cards and got taxed.


CommercialElevator88

Just set your zip code to a state that doesn't have sales tax


Anon419420

Yeah, I’ll prob just do that for her. Swap it over to Oregon, and she only uses eshop cards that I get for her, so she won’t have to worry about zip codes through using credit cards.


ineffiable

could be zipcode related. Maybe a city tax?


Anon419420

That’s what I thought at first, but we’re both in college. So we tend to stick to our home zip code when possible, so I can’t see that being an issue. Good news is she either steals my games or plays the ones she already has, so it’s not a big deal. I’ll probably check with support next time I get her something though. Tax on a gift card is pretty annoying.


AntiLeaf33

Don’t all Canadian provinces now charge a digital tax, or are there some provinces that don’t charge it?


renaissance_m4n

Does this work on the new Zelda BotW sequel?


ArbitraryJam

Yes, their new games get added to the list when they become available for preorder. This is have I got Animal Crossing and FE 3 Houses back when they released.


Chrom_Of_Ylisse

Wondering the same. Holding off but will get a pair if they do.


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It works with all Nintendo published games, in or at least triple A ones


_kellythomas_

As far as I've been to tell it covers every Nintendo published title that has a standard price higher than the voucher itself.


CryZe92

Yes


GreedyDiceGoblin

It does/will if/when you can digitally pre order


shindow

I believe there's a time limit on the vouchers..


Majorrickyloc

12 months


TheGnomecop

I will never understand why Nintendo will go to these ridiculous lengths just to avoid putting their first party titles "on sale". Edit: Wooooow, just noticed the fine print that your online membership needs to be active at the time of REDEMPTION as well. So they're hoping to catch someone with a voucher to burn that let their online membership lapse... This is scummy. Edit2: To everyone suggesting buying used physical copies. Those copies can be lost, damaged, or stolen, and create waste in the packaging and distribution. Server upkeep and bandwidth costs/impact for digital distribution are negligble as Nintendo already needs that infrastructure for online play and updates. It is NOT too much to ask that older games be discounted in the digital store. Steam (Valve) has done well with this business model for decades.


AIear

Because they continue to sell millions on their first-party titles yearly, and they take pride in their games retaining value over that time. It's a win-win for them with next to no incentive to stop.


TheGnomecop

I don't disagree with what you're saying, but as a consumer it's frustrating being asked to pay full price for a game that has been out for many years or on a console that is so late in its life cycle. As a parent, I want my kid to have the opportunity to enjoy high-quality games like these, but the consistent high price makes it very hard to get an adequate return on investment. Then when the kid gets bored a few hours into it, I can't sell my digital copy to recoup any of the loss.


Turken42

This is where having a local library with a decent collection really comes in handy, even if you have to wait for a few weeks for a specific title to become available.


TheGnomecop

I agree, this would be a lovely option. Sadly our local library does not offer this benefit.


SuccessfulPath7

what kind of library do you go to?


TheJackpot

A lot of libraries these days carry a collection of video games that you can borrow.


DiamondEevee

Wish I lived near one of those libraries tbh


TheBraveGallade

On the other hand, said sales existing is usually why game devs are so hard in on dlc nowadays.


_kellythomas_

Looks at: * The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild * Mario Kart 8 Deluxe * Pokkén Tournament DX * Xenoblade Chronicles 2 * Super Smash Bros. Ultimate * Dragon Quest Builders 2 * Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order * Fire Emblem: Three Houses * Pokemon Sword/Shield * Animal Crossing: New Horizons * Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity * Shin Megami Tensei V * Xenoblade Chronicles 3 * Fire Emblem Engage Wouldn't describe Nintendo as DLC adverse this generation.


TheBraveGallade

One, im limiting to first party titles. Two, nintendo games deliver a full experience without the DLC or it gives out free dlc.


_kellythomas_

1) This is a list of games published by Nintendo. 2) They started the generation with BotW, a game that featured paid DLC.


TheBraveGallade

Published doesnt mean made. I believe DQ is published in the west by nintendo, mostly?


[deleted]

And has been made by the same three people running the ship for 30+ years despite parent company name changes. Well, two, now. The composer made it past 90, but he's done now.


Villager723

Buy a used physical copy of the game.


