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[jigglet]

Zelda: OoT was $59.99 25 years ago. $69.99 doesn’t seem so bad.

Or just preorder it from Amazon for $59.99. Problem solved!

In my country pizzas (Dominos, Pizzahut) were $4.99-$5.99 for literally 25 years, and only recently have they gone up. And even now they're still cheap (I think $12.95).

It's weird how some people feel inflation doesn't apply to their product/s of choice.

 

[odhiex]

I BLAME JIMBO...hahaha

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

Well the last Switch game I bought was in 2017 so I’ve saved a decent amount by not needing to buy games since then until now

 

[TexMex]

Probably an error on their website. Every retailer still has this listed as 59.99, Nintendo has made no mention of it at all and the game comes out in 90 days. Everyone come off the ledge until you see something official.

 

[Pejo]

Sad thing is that by the time Switch 2 comes out, it'll still be $69.99

 

[RoboFu]

Mere pennies for the game i if the century.

 

[Quasicat]

I’ll use a voucher on it…if that’s how it works.

 

[Twilight Princess]

Give it to me now!!

 

[Corndog]

I liked the first game on WiiU ($49.99), but I'm not paying $70 for a 30fps Switch game. I'm 100% positive the game will be amazing and it will be both a critical and commercial hit, but I can wait forever for a better price, new or used, if need be.

Maybe 60fps on switch 2 whenever it comes out.

 

[feynoob]

I'm quite used to this kind of websites for getting my PC games, but gotta be honest I never considered using them for anything else let alone Switch games.

So yeah, thanks! I'll make sure to check those out once the game is closer to being released, might get lucky and snatch a key at a lower price.

You can even use it for xbox games too.
I am planning on getting cheap games that way, since Xbox is going digital soon.

 

[jigglet]

I’ll use a voucher on it…if that’s how it works.

What if the voucher is for $0? what then, huh? HUH?

 

[-Zelda-]

Still people forget that some SNES games ran 80 dollars (FInal Fantasy 3)
and N64 games were 70.

You had it easy up to now.

 

[fart town usa]

The Legend of Zelda™: Tears of the Kingdom for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Buy The Legend of Zelda™: Tears of the Kingdom and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

I'm just here for the chaos

 

[SEGA_2012]

Fair price for this Masterpiece !

 

[Darkmakaimura]

So that means $10 more than the average game. If the game is really good, as it should be, I wouldn't mind paying $70 for it. You'll probably get your money's worth.

 

[SeraphJan]

People keep on saying OoT cost 60$, but lets not forget OoT was a technological marvel at the time, its world size and graphics blows everything both PS1 and Saturn had to offer out of water in the same year. The new Zelda, Not so much

Unless you are shareholder, no reason to root for this greed, the budget they spend to make the game makes no excuse to charge that much

 

[Zannegan]

Gross. I would have understood at least somewhat if this was their new hardware, but on Switch? What a joke.

Preordered on Amazon to lock in the $60 price because I loved the first, but moving forward I won't be buying many games day 1 if this is their new standard price. Of course, their games NEVER drop, so I'll be waiting a long time for my next Mario fix, that or buying those stupid vouchers.

Nintendo won't even feel the pinch of the few who bow out at buying $70 games, and they'll laugh all the way to the bank once Pokemon Half and Pokemon Assed do 30+ million at the elevated price point. That's life though.

 

[Trunx81]

With so much hate I suggest we just ban discussion about the game. And everyone talking about it. That seems to work.

 

[ProtoByte]

I'm surprised they couldn't keep it down and wait for the Switch 2 to come out first. But honestly, if you were fine with paying 60 bucks for Switch-fidelity games - and the 20 million weirdos who bought the technical low of Pokemon games where more than fine with it - whining about 70 is arbitrary.

Ultimately though, price increases are a natural thing, and as has been demonstrated numerous times at this point, most consumers understand that. Why it becomes such a big discussion on supposed enthusiast forums is beyond me. You can kiss 15 year intervals without a price bump goodbye.

 

[envyzeal]

Here I go again

 

[InterMusketeer]

Don't know about other regions, but in EU Breath of the Wild is €70 on the eShop too. So is Smash Bros Ultimate. It's been that way from day one. Nintendo inflates the (digital) prices of some of their biggest games.

In my experience it doesn't change a thing about pricing for physical copies at other stores.

