Octavianus
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Rime comes out in May. Costs £10 more on Nintendo Switch.
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They're secretly responsible for putting Trump in office too. The bastards.
This is exactly the kind of game I'd rather own on my Switch and have the added portability but indie devs better not think this gives them a reason to up the price like this... Hope this is a one off and not the shape of things to come. And if this is Nintendo does doing somehow (higher licensing fees or whatever) then they need to sort that out ASAP.
inpHilltr8r
Member
Presumably taking advantage of limited size of launch library.
I'll still buy the switch retail version..........with GCU of course. I want more games for my switch.....its my favorite console out of the 3 atm. I need to have more software!!!!
But it is stupid its $10 more......if its cart costs, digital should equal the other platforms then
pretty much aligns with my post lol
something tells me this game is going to sell the most on the switch
But it is stupid its $10 more......if its cart costs, digital should equal the other platforms then
pretty much aligns with my post lol
something tells me this game is going to sell the most on the switch
Which they're already screwing themselves out of by releasing this later than the other versions. That might be the craziest part: it's not day and date and it's more expensive!
SpookyBlackFish
Member
Well, this is not very attractive. Interest decreased by 10. But anyway, I want to know first if the game is good before talking about money I'm (not?) going to spend on any platform where it will be available.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
As if their hands are tied and there's nothing Nintendo can do about it. Please.
RichiRamjag
Member
You beast!
Calm Mind
Member
I concur.
Tertullian
Member
Ah, remember when we naively asked "will Switch games be priced like home console games or handheld games?" Turns out they'll be priced like they're both.
Then they should also eat up the costs of their more expensive physical media.
geordiemp
Member
Depends, maybe Nintendo take a bigger cut and charge for cartridges. Who knows ?
Unlikely. Didn't they promise shareholders return to Nintendo like profits this year ? Google it.
hey_it's_that_dog
benevolent sexism
They'd have to be banking on the Switch-only crowd in the first place, so a delayed release date wouldn't hamper their nefarious scheme. The fact that there is probably a vanishingly small number of Switch-only gamers might be a problem for them, though.
Hippopuncher12
Member
Will still get for PS4, but I have a feeling it won't be as good as I thought it would back when it was revealed.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
You can't tell me Nintendo's carts add an extra $10 to the price tag.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Well, not gonna buy it then, neither on Steam nor Switch.
Fuck off with that shit
Fuck off with that shit
Agreed! Half the reason shit like this exists in the first place is because Nintendo allows it in their ecosystem. It is stupid and the only people that always get the short end of the stick is the consumers.
It's not. Why would they be the only publisher to overprice a multi-platform game without any value added.
Calm waterfall
Banned
Trying to use new console release to milk the Switch owners for more money is ridiculous and scummy.
Then the clause should be for digital games. And the physical games have a $5 limit of being more expensive if the developer devices to release a game that's more expensive. Surely the cartridge media doesn't cost £10 than a disk and no excuse for digital version.
KennyLinder
Member
PS4, Xbox One and PC use cheap discs so manufacturing costs are less.
Yautja_Warrior
Member
Probably the usual case of new console, so publishers try and put out games at a higher price (just because it's on a new system) and just like the Switch launch games, retailers will probably sell it cheaper.
£10 less, really?
LordRaptor
Member
Some sort of "parity clause" you mean?
Sounds familiar for some reason. Not sure it would be the way to go.
Whats the manufacturing cost of pixels and bytes?
Microsoft had one but theirs was something ridiculous like if a game comes out on their system later they have to have a exclusive feature
Mrstriker09
Member
Are people really backing up this lmao Nintendo Force is too Strong!
Don't worry. The Nintendo Defense Force is a bit touchy lately
Seriously though, I think the rationale is pretty clear - there is far less competition on the Switch, so charge more. Sucks but I can't really fault that logic. Switch fans will be clamoring for new games.
I can fault that logic. It's dumb as fuck and has never worked otherwise EA would have kept releasing Wii U games.
Living the Dream
Member
This is pretty dumb on their part. They have been quoted as saying they want to hit the widest swath of customers as possible. So they wanted to get in on switch.
On twitter they state that different platforms have different dev costs and costs to market which is true, so they claim that as the reason for different prices.
Except that good product lifecycle people know you take thise costs and spread them across all skus and establish a gross margin return on investment and % return needed to hit profitability and then price accordingly and make sure you targets are right etc.
A lot goes in to suffice to say. However, by pricing one sku higher with no justifiable benefit you have in effect cut off that market and any return.
I mean if the return on switch dev is so bad it kills the other skus & that you need another $10 to make it work, maybe you shouldn't do it.
Gamers have proven time and again they don't like being treated like second citzens, and this will hurt them.
I don't begrudge them for wanting to make a certain return on each sku, but I do begrudge their accounting on this.
And if anyone needs to know I have been part of of product lifecyle and initialization teams at my company and made sure to retain a lot of the info. The basic principles work across industries. Treating each Rime sku as distinct isn't smart.
On twitter they state that different platforms have different dev costs and costs to market which is true, so they claim that as the reason for different prices.
Except that good product lifecycle people know you take thise costs and spread them across all skus and establish a gross margin return on investment and % return needed to hit profitability and then price accordingly and make sure you targets are right etc.
A lot goes in to suffice to say. However, by pricing one sku higher with no justifiable benefit you have in effect cut off that market and any return.
I mean if the return on switch dev is so bad it kills the other skus & that you need another $10 to make it work, maybe you shouldn't do it.
Gamers have proven time and again they don't like being treated like second citzens, and this will hurt them.
I don't begrudge them for wanting to make a certain return on each sku, but I do begrudge their accounting on this.
And if anyone needs to know I have been part of of product lifecyle and initialization teams at my company and made sure to retain a lot of the info. The basic principles work across industries. Treating each Rime sku as distinct isn't smart.
bobbychalkers
Member
There is no PS4 physical copy in the west. Licensing issues
EDIT: nevermind I got that backwards.
No shit. We're not in 1996 though, cartridges don't cost 10 more than a disk. Especially when you can order low-sized cartridges for your indie game.
Also, that still doesn't explain why the other PS4/One/Switch games costs the same price on all platforms.
Publishers managed to release cheaper Vita versions all fine and they were cartridge based too.
If the manufacturing costs are higher on Switch, it's probably more to do with a smaller print run than anything else.
If Nintendo attempted to implement a release date parity clause they would get far fewer indie games.
If they implemented a price parity clause, they would get indie games at the same prices as on other platforms.
The Xbox release date parity clause is very different to a price parity clause, which both MS and Sony have.
If Nintendo attempted to implement a release date parity clause they would get far fewer indie games.
If they implemented a price parity clause, they would get indie games at the same prices as on other platforms.
Okami Haundo
Member
Ok... let's stop pretending that decisions like this are as simple as using X media formant = X price increase. I don't think it's a good decision on their part, but there are plenty of factors that probably led them to that choice.
People will buy it. The world is not GAF.
BRocknRolla
Member
This makes zero sense. I'm surprised Nintendo would even allow this.
JetSetRadio
Banned
This is a game aimed at hardcore-audience. The kind of audience that goes on GAF, or like ranting on Twitter (like they currently are). You can be sure this will costs a good chunk of bad buzz against the Switch version.
Pancakes R Us
Member
Vote with your wallets. Don't buy.