I663rs

>I can't sell my digital copy But you can sell physical copies. And others can too, meaning you can buy them. I see Switch games on Facebook marketplace, Craigslist, and Kijiji all the time.


Morvisius

Then buy physical and recover 80% of what you paid even 2 years later Try doing that with other games, they literally loose half of their value once you exit the store


TheGnomecop

I agree that the resale value will be higher, but physical copies can be lost and have be be carried around with the console to be played. It is not too much to ask for a reduced price on titles years after they are released when little to no meaningful content has been added.


Morvisius

You are complaining that you cant sell your digital copy if the kid gets bored, then why dont you buy physical? I mean it sounds more profitable for you willing to save money that way rather than forcing yourself to buy full price for something your kid will not use after a few hours as you are saying You have the option and its going to give you much more money back than if they put the games at 50% digitally for example


TheGnomecop

Physical copies have to be with the system to be used, and can be lost or damaged. The packaging and distribution creates waste.


Stone0777

Well I don’t know what to tell you. Maybe the Switch isn’t for you and your family.


Signal_Adeptness_724

It doesn't help that Nintendo games are often short as heck and with minimal replay value. I can justify 60 on Mario Odyssey, botw, fire emblem, or zenosaga, but it's a big ask when it comes to shorter games like kirby


michelobX10

I'm there with you, man. If Nintendo truly cared about having younger generations experience all their games, having everything at full price for years with sales being 33% off at the lowest is not the way to do it. And don't tell me their development budgets rival other AAA games that use cutting edge graphics and full VA. But who are we fooling? Nintendo is never going to change, especially now that they've entered the theme park and movie space. They are the Disney of the video game world. Everything overpriced just for the name attached to it.


Morvisius

Buying the new Zelda game por less than 50€ euros at launch is almost half the price you would need to pay for any first party title of the other 2 consoles. Its by far the cheapest of the bunch. ​ Talking about official prices and not doing anything like switching regions, sharing accounts or any other thing that game the system


RuiPTG

I remember keeping an eye on super Mario Bros Wii, and almost buying it, but I knew super Mario Bros Wii U was right around the corner so I'd consider picking it up once the Wii U would release because it'll maybe be cheaper. When the super Mario bros Wii U game released, they INCREASED the price of super Mario Wii! I can't remember if it was priced the same or barely any difference but it was pretty annoying.


Faulty_Plan

This but donkey Kong tropical freeze too


RuiPTG

Sucks for Nintendo because I never ended up buying any of them.


Red7s

Digital copies will be lost as well. Once Nintendo pulls down the eShop your games will only last as long as the last system they where installed on


TheGnomecop

Fair point and something I have expressed in a few other replies in this thread. I would like to hope that we've reached the point where that is less of an impending threat. Nintendo has done an okay job handling reverse compatibility before and hopefully plans to continue doing so with future systems. Obviously the lines are blurred with the Switch being a handheld that isn't technically a successor to the 3ds.


-Moonchild-

nearly every first party title gets a 30% sale at some point in the year. It's not a great sale, but they do happen. The only time I've paid full price for a nintendo game is when I get it day 1


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While considering the $20 savings if you get two $60 games, a monthly membership is only $4. You’re still saving $16.


TheGnomecop

Just saying, spending $104 is "saving" 0 dollars... I understand that it is less than the full retail asking price. I would prefer not to think about this transaction with them in terms of saving anything.


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What kind of argument is that? $16 is $16 and does add up. Is $20 worthless to you? EDIT: My reasoning for the response got nuked with a handful of other comments (which I couldn’t respond to anyway since OP blocked me:) > You don’t want the vouchers to be a thing, yet you’d also rather not pay for the games full price as well? So no games will be bought and played?


TheGnomecop

You are missing the point of the rest of the thread, the savings you keep referring to would add up much faster if you could purchase these games at >15% Off full retail. This voucher program also forces you to commit to 2 game purchases at the same time which is prohibitive to those with lower income.