 

[ProtoByte]

People keep on saying OoT cost 60$, but lets not forget OoT was a technological marvel at the time, its world size and graphics blows everything both PS1 and Saturn had to offer out of water. The new Zelda, Not so much

If you listened to some of the geniuses here and elsewhere before Nintendo/Xbox jumped in, you'd know that technically advanced games don't deserve higher prices either.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Still people forget that some SNES games ran 80 dollars (FInal Fantasy 3)
and N64 games were 70.

You had it easy up to now.

I grew up in Canada so... yeah..

 

[Varteras]

 

[fart town usa]

I paid the same price for Mario64, it was worth it.

Pretty much my thoughts. I paid $70 for games when I was 12 and had a paper route.

Man up plebs.

 

[PonyStation4]

Matter of time all games go from 59.99 to 69.99 at this point.

Yes, because of high development costs. No reason for Switch game to cost that much

 

[ShadowLag]

They can set whatever price they want.

I can also not buy it if I don't like the price.

 

[Yoboman]

It was only bad when Sony raised game prices

 

[Rival]

I preordered on Amazon at $59.99 with free shipping and had an $18 credit on my Amazon rewards credit card so good deal for me.

 

[Deerock71]

Currently $60 at Gamestop, Best Buy and Amazon....for now

Thanks. Just pre-ordered at Amazon.

 

[Gambit2483]

70$ for what is basically a PS4 game in terms of graphics, image quality and performance, lol.

PS4? PS4 could do higher than 1080p, had HDR and PS4Pro could offer 60fps for many games. PS4....

 

[jorgejjvr]

Crazy, for 30 fps and 540p?

 

[Gobjuduck]

Thanks to the PS loyalists for supporting price hikes blindly, now its becoming an industry standard. Good job sony fans, your cultish behavior robbed me of 10 dollars.

 

[MaestroMike]

im a man that watched avatar 4 times in theaters and paid for the tickets of family members to watch it as well I will probably purchase at least 3 copies of this game down the line with a new zelda game money is no object you just give nintendo what they ask no questions asked

 

[Antwix]

Thanks to the PS loyalists for supporting price hikes blindly, now its becoming an industry standard. Good job sony fans, your cultish behavior robbed me of 10 dollars.

Just wait til Jim introduces a tipping feature

 

[Zannegan]

70$ for what is basically a PS4 game in terms of graphics, image quality and performance, lol.

Erm, more like 360+. Doesn't really change the quality of the game, but you'll have to wait for their next hardware if you want to see something in the realm of a portable PS4.

NOTE: Nobody quote that 1TF number for the Switch's GPU please, that was at half precision and full clocks, which the Switch doesn't use. Even docked, the Switch is about 1/3 of the Xbox 1.

 

[Shifty1897]

LOL they removed the price from the website.

 

[Yoboman]

Thanks to the PS loyalists for supporting price hikes blindly, now its becoming an industry standard. Good job sony fans, your cultish behavior robbed me of 10 dollars.

We supported it for next gen games, not 360 era games

 

[gothmog]

It's going to be updated to $99.99.

 

[Magic Carpet]

With that extra money maybe they can afford some voice actors. 80 bucks we can get an extra enemy or 2.

 

[Gambit2483]

LOL they removed the price from the website.

some intern just leaked the price of the Switch 2 version

 

[Buggy Loop]

It's going to be updated to $99.99.

Would still buy

 

[jorgejjvr]

Are vouchers back?

 

[sainraja]

It's Zelda. So, I will be getting it.

 

[Lasha]

MS proved that people would pay to play online using peer to peer connections and Sony followed.

Sony proved people will pay 70$ for games so Microsoft and Nintendo followed.

Don't blame Nintendo for what the market decided.

 

[-Zelda-]

I grew up in Canada so... yeah..

 

[ADiTAR]

Nintendo were very confident with BotW, they gave it its own E3, the trailer at the end of their show was GOAT, if they are confident with TotK to do the same $70 is not stopping anyone.

 

[20cent]

Unless I had to post a "look what was delivered 3 days ahead of its release by the kind UPS man" reddit/twitter thread, why would I buy a Switch game?

 

[scydrex]

Still people forget that some SNES games ran 80 dollars (FInal Fantasy 3)
and N64 games were 70.

You had it easy up to now.

Cartridges where expensive back then you can't even compare...

 

[Gobjuduck]

next gen games

HAHAHAHAHA