Nintendo Nintendo's 'Voucher' program is really dumb.

[Derek]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/kotaku.com/new-switch-discount-program-is-unnecessarily-complicate-1834818311/amp

 

Pay 100 bucks to 'maybe' save 20 bucks on old games.

[chakoo]

Very, sure Nintendo games don’t go on sale frequently but opportunities to get the games for less do come up. Like i’m sitting on a $50 Canadian ($30 off) preorder for Metroid.

[XxEvil AshxX]

Why can't Nintendo just have seasonal sales like everyone else? Why they gotta Nintendo?

[Biggie]

2 minutes ago, XxEvil AshxX said:

Why can't Nintendo just have seasonal sales like everyone else? Why they gotta Nintendo?

Cause everything they do is ass backwards

[Remarkableriots]

42 minutes ago, XxEvil AshxX said:

Why can't Nintendo just have seasonal sales like everyone else? Why they gotta Nintendo?

Because Nintendo knows that the players buying Nintendo games are mostly diehard fans who will pay that premium price. 

[GameDadGrant]

The voucher is good for a year or so. You could potentially use it to get a discount on a new game in the future.

 

But yeah...not sure if this is an actual good deal or not. Maybe for new owners of Switch, I guess.

[Hurdyb1]

SMH, Nintendo.

[Paperclyp]

4 hours ago, Remarkableriots said:

Because Nintendo knows that the players buying Nintendo games are mostly diehard fans who will pay that premium price. 

I don’t think this really holds. 

[Brian]

Mario Maker 2 and Fire Emblem for $100 seems like a good deal for digital copies 

[crispy4000]

Essentially, a way to get Nintendo online free for year with the purchase of two new games.

 

Nintendo Online should already be free to begin with.  Hard pass unless I find two must owns from them this year.

 

[DarkStar189]

Couldn't they just make it easier and have a list of qualifying games, where you add 2 of them to your cart and you get a $19.99 discount at checkout? 

[Ghost_MH]

14 hours ago, ManUtdRedDevils said:

Mario Maker 2 and Fire Emblem for $100 seems like a good deal for digital copies 

 

This is likely what I'll do. I know I'm buying both of those games, so why not.

[Pikachu]

If they do add every new release to the voucher program, it's not a bad way to save money if you are buying day one for full price.

[Xbob42]

1 hour ago, Pikachu said:

If they do add every new release to the voucher program, it's not a bad way to save money if you are buying day one for full price.

I'd say any time you convert your valid-in-perpetuity cash to expires-in-one-year vouchers, it's a pretty bad way to spend money, especially if your plan relies on something being released within that window and also being added to the list.

 

If it didn't have an expiration date, I'd feel much better about it. Release dates and video games are notoriously unreliable. But you can bet the expiration for this voucher isn't.

[Rodimus]

This is a lame deal. I get it save $20 on two Nintendo games you buy digitally. However since it is Nintendo offering a discount of games this is news. I'm not going to participate in this because I can get 20% new physical games until December.

[Jason]

3 hours ago, Rodimus said:

This is a lame deal. I get it save $20 on two Nintendo games you buy digitally. However since it is Nintendo offering a discount of games this is news. I'm not going to participate in this because I can get 20% new physical games until December.

 

Where, Best Buy?

[Zaku3]

11 minutes ago, Jason said:

 

Where, Best Buy?

Probably they honor GC until your sub expires.

 

.y last 20% off title is Fire Emblem via amazon prime.

[JosephManderley]

It’s simple... want 2 games that would come to more than 99?  Buy the vouchers.  You don’t... then don’t.

 

Nobody is forcing you to participate.

 

That being said, I wish Nintendo etc. Would stop worrying about pissing off physical retailers and sell digital games cheaper anyway.  Without cart costs, distribution, retailer cut etc...  Digital games could easily be 30% cheaper.

[Brian]

Add Dragon Quest Builders 2 to the list

 

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190522005244/en/Nintendo-News-DRAGON-QUEST-BUILDERS-2-Digital

[Alpha1Cowboy]

Really gonna miss my Best Buy gamers club when it expires 

[Biggie]

Think I may buy these since I’m going to download Marvel and Fire Emblem. Might as well save $20. You buying these @GameDadGrant

[GameDadGrant]

@Biggie

 

Nah, I’m gonna pass. I’ve been buying physical copies of games on Switch, and I don’t see that ending anytime soon. The vouchers don’t do much for me, personally.

 

I may have been enticed to buy ‘em if I had only just gotten a Switch, and I could save some dough on games I know I wouldn’t mind owning digitally. Stuff I could potentially play for the foreseeable future, like Mario Kart and Smash. 

 

The “free” Nintendo Switch Online membership would have been the cherry on top, too. 

[Rodimus]

On 5/20/2019 at 4:20 PM, Jason said:

 

Where, Best Buy?

Yes, In December my Gamers Club expires. I bought it for Nintendo games since they rarely see a discount. Also it has made cheap games cheaper. I also have 20% off Used games at GameStop but that ends in July.