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Lucas-Rio on 02 April 2025
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Slownenberg said:
Lucas-Rio said:

All I see is a lot of bad buzz after the prices. It is completely overshadowing the Direct.

75% are only talking about the price

10% are talking about Mario Kart which looks good

10% are talking about the From Software exclusive

5% are talking about the rest of the game. 0 hype for DK, Kirby air Riders , the paid demo and the wheelchair game.

Yeah, not surprising. And not surprising why they didn't announce the pricing during the Direct, though that only save them for a few minutes as people starting finding the prices on the website.

It's a pretty classic Nintendo blunder...do amazing stuff but then totally mess up one or two things that there was just no reason in the world to mess up.

If the Direct finished by revealing DK as a holiday title and then 3D Mario as a launch title, and games at $60, even if it was $60 digital / $70 physical, then I think the HW pricing still would have been eye watering but given the power of the system it is at least understandable, and the hype for the system would be insane and everyone would have come out of the Direct blown away (I sure was blown away before the last game was revealed as DK instead of Mario).

But with those couple bad choices, now it's just like where the heck is Mario and why is it replaced with a critical/sales unknown such as 3D DK, and why does everything cost so much all of a sudden?! Then once people are in the wtf mood from no Mario and the prices, they you start thinking why the hell do that have a paid tech demo instead of coming with the system AND what the heck was that lame looking wheelchair basketball mouse-demo game when they could have put that effort into an actual good game or you know like getting Mario out on time after 7.5 years!

I think the whole vibe has changed around the launch from super excited to all sorts of questions and concerns from the moment the DK video started playing and the mood has really turned against it. Now it's just like yeah those are some serious mistakes that make the system questions, but graphics/performance and MK World and third party support looks awesome at least, if you're willing to pay the prices.

You sum up exactly how I feel.

A 450€console with normal game pricing and a big solo game announced like Mario would have given a positive buzz around the Switch 2 but now we have the opposite.

Nintendo trying to make us pay more for Switch 2 games than PS5 or PC games on lower tech and smaller scope is going to haunt them. I don't see people getting over it.