HEAT, will give just about any Switch related deal heat at the moment, seeing it cheeses of the Nintendo hating, other generic mainstream console fanboys :wink:

Prices were always going to come down before launch. Don't know why everyone was freaking out so much.

Terrible. Can grab any PC game for £25-30 before launch. Everything is relative.

This is still terrible. Can grab any ps4/Xbox one game for £35-40 before launch.

It's now £48 so with prime £46

Glad I got mine on Amazon Bigthanks voucher, got Breath of the Wild + Mario Kart 8 deluxe for only 39.50 each XD

You can't put a price on quality. If you go to a mainstream supermarket for your food that is everywhere like Tesco or Asda, sure its cheaper. But when you got to something more niche and alternative like Marks & Spencer's for your food, you accept you have to pay a bit more for being offered something different that is also of finer taste.

There is loads of room for lots of grocery retailers of different distinctions/price points in the food industry. There is also plenty room for lots of gaming makers of different distinctions/price points in the video games industry.

If everything was like for like pricing, it would all be mainstream stuff with no consumer choice. What an awful situation that would for all gamers.

You can't take your PC with you on the go though :smiley: that's the main appeal of Switch to me ..its raw power is nowhere near xbox one/ps4/PC, but it's a fantastic handheld (albeit an expensive one) with first-party Nintendo games..and a giant leap from 3DS..

​... The Switch is like a 2013 computer and I picked up Titanfall 2 for £19 the other day, probably because my 2016 pc that **** all over the Switch is also old tech :smiley:

You haven't ever used this site then. £36-39 price always happens before launch usually on amazon, thegamecollection, base etc. Most of my pre orders at £30-35 using flubit on top as well. Got WD2 TF2 BF1 TLG WWE2k17 Mafia 3 GOW4 between £30-33.

This is still terrible. Can grab any ps4/Xbox one game for £35-40 before launch.

Well what else can one do? :smiley: I guess I could go on the offensive and hang out in the other consoles deal threads and mindlessly attack those consoles. That would just make me another nutty single track minded fanboy though. And I am too content with my Nintendo gaming to start bashing on about other mainstream consoles that are not even competition. Thing is I don't mind those other consoles, I don't think most of what you would call the Nintendo defenders do mind them either. The other consoles do what they do very well and offer great entertainment. Is just very sad so many will not accept Nintendo do their own seperate thing for another segment of the market, and Nintendo happen to generally do it quite well also.

Thanks op. I went into argos today to use vouchers and they couldn't take them as I'd have to order online apparently. Oh well atleast that's it ordered :smiley: (hopefully both the console and game will come the same day!!)

Yawn! Keep on defending Nintendo with your comments and Mario avatar! :laughing:

The roots and origins of a Nintendo console are it is for kids primarily then families second. That is something many have carried over from their own childhood to current generations of parents. That will continue. Now okay that is a rather narrow market and a lot of current generation teenagers and youngsters are being bypassed, and even some adults.

Those roots and origins are still there. While Nintendo was mainstream in the days of Atari, Sega etc it clearly is not so any longer. That is okay is it not? Does everything have to be generic? Is a choice and options not good.

Hard to disagree with you there. We're seeing the shrinking small army of 'hardcore' Nintendo fans trying to convince us and themselves that all is well with Switch but once the initial flurry of sales is over (fanboys will buy anything) then we'll likely see sales fall off a cliff. I love Nintendo but this new console is abysmal.

So those who preordered at £60, the should be charged £50 at time of dispatch?

I think within a gaming/forum community context it can probably have multiple meaning depending on how use of the word is intended. I don't mind being called a Nintendo fanboy if its a fair reference. I think we had all better get used to "fanboy" in the Switch threads as they are besieged with other console fans putting down the Switch. I have used the word myself and called one or two PS/XB fanboy's out in Switch threads already. Is a bit like the Wii U is rubbish, the Wii U is dead stuff all over again, that went on for absolutely ages, and became rather cliché.

Interesting that fanboy has now made the dictionary!...

fanboy

noun
noun: fanboy; plural noun: fanboys; noun: fan-boy; plural noun: fan-boys
1. a male fan, especially one who is obsessive about comics, music, film, or science fiction.

verb
verb: fanboy; past tense: fanboyed; gerund or present participle: fanboying; past participle: fanboyed; 3rd person present: fanboys
1. (of a male fan) behave in an obsessive or overexcited way.

