Which games are you holding off buying due to their price?
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My Switch is collecting dust
- Thread starter MrConbon210
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Which games are you holding off buying due to their price?
What is to be expected from a "collecting dust" thread?
Having a PC really does eliminate a good amount of the games the switch has to offer. I still only own Mario and Zelda.
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Xenoblade 2, Mario Tennis, any of the Wii U ports, Mario + Rabbids (which I have seen on sale to be fair just never picked it up).
Hey so do other people's electronics only collect dust when they're not being used? Because I really don't think the overall amount of dust in my apartment changes. Maybe there's something wrong with my apartment?
Im like the OP but more exaggerated.
I haven't bought any other games outside of botw and mario o.
I'm waiting for smash u and yoshi craft.
I haven't bought any other games outside of botw and mario o.
I'm waiting for smash u and yoshi craft.
You should try Mario and Rabbids. Its a surprisingly fun strategy game and its 3D. It also regularly goes on sale for $30 at retail.
Yes Smash Brothers is a multiplayer focused game with a ton of depth, that's why we're excited for the series. Many of us play games with other people.
Also Switch has proper controls lol.
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I'm going to be using it when Pokémon and Smash come out. There's just been this huge gap in purchases that seem worthwhile to me.
Not if you value portability, which believe it or not, is a big selling point for the Nintendo Switch.
It's why games like Dead Cells and Hollow Knight sell much more on Switch than PS4.
And the "literally the only place with Nintendo games" aspect. Yes.
Switch is a nintendo system. Nintendo games go on it. If you have no interest in either Nintendo or portability, maybe this isn't for you?
Yes because I'm here shitting on the OP. Totally the same.
If you think the OP is meaningless then that's fine just ignore the thread. Other people clearly think it's worth discussing. Is that much to ask?
I have about $500 worth of games on my eShop wish list.
Yeah, the price of Switch games is definitely it's worst aspect, but as others have said, OP, your issue is not with the Switch, but rather your taste in games, your funds, and your odd opinions on independent game development.
Yeah, the price of Switch games is definitely it's worst aspect, but as others have said, OP, your issue is not with the Switch, but rather your taste in games, your funds, and your odd opinions on independent game development.
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Hollow Knight came out months before on Switch than PS4 to be fair.
I don't think Super Mario Party is disappointing anyone. It's been heralded as the best Mario Party game in years and years. Sure, people have been complaining that there are not enough boards, but considering how poor the MP series has been for so long, no-one had reason to have particularly high expectations of this game and everyone has been pleasantly surprised.
I have a switch pretty much only for Nintendo games. It will never be used as much as my xbox/pc/ps4.
Not really an issue for me. Haven't turned mine on in a few months.
When smash gets here, it will be used again.
Not really an issue for me. Haven't turned mine on in a few months.
When smash gets here, it will be used again.
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I've seen on sale on the eshop but I've been dumb and missed it. Waiting for it to drop again so I can pick it up.
Yeah it's been a bad year if you owned a Wii U and don't really care about the portability and so have no reason to buy third party games on it. Hopefully next year will be a lot better, especially from Japanese publishers.
As an owner of the Wii U, 2018 has been a really bad year for my Switch. I picked up the expansion pass for Torna, Celeste and will pick up Smash.
That's what you got from those two comments?
They were doing nothing of the sort...
Edit: this comment was in response to your first line before you edited on your second. I'll bold the part I refute to be clear.
I'm kinda on the same boat. XB2 Torna was the first Switch game I bought this year. Otherwise, I only really used my Switch for ARMS's Party Crashes & Splatoon 2's Splatfests (plus the occasional XB2 grind, which could be more fun now that I have the Expansion Pass). The only games I actually own are...
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (plus DLC)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
- ARMS
- Splatoon 2 (plus DLC)
- Sonic Mania (plus DLC)
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (plus DLC)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna - The Golden Country
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Splatoon 2 feels very different from Splatoon 1 to me. The maps, the new weapons, and specials all change the dynamic quite a bit. The new modes obviously are great as well.
I don't know, this all sounds like a you issue. There are many, many games on the Switch I personally want to play that I have but haven't completed yet, and many more that I want to buy. But I can't because I'm addicted to Splatoon. Overall, I don't think there's a shortage at all. You can look at metacritic or the eshop threads here for recommendations.
I don't know, this all sounds like a you issue. There are many, many games on the Switch I personally want to play that I have but haven't completed yet, and many more that I want to buy. But I can't because I'm addicted to Splatoon. Overall, I don't think there's a shortage at all. You can look at metacritic or the eshop threads here for recommendations.
The eShop has plenty of great stuff in it. "Bombarded with garbage" is as hyperbolic as it comes. The sales aren't as good as those found on PSN or Steam but I've never had any trouble finding something that interested me. These past few months have been filled with great games like Iconoclasts, Wizard of Legend, Dead Cells, Hollow Knight, Into The Breach... I've also picked up older gems like Battle Chef Brigade and Joe Dever's Lone Wolf from the sales section on a monthly basis.
