I've always managed to get Metroid games at healthy discounts by not buying at launch. I've always found them to be reasoanbly well discounted after a while. Despite loving fps games this is not in my A list of such games and I've always hated the 2D Metroid games which are not my thing at all. However I strongly suspect this could be the last original Switch game I buy but you never know I just won't buy it in the launch period. I had a lot more fun with various fps games on original Xbox and PS2 back in the day of Gamecube but again it was rich in atmosphere and looked fantastic for the day but just didn't like the gameplay mechanics as much. I guess I was more locked into normal fps controls. I dislike any sort of game where you have to keep backtracking or finding a specific item and when it comes to puzzles I can do them but don't necessarily enjoy doing them if that makes sense. I've looked at the trailer and other various snippets of gameplay and it looks decent to me and an upgrade over older versions, I feel like it could be a good game in fact it quite possibly could be my favourite Metroid game. At this point I'm definitely interested in buying but I have so many games to get through on steam, many great fps games and many of those were less than £5. I wouldn't be interested in paying £40 or more for Metroid on Switch. I guess I'll be looking for a price around £25 maybe secondhand is 3 months time or more. That may not be possible so I may be priced out of buying it unless its an absolutely amazing game that I must have but it doesn't look that good. When you are a multi-format gamer you look at game pricing in a different light I feel. Nintendo stands out as charging too much most of the time for their own titles. Sometimes they are worth paying that but sometimes not. There does seem a lot of negativity for this title which wasn't really expecting at this point based on what I've seen. Maybe despite being a great game it won't sell well and the price of the game will drop fairly quickly. I'm also curious how a new exclusive game optimised for Switch 2 but also available on Switch 1 will sell. I wonder will Switch 1 owners happily accept an inferior version or will it put them off buying until they have a Switch 2. I believe the upgrade to the Switch 2 version is just visual the core game remains the same and even the original Switch version still plays at 60fps at 1080p docked. Personally I don't think the upgrade is a big deal especially as you can play it on the OLED Switch which is a much more pleasant display.
It will also be interesting to see how the Switch 1 version sells in comparison to Switch 2. Often the older format slows down when a new model comes out but in Japan Switch is still a huge active format selling about half the hardware numbers of Switch 2 in the Switch 2 launch period so will maintain a huge user base lead for quite sometime. I guess many Switch 2 owners will buy the Switch 1 version just so they can play both versions assuming there will be a upgrade fee option like other games. I assume if you just buy the Switch 2 version you don't have access to the Switch 1 version.
