re: Even if I wanted to buy a Switch...

My kid said he wanted a switch last Christmas and when I handed it to him he was so surprised

And then he opened it to find a bunch of long sticks. When he started crying I whipped him with one of them. I don’t think he got the joke at first!

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Nintendo games also have season passes, so it's not a great argument. Xenoblade 2 especially as I've paid $120 for the special edition and season pass. Breath of the Wild has a season pass. MK8 had a season pass. Smash will have one.

Just as not every game on PS4/X1/PC have season pass, Nintendo only does it where it's convenient.

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Like I said, they do use it sometimes, but it's certainly not a core part of their business model like it is for most. And, they are pretty transparent prior to releasing the game. They schedule out and list all DLC, not all companies do that. And they do very few cosmetic bonuses and pre-order bonuses that turn into paid content later and what not. They focus less on money over time, and more on consistent value. That's the point.

And this has less to do with their costs now, and more to do with their costs at the beginning where you had to spend like $140 to get everything in Street FIghter V. It's more about the range of cost over time, rather than just the cost now. Same for FFXV and the cosmetic upgrades....they are included now because someone paid for them at some point.

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Also, in your example of FF15, the Royal Edition includes the content from the season pass. Street Fight V has the season pass included in its Arcade Edition along with gameplay updates (priced reasonably at $40 and goes on sale often).

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It has and will go on sale, just not for $10-30 as it would if it were published by any other company. If you're economic enough and watch, you can find good deals on Nintendo games. They're just not easy to find and their storefronts have zero deals.

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Agreed. And THEY, read: Nintendo, don't do sales often, they rely on stores to do that where necessary.

30 bucks no way I am buying Switch.