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[Jigorath]

Canadian prices jesus

Yikes.

 

[Bluth54]

What are you doing with these prices Nintendo?

 

[Psychoward]

Canadian prices jesus

 

[AndrewDean84xX]

Good thing the switch comes with two controllers already.

 

[dmr87]

Console + Zelda + Pro controller = $430

 

[deleted]

Puh, so that puts me at a dilemma.

Would love to play something with 4 players from the get go.. That would mean 2 additional joy cons, since the pro controller seems ridiculously overpriced.

This whole thing seems a little bit too expensive to be completely honest. The Pro Controller better has something close to 50 hours of runtime for that price.

 

[Trojita]

Canadian prices jesus

Is that US or Canadian dollar?

 

[Briarios]

Maybe it's just me, but 2 Joy-Con for $79 doesn't seem that bad --- including the two that come with the system, you'd be able to play 4 player ...

 

[O Canada Our Home and Native Land]

Is the tech in the controllers that sophisticated? Wow

 

[TuXx]

So, when are we getting that traditional drop in stocks thread?

 

[Chaplain]

I think they know they have hardcore fans that will pay it so might as well wring them out

Sounds like the gaming version of Apple.

 

[mysteriousmage09]

Nintendo have completely lost it. I mean Zelda looks amazing but jesus christ these prices are outrageous.

 

[chertipros]

Nah they can't be serious.....

These prices are absolutely insane wtf are they smoking!?!?

 

[Icolin]

Console + Zelda + Pro controller = $430

$570 for all of that in Canada.

 

[WhiskerFrisker]

Is that US or Canadian dollar?

Canadian

 

[WooHooAlex]

Fuck OFF.
No, absolutely not.

I'm not buying another dock for $90.
Controllers are way too expensive.

 

[rjc571]

What the fuck?

Well, guess I'm never playing a local multiplayer game on my Switch at any point

 

[rekameohs]

I don't think $80 for the two Joy Cons is the headline here. How the fuck is a piece of plastic with an HDMI passthrough (docking station) $90??

 

[Spy]

$80 is the price of two wiimotes (wall, back in the day)...joycons are basically the same, just with more functionality. That price doesn't surprise me.

$70 is way too much for Pro, I'll give you that.

Each Wii remote was effective as a single controller. A lone Joy-Con is not.

 

[slit]

Why is Nintendo acting like they won last gen and can get away with this? $70? They have to be playing mind games.

 

[JMY86]

Holy shit. $299 console, paid online and now this? Good luck Nintendo...

 

[AtomicShroom]

What what WHAT!?! And here I was thinking that joy-cons would be those super cheap interchangeable customizable pieces that games would be able to include in their boxes for dirt cheap to provide custom controls for the particular play setup unique to each game!

What the fuck how can they possibly justify such a price, that's just INSANE! You can stick your joy-cons up your ass Nintendo!

 

[TheGameshark]

lol are you out of your god damn mind

 

[SRTtoZ]

Is the tech in the controllers that sophisticated? Wow

It's a smaller Wii-mote

 

[DirgeExtinction]

So each Joy Con controller costs $50, but it's $80 for both.

 

[GOOCHY]

Console + Zelda + Pro controller = $430

Not even close to worth it.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Time to get TWO jobs for TWO joy cons

 

[Tom Nook]

Console + Zelda + Pro controller = $430

I guess walmart was right being $400

 

[disappeared]

$570 for all of that in Canada.

I can't even fathom that. Holy shit.

 

[vatstep]

This feels like when Xbox 360 accessory prices were finally revealed.

 

[Hieberrr]

After tax, I'm borderline going to pay $100 for a controller? Yeah... no.

 

[AaronMT86]

$570 for all of that in Canada.

Yikes

 

[Tom Penny]

People spend half a grand on phones.

 

[Langdon Alger]

Jesus.

 

[BTM]

Damn, so disappointing.

 

[The Boat]

Yeah, this is the issue. There is a lot of hardware crammed into those little things.

Wireless first party game pads are already $60 bucks these days. An additional $20 because of two units sounds about right.

Exactly, I don't really understand how this is unexpected.

 

[Red Devil]

Like my earlier thread. I really wish Nintendo supported old controllers.

Heh, I remember people complaining when they revealed the GCN adapter for Wii U.

 

[ngower]

$300 is whatever, but these accessory prices are kind of ridiculous. $30 for each Joy Con or $50 for both seems much more reasonable if they want families involved, but good lord. Hopefully they're just inflating prices for an ineitably price drop, otherwise this could be a 3DS launch all over again.

 

[Baroquemantic]

Lmao. These prices are ridiculous.

 

[Naked Snake]

 

[matrix-cat]

Christ. I almost don't even want to know how much this is all going to cost in Australia.

 

[Korgill]

HD rumble+ that mini Kinect whatever+ all the normal controller functions in a tiny package. I'm not that surprised at the price. Since I want 2nf controller and a dock I guess it's almost better to get two.

 

[Briarios]

Each Wii remote was effective as a single controller. A lone Joy-Con is not.

Why not? They show a ton of games where you can use a single Joy-con as a controller? It's got 4 face buttons and two shoulder buttons and a analog stick

 

[outunderthestars]

Fuck OFF.
No, absolutely not.

I'm not buying another dock for $90.
Controllers are way too expensive.

If you need another dock and another set of joycons, you might as well buy a second switch.

 

[MGrant]

Mmmm yeah this is something that shouldn't have happened. I know Nintendo doesn't pay attention to their competition, but when controllers with tech like the Steam Controller's and Xbox One's are going for $50-60, ain't no way I'm paying that much for their less refined offerings. And I love Nintendo.

 

[kromeo]

Hang on, does the dock not even come with the console?

 

[Muzicfreq]

Ds4
Rumble... Old news
Touchpad/giant button
Light bar
Speaker
Headphone/mic jack
Full controls
Gyroscope

$50

Soooo Nintendo... What's the reason?

 

[Milly Osworth]

Arrogant Nintendo... is back?

Wha?! I dont get it. I was expecting the pro to be 50 and the dock 40.

 

[ironcreed]

The thing has too many parts as it is. Plus $70 more for a decent Pro controller?

 

[lenovox1]

Each Wii remote was effective as a single controller. A lone Joy-Con is not.

A Joy-Con has more buttons than a Wii remote.