The only good game on the switch. :smile:

Think its looking exciting already with

Super Bomberman R - Konami/Hudson Soft
Puyo Puyo Tetris - Sega
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom - FDG Entertainment
Wonder Boy: The Dragon’s Trap - Lizard Cube

Future looking good for some classics

Course not :wink:

Sounds like you don't understand what a so called 'fanboy' is.. and those who use the word generally use it as some kind of failed defence mechanism when losing an argument.

suggestion of two legendary companies working together on a project/console whilst highly unlikely and maybe somewhat delusional, is not fanboyism

don't forget Nintendo went back to the cartridge format, which is more expensive to produce compared to Dvd/Bluray.

Sega fanboy wet dream alert! :laughing:
Quick Nintendo, HUKD user blankaknows his imaginary Sega/Nintendo fanboy mashup console would be a success, get your top tech guys on to it pronto!

It's much less than the ludicrous £60 Nintendo are asking for but I still refuse to fork over £48 for a game!

Pretty much what I was saying.
If they went Pascal it would be better in so many ways. Maybe they would have had to delay it a little but I would be worth it and prevent this system from being DoA.

That's how the Tegra X1 performs with the Nvidia Shield TV but according to Digital Foundry it's heavily downclocked with the Nintendo Switch. Only 768MHz when docked and a mere 307.2MHz when undocked! Digital Foundry's article states that those awful performance figures are "confirmed as locked in retail hardware". The Tegra X1 will also be 2 years' old in the month that Switch launches!

Nope

I'm a lifelong Nintendo fan but I just wish this whole Switch launch was completely different. I'm not really happy that I'm finding myself to be one of those people that has pre ordered, having second thoughts, but might actually go through with purchase due to the lack of system availability.
If it's anything like the Nes Mini it's going to be ridiculous and I won't pay over the already cringe worthy RRP. Might just cancel and forget it exists. :disappointed:

this looks great a day one purchase for me but some of the there launch games look dross ..

Prices were always going to come down before launch. Don't know why everyone was freaking out so much.

Pre-orders yes, imports when the console has a staggered release yes, but not on a general launch. Switch games will be the usually £40-45 at launch, same as every other console launch in recent history.

As ridiculous (possibly obvious to some!) as this may sound, Nintendo just don't seem to be aiming for a traditional launch with Switch. To me, their goal is to build up a head of steam and to be ready for a huge Q4. Traditionally consoles release at the tail end of Q3 or early Q4 so Nintendo are obviously targeting a different tact. Who knows how it will pan out but they'll shift a fair few in March and I'd imagine demand will remain fairly high once MK releases, then E3 arrives and, especially, when Mario Odyssey appears in Q4. I have little doubt that Mario will be the game to play at the end of 2017.

Thank you. I will wait till they do a comparison. I will get the switch but it's too expensive at the moment for what it is.

Is it true what people are saying? that this runs worse on the switch than it does on the wii u? Please, this isn't a nintendo hating post so only genuine answers.

If its a Handheld, hopefully they will release a real main console to go with it maybe next year.

Don't get why Nintendo just try to do things different every time, we alll want an amazing console from them! it's so frustrating!

imagine if they released a new 4k console next year, more powerful than anything else, backwards compatible with all previous systems, somehow complimenting the switch, they could charge £600 and it would fly off the shelves!

4k HDR Zelda! would be amazing

This trying to be different nonsense isn't working Nintendo! either commit 100% or just concentrate on software instead.

Amazing how almost £50 for a game these days is considered acceptable. Nintendo rubbing their hands together.

I think you will always get fanboys. As a neutral gamer, I have all consoles since the snes/ mega drive back in the day. The reason Nintendo are getting a lot of stick recently is due many people being disappointed about the switch and it's line up of games on release/ coming soon. Think the stick is warranted to be fair. Should have been much better.
Personally there would have been a great opportunity for Nintendo and Sega to join forces. Make a console. Nintendo having the unique console feel and Sega controlling a more powerful console. Let alone you have a huge library of games for virtual console and remakes/ remasters. Would be unstoppable.
Imagine a dream line up of Zelda (graphics shown in the E3 castle trailer several years ago, Mario (on release), metroid, sonic, virtual fighter, new Sega rally meets Daytona (huge racing game) and virtual cop with Nintendo mix match of controls. It would be successful and I know third party developers would make games for it. (Unlike borderlands 3 today) and games like battlefield 1 being too powerful for the console.
Oh and if I hear another..... gameplay is more important. That's rubbish. Good graphics doesn't exclude gameplay. Both together makes eye candy awesome games to play.