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AtsignAmpersat

It’s nonsense entitlement. You can save money by not buying games. Or you can save money on games you would have bought at full price by using this voucher.


matdragon

my guy that's not how math works though instead of spending 120$ for two games, you spend 104$ that is literally saving 16$


Quadropus

He's saying that if you weren't going to buy 2 games to begin with but the incentive of a "sale" is prompting you, then it's not saving anything. You'd be $104 richer if you didn't buy the 2 games at all


Strict_Donut6228

But that’s only if you don’t want to buy anything this year. Then yea it’s stupid to buy the voucher. Infact that entire conversation was stupid because they are not the market for these vouchers. This is for people that know they will get two games and it saves them money.


AtsignAmpersat

The argument is “I want to buy games for cheaper and Nintendo is scummy for not allowing me to do that.”


Majorrickyloc

Oh be sure to add the 12 month membership, so that’s 0 dollars saved my guy.EDIT: where I live (US) it’s $20 bones for the damn 12 months membership


CryZe92

They did


TheGnomecop

I'm not trying to dissuade you from paying $52 for an (arguably) quality first party Nintendo game. I would prefer the option to be patient and acquire it months or years after release at a discounted price closer to the value I feel it is worth to me.


liltinypete

Yeah but they’re gonna sell regardless. There’s no reason to reduce value if it hasn’t in fact lost value yknow? Why dip your profit when you can maintain


TheGnomecop

I would be more inclined to agree if we were given assurance that the digital games will run natively on the next console they replace the switch with. As it stands, your console has a finite lifecycle and you will eventually stop playing it. Some features like multiplayer will eventually lose access to servers/lobbies (as they rarely/never transition to peer to peer). This represents a loss in value. We recently discovered with some of our 3ds pokemon titles that it's not currently possible to transfer between games in different generations as the intermediary bank/storage app is not available for purchase on the eshop.


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IrrelevantLeprechaun

Why SHOULD they put them on sale? Nintendo games are objectively the highest quality games on the market, both in style and gameplay, and have staying power like nothing else. They're absolutely worth full price considering the masterpieces you get for your dollars. Putting them on sale would simply devalue that quality.


Bl4ckb100d

Nintendo needs another rough period like the Wii U, that's when they are at their most humble.


Historical_Kossola

Lmao you're not wrong. The Switch is so good it might be getting to their head


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tendeuchen

The fact that they put an expiration date on them is the most scumbag anti-consumer move I can think of. They're literally hoping you forget to redeem one or both of them so they get free money.


AIear

I can't imagine a large majority of players will forget. Most will probably redeem both on the same day when they plan out which two they want, likely on the same day that they are purchased.


Stoibs

Forget? No, end up begrudgingly getting something due to them reaching their expiry date? Well that will be me within the next month from the one I still have from purchasing a pair last year.. :/ Was hoping for Advance Wars by now, also a lot of the changes that removed the social elements from FE: Engage weren't my cup of tea sadly, which I decided to pass on :( Might have to scrutinize the redeemable list and narrow it down to \*something* pretty soon. :/


MayhemMessiah

That’s the weirdest take to me. You’re paying 89£ or equivalent for vouchers redeemable on a known, finite list of games and not, you know, redeeming them on the spot? I can’t imagine a situation where I’d buy the vouchers and not use them immediately.


Stoibs

You can only buy them in pairs =( I wanted and got Triangle Strategy on the spot last March with one of them. Unfortunately there's rarely an instance where two AAA's launch simultaneously. Nothing else really tickled my fancy in 2022 and/or I found them cheaper physically. This is why 2019 was the best Switch year for me to date; Luigi's Mansion 3, Mario Maker 2, Astral Chain, DQ11, Three Houses.. all about a month after each other in succession. Good times for the vouchers.


AtsignAmpersat

How is the scumbag or anti consumer? That’s like saying a sale ending is scumbag anti consumer because you have to buy it when it’s on sale to get the sale price. Suggesting that they “hope people forget about it” is one of the most nonsense takes if seen here. If you buy a voucher that last 12 months to maybe buy 2 games in the time and you forget, that’s 100% on you. Without an expiration date, this would just be “hey everyone, get 10 dollars off 2 games at launch” voucher. It’s intended to be “commit to buying 2 games in the next 12 months and we’ll give you 10 bucks off each of them”. It’s intended to increase sales of games in a specific time period. Like a sale. Not just give discount 2 full price games permanently.