Other consoles have had their catalogs building up for half a decade so of course you're going to see "great" games on sale. Though I feel like your definition of "great" probably means "AAA". The Switch is for Nintendo games and lots of fantastic indie titles. Which you don't seem to care for all that much. Nor do you care about the portable nature of the Switch. So... yeah, it kinda makes sense that it's collecting dust in your case.
Other consoles have had their catalogs building up for half a decade so of course you're going to see "great" games on sale. Though I feel like your definition of "great" probably means "AAA". The Switch is for Nintendo games and lots of fantastic indie titles. Which you don't seem to care for all that much. Nor do you care about the portable nature of the Switch. So... yeah, it kinda makes sense that it's collecting dust in your case.
I dont have a switch but price is main factors I dont own one. Cant be asked to pay £55 for joyconns etc. So agree with OP on that.
Hoping for some more AAA games and decent BF bundles.
Hoping for some more AAA games and decent BF bundles.
OP- I think you should actually take the advice of some people in this thread, or just sell the console. I'm not really sure what you're trying to achieve otherwise.
Mods- please can we not have so many duplicate threads about Switch stuff, it just clogs the board up all the time. I don't understand why we can't have a single thread for all the "the Switch has no interesting games" complaints.
Mods- please can we not have so many duplicate threads about Switch stuff, it just clogs the board up all the time. I don't understand why we can't have a single thread for all the "the Switch has no interesting games" complaints.
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I don't have a problem with indie games themselves but moreso the large majority of them are retro style 2D roguelikes is metroidvanias. I'm not a fan of those types of games. I've loved games like Journey, Unfinished Swan, and Outlast.
I'd say the console just doesn't sound like it ever really was for you OP. It's mainly geared towards busy folk who travel often or people who just like mobile gaming in general and families, as well as people who like playing games in a social fashion with other people; it doesn't sound like you fit into any of those categories. You may like it more as you get older and get into the work force, get married, have kids and that whole nine yards, as I can tell you that I and many other fellow fathers and mothers that I know all love our Switches. For my money it's simply the most convenient console ever made for families, and for that it's probably my most used console currently with Xbox One X in second.
Some of the replies in here are harsh. I can relate though OP. I've been playing Dead Cells and The Messenger. I've enjoyed those games, but there was a huge gap where it went unused.
The real kicker is there is still some games i want to pick up valkyria chronicles 4 and monster hunter but i wanna clear out some backlog first plus the torna expansion for xenoblade 2 is eating up my game time.
Not getting much use out of my Switch either. But one of my favorite games this year was on Switch (Xenoblade 2) so no complaint. And I'll get around to Torna "soon-ish".
Not really any other games this year I have been interested in - my main platform is PC, so the amazing amount of indies for Switch already exists there. Also rarely using it in handheld mode.
Only played BotW, Odyssey and Xenoblade 2 on the Switch. All of them were great though, so could be worse. My PS4 was the Bloodborne machine for quite some time :D
Not really any other games this year I have been interested in - my main platform is PC, so the amazing amount of indies for Switch already exists there. Also rarely using it in handheld mode.
Only played BotW, Odyssey and Xenoblade 2 on the Switch. All of them were great though, so could be worse. My PS4 was the Bloodborne machine for quite some time :D
Did people post about how their ps4's were collecting dust in 2014/2015 and say "If you're a PS3 owner, and also if you don't count the features the PS4 has special to it, the PS4 is a paperweight" on GAF? Another honest question.
Good luck with waiting on a good sale on those Nintendo games, especially in the eshop. You will be waiting until Switch 3 and still getting a max discount of 50%.
Lol ok. I hope next time you make a thread and people start posting "cool story" that you take it as a positive remark about your thread and not basically shitting on it.
I dunno. My PS4 is collecting dust now. Persona 5 is boring and DQ XI is better on PC. I got Spider-man but don't feel like playing it.
If I have spare time I'd rather game on my PC or lay on the couch with Switch.
Doesn't seem interesting enough to make a topic about though.
Why would Nintendo's titles ever go down that much in price? Battlefield 1 is $5 because it is a yearly franchise that is made obsolete every year when the next game comes out and the majority of the playerbase moves over. We are very close to Battlefield 5's release date, so...yeah they are going to heavily discount the game to get as many sales as possible before the new one comes out and no one gives a shit any more. Nintendo games are NOT like that, and there is absolutely no way you didn't understand that going in...because Nintendo games have NEVER gone down in price like that, the closest is when they do like a Player's Choice/Nintendo Select's line, and even then those are $20+
Not gonna lie, mine is too.
I'm not normally a Nintendo guy, but I was intrigued by this system. I've learned my lesson now.
I'm not normally a Nintendo guy, but I was intrigued by this system. I've learned my lesson now.
I havent really picked up anything on the PS4 in the last few months. Rented DQ so im playing that, Dont care about GOW and Spiderman I can get around Black friday. So i guess I understand the op. Tho I wouldn't make a thread about it. If I was not really enjoying the system I'd just get rid of it.