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It's unbelievable how much I loath Nintendo these days. Hard to believe I use to love them growing up. I got a Nintendo switch last year from Walmart. The f*in

by atum47 3y ago

It's unbelievable how much I loath Nintendo these days. Hard to believe I use to love them growing up. I got a Nintendo switch last year from Walmart. The f*ing came used (apparently someone in the store played some Zelda in it, put it back in the box and sold to me as new). Walmart said they couldn't do anything when I emailed them about the issue. Anyways, the switch came with no games. Nothing. Zero. So, naively I subscribed to the Nintendo online service, which I believed would be like Xbox game pass. Not at all. The service only let you play online. The only thing i got out of it was some SNES emulation. Moves like that and the ones this news cover pushes fans away.

Kranar 3y ago
Sounds like you have an issue with Walmart. Why would Nintendo be at fault because you bought an opened package? As for your other comment, you can buy a Switch bundled with games or without games. Looks like you either bought the standalone console or the person you claimed sold you the used Switch took the game.
infotainment 3y ago
Walmart has like the most lenient return policy imaginable (as you evidently found out). Why would you not have just returned your previously opened Switch at the regular returns counter?
throwawayk7h 3y ago
Don't forget that Nintendo put Gary Bowser -- a man in a wheelchair, with two kids -- in prison for a year. Now he owes 30% of his income to Nintendo for the rest of his life. He made Switch mod chips. Until Nintendo walks that back, I will pirate all future nintendo games and donate the cover price to Bowser's gofundme.
- mitthrowaway2 3y ago
  I am not a lawyer but a prison sentence doesn't seem like a possible outcome from a civil lawsuit. That must have been a criminal case against him, which means he was prosecuted by the state / the Crown, rather than Nintendo. I don't know the details though.
- theshackleford 3y ago
  Nintendo did no such thing and you’re talking complete nonsense.
npteljes 3y ago
No issue that you described comes from Nintendo. And you could have downloaded ~100 free games from the eShop. https://www.dekudeals.com/games?filter%5Bprice_range%5D%5Bmin%5D=&filter%5Bprice_range%5D%5Bmax%5D=0 https://www.dekudeals.com/games?filter%5Bprice_range%5D%5Bmi...
- crtasm 3y ago
  That list is misleading you. Just looking at the first page I can instantly spot: Assassin's Creed - not free, must own the full price game collection. Animal Crossing: New Horizons Island Transfer Tool - not a game. BLAZBLUE CROSS TAG BATTLE SPECIAL TRIAL - a demo. Capcom Arcade - free to download but you need to buy the games within. Control - time limited demo of a fullprice single-player game. requires internet access. Coloring Book titles - arguably not games. Crunchyroll - not a game. Cyber Protocol Prologue - appears to be a demo. F-Zero 99 - great game, requires a paid Nintendo subscription. ...and a load of free-to-play titles that manipulate people to spend money.
  - npteljes 3y ago
    I agree, it's not the best example. But I still think that my original point is valid: the Switch is rich with games and what OP was missing is just information, literal seconds of googling. Here are 16 games that are free to play on Switch: https://www.ign.com/articles/best-free-nintendo-switch-games https://www.ign.com/articles/best-free-nintendo-switch-games Here are 500+ games that have playable demos: https://www.dekudeals.com/games?filter[demo]=available&sort=metacritic&filter[type]=game https://www.dekudeals.com/games?filter[demo]=available&sort=...
    - crtasm 3y ago
      I believe most of those fall under "free-to-play titles that manipulate people to spend money" plus require an active internet connection (I wasn't clear if offline gaming was desirable for OP) but yes - I agree that there is free gaming to be had.
noirbot 3y ago
Not that there aren't plenty of good reasons to hate Nintendo, but you're mad at them because Walmart committed fraud selling you one of their products, and then you didn't look up what something they sell does before you bought it and you're made it didn't live up to your unfounded expectations? It's not like you can't buy games online through the Switch store, and I'm sure Walmart would have sold you games. It's also not as if all Nintendo consoles used to come with free games and they stopped doing that. Maybe for a special edition version, but not as a default.
frio 3y ago
Nintendo Online is something like $33/year where I live; Xbox Games Pass (the version with actual games) is $263.40 (the version with a much more limited subset of games is $155.40). I assume the price difference is similar in the USA; the two products -- at least to me -- seem quite clearly different.
theshackleford 3y ago
“Walmart did a thing and I can’t perform basic product research before purchase and this is nintendos fault somehow” good stuff champ.

