Important notice: My Nintendo Gold Points will be discontinued.
Important notice: My Nintendo Gold Points will be discontinued.
by rtwipwensdfds
42 Comments
PurpleHeartNepNep
Thank you for this information 🫡
ybpaladin
But they just got good!
nickelfiend46
Well shit. Now I gotta use them
FaithInterlude
Any reasons why?
TerraStarryAstra
Whyyyyy?!
Glowingtomato
“Gold Points will no longer be earned for digital purchases on Nintendo eShop after 9:30 p.m. PDT on 3/24/2025.
Gold Points will no longer be earned on physical games that release after 3/24/2025. For physical games that released on or before 3/24/2025, Gold Points may still be earned by registering eligible titles within one year from the original release date of the game.
All earned Gold Points will continue to be valid and redeemable for 12 months after they are issued**.”
MechaSeph
I’m glad it’s just yours! whew!
ArcherInPosition
Just fell to my knees at gamestop
Hatch-Match952531
They added them initially as a way to incentivize people to buy games digitally rather than physical media. Since digital is exceedingly popular now, they can take away the incentive without fear that people will go back to physical media. That being said…..Booo, I don’t like it.
No_Establishment7368
Well, that sucks. It was always a cool idea to build up these points over time and cut some dollars off the next purchase.. but i guess corperate greed will come for any loose change eventually
tastyjerk
This was a really nice bonus and it’s a bummer it’s being discontinued 🙁
WheredMyPiggyGo
Today I got notification that my Netflix bill is going up and now this, everything is becoming more expensive and it sucks.
Hot_Cheese650
Nintendo really hate their fucking fans.
KingButter42
They’re goes away the ability to save up and get a free game 😔
dekuweku
Best case: migraiton to Switch 2 which will have a different incentive system
Worst case: cost cutting.
Wafflezz08
Fell to my knees in the middle of Walmart
Vayshen
That’s a pretty short time window. Kinda sudden but I guess enough people are buying digitally now to get rid of the incentive. Unfortunate though, I bought several indies on sale with coins.
viewless25
Hopefully means theyre replacing them with something better for the Switch 2. still feels premature
Radagast50
Boo. I only get like a $4 discount with my gold points smh.
A-Centrifugal-Force
Wait what? This sucks. It was really nice being able to use these alongside cash back on the credit card, vouchers, and discounted eShop cards at Costco to save a ton on digital games.
FlyingKangeroo
It sucks but honestly it really never lived up to Club Nintendo
GrimmTrixX
Wow that’s odd. You already only get $0.60 when you buy a $60 game. Kind of odd to bother removing it. And I just added like 10 games that I had forgotten to redeem. I hope it’s more “you can’t earn any more” and not “we are gonna remove what you currently have.”
Edit: ok they’re valid for 12 months.
RedofPaw
What about my ones??
CrazyKazzy
I buy all my games physically so…meh. Sucks for people buying digital though
evilpanda8419
Guess I better buy a few more of my backup log while I still can. Make it count.
Nehemiah92
i miss club nintendo.
throwawaycipe
This is such a bad change. I have tons of small indie games on my switch i’d never have tried if i didn’t have free gold points lying around.
A-Centrifugal-Force
PSA if you don’t want to blow money on an actual game to use up your points before they expire: They work for DLC too. Worst case scenario you could snag some Smash Bros Mii fighter outfits for 75 cents a pop since I’m sure next to no one bought all 50 whatever of them (Sans and Cuphead outfits come with a song each too). If you do it before the March 24th deadline you’ll still get some gold points back on it too to potentially pick up one more thing.
monterulez
I don’t care about your gold points. Only what matters are my gold points…oh
Wolf873
Sighs…there’s no reason for them not to continue this other than greed, or in way of South Park; super greed. This was a terrific incentive to buy digital games, I was using it consistently and it helped to save a few dollars here and there. World is going down the crapper with rapidly increasing pace.
ultimatt42
Wish I could still get free strategy guides with Nintendo Power renewal.
ig88igloo6511
I wonder how successful those double Gold weekend deals were. I know I never fell for that.
ScrantonDangler
There goes any future interaction I might have with the Switch Online app. The only reason I use it is to complete challenges for cold coins and get swag from the My Nintendo store.
Oddish_Femboy
Well gold points were just a replacement for the Wii U’s moneyback system so I assume they’re gonna have something similar eventually. Still sad. I got Garfield Kart for 17 cents.
justsomechewtle
Didn’t really use them much, but in the grand scheme of things, this leans negative for me. I’m just not quite sure what to make of it. Is it greed? Is it a badly communicated move to another system with Switch 2? Something else? As is, it only reads as “less for our loyal customers”.
As meager as it was, these were *some* kinda incentive to not just wait and buy used (since there are so many low price “I might want to try that” titles on eshop), but I guess they don’t have to worry about customer retention overall.
One silver lining (to me anyway) is it’s one less secondary currency to worry about.
sakaki100dan
I hated them, because they expired so quickly, just 12 months? Never could get much use of them, because I am not a frequent buyer.
zorbiburst
*cries in Club Nintendo*
Vint73
Sometimes I buy an old yet unopened NSW game, and the gold points have naturally already expired. Since I’ve been focusing on acquiring & playing physical games, I’m not that bothered by it. However, this still sucks for players wanting to mix up their library of both digital & physical gaming media…
MaJuV
BOOOH! BOOOOH!
As somebody who’s bought several (discounted) indie games using only these gold points, I’m not happy.
This was a good way to trigger people to try something new without really investing money into it.