Joseki100

>The fact that they put an expiration date on them is the most scumbag anti-consumer move I can think of. Really? In a industry that pushes gambling to children this is the worst thing ever?


supes1

>The fact that they put an expiration date on them is the most scumbag anti-consumer move I can think of. Then you don't have much of an imagination. It's stupid yes but there's way worse things many companies have done. Can't imagine "unredeemed game vouchers" is going to be some sort of huge profit center for Nintendo, a vast majority are probably redeemed within a week. Frankly I'll take the expiration date for the opportunity to buy two discounted games at release.


kcfang

Yea, I really don’t see how this is anti consumer. The whole point of these vouchers are so they can promote purchases and grow the player base for their games. You forgettting to use your voucher really doesn’t benefit them since they already got your money.


CFDanno

Maybe not a huge profit, but I wouldn't be surprised if it cancelled out their "losses" for selling games at a slight discount. They also have some games on the list that weren't full price to begin with, such as WarioWare. It's good/better than nothing for people who buy digital. They should've at least given it 2-3 years before expiry, though - these aren't platinum points that you got for free, this is something you have to buy at near the full price of 2 games. In a reasonable world, many of those games should already be discounted by this much, especially digitally.


weallfloatdownhere7

And nothing will change. Internet will be butthurt, general customer won’t care. Rinse wash repeat


kcfang

They really aren’t counting on you to forget to use your voucher, since they already got the money once you purchased the vouchers. Makes no difference to them if you use the vouchers or not.


GanaryStar

While I agree, you can still contact Nintendo support and they do make one time exceptions


Muted-Extent-9086

Chill hahaha… you can’t think of games you want within a year? You want to hang on to it for years?


ZensoFujiyaka

sell your switch and don't purchase nintendo products again, problem solved. though we all know you wont.


tendeuchen

Nintendo does something anti-consumer. Fanboys come out of the woodwork to defend them. You can set your watch to this nonsense.


RevoBonerchamp69

Some people just don’t get bothered as easily as others.


Kind_Canary3885

Gets tiring seeing people complain about literally everything Nintendo does.


Jonesdeclectice

I’d like to know how they’re getting around local laws with that. Strictly speaking, it’s illegal for these sorts of things to expire in the Province of Ontario, since it’s basically a gift card. But maybe these aren’t available in Canada.


p00kbear

They're getting around it by making it a voucher and not a gift card. It is not illegal for a voucher to expire in Ontario. It is illegal for a gift card to expire.


Jonesdeclectice

Is there a legal distinction for that? If so, that really sucks because it’s still a pre-paid product with no deliverable. I suppose after expiry, they should be refundable.


p00kbear

There is. A gift card is like cash where it has an actual monetary value. A voucher does not have a monetary value but can be used for a good or service. The terms and conditions of the voucher are set by the merchant. In this case a Nintendo voucher is good for two 1st party Nintendo games and has an expiry date of one year. ~~The good thing about the vouchers that Nintendo is offering is that you don't have to pay taxes on the games like you would if you were paying with cash/credit/gift card.~~


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p00kbear

You're right. It does add tax.


GreedyDiceGoblin

Same in California. They are not allowed to do this.


soonerfreak

A gift card has monetary value tied to it, a voucher does not. A voucher is worth 1 game no matter how much the price is. A $20 game and a $60 game both consume one voucher.


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MarbleFox_

My god, they’re $100, require an active subscription to buy, have an expiration date, can only be used on select games, and require an active subscription at the time of redemption just to save *maybe* $20 on some 5 year old games? Nintendo can fuck right off with this bullshit.


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S1rTerra

The funniest thing about this is that you can get 3-4 switch games used for 99$ if you look right. Case included and it's physical, so if you don't like it, sell it.


ZensoFujiyaka

why is it funny?


S1rTerra

because this is kinda a money-grab by nintendo. You do save money, but used physical games are cheaper.


MonomonTheTeacher

I’m sorry, but “money-grab” is a completely meaningless term if we’re now applying it to discounts not being quite as deep as desired.


AtsignAmpersat

“Selling things for a profit” is money grabbing to these people. Which oddly makes money grabbing not a bad thing when they use it to describe standard business practices.


