The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Won't Include the DLC - IGN
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Amid continued frustration and confusion from fans about how much the Nintendo Switch 2 and its games are going to cost them, we've learned that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's Nintendo Switch 2 edition doesn't come with the Expansion Pass, meaning you'll have to pay an additional $20 to play the DLC on the new system.

Nintendo somehow keeps finding a way to make this worse

  • nfreak@lemmy.mlEnglish
    171·
    10 days ago

    Nintendo’s really making it easier and easier to not buy the $500 Metroid Prime mouse control box.

  • SolidShake@lemmy.worldEnglish
    152·
    10 days ago

    Don’t worry. Super fans will still defend it. They’ve been using the “but but but but” strategy lately

    • Coreidan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      10 days ago

      Good. Let them eat shit.

      If by this point you’re still excited for the new switch and you’re in line to buy it then you 100% deserve to be robbed and shit on.

      In other words Nintendo has shown year over year that they are willing to nickel and dime their customers and if you’re still giving them business then you’ve shown them that you enjoy getting treated this way and will continue to support them.

      No sympathy here.

    • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      10 days ago

      I’m a big fan but I’m not stupid. This is some horseshit.

      I have both DLCs and I didn’t expect this garbage. Really bad stuff.

      • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.netEnglish
        2·
        10 days ago

        I have both DLCs

        So then you still get to play them. The only people this affects are new buyers, which… scans internet will be approximately nobody, given the raging hate-boners on display. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

        • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
          0·
          7 days ago

          But if I buy the upgrade pack, what will happen to the DLCs when I play on the Switch 2?

          • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.netEnglish
            0·
            7 days ago

            Then you’ll play the DLC with the updated graphics etc. There’s nothing mystical about the upgrade pack - it’s just engine optimizations to let the game run natively on new hardware, probably some revamped textures, etc. The base game has been DLC-aware since the DLC was released. Having the DLC doesn’t change the game code, it just makes the extra content accessible.

            • Victor@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              6 days ago

              Okay, so then it’s just like normal? This is no news at all? It’s the same as buying the game on the original Switch? Because the DLCs weren’t included with that version either. 🤷‍♂️ How uninteresting of a post.

  • commander@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    10 days ago

    I’ve never rapidly lost so much interest in an electronic as fast as the switch 2 reveal to seeing the game prices a few hours later

  • samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    10 days ago

    This isn’t even industry standard - charging $10 to “upgrade” a game, yes, but as far as I can remember the DLC is always included with the game at the base game price when it’s been out for a while.

    I hope Nintendo’s extreme arrogance and greed bites them in the ass. Will probably have to wait a year or so after launch to know since I’m sure it will take that long to get Switch 2s to all the diehards with money to burn. I’ll be interested to see how it sells to everyone else.

  • 100@fedia.io
    8·
    10 days ago

    cant think of another high profile old game re-releasing on new system that would sell the games dlcs seperately lol

  • Viri4thus@feddit.orgEnglish
    41·
    10 days ago

    This is a testament that Nintendo thinks the same as I do about their fans 🤣🤣🤣

  • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    10 days ago

    Man, Nintendo in hiring the ex P&G/EA executive to run things has really had Nintendo embrace the EA enshitification roadmap and culture.

  • yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    10 days ago

    Ya not sure if I’ll ever get a switch 2. I played the living shit out of my switch 1. Easily was my favourite console… Until I got a steam deck. Instantly I have over 1,000 games purchased already and a hefty percentage of them playable.

    …not to mention the switch games that are still sitting on my shelf that I just play on here instead.

  • Hyphlosion@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    9 days ago

    We’re only paying a measly $70 for the Switch 2 version. Just get a third job and be grateful for the opportunity to purchase the DLC at $20. Then you can use the last of your hundred dollar bill for that one tech demo game!