Switch 2 GameCube controller will only be offered to those who pre-order the console
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In another bullshit move by Nintendo this time around.
Nintendo is just dedicated to shooting themselves in the foot as hard as possible with this launch aren't they?
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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.
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In another bullshit move by Nintendo this time around.
K. I'll just wait for the 8bitdo clone.
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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?
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.
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In another bullshit move by Nintendo this time around.
Initially. Still annoying but title is misleading.
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Initially. Still annoying but title is misleading.
I need a fucking online subscription to buy a controller???
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I need a fucking online subscription to buy a controller???
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...
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I need a fucking online subscription to buy a controller???
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.
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K. I'll just wait for the 8bitdo clone.
I wonder if the Mayflash GC adapter would work.
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I need a fucking online subscription to buy a controller???
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.
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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?
I think you can buy it later. They still sell all the NES, SNES and N64 controllers on their website.
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Nintendo is just dedicated to shooting themselves in the foot as hard as possible with this launch aren't they?
People are going to buy it anyway. There is no amount of abuse a Nintendo fanboy won’t endure.
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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.
- Periodically killing mods and fan projects
- going after palworld
- using last-gen hardware in their consoles
- never decreasing prices
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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.
I am using my Switch just fine without an online subscription. I guess Nintendo thinks I am using it wrong.
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I am using my Switch just fine without an online subscription. I guess Nintendo thinks I am using it wrong.
I mean, there’s plenty of reasons to not like Nintendo, but this whole thing is because the GameCube coming to their Online subscription. So I mean… it makes sense.
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I am using my Switch just fine without an online subscription. I guess Nintendo thinks I am using it wrong.
Right, but he sub is shareable and a pretty cheap barrier for entry... and required to play those GameCube games anyway.
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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.
But you don't have the sub (cheap when sharing a family pack) so you can't play the N64 games anyway.
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Right, but he sub is shareable and a pretty cheap barrier for entry... and required to play those GameCube games anyway.
I don't need it to play Smash with friends on the couch.
Really I shouldn't need the subscription for GC ports either. What's wrong with making them individual purchases like on the 3DS? (Answer: that's not monthly recurring revenue.)
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I am using my Switch just fine without an online subscription. I guess Nintendo thinks I am using it wrong.
Can you think of a better way to keep it mostly out of the hands of scalpers?
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Can you think of a better way to keep it mostly out of the hands of scalpers?
They must enter a unique switch serial number (that corresponds with inventory) to make the purchase? Don't see why it has to be contigent on a subscription.
