In another bullshit move by Nintendo this time around.
Remember, Nintendo tried to sue a grocery store in Costa Rica. Maybe don’t support them.
Remember Nintendo… please feel free to list the hundred other crappy things they did here.
Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console
Submitted 6 days ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
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neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 days ago
hoshikarakitaridia@lemmy.world 6 days ago
- Periodically killing mods and fan projects
- going after palworld
- using last-gen hardware in their consoles
- never decreasing prices
carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
using last-gen hardware in their consoles
I mean there’s nothing inherently wrong with that (if only they charged last-gen prices as well lol)
but anyways here’s a bunch more shit they’ve done:
- killing emulation projects
- patenting basic gameplay elements
- sued a man so hard he was forced to pay them part of his income for the rest of his life
- charging full price for basic rereleases
and for a few older ones, just to show that they’ve been shitty this whole time, actually:
- attempting to kill game cheating devices (like the game genie)
- preventing 3rd parties from releasing games on competitor’s consoles, essentially giving themselves a monopoly
- attempting to kill video game rentals
Atherel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 5 days ago
It’s ironic considering their early days in gaming. They were targeted by Universal over a BS lawsuit for using “Kong” in Donkey Kong and him being a gorilla like King Kong.
Now they’re pulling the same crap on smaller people/businesses and also working with the very company who did the lawsuit to bring their games to the movies.
JoeTheSane@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Bullshit. They are doing that to cause a fever of pre-orders in the US despite the tariffs. Within a year, they will be on shelves.
can@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
JoeTheSane@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yeah, I saw that, but I read it as they were not doing them on the same date to do a wait-and-see with the Cheeto-faced shitgibbons tariffs.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 6 days ago
Or they will be worth their weight in gold like GameCube Component cables
seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 6 days ago
K. I’ll just wait for the 8bitdo clone.
blackjam_alex@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I wonder if the Mayflash GC adapter would work.
SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Yes, Nintendo! Please paywall my nostalgia of the very first game console I ever played! Charge me an exorbitant price during a economic crisis to satisfy my childlike need to regress to a time before I understood what money was!
Mikrochip@feddit.org 5 days ago
Hang on, Nintendo fans are into findom? That would explain a few things. On a related note, I think I finally understood why people keep giving Chris Roberts money for Star Citizen.
XM34@feddit.org 5 days ago
I mean, I bought the starter ship for SC which was 40€ I believe and I still play occaisonally. I’d say I definitely got my money’s worth out of that game.
SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Lol gimps trying to squeeze as much profit as they can get from the people
ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
Nintendo is just dedicated to shooting themselves in the foot as hard as possible with this launch aren’t they?
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
[deleted]Viri4thus@feddit.org 6 days ago
Average reaction of a Nintendo fanboy to abuse:
Step 1: this is expensive Nintendo: kawaiiiiii Step 2: shut up and take my money you cute souless overlord
Abnorc@lemm.ee 5 days ago
They are the only real family oriented console AFAIK. At least on PC, there isn’t a huge emphasis on local coop. This makes a steam deck a harder sell to people just looking for the casual family games. Nintendo on the other hand is committed to releasing games like this with every generation, and they don’t seem big on games with a restrictive age rating. I’m sure that wins points with parents.
I’d love to tell families that they should just buy a steam deck, but I don’t know if it’s the right choice TBH.
ianhclark510@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
You’re totally right
Schmoo@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
I have the version that was made for the OG Switch and the build quality is garbage tier. Developed stick drift in both sticks in less than a month.
can@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Really? I have the Wii U ones and they put up with a lot of abuse. The rubber on soke the sticks would have completely deteriorated but they still input accurately.
It’s honestly what’s made me so bitter about the Joy Cons.
Nikls94@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Totally, my white Wii U one turned to SNES-Yellow overnight lol First the bottom half, just overnight, then two weeks later the top half.
Still going strong after 4500 hours of smashing
als@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
I’m intrigued to see if the new switch, with its higher price tag, lasts any longer or if it’s gimped to make consumers keep buying replacements again.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 days ago
sure i’ll only buy my contollers for nintendo consoles from 8bitdo from now on. good idea, nintendo.
Nikls94@lemmy.world 5 days ago
It’s just the first batch, calm down…
Abnorc@lemm.ee 5 days ago
I guess they don’t want your money if you’re not buying the switch. Strange move, but I guess it’s their prerogative to alienate more consumers.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 days ago
or if you can’t afford it when you get the console.
alehel@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
I can’t buy any of their classic controllers here in Norway. Never understood why we were left out.
JakobFel@retrolemmy.com 6 days ago
Nintendo keeps shooting themselves in the foot. On one hand, as a PCMRer and massive fan of Valve, I’m glad to see how many are open to moving over here. On the other hand, Nintendo was the last console manufacturer I actually liked (despite their anti-emulation crusade) and so it’s like a death of an era.
The future really is in console-like PCs a la the Steam Deck and Valve’s upcoming Fremont.
tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 6 days ago
Gross.
skankhunt42@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
The Nintendo GameCube (GCN) Controller – Nintendo Classics will be exclusively available for Nintendo Switch Online members and will initially only be offered to those invited to pre-order a Nintendo Switch 2 console
Does this suggest I can buy it later or am I going to have to pay scalper price if I want it?
TheThrillOfTime@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
I think you can buy it later. They still sell all the NES, SNES and N64 controllers on their website.
slimerancher@lemmy.world 6 days ago
I think you’ll always need NSO sub if buying directly from Nintendo, but pre-order rule only seems to be because of scalpers, so that only those who can actually use it, buy it.
kandoh@reddthat.com 5 days ago
I bought the one they released for the Wii U and it only worked for Smash
excral@feddit.org 5 days ago
That one was a reissue of the original GameCube controller with the original connector and everything. It works on the original GameCube and Wii and with the USB adapter that was released with it, you can use it or any other GameCube controller on the WiiU, Switch and maybe even Switch 2.
This new controller looks like a GameCube controller, but is something entirely new. It is a modern wireless controller that mimics the GameCube controller shape and button layout but won’t work on the original GameCube, at least not without some additional adapter hardware
Etterra@discuss.online 5 days ago
I always used wave birds back in the day.
can@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
Image
Initially. Still annoying but title is misleading.
catloaf@lemm.ee 6 days ago
I need a fucking online subscription to buy a controller???
Thistlewick@lemmynsfw.com 6 days ago
At least it gives people who are using their switches a chance to buy one, instead of them selling out in seconds to a network of bot accounts before winding up on eBay for $300+ the following week.
It’s not the perfect system, but I can understand why they are doing it.
doctortofu@reddthat.com 6 days ago
I mean, it’s Nintendo - if there was a way to somehow automatically charge your card every time you say, hear or think the words “Nintendo”, “Mario” and such, they’d do it without hesitation…
can@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
That’s been standard for the switch retro controller releases. And yes it’s been bullshit the entire time. I would have liked an N64 one.
TheOctonaut@mander.xyz 6 days ago
A controller that is useful only when you have that online subscription to play the back catalogue, yes.
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days ago
Yes, it’s the same for their other classic controllers.
Copernican@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Lol yeah. It makes sense. You don’t want your peripheral for the console to sell out to buyers that just want to use it for emulation.
Abnorc@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Does it make sense? Emulation is going to happen one way or another. If Nintendo sold a GC controller that is PC compatible, they’d at least make some money from those buyers.
Railcar8095@lemm.ee 6 days ago
But… I want it for emulation… Any good reliable 3rd party out there?
victorz@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Well that got me all worked up for no reason, didn’t it.
Thanks for the clarification.
COME ON, OP!