So not happy with this at all. 😭
senna98
They either have new systems ready for the Switch 2, or they want every Switch 2 game to be cut and dry $70. I’m leaning toward the latter
ZodiaksEnd
welp i guess its back to getting shafted ijn buying any game because of that one penny your account does not have (everyones smallest currency amount ) more in effing tax
hopefully theres a replacement …… cause thats always been a peeve of mine when going to buy a game always getting shafted by the fucking tax cause most ppl cant just go out and get 20$ extra in eshop giftcard
GammaPhonica
Club Nintendo rewards were downgraded to My Nintendo rewards. My Nintendo rewards were downgraded to gold points. Now gold points are going.
I wonder what absolutely useless reward program, if any, will replace it this time.
42 Comments
Thank you for this information 🫡
But they just got good!
Well shit. Now I gotta use them
Any reasons why?
Whyyyyy?!
“Gold Points will no longer be earned for digital purchases on Nintendo eShop after 9:30 p.m. PDT on 3/24/2025.
Gold Points will no longer be earned on physical games that release after 3/24/2025. For physical games that released on or before 3/24/2025, Gold Points may still be earned by registering eligible titles within one year from the original release date of the game.
All earned Gold Points will continue to be valid and redeemable for 12 months after they are issued**.”
I’m glad it’s just yours! whew!
Just fell to my knees at gamestop
They added them initially as a way to incentivize people to buy games digitally rather than physical media. Since digital is exceedingly popular now, they can take away the incentive without fear that people will go back to physical media. That being said…..Booo, I don’t like it.
Well, that sucks. It was always a cool idea to build up these points over time and cut some dollars off the next purchase.. but i guess corperate greed will come for any loose change eventually
This was a really nice bonus and it’s a bummer it’s being discontinued 🙁
Today I got notification that my Netflix bill is going up and now this, everything is becoming more expensive and it sucks.
Nintendo really hate their fucking fans.
They’re goes away the ability to save up and get a free game 😔
Best case: migraiton to Switch 2 which will have a different incentive system
Worst case: cost cutting.
Fell to my knees in the middle of Walmart
That’s a pretty short time window. Kinda sudden but I guess enough people are buying digitally now to get rid of the incentive. Unfortunate though, I bought several indies on sale with coins.
Hopefully means theyre replacing them with something better for the Switch 2. still feels premature
Boo. I only get like a $4 discount with my gold points smh.
Wait what? This sucks. It was really nice being able to use these alongside cash back on the credit card, vouchers, and discounted eShop cards at Costco to save a ton on digital games.
It sucks but honestly it really never lived up to Club Nintendo
Wow that’s odd. You already only get $0.60 when you buy a $60 game. Kind of odd to bother removing it. And I just added like 10 games that I had forgotten to redeem. I hope it’s more “you can’t earn any more” and not “we are gonna remove what you currently have.”
Edit: ok they’re valid for 12 months.
What about my ones??
I buy all my games physically so…meh. Sucks for people buying digital though
Guess I better buy a few more of my backup log while I still can. Make it count.
i miss club nintendo.
This is such a bad change. I have tons of small indie games on my switch i’d never have tried if i didn’t have free gold points lying around.
PSA if you don’t want to blow money on an actual game to use up your points before they expire: They work for DLC too. Worst case scenario you could snag some Smash Bros Mii fighter outfits for 75 cents a pop since I’m sure next to no one bought all 50 whatever of them (Sans and Cuphead outfits come with a song each too). If you do it before the March 24th deadline you’ll still get some gold points back on it too to potentially pick up one more thing.
I don’t care about your gold points. Only what matters are my gold points…oh
Sighs…there’s no reason for them not to continue this other than greed, or in way of South Park; super greed. This was a terrific incentive to buy digital games, I was using it consistently and it helped to save a few dollars here and there. World is going down the crapper with rapidly increasing pace.
Wish I could still get free strategy guides with Nintendo Power renewal.
I wonder how successful those double Gold weekend deals were. I know I never fell for that.
There goes any future interaction I might have with the Switch Online app. The only reason I use it is to complete challenges for cold coins and get swag from the My Nintendo store.
Well gold points were just a replacement for the Wii U’s moneyback system so I assume they’re gonna have something similar eventually. Still sad. I got Garfield Kart for 17 cents.
Didn’t really use them much, but in the grand scheme of things, this leans negative for me. I’m just not quite sure what to make of it. Is it greed? Is it a badly communicated move to another system with Switch 2? Something else? As is, it only reads as “less for our loyal customers”.
As meager as it was, these were *some* kinda incentive to not just wait and buy used (since there are so many low price “I might want to try that” titles on eshop), but I guess they don’t have to worry about customer retention overall.
One silver lining (to me anyway) is it’s one less secondary currency to worry about.
I hated them, because they expired so quickly, just 12 months? Never could get much use of them, because I am not a frequent buyer.
*cries in Club Nintendo*
Sometimes I buy an old yet unopened NSW game, and the gold points have naturally already expired. Since I’ve been focusing on acquiring & playing physical games, I’m not that bothered by it. However, this still sucks for players wanting to mix up their library of both digital & physical gaming media…
BOOOH! BOOOOH!
As somebody who’s bought several (discounted) indie games using only these gold points, I’m not happy.
This was a good way to trigger people to try something new without really investing money into it.
So not happy with this at all. 😭
They either have new systems ready for the Switch 2, or they want every Switch 2 game to be cut and dry $70. I’m leaning toward the latter
welp i guess its back to getting shafted ijn buying any game because of that one penny your account does not have (everyones smallest currency amount ) more in effing tax
hopefully theres a replacement …… cause thats always been a peeve of mine when going to buy a game always getting shafted by the fucking tax cause most ppl cant just go out and get 20$ extra in eshop giftcard
Club Nintendo rewards were downgraded to My Nintendo rewards. My Nintendo rewards were downgraded to gold points. Now gold points are going.
I wonder what absolutely useless reward program, if any, will replace it this time.