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KnavishFob t1_jeas3lz wrote

It wasn't a game pre-order though, it was just a console pre-order. Unless you paid enough to cover the cost of the game as well, then obviously its not going to be included.

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SaiyajinPrime t1_jeas9jn wrote

Meh, isn't this special edition the same price as normal oled Switch? So it's not that big of a deal that you have to buy the game separate.

At least they're not charging you extra for the game console without a game.

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StupidGenius11 t1_jeasb3h wrote

So you bought a special edition console for the standard price of every other special edition Switch, expected a free game and it's Nintendo being cheap?

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SaiyajinPrime t1_jeava2y wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,493,335)

Man, you're really stuck on this, aren't you.

Yeah, I was incorrect about it being $10 more. If you notice, I asked isn't it the same amount for the system. There's even a question mark at the end. Because I honestly wasn't 100% sure.

Me being incorrect doesn't equal irony.

So once you work on your reading comprehension, maybe you can start using irony correctly.

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ITCM4 t1_jeb0c50 wrote

They didn’t do this with the Animal Crossing Switch either. They did have a Mario Kart edition that featured the game, but that game was old by that time. It also didn’t change the design at all. Point is, Nintendo isn’t gonna give the game away for free, while paying extra to do an elaborate design.

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thunder2994 t1_jeb1zg9 wrote

It is cool, but in Canada the OLED is $449.99 but the special edition OLEDs are $469.99. Idk, should at least include the new Zelda Case in my opinion

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clustahz t1_jeb5oy2 wrote

Thanks for posting this, I didn't see pre-orders were live yet. This will help fill out my (non-CD-i) Zelda collection.

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Don_Bugen t1_jeba0u1 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,494,037)

Every downvote is a level-headed adult saying, "what the hell did I just read?"

This isn't a Nintendo subreddit, this is a gaming subreddit, and you're throwing a tantrum. If you don't like it, don't buy it.

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blazingchaos91 t1_jebab4c wrote

We as gamers and collectors fall for this every time. We are the idiots, and Nintendo knows it.

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LittleBootiesMatter2 t1_jebbmuj wrote

People are still playing video games on switch which is in 720 or 1080 60 frames lol ew 🤮

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TechnicalOtaku t1_jebiijt wrote

not sure you can call it small print ift's the same size. i feel they didn't try to hide it, that said ye's it's cheap. i hate practices like this.

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ModsSuckCock2 t1_jebiipt wrote

Your being the cheap one. Why the fuck would they sell a special edition with the game for basically the same price as a non special edition with no games. Of course it doesn't come with the game if you ain't paying for the game.

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ChickenFajita007 t1_jebjv00 wrote

The OLED is $350 USD MSRP.

The special edition Zelda console is $360 USD.

Did you think you were doing to get the game for a massive discount?

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wy1d0 t1_jebk1df wrote

This showed up on Amazon for 359 at the same time the switch OLED showed up on woot for 309. I absolutely thought this included the game. Isn't it typical for the special edition game-themed version of a console to include that game?

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DrachonRails t1_jebu9az wrote

So everybody is talking about 10 dollar/euro/pound difference. Let me tell you have it happened in my case: I have no bloody idea what is the price of a Nintendo Switch so when Pokemon released picked up a limited edition, expecting it would include the game like a collectors' edition or Sony/Xbox limited console. After my surprise I ordered the game, but it felt kinda stupid. And I don't give a crap if I have to pay 60 dollar/euro/pound more.... Just include the game.

I would say this is to support resellers and "true" collectors.

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Gorgon654 t1_jebusk0 wrote

I think the idea is it gives you the option of getting it either physical or digital. Like others have said it's the same price as a normal Switch so I don't see the issue.
Allows you to get the console like a month before the game comes out as well, though depending on your patience maybe that's not a good things.

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phenotype76 t1_jectq4p wrote

Replying to ChickenFajita007 (#2,499,655)

Maybe, yes.

There was a glorious time when every console would come with a hit AAA game packed in for free, possibly even more than one. Don't play defense for the corporations trying to squeeze more money out of us where ever they possibly can.

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Myslinky t1_jedjrnq wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,494,037)

> Every downvote is a bamboozled Nintendo user playing 13 year old games on your 'New' 6 year old console.

I don't even have a Nintendo, just downvoting you because you sound like a dick.

Nintendo is the only company for Zelda, Mario, Metroid and such. If people enjoy the product they get for the money they pay, then who cares if the tech isn't the top of the line highest end specs possible?