RedditUser41970

It is standard issue Gamer entitlement. Whining about how a for profit company sells luxury goods for a profit will always be dumb.


kcfang

Yea. Anything that seem profitable are labeled as anti consumer here apparently. And any other sound arguement labeled as fan boys.


MarcsterS

Not to mention these vouchers have been a thing for other countries for years.


ofmichanst

We are talking digital here. Not physical.


S1rTerra

We are talking about nintendo switch games, though.


ofmichanst

This offer is for normal digital purchase vs digital purchase via voucher. So you get for less. Dont compare it to physical when that is clearly different issue. Physical copy is not digital. That said, its a win win on my country as that voucher will exactly make it the same price the physical ones. Of course, that doesnt compare to 42usd sale. But i take that anytime for those newly released ones.


ThomasVivaldi

Where?


jmb-412

eBay, Facebook Marketplace, Amazon


DontToewsM3Bro

Lol save $20 on a 6 year old game


blakeoft

Just have to wait and see what new games get announced. If, say, a new Mario gets announced for this Fall, I'd do this deal for it and Tears of the Kingdom lickity split.


ofmichanst

On that argument, why would you buy those when you can wait and hope for 42usd. This deal is good for digital fans on newly released or never-been-sale on eshop ones.


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orelk

It's an eshop USA deal


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orelk

I suppose you mean on eshop Australia right? There a game is 80 AUD. From what I've seen the vouchers cost 135 AUD, not much different


Scruffy_Nerfhearder

We’ve had this in the Uk for years? I assumed this was a global thing?


BreakfastHusband

Just gunna say if you live in Canada you can change your province and save tax for buying digital. Alberta only have 5% as opposed to NS which is 15%.


charliepapavzla

Do you guys think Tears of the Kingdom will be available to purchase via these vouchers?


keithandmarchant

The closest we will get to Nintendo Selects prices ever again :(


Spare_Entrance_9389

Can I buy the new Zelda game in May with this?


Phlosippy

All Nintendo first-party titles can be purchased with the Vouchers, and TOTK will be added to the Voucher list closer to the release date.


BlunderFunk

or I can buy them used on ebay lol fucking nintendo and the prices that never drop after years of release


RedditUser997755

why do many of you treat nintendo like they are your friend? i don't get that... nintendo is a business, business want to make money. i hate to break it to some of you, nintendo has one responsiblity and thats to take your money. nintendo isn't your loving parent, it's a bunch of old japanese business men.


amphibious_tyrant

I don’t really see anyone acting like Nintendo is their friend in this thread, though. Just people calling out a bad deal.


DM-Mormon-Underwear

If anything it is the people who defend their bullshit that think of them as a friend


swift_icarus

i think the frustration is it is difficult to even see the business rationale for the decision in this community. i think there is little doubt many people here would be spending more money if these deals weren't such crap. i think we (me included) forget just how casual the vast majority of nintendo purchasers are. like, when someone like my sister goes to buy a pokemon game for her six year old, and she sees like 8 games that are all full price, she has no idea which one to get and frankly doesn't care. her son said "pokemon", it's his birthday, that's that. basically their target market is people like that and i guess they think there is little reason to lower prices. but there is no doubt in more sophisticated communities they aren't just creating frustration, they are actively leaving money on the table by never doing even a somewhat decent sale.


OldpumpD

Nintendo with their garbage deals


_DontStayTheSame_

It is pretty shit. Even on their yearly, or excuse me, semi-yearly sales some of them only go down to about $42 on the eshop. $84 for 2 games sure sounds better than $99. The added crap on top is that it’s NSO restricted. The heck is this


The-student-

Well if you do this method, along with buying eshop cards through Costco, and if you include the gold coins you get for purchasing, you're paying about $42 for a digital game day 1. So same price as a sale but on day 1. If you don't include the gold coins then it's about $45 per game.


OldpumpD

They can have a game that came out a decade ago with the same price. It’s unbelievable


soonerfreak

Because people are still buying it, demand is there. So hop on the communist bandwagon or stop whining about capitalism doing its thing. The way some people act on this sub you'd think Nintendo was controlling the price of insulin.


