I don't think Nintendo's Gold Points system gets enough credit
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Hard disagree. Getting 1% on physical game purchases is laughable and barely worth the effort. In addition, if you buy new games that are older, you don't even get that. I got an error code for my Kirby star Allies copy I bought new saying the redemption was "expired".
The gold points system is their way of curbing used sales and the disparity in physical vs digital makes that clear. The 5% you get from Nintendo purchases doesn't justify that Nintendo games are often more expensive even with discounts. Club Nintendo had far better prizes.
The gold points system is their way of curbing used sales and the disparity in physical vs digital makes that clear. The 5% you get from Nintendo purchases doesn't justify that Nintendo games are often more expensive even with discounts. Club Nintendo had far better prizes.
As someone who is mostly digital on Switch it's been great and resulted in getting a lot of indie games on sale for very cheap.
Worth the effort ? You don't have to do anything lol.
I basically got every Mii costume DLC pack for Smash Bros for free from this
they were points I'd earned on games I just naturally bought anyway, so the costumes were essentially free
they were points I'd earned on games I just naturally bought anyway, so the costumes were essentially free
Fair enough. I feel like it's a pretty raw deal for anyone who buys physical but I will still buy physical for resale value.
No, considering I'd save that money if a lot of titles on Switch had decent sales. Plus, like moeman said, this summer I bought Mario Odyssey but I couldn't retrieve any points.
They're small consolation prizes honestly. It's better if they exist obviously, but I must say I wouldn't really notice if they stopped giving them
They're small consolation prizes honestly. It's better if they exist obviously, but I must say I wouldn't really notice if they stopped giving them
They expire. Nintendo continues to be awful at anything that doesn't involve making franchise sequels.
After about a year I think. But yes they eventually expire. So do your Platinum points as well.
In addition to expiry, you get particuarly shafted on retail games too. Regardless of the fact that you can only register a game once to your account, the registration of the individual cart is unique too, That means no second-hand registrations (Unless the original owner didn't do it in the first place) which is fair enough, but you only get 1% of the retail value for a physical cart rather than the 5% you get for digital.
As a European, I say "Bring back the Stars Cattalogue!"
As a European, I say "Bring back the Stars Cattalogue!"
Eh. The ability to earn back pennies that expire isn't something I think is praisable. It is a nice bonus if you buy enough games and make that become a good discount for a single game. Yet, I prefer they wouldn't be so backwards on doing discounts to the point that that is a solution people think is praisable.
I mean, compared to Microsoft Rewards its utter garbage but it's better than nothing.
Well their games don;t launch like a shitshow and be 50% off in a month so there's that.
I've gotten a bunch of discounts and even free games because of the points, so yeah, I'm a fan. It would be better if they didn't expire, but just because something isn't perfect, it doesn't mean it's not good. Saying it doesn't matter because prices don't drop a lot doesn't make sense, there are loads of games with big discounts all the time, only first party games don't get big price drops.
It's better than nothing but I'm not sure it really deserves any praise either. The arbitrary expiration dates and stipulations like not being able to earn gold points on physical games that are a year old makes the whole thing kind of whatever. I guess if you're stacking them up over a year and spend them before it expires then it's a nice bonus, but ultimately you get such a small return on gold points compared to what you paid that it just ends up being free tax (or just a portion of it) on purchases here and there and not much else. Xbox has a much better rewards system.
So out of curiosity, I checked my nintnedo account and saw that a handful of points will expire at the end of January, so I went and used them all to buy some gem things in Pokemon Unite. No plans to buy any other Switch games.
Honestly, it sounds like anybody who likes the Nintendo points hasn't tried any other storefront.
Honestly, it sounds like anybody who likes the Nintendo points hasn't tried any other storefront.
It's awful compared to club nintendo which was what it had to live up to.
It's the bare minimum as far as reward programs go. Like 1% back is less than a lot of credit cards ffs.
The only time its decent is for the digital purchases, but even then it's not great and is small compensation for losing resale optionality.
It's the bare minimum as far as reward programs go. Like 1% back is less than a lot of credit cards ffs.
The only time its decent is for the digital purchases, but even then it's not great and is small compensation for losing resale optionality.
The time limit makes sense since some physical games are heavily discounted or on clearance so the exchange rate would be whack without it.
One of the things with the old ClubNintendo points system is people who hoarde shitty games for $1 or the Ds or something and get the same amount of points as someone buying a new release , collect those points, buy out the merch on the store then flip it on eBay.
i barely but anything and have $10 saved up in 12 months, that's from buying a few physical games and cashing in the free points, and most of the points came form a few full priced digital games.
Considering I can't trade in my digital games, I am at least getting something for purchasing said digital games. Physical games offer two for one, in the sense that I can claim 1% of the purchase value in gold coins while also being able to trade it back/sell in the future. Not really sure why people would complain about the physical side when you can at least trade it and get some money back.
Why do people talk like Nintendo has never put a sale on ever? Certainly they keep the first party hostage to high prices, but I've also seen plenty of their first party games discounted during sales time.
Prices going down over time isn't limited to shitshow launch games.
To cherrypick, compare the price of BotW and HZD on their respective stores.
no, but it's highly correlated and if you buy physical you can resell them at near full price. And mind you, the minimal (33%) discounting generally applies to their 1P releases only.
3rd party stuff get the shitshow discount all the time and since gold points sytem applies to every game, if you buy a shitshow game for full price you at least get something out of it. lol.
Requires a bit of effort but yeah you can get some insane rewards with the MS program.
They have the best rewards program. Nintendo slots in second easily since Sony doesn't have one. I didn't realise my points expired on Switch. Probably lost heaps as a result.
That's less than a single $60 game being on sale for $40
Because the 1st party sales are very infrequent and rarely substantial. There are a bunch of Nintendo games I'd be interested in for $20-30 but they just never hit those prices so years later I still haven't bought them