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TheHoldSteady
02/05/21 1:39:51 PM
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Can't believe they're pulling the new Mario All-Stars from DIGITAL after March 31st

And they're gonna get away with it too

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saspa
02/05/21 1:41:34 PM
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Guess they're doing the 90s-2000s Disney approach of vault locking or somethin?
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Aki_Sora
02/05/21 1:42:20 PM
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It their property so they can do whatever they want with it.
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TheHoldSteady
02/05/21 1:43:20 PM
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Aki_Sora posted...
It their property so they can do whatever they want with it.

If I have a million fucking sandwiches and you come up to me and say you're hungry I'm gonna give you a fucking sandwich don't FUCKING START YOUR BULLSHIT

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Master_Bass
02/05/21 1:44:13 PM
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It really is awful for the consumer. Of course I'm sure it made Nintendo a bunch a money, so expect even more of that in the future.

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CelestialVoices
02/05/21 1:44:14 PM
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absolute dumb bullshit
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Questionmarktarius
02/05/21 1:44:15 PM
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If you can't find $60 over six months, you really need to rethink your priorities.
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Squall28
02/05/21 1:46:33 PM
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Time to join the PC master race

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Kitt
02/05/21 1:47:11 PM
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Aki_Sora posted...
It their property so they can do whatever they want with it.
Nintendo Co., Ltd. has deposited $15.00 to your account.

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harley2280
02/05/21 1:49:51 PM
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TheHoldSteady posted...
Aki_Sora posted...
It their property so they can do whatever they want with it.

If I have a million fucking sandwiches and you come up to me and say you're hungry I'm gonna give you a fucking sandwich don't FUCKING START YOUR BULLSHIT

Whilst I think limiting a digital purchase is dumb your metaphor is even worse.
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The Popo
02/05/21 1:50:51 PM
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TheHoldSteady posted...
And they're gonna get away with it too

At the end of the day, Im bring my stuff from a garage sale back into my house for the night.

And Im gonna get away with it, too

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FabIe
02/05/21 1:53:02 PM
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I mean I find myself tripping over copies of the game at literally every store I go to. It came out half a year ago and

Questionmarktarius posted...
If you can't find $60 over six months, you really need to rethink your priorities.


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nemu
02/05/21 1:53:36 PM
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Yeah, limited physical release is dumb but sensible seeing as they're technically limited by nature, even if they're cutting a popular game stupidly short. Limited digital releases are absolute nonsense.
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Thighon
02/05/21 1:55:18 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
If you can't find $60 over six months, you really need to rethink your priorities.
how did your brain construe this as the issue

like what the fuck

dude are you okay?
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FabIe
02/05/21 1:56:07 PM
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I agree that taking it off of the digital store is stupid.

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archedsoul
02/05/21 1:57:00 PM
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Nintendo always finds new ways to be scummy.

I still can't believe motherfuckers sold their systems without a fucking charger lol.

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gmanthebest
02/05/21 1:59:19 PM
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It is pretty dumb to limit a digital copy, but it's not like it's an original game.

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Questionmarktarius
02/05/21 1:59:33 PM
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Thighon posted...
like what the fuck
Gaming isn't a cheap hobby, outside of going all "y'arr!" about it. If "needing" to scrape together $60 for a game that'll still likely linger on store shelves long past the end of March is such an insurmountable task, you really should re-examine your priorities in life.
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LightHawKnight
02/05/21 2:01:50 PM
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archedsoul posted...
Nintendo always finds new ways to be scummy.

I still can't believe motherfuckers sold their systems without a fucking charger lol.

No charger was so stupid. Funny that Apple thought it was a great idea and copied it.

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ultimate reaver
02/05/21 2:03:01 PM
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Thighon posted...
how did your brain construe this as the issue

like what the fuck

dude are you okay?
that guy is a whinging weeping corporate apologist in like every thread he posts in

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Questionmarktarius
02/05/21 2:03:12 PM
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LightHawKnight posted...
Funny that Apple thought it was a great idea and copied it.
Apple and Nintendo are the same company anyway. They just don't know it yet.
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Thighon
02/05/21 2:05:15 PM
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ultimate reaver posted...
that guy is a whinging weeping corporate apologist in like every thread he posts in
I know, but I also totally buy that his brain cells scraped together to form that thought

He also almost exclusively deflects or spews nonsequiturs, irrespective of thread
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Questionmarktarius
02/05/21 2:06:55 PM
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Conflict posted...
Nobody is struggling to scrape $60 in 6 months. Everyone is complaining because it's dumb as shit and anti-consumer to make the game limited-edition in the first place
Nothing wrong with leveraging FOMO.