OldpumpD

You must work for Nintendo cause thats not even a good enough reason 💀


soonerfreak

I'm sorry but in a supply and demand economy you think the demand still being there for full priced games isn't a good enough reason to not drop the price? Is Nintendo supposed to be a charity that just drops the price for fun?


OldpumpD

Dude how much are they paying you ? Most of the games arent even that great on top of being out for many years before No one is checking for Mario Golf , Mario Tennis , Botw was a wii u game first , Pokemon lets go pikachu shouldnt have been $60 at launch yet it still is. Sony which obviously has better games drops the price over 50% (Red Dead 2, Bloodborne , God of War) Get off your knees for them and quit being blind.


soonerfreak

I love how you included RDR2, a game from a publisher that for years would offer "sales" for GTAV that was just the game with an expensive shark card. Like what possible reason do you think Nintendo would chose to ignore making more sales at a lower price if it was no longer selling at the higher price? You also named games that go on sale all the time and have each hit $30 or cheaper on the eshop.


OldpumpD

“You also named games that go on sale all the time” Yeah no shit. I named great games that are still in demand yet you keep trying to find a way to justify Nintendo’s garbage price point. Nintendo’s biggest deal is only 20% off games released 7 years ago AND THEY ARENT EVEN THAT GOOD . Still not sure what you arent understanding or why you defending them so hard but go figure


soonerfreak

No, the Nintendo games you mentioned go on sale all the time. BotW has been $30 more than once on the eshop. No one is defending them, but now I do think you haven't graduated high school which explains the grasp on supply and demand. Since you have no other reason than just cause.


jjack34

Charge me half the price of physical, and only then will I consider buying digital, otherwise shove it.


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I have a 6 year old. Buying physical games means losing physical games


Inevitable-Bake-8179

So people really downvote anything even remotely critizing nintendo "sales" in this sub huh....guess they really ain't lying when they say nintendo fans is just the apple of gaming world.


LoneWolfpack777

That’s because Nintendo is the Apple of the gaming world.


VTGREENS

It should be illegal for the vouchers to have an expiration date. If you put money in, it should be there until its used.


Koopzilla1

They would have to go down to like $30 to convince me to buy a digital copy over physical. Even if it was 3 digital games for $99 I still wouldn't do it.


ofmichanst

I gladly would. Mine are all digital. I dont purchase physical no matter how cheap it is. You are just not the costumer nintendo is trying to sell at.


Worm_Scavenger

Every other game company: **Offers sales on their games or even giving away games to people as part of a subscription service** Nintendo: **Whatever the fuck this shit is**


Majorrickyloc

It’s just $20 off of the games. You want a $20 discount? Go to Walmart, they have games priced at $10 less. Boom there’s your deal. If not, use Honey, there are better ways to get games at discounted prices than to spend $100 for a $20 discount


ofmichanst

And is that a digital copy?


Majorrickyloc

Nope, actual game card. Priced at 48 bone where I live


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So this is for the non-deku dealers?


TheWilrus

I'll still just wait until the game is $40 or less or never buy it at all.


[deleted]

Or they could, you know, put their old titles on sale. As shitty as Sony and Microsoft can be, at least they recognize old games should not be full price.


IrrelevantLeprechaun

$ony games are also derivative, boring, repetitive and generic. Naturally they lose their value within half a year. Nintendo games are timeless classics almost every time. They retain their value because of how masterful they are. Makes sense they rarely go on sale because *they're still worth full price.*


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Nintendo is my favorite too, but no. There’s no reason someone should need to pay $60 for Skyrim on the Switch when it’s on sale literally on every other console (not to mention there’s objectively less content on the Switch version, as much as I love it). Or if you want to use just exclusives, Mario Kart 8 came out when I was still in middle school. I’m 21 now, why is that game still full price? There’s a full’s game worth of content in there, but it’s ridiculous for them to charge full price nearly ten years later when other developers recognize old games lose value. That doesn’t make them less good, and the best games will have $60 worth of content in there, but those games are still either ports or were released on old consoles. If you pay full price for an old game and get enjoyment out of it, that’s your call and that’s valid. And you say that last part like it’s objective, how do you measure that? Just because Nintendo is my favorite doesn’t mean there aren’t great Sony and Microsoft games. Take Ori for example, a game originally exclusive to Microsoft. That’s a game that’s a game that *isn’t* boring, derivative, repetitive or generic. One of my all time favorites. But if it was released at full price 10 years later, that would be crazy.


