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[Mpl90]

https://www.greybox.com/rime/en/community/rime-pricing-nintendo-switch/

First off, the digital version of RiME on Nintendo Switch will now cost $29.99 / €34.99 / £29.99, the same price as the game on other platforms. So, that’s straightforward enough.

For the Nintendo Switch version of RiME, all physical copies will include a printed code for a download of the complete, beautiful soundtrack by David García (a sample of which you can find here). You will be able to download the music via Bandcamp in one of the multiple high-quality formats. The soundtrack is planned on being sold separately for $10 in the US (and equivalent prices elsewhere), and so the value you’re going to get out of this will be the same as somebody who purchased a different version of RiME, and then bought the soundtrack.

Solve me if old

 

[Gleethor]

Good

 

[Shiggy]

That's a great decision. If it runs well on Switch, I'll get it for that (physical).


This is quite noteworthy though, as some doubted that going physical on Switch is more expensive than on other platforms:

On the physical side, we can't lower the price without selling at a loss

 

[chicagocubsfan]

That's cool. Hope the game does well on Switch.

 

[moltonasty]

Good on them and everyone who complained. I guess the backlash forced them to drop the price.

 

[RichiRamjag]

Great!

 

[Soph]

Glad the outrage worked!

 

[xch1n]

Awesome way to lessen the blow of the added physical media cost. Makes my decision final - physical because I LOVE soundtracks. FLAC is icing.

 

[Syinn]

Niceeee!

Had to be done I guess.

 

[sixteen-bit]

The Switch tax is fake

Happy end.

 

[LambdaTeos]

Sold, day one Switch edition

 

[BrokenFiction]

I'll happily buy this now. Good decision, guys.

 

[NeoRaider]

Great decision.

 

[LewieP]

Makes their excuses from the start seem pretty absurd, but yes this is the right way to do things.

 

[soultron]

This is awesome. And thank goodness it's a bandcamp link! I don't use streaming sites like Spotify or the Apple or Google music services, so this is a godsend.

 

[Eolz]

Good choice. Should have been like this from the start.

 

[Ultima_5]

does this have a release date yet on switch?

 

[Sesuadra]

I'll buy the game now

 

[Robobandit]

excellent. will buy then.

 

[RecRoulette]

I wonder if a lot of switch games are going to add some bonus for every physical version to offset the additional cost (PuyoPuyo Tetris' keychains, now this soundtrack).

 

[DomsPlaying]

Same price is great, even though later release date is kind of a bummer.

I'll be waiting for the Switch version!

 

[giancarlo123x]

Excellent.

 

[Phoenixus]

Excellent. Will strongly consider a purchase now, funds notwithstanding.

 

[L~A]

So much for that "digital has to be same price as retail" non-sense.

Kudos for listening and acting on player feedback.

 

[RichiRamjag]

The Switch tax is fake

Happy end.

Amen. Maybe people will stop linking that damn eurogamer article all the time now.

 

[Dark Cloud]

High five Nintendo community.

*high fives all around*

I'll buy this game now.

 

[Effect]

Okay that change is acceptable. Digital being the same price as the other versions with the retail having something else included. I had no problem with the higher retail cost for Puyo Puyo Tetris because of the keychains. I actually use them and like them. A high quality download of the OST is good.

However it does goes to show in the end the original excuse wasn't true. When shit like this happens again people need to continue to speak up. That's for everything though.

 

[Okami Haundo]

Good move! I'll definitely grab a digital copy now if the game turns out to be good.

 

[TheAggroCraig]

So much for that "digital has to be same price as retail" non-sense.

Kudos for listening and acting on player feedback.

Didn't this get proven false with Puyo Puyo Tetris?

 

[awilliams213]

Good on them, I hope this title sells well.

 

[Zedark]

Nice, will look into the game now! Shame it releases later, but that was the forgiveable of the two slights.

 

[mentallyinept]

Good.

Should have happened a while ago, but it's good that they did this.

 

[Enzom21]

So charging $10 more for digital was just an attempt at a money grab?
To quote the orange shithead in charge... "Sad!"

 

[Cerium]

Great news.

 

[Soph]

Another thing to cross off the chalkboard for why Switch will fail:

Switch Tax

 

[Herb Alpert]

Great news

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

Yeah, this is good. Totally fine paying extra for a physical copy plus a soundtrack. Having some sort of incentive to justify the higher physical cost is good. With the digital price now being universal, everyone wins.

 

[Spirited]

Hey, that's pretty good.

Will probably get it then if it turns out good.

 

[nynt9]

Makes their excuses from the start seem pretty absurd, but yes this is the right way to do things.

Yeah, this makes their excuses seem like grandstanding that they backed down on and doesn't make it believable.

Well, our complaining worked so hurray

 

[f@luS]

Going for us eshop then. 28€ vs 35€ on eu eshop

 

[UrbanRats]

Cool.

 

[Mpl90]

Funnily enough, going by Amazon.com, the Switch version was already the highest one on the best sellers rankings, in spite of the higher price / unknown release date (and, above all, well after the price error, which means its current position shouldn't be influenced by the incident too much, if not at all )

As of 16:44 GMT

RiMe

Switch - 335th
PS4 - 581st
Xbox One - 1,731st

This is probably going to help even further.

 

[Gaspard]

In!

Spoiler

for that Amazon price error

 

[Rodin]

Nice, will buy to support good practices.

 

[KooopaKid]

Good! Is there Switch footage around?

 

[James Scott]

I took advantage of the Amazon glitch so I guess I'm getting extra stuff for the same price, nice. Hope the port isn't trash

Oh, btw:
SEGA had released Puyo Puyo in a similar fashion. Retail is more expensive but digital was $10. Retail also had a bonus. So charging the same for the digital and physical version was just a bad excuse

 

[basefree]

This is great news. Still getting it on PS4 though, performance issues will be quite evident on Switch.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

"We have to do it this way, we have no choice.


"Okay, listen, things change."

 

[Okami Haundo]

Funnily enough, going by Amazon.com, the Switch version was already the highest one on the best sellers rankings, in spite of the higher price / unknown release date (and, above all, well after the price error, which means its current position shouldn't be influenced by the incident too much, if not at all )

As of 16:44 GMT

RiMe

Switch - 335th
PS4 - 581st
Xbox One - 1,731st

This is probably going to help even further.

Is that based on recent orders or just overall? There was that short period of time where Amazon fudged the Switch price on pre-orders.

 

[Mpl90]

So much for that "digital has to be same price as retail" non-sense.

Kudos for listening and acting on player feedback.

Well, between this and Puyo Puyo Tetris, it seems there's a loophole in Nintendo retail / pricing rules: just add a special bonus to the retail version and you can release a game on the digital storefront at a lower MSRP.