Looks like it worked out pretty great: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/super-mario-3d-all-stars-sold-more-than-8-million-copies-in-2020/1100-6487079/
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Solo_Wing
02/05/21 2:32:13 PM
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RobbinDaHood
02/05/21 2:34:55 PM
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The Popo
02/05/21 2:40:42 PM
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Conflict posted...
Try this exercise

Instead of thinking about "hurr durr people who can't afford to scrape $60 to buy it", maybe think about the people who weren't interested in a Switch until long after this game got delisted, that would probably have been interested in playing this years down the road but can't anymore because it was limited edition for no valid reason.

Itll absolutely be released again. Like its been mentioned, this is the Disney vault strategy. If it just remained available, it would eventually need to drop in price to sell copies. By keeping it in limited runs, they can sell it for $60 at a demand perpetually.

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JBaLLEN66
02/05/21 2:40:44 PM
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Anything that requires a computer is having issue, complex supply chains are pretty vulnerable to pandemics....watttt

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averagejoel
02/05/21 2:40:57 PM
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they do know that this is just going to encourage piracy, right?

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Questionmarktarius
02/05/21 2:41:51 PM
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The Popo posted...
By keeping it in limited runs, they can sell it for $60 at a demand perpetually.
Nintendo keeps their shit at full price essentially forever, unless it flops immediately.
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The Popo
02/05/21 2:45:29 PM
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Questionmarktarius posted...
Nintendo keeps their shit at full price essentially forever, unless it flops immediately.

Yes, some games remain at full price for the most part, but games go on sale from time to time. I think this strategy lets them maximize profits.

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ultimate reaver
02/05/21 2:46:39 PM
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nintendo is japanese ea

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Demigod_Elessar
02/05/21 3:25:08 PM
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I don't get why they're pulling the digital copy from eshop, but not recalling physical copies then? My local Walmart, Gamestop, and Best Buy have several dozens of physical copies on the shelf. Even when it released, the game did not fly off shelves.

If physical copies are going to remain available after March 31, why get rid of the digital copies at all? I think Nintendo is severely overrating the demand for the game.
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Smashingpmkns
02/05/21 3:28:24 PM
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Good thing I bought it physically day one
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pinky0926
02/05/21 3:33:21 PM
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Artificial scarcity is some horseshit, for real.

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Ceresmie
02/05/21 3:36:54 PM
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It preys on people's fear of missing out and causes them to make purchases that they might otherwise be hesitant about, all for those sweet dolares. It's honestly disgusting and it saddens me that most consumers turn a blind eye to this and buy it anyway, therefore ensuring that we will get more situations such as this in the future. If there's more money to be had in it then I wouldn't be surprised if they made everything a timed exclusive in the future.

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DeadBankerDream
02/05/21 3:43:18 PM
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I bought the 3D all star collection because at the time I didn't quite comprehend how much this business practice disgusts me. And I also didn't assume Nintendo would make it a thing beyond this one product. I was so excited at the start of the Fire Emblem 1 localisation trailer and then by the end when it said it was a likewise limited release, I was just annoyed to heck. I now regret buying Mario All-star and have not bought Fire Emblem even though I want to. And I will not be buying any further product Nintendo pulls this shit with.
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Prestoff
02/05/21 4:42:11 PM
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All this will do is drive up piracy.

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Jetblackmoon
02/05/21 4:55:36 PM
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I already buy Nintendo games less than others because they rarely drop in price. Stuff like this definitely holds me back.

The fact that Mario 3D All Stars doesn't have 1080p minimum in docked mode for all three games is completely baffling, and they still charge $60. It's wack. I know the Switch is a handheld in a lot of cases, but I feel like they could easily do so much more but just halfass it because they don't give a shit and know people will buy it anyway because Mario.

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Delirious_Beard
02/06/21 2:49:36 AM
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i have not bought it and don't intend to in the future. i'd probably be a lot more conflicted if the collection had any modicum of effort put into it whatsoever.

i'm also so fucking tired of nintendo fanboys who lash out at anyone who dares criticize the company.

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ssjevot
02/06/21 2:55:37 AM
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I mean you can argue they have a right to not sell their products to consumers. But they shouldn't act shocked when consumers then resort to other means to obtain those products.

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Trumble
02/06/21 2:57:11 AM
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We get it. They have every legal right to do it. That doesn't mean they aren't utter assholes for doing so - it just means it's not illegal. There are many things people / companies can do that are assholey but not illegal.

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Solid Snake07
02/06/21 3:02:10 AM
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I honestly can't blame nintendo for their business practices while fanboys continue to lap at the teet of nostalgia.

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