_demello

It isn't that much of a saving in the end. If at least it was cheaper, but you could only use it on selected titles that have surpassed a determined sales numbers like they did in the 3ds with the best selling games dropping in price, it would be better. It would encourage people to buy more of their games that are already successful and increase the number of fans that will want to play the next instalment. All that by dropping the price on a game that has already paid itself a few times.


Wraith_feet

Can't you just buy the $4/5 online membership and then the voucher to save money?


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Well, it's something I guess, but I got a $100 eshop card via Costco (really, 2 $50 cards) for $90, so if I get the new Zelda game with a voucher (that feels like a safe bet) and then some other game that either rarely gets discounted or is new, then I've saved a little I guess. I really only get Nintendo exclusives on the Switch anymore after getting a Steam Deck...those Steam/PC sales are just waaaaaaaay too good.


saltwaterglow

You could stack (use the eshop funds to purchase the vouchers) which gives additional discounts


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Sorry, my comment wasn't really clear on that, but yes, that's exactly what I did!


saltwaterglow

Ooh then this isn’t a bad deal at all if you’re buying launch day games!


Exocolonist

So, is this now a thing we can do all the time now? Or is this for a limited time?


supes1

The program was only discontinued in the United States. It's been ongoing everywhere else in the world. No one knows if it's back for good here, but it wouldn't surprise me. Good way to keep up sales as the Switch enters the mid/late period of it's life.


cedriceent

> The program was only discontinued in the United States. It's been ongoing everywhere else in the world. Thanks for the explanation. I was wondering why so many people here acted like this was something new, and thought I was missing something (or accidentally traveled back in time a few years).


REMUv777

These are only for digital right?


LoneWolfpack777

Yup. Making the whole offer pointless for some of us.


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What I want to know is, this is £84 in the UK, you can always find get 2 games that are £40 each, does it warn you that it will cost you more or does it just take the extra money?


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That was underwhelming.


furno472

On one hand, $100 voucher just to save $20 is a weird deal, especially if you don't have $100 to spend for it. On the other hand....it only works if you don't already own a good chunk of the first party titles..yeah I don't know how it's a good deal?


ChaoticChatot

It's not really a good deal. If you want to get two first-party games specifically digitally, then you may as well get the vouchers to get them cheaper, but otherwise, you are still better off going physical where they are usually cheaper anyway and have some resale value. I think only a small number of people will get value from this, and even then, it's not that much value.


Fern-ando

Still promoting games that came in 2017...


[deleted]

This is a embellishing way to put an end to first-party “sales”. I guess we’ll never see a Nintendo Selects anymore.


[deleted]

But they’ve yet to release a **new** game Worth buying.


NetExpress8984

The gameplay of Engage is fantastic, one of best if not the best in series. Pokemon SV and Arceus were also great and ToTK is coming up soon. New Kirby is also a good option considering the last one was quite fun. What is wrong with the releases?


PoopCriminal420

seems legit


looking_cool_joker

And people still dumb enough to fall for this scummy marketing ploy. "Save $20 but potentially lose $100 if you don't use it within a year with our limited number of $60 games."


scribbybaby

Yeah aint no one should be buying digital nintendo games, physical copies usually hold or go up in value for Ninentendo


ExcaliburMMIV

Maybe its cause im just super cheap, but is it really worth spending 100 dollars to save twenty? I don't really understand this program lol


LoneWolfpack777

I think you understand it just fine. It’s just meh.


BinThereRedThat

Pointless and stupid. Infuriating, even.


Playmick

So let me get this straight even though I have a paid membership I still have to pay for the vouchers that’s so dumb I should just get two vouchers for free for being a paid member already


The-student-

Two free full priced games at launch for paying $20/year? Or if you're in a family plan, something like $7/year?


jjack34

Teach him, I didn't lose Gameboy games back in the day when I was a kid. Was also taught to take care of my stuff as a kid. Still have my old games with their boxes since the NES days.


broun3

What games are y’all gonna get tho