I've pre-ordered the WiiU version via Amazon for £40. For what I've heard is 99.9% the Switch versions equal, that's a tidy saving.

As opposed to the outdated weak sauce internals of the switch?
1TFLOP Maxwell Tegra :laughing:
Imagine the performance when away from the dock and running on battery.

​Nintendo are targeting 1080p for launch date version on switch. Heard this from multiple sources http://www.technobuffalo.com/2017/01/13/zelda-breath-of-the-wild-targeting-1080p-at-60fps-when-docked-for-launch-video/

Yeah, there isn't a change in hell the games will sell for £50. The same speculative pricing was placed on all Xbox One & PS4 games before the systems launched - £55/60 per title. Sorry but its cold for me.

hear added but I think Nintendo are being naive or stupid to release a new niche console out at 280 with games set at the RRPs when there are already 2 very good home consoles dropping in price all the time with a huge catalogue of brilliant games, and they already have a great handheld system on the market also dropping in price. And all of this after they massively screwed up the Wii U.

Now I'm no Nintendo hater, I have a Switch pre ordered, but I'm still on a knife edge as to whether I'll go through with the purchase.

If they want to seriously make a dent in the market, they need to be going with a £249.99 max console price, and £29.99 for games. They chose cartridges, not the consumer, but they are hitting the consumer with the cost as if we did.

I love Nintendo stuff, currently have the WiiU, but early signs unfortunately are this console will be a repeat of the WiiU :disappointed: and may tank.

Check out some of the hands on reviews on YouTube. Zelda only runs 900p @ 30fps for example. They say the Switch should be thought more like a handheld that can just be docked rather than a proper home console.

The launch titles are my biggest concern, or lack of.

I really, really, want Nintendo to pull this out the bag though!

Terrible. Can grab Monopoly for £5.99 before lunch.


:man:

Who preorders? Honestly!

a switch deal that's gone hot, somebody give this guy a badge :stuck_out_tongue: heat for the current best available price, well for prime members anyway.

Yes it does , just checked mine

Assume my amazon preorder for this the other day will automatically drop.

Cancelled Game Collection pre-order and picked this up, thanks OP :smile:

Lots of dignity here, am a Nintendo fan/player but don't go no the other console threads saying how great Nintendo is and how pants there stuff is.

HEAT, will give just about any Switch related deal heat at the moment, seeing it cheeses of the Nintendo hating, other generic mainstream console fanboys :wink:

same price as Knack PS4 on pre-order £47 at amazon £50-55 elsewhere know which I prefer to play ( when its final gets on PS+)

If the RRP for any Wii U game is £50, I would not pay more than £40 myself. If your patient, monitor the prices and not wanting to play games on release day, then even with the must have games like Zelda/Mario Odyessy/MK8.5/Splatoon2, it should not be difficult to obtain them for a £5 reduction in the weeks/months after release, and even a £10 or better reduction.

I'm on your side, was just pointing out to the previous poster that, what he considered good prices other may consider bad. The problem with this website is that everyone is so tight. Are we going to look back in 10 years and fondly remember playing a fantastic Zelda game, or the time we spend bickering over a few quid savings.

Is only relative if your comparing like for like. Your comparing an Electric car to a Petrol car for driving. Quite a different way and experience to do the same thing.

You just put the game in and go here, and play on a good controller. No crashes, operating system hassles, or need to update GFX card drivers, and all the other things that can go on with a PC. Don't get me wrong, PC gaming is brilliant. Is just a different way to game. As for the price, Zelda is about as popular and reputable gaming brand as you can get. A premium price reflects that.

Exactly this! Most new release PS4 games have the RRP of 50 odd quid - F1 2016's RRP was £59.99! It will all normalise out when companies figure out their strategies, orders etc.

Jesus, is this what they're all going to cost?

ordered, thanks!

Should hopefully start the price wars.

Tenner less than yesterday!

Very brave...