Splatoon Raiders will be $50 Digitally / $60 Physically
Splatoon Raiders will be $50 Digitally / $60 Physically
by Skullghost
43 Comments
MewWeebTwo
Mario Tennis bombing must have scared the crap out of Nintendo.
GrimmTrixX
At least theyre doing it right. I wouldve expected charging $70 for physical and $60 for digital. So I am glad they are slightly realizing that digital should always be cheaper, but physical shouldnt fetch a premium price when it was the dominant format for the last 40+ years.
Whatever a physical (edit: full retail release) game costs, the digital should always be cheaper, and personally it should be more like $20 less. You literally dont own the game and you get nothing tangible for your money. And they save millions by making far less physical versions of their games than ever before.
That and no one asked for these $100 million game budgets, so it shouldnt be on us to pay more for the game for them to recoup losses they didnt need to attain in the first place.
Rikkasu
I hope they drop it a bit more for UK release. As we get like a £2-3 difference on buying physical or digital. Should be like £43 digital and £53 physical
FrankPapageorgio
You know what… I think I am going to go digital this generation if this is the pricing structure.
It’s not just a $10 difference. I can get eShop GCs regularly for 10% off from Sams/Costco, sometimes stock up at 20% off. It makes something like this $40-$45 instead of $66 physical with taxes where I live.
PwillyAlldilly
YES THIS IS WHAT I WANT! THIS IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE!
Ilan01
Oh damn, so they are really following the digital lower price then
Benefit_thunderblast
Simgle player focused?
Hellyeah
Benefit_thunderblast
Single player focused?
Heck yeah
Wryzx
does it have couch coop?
Altruistic-Action491
Ummm, Nintendo announced this pricing strategy like last month. Why are you all so pikachu faced surprised. This is the way it’s going to be moving forward. 🙄
PalmTreeExpert
Amiibo up for preorder and $24.99 each, I do not see a triple pack yet. Absolutely will get them as I have all the other amiibo (minus the alternate colors 😢) but unsure if I should wait or not. I hate how sparse amiibo can get so feels like a risk.
Flavius_16
Which dollar?
Low_Understanding326
Pretty fair. Wonder how long it will be
ultimateformsora
I’m new to Switch, has Nintendo always done the variable pricing for their exclusive titles? I always assumed they’d be priced at regular MSRP as other platforms seem to do. I know they recently made the physical vs digital changes but I was certainly expecting this to cost $70(P)/$60(D)
Edyed787
I’ll still buy physical and I am okay with a physical premium. I’d rather keep physical media alive than have it die.
GarionOrb
Looks interesting! The Splatoon 1-3 single player campaigns were all pretty lackluster so I’m hoping this will be a lot better.
koteshima2nd
Single player focused? Count me in, though I wouldn’t mind some fun multiplayer modes every now and then
LefTurn629
As someone who does not at all care for Splatoon as a PvP game, this is incredible
gthirst
So is the game fully coop with two+ Switch 2s online/local?
mgwair11
Interestingly, you can “raid” with up to three other friends online or via local wireless despite the game being single player focused. Product page also specifies that only one idol at a time can fight alongside you in a powerful mech suit.
chesstutor
Get physical and sell it later for $45.
RotundCorgi
So the digital price actually went down while the physical price stayed at current retail value, just like Nintendo said they intended to do? No, that cannot be correct. You see, I was told by all the level-minded, totally not Nintendo bashing folks that digital prices were actually staying at current pricepoints and physical games would really be getting a greedy, extortionary mark-up that I, a simple-minded and biased Nintendo fanboy, was just too stupid to understand or admit. /s
SH4DY_XVII
I know people are excited, but I just wish we had a Splatoon 4 tbh.
aeiron
and $30 at Costco
shortandpainful
I am so excited for this. I was looking at getting the game and just crossing my fingers it would not be $70. Even if it is short, I am in for more single player/co-op Splatoon at this price.
JohnAppleMacintosh
Is this a completely separate game from 3?
