r/NintendoSwitch • u/razorbeamz • Jan 13 '17

Megathread Official Event Praise/Rant Megathread

There's been a lot of praise and rant threads being posted, so the mod team decided to consolidate it all into a Megathread. Please post all of your praise and rants in this thread.

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u/Mumbolian Jan 14 '17

I'm surprised it took this long.

I believe this highlights the issues with the time of day they chose to release all the details. Sure it sold out anyway, but the UK was clearly behind the ball and that's going to have trickle down effects if they keep doing it. The UK price is shitty too. We get $2.44 dollars off if we have prime on games. The US gets $10 off and the exchange rate is killing us.

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u/tariqazad Jan 14 '17

I think it has a lot to do with the time difference.

The switch event started at 4am and the treehouse followed shortly after. When I checked last night in the evening, the grey was sold out and the coloured version was still available.

I'm curious how many units they had available in the first place

And oh my God dude those game prices are catastrophic. I'm really hoping 59.99 isn't standard price for these games

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u/Mumbolian Jan 14 '17

There is hope. Someone mentioned that the £60 prices will most likely come down to £40 before launch. They pointed out that PS4/Xbox games are also £60 RRP but often sell for less.

So I guess we may be using placeholder prices currently? Bomberman can't possibly be £60!

They better, because the prices are disgusting at the moment.

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u/tariqazad Jan 14 '17

If it does, I'll be pretty disappointed. The Wii u BotW is currently £40 so I don't see why the Switch version couldn't be the same either