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irstupid on 18 May 2017
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SuperNova said:
irstupid said:

I find this funny. Each new color iteration of joycons that gets announced people get super excited and want them super bad.

I remember pre-launch how it seemed every other topic was releated to the joycons being super expensive and the reason why the system cost $100 more than people wanted. Yet now all I see is people clamoring to buy more joycons because of colors.

I feels like Amiibo all over again. People, as you did, will complain about price as they buy a dozen of them or while paying 3x the price for one from a scalper.

Well, I don't have a pro controller yet and only own the set of joy-con that came with the system, so I'll jump on this as it's stuff I've wanted to buy eventually anyways.

My 'whale' comment was more about me having the urge to buy another, pair just to get the opposing colors. And no, I'd probably not actually do that unless I had a lot of disposable income at the time. it's a smart strategy by NIntendo though, they give you opposing colors and then wave the matching set in front of your nose and it triggers some animal completionist instict that makes you think you NEED that NOW.

I've never actually bought anything off a scalper so I can't comment on that, but I always thought Amiibo were pretty decently priced MSRP-wise. The Joy-Con are just a big purchase for me at Nintendos official price point.

Wasn't calling you out personally on this. Just used your statement as a stepping stone.

Whenever new Amiibo's or Joycons get announced people go crazy or 'wanting' them.

Then whenever a fun game like say BotW comes out that uses Amiibo in even whatever way, prices skyrocket and people buy like crazy.