OmegaMaster8
Cracking price
Folkenhellfang
With 3 kids wanting this, and myself, this is pretty good news
ApolloReads
Can I pre-order? Im ready to go.
p0rkch0pexpress
Is splatoon 3 still active ? Asking before I buy and this seems like a good time.
ThisMoneyIsNotForDon
This is great news, but if Nintendo is open to this pricing than I’m really struggling to see how Yoshi is gonna justify being $10 more.
mjsxi__
nintendo talked about how software sales were not where they expected them to be and responded by lowering digitals price. Im shocked theyre the first to do this since they were the last to raise their game prices this gen (since they waited for the s2 to raise them) but they are without a doubt not the only ones seeing lower sales due to the 70 dollar price of games.
I know for myself I’ve changed my buying habits since everyone started making 70 dollar games and I feel like others have too. A lot of these companies keep forgetting the gaming is a luxury and that cuts both ways, on one hand why not price it like it’s a luxury… but on the other luxuries aren’t necessary and it seems like theyre focusing on the former and not the latter.
I feel like a lot of these companies should be asking themselves “if nintendo is struggling with this how do we expect things to fair for us” with their prices.
GamingBread4
Yo, this is awesome. I really liked the Splatoon “Universe” but I hated that 90% of the game was PvP focused. Exactly what I was looking for.
derekallthumbs
Never played a splatoon game as they were all multiplayer, always was interested though. Can I jump into this and not be lost? I just watched the trailer and have no idea what I was looking at lol.
DirtyDan413
This kind of looks like deep rock galactic, which I would be stoked about
Shadowman621
But I thought games were going to be $80 or $90 going forward!?
/s
Material_Sky9863
the digital vs physical price difference is actually interesting. $10 cheaper digital makes sense for a new IP to lower the barrier. I’ll probably grab it digitally
astraea08
Is it still a game key card?
Presenex
It makes sense that digital games be less then physical games and have been saying it for years but I feel this is going to be the reason why we lose physical.. More and more people will just transition to digital to save some money and Nintendo will see that as people finally giving physical up.
mementodory
I feel like this kind of confirms the “digital is cheaper” over the “physical is more expensive” theory. I truly doubt this game was going to be $50 physical.
Robot7890
Will there be a pre order bonus ? Or do we not know yet
bootlegportalfluid
Big fan of Nintendo charging less for digital
Linked713
I just looked at the nintendo store page, and I still do not understand what this title is meant to be. I am sure it is a me problem, but from what I am gathering, it is a pve extract shooter?
43 Comments
Mario Tennis bombing must have scared the crap out of Nintendo.
At least theyre doing it right. I wouldve expected charging $70 for physical and $60 for digital. So I am glad they are slightly realizing that digital should always be cheaper, but physical shouldnt fetch a premium price when it was the dominant format for the last 40+ years.
Whatever a physical (edit: full retail release) game costs, the digital should always be cheaper, and personally it should be more like $20 less. You literally dont own the game and you get nothing tangible for your money. And they save millions by making far less physical versions of their games than ever before.
That and no one asked for these $100 million game budgets, so it shouldnt be on us to pay more for the game for them to recoup losses they didnt need to attain in the first place.
I hope they drop it a bit more for UK release. As we get like a £2-3 difference on buying physical or digital. Should be like £43 digital and £53 physical
You know what… I think I am going to go digital this generation if this is the pricing structure.
It’s not just a $10 difference. I can get eShop GCs regularly for 10% off from Sams/Costco, sometimes stock up at 20% off. It makes something like this $40-$45 instead of $66 physical with taxes where I live.
YES THIS IS WHAT I WANT! THIS IS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE!
Oh damn, so they are really following the digital lower price then
Simgle player focused?
Hellyeah
Single player focused?
Heck yeah
does it have couch coop?
Ummm, Nintendo announced this pricing strategy like last month. Why are you all so pikachu faced surprised. This is the way it’s going to be moving forward. 🙄
Amiibo up for preorder and $24.99 each, I do not see a triple pack yet. Absolutely will get them as I have all the other amiibo (minus the alternate colors 😢) but unsure if I should wait or not. I hate how sparse amiibo can get so feels like a risk.