Who are you to tell people what they should enjoy and what they should spend their money on?

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Don_Bugen t1_jedo7r2 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,497,500)

I didn’t ask because I don’t care. I mean, I assumed you didn’t own a Switch because you’re throwing a temper tantrum that a six-year-old tablet isn’t in 4K. That implies you’re smart enough to do the research (because you can form words and sentences together), yet dumb enough to not understand the amount of power required to run true 4K, and that a Switch that could do 4K would be another generation (like what Steam Deck is).

The fact that you said you’re not buying “another” Switch kinda makes you look worse, TBH. Like, you didn’t even bother to look it up before you bought it. What did you think you were buying? A toaster?

No, one person’s point of view isn’t another person’s tantrum. A point of view isn’t giant run-on sentences with a mock question/answer followed by a blind insult to every person who might downvote them. A point of view is, “I hate that they come out with consoles that have special designs themed towards games; they should only be releasing the base Switch until they go next gen. Also, their ports of Wii U games suck.” See the difference?

Lastly, the reason I bring up “Nintendo subreddit” versus “gaming subreddit” is because of your “Insult everyone who downvotes me” schtick. A Nintendo sub might downvote-bomb someone for having a valid negative opinion about Nintendo, but a gaming subreddit is diverse. Plenty of people don’t like Nintendo, but for level-headed, thought out reasons. They’ll downvote you if you’re acting crazy, being an asshole, or just dead wrong.

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Guardian5985 t1_jedpgbu wrote

Special edition switch consoles haven't been coming with the game for awhile now. Last one I even knew that did was Pokemon Let's Go. Also, OLED models go for $349.99 vs $299.99 for a V2 model switch. Special edition adds another $10.

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HoneyShaft t1_jee2e96 wrote

Smh, people actually defending Nintendo when most special edition consoles come with the game. Even past Nintendo ones like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate did. Probably the same people that will defend the new $70 price tag.

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Skanach t1_jeeap1f wrote

It's only going to be part of my collection or serve as a back-up Switch for later.

Also got the collector's edition game, so I am totally ok with it. Don't want to pay 420 something to get it with a digital game.

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Faeri t1_jeeds5p wrote

Doesn't the console come out on the 28th April? That's like half a month before TotK comes out. No way they would release the game early only for those who bought the console.

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phenotype76 t1_jeegrk7 wrote

Replying to ChickenFajita007 (#2,512,108)

Quite some time. And thanks to people like you playing defense for the corporations, they won't likely be pressured to do so in future. Great job, now things are worse for consumers! You're definitely playing for the right team lol.

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DeWulfe t1_jeeidkt wrote

Well, that's cool. I'll just buy the game. That's something I actually find interesting.

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EarthDragon2189 t1_jeeq5mf wrote

Replying to phenotype76 (#2,526,860)

Few Reddit commenters are as annoying as the ones who accuse people of "defending" corporations when they're just...explaining how stuff is.

Like seriously where in their comments is ChickenFajita defending anything?

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LittleBootiesMatter2 t1_jeerpux wrote

Replying to ChickenFajita007 (#2,499,554)

Ps4 and Xbox are old tech. I can tell you my ps4 ran a-lot of games if not every game over 60 fps.. That was 10 years ago!

Ps5/Xbox run most games at 1080 120 frames.

I own a beast pc capable of 4k at 80-90 frames so I’m past 1080 and 2k capability at over 144fps.

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duckduckbananas t1_jef7t1n wrote

That's not small print, it's the same as the rest of the description. You just didn't read it.

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ChickenFajita007 t1_jeg7ncg wrote

Replying to LittleBootiesMatter2 (#2,530,535)

2k isn't a thing in consumer electronics.

1440p is not 2k.

I would say that you gave away your ignorance on the subject by using "2k," but I assure you it was quite plain well before that.

>I can tell you my ps4 ran a-lot of games if not every game over 60 fps

That's not true

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phenotype76 t1_jeg96d2 wrote

Replying to EarthDragon2189 (#2,530,051)

>Like seriously where in their comments is ChickenFajita defending anything?

Specifically, the sentence "Did you think you were doing to get the game for a massive discount?" which I interpreted as him being snotty to someone hoping to get a pack-in game (and from his other posts, my interpretation was correct.)

This is an example of playing defense for a corporation's right to make you pay more money than you might have had to pay a few generations ago. We used to get pack-in games, and as consumers our interest is to decry the fact that they've stopped, not to dissuade people from hoping they'd start it up again.

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