Which dollar?
Pretty fair. Wonder how long it will be
I’m new to Switch, has Nintendo always done the variable pricing for their exclusive titles? I always assumed they’d be priced at regular MSRP as other platforms seem to do. I know they recently made the physical vs digital changes but I was certainly expecting this to cost $70(P)/$60(D)
I’ll still buy physical and I am okay with a physical premium. I’d rather keep physical media alive than have it die.
Looks interesting! The Splatoon 1-3 single player campaigns were all pretty lackluster so I’m hoping this will be a lot better.
Single player focused? Count me in, though I wouldn’t mind some fun multiplayer modes every now and then
As someone who does not at all care for Splatoon as a PvP game, this is incredible
So is the game fully coop with two+ Switch 2s online/local?
Interestingly, you can “raid” with up to three other friends online or via local wireless despite the game being single player focused. Product page also specifies that only one idol at a time can fight alongside you in a powerful mech suit.
Get physical and sell it later for $45.
So the digital price actually went down while the physical price stayed at current retail value, just like Nintendo said they intended to do? No, that cannot be correct. You see, I was told by all the level-minded, totally not Nintendo bashing folks that digital prices were actually staying at current pricepoints and physical games would really be getting a greedy, extortionary mark-up that I, a simple-minded and biased Nintendo fanboy, was just too stupid to understand or admit. /s
I know people are excited, but I just wish we had a Splatoon 4 tbh.
and $30 at Costco
I am so excited for this. I was looking at getting the game and just crossing my fingers it would not be $70. Even if it is short, I am in for more single player/co-op Splatoon at this price.
Is this a completely separate game from 3?
Cracking price
With 3 kids wanting this, and myself, this is pretty good news
Can I pre-order? Im ready to go.
Is splatoon 3 still active ? Asking before I buy and this seems like a good time.
This is great news, but if Nintendo is open to this pricing than I’m really struggling to see how Yoshi is gonna justify being $10 more.
nintendo talked about how software sales were not where they expected them to be and responded by lowering digitals price. Im shocked theyre the first to do this since they were the last to raise their game prices this gen (since they waited for the s2 to raise them) but they are without a doubt not the only ones seeing lower sales due to the 70 dollar price of games.
I know for myself I’ve changed my buying habits since everyone started making 70 dollar games and I feel like others have too. A lot of these companies keep forgetting the gaming is a luxury and that cuts both ways, on one hand why not price it like it’s a luxury… but on the other luxuries aren’t necessary and it seems like theyre focusing on the former and not the latter.
I feel like a lot of these companies should be asking themselves “if nintendo is struggling with this how do we expect things to fair for us” with their prices.
Yo, this is awesome. I really liked the Splatoon “Universe” but I hated that 90% of the game was PvP focused. Exactly what I was looking for.
Never played a splatoon game as they were all multiplayer, always was interested though. Can I jump into this and not be lost? I just watched the trailer and have no idea what I was looking at lol.
This kind of looks like deep rock galactic, which I would be stoked about
But I thought games were going to be $80 or $90 going forward!?
/s
the digital vs physical price difference is actually interesting. $10 cheaper digital makes sense for a new IP to lower the barrier. I’ll probably grab it digitally
Is it still a game key card?
It makes sense that digital games be less then physical games and have been saying it for years but I feel this is going to be the reason why we lose physical.. More and more people will just transition to digital to save some money and Nintendo will see that as people finally giving physical up.
I feel like this kind of confirms the “digital is cheaper” over the “physical is more expensive” theory. I truly doubt this game was going to be $50 physical.
Will there be a pre order bonus ? Or do we not know yet
Big fan of Nintendo charging less for digital
I just looked at the nintendo store page, and I still do not understand what this title is meant to be. I am sure it is a me problem, but from what I am gathering, it is a pve extract shooter?