by atum47 3y ago

Kranar 3y ago

Sounds like you have an issue with Walmart. Why would Nintendo be at fault because you bought an opened package? As for your other comment, you can buy a Switch bundled with games or without games. Looks like you either bought the standalone console or the person you claimed sold you the used Switch took the game.

infotainment 3y ago

Walmart has like the most lenient return policy imaginable (as you evidently found out). Why would you not have just returned your previously opened Switch at the regular returns counter?

throwawayk7h 3y ago

Don't forget that Nintendo put Gary Bowser -- a man in a wheelchair, with two kids -- in prison for a year. Now he owes 30% of his income to Nintendo for the rest of his life. He made Switch mod chips. Until Nintendo walks that back, I will pirate all future nintendo games and donate the cover price to Bowser's gofundme.

mitthrowaway2 3y ago
I am not a lawyer but a prison sentence doesn't seem like a possible outcome from a civil lawsuit. That must have been a criminal case against him, which means he was prosecuted by the state / the Crown, rather than Nintendo. I don't know the details though.
theshackleford 3y ago
Nintendo did no such thing and you’re talking complete nonsense.

npteljes 3y ago

No issue that you described comes from Nintendo. And you could have downloaded ~100 free games from the eShop. https://www.dekudeals.com/games?filter%5Bprice_range%5D%5Bmin%5D=&filter%5Bprice_range%5D%5Bmax%5D=0 https://www.dekudeals.com/games?filter%5Bprice_range%5D%5Bmi...

crtasm 3y ago
That list is misleading you. Just looking at the first page I can instantly spot: Assassin's Creed - not free, must own the full price game collection. Animal Crossing: New Horizons Island Transfer Tool - not a game. BLAZBLUE CROSS TAG BATTLE SPECIAL TRIAL - a demo. Capcom Arcade - free to download but you need to buy the games within. Control - time limited demo of a fullprice single-player game. requires internet access. Coloring Book titles - arguably not games. Crunchyroll - not a game. Cyber Protocol Prologue - appears to be a demo. F-Zero 99 - great game, requires a paid Nintendo subscription. ...and a load of free-to-play titles that manipulate people to spend money.
- npteljes 3y ago
  I agree, it's not the best example. But I still think that my original point is valid: the Switch is rich with games and what OP was missing is just information, literal seconds of googling. Here are 16 games that are free to play on Switch: https://www.ign.com/articles/best-free-nintendo-switch-games https://www.ign.com/articles/best-free-nintendo-switch-games Here are 500+ games that have playable demos: https://www.dekudeals.com/games?filter[demo]=available&sort=metacritic&filter[type]=game https://www.dekudeals.com/games?filter[demo]=available&sort=...
  - crtasm 3y ago
    I believe most of those fall under "free-to-play titles that manipulate people to spend money" plus require an active internet connection (I wasn't clear if offline gaming was desirable for OP) but yes - I agree that there is free gaming to be had.

noirbot 3y ago

Not that there aren't plenty of good reasons to hate Nintendo, but you're mad at them because Walmart committed fraud selling you one of their products, and then you didn't look up what something they sell does before you bought it and you're made it didn't live up to your unfounded expectations? It's not like you can't buy games online through the Switch store, and I'm sure Walmart would have sold you games. It's also not as if all Nintendo consoles used to come with free games and they stopped doing that. Maybe for a special edition version, but not as a default.

frio 3y ago

Nintendo Online is something like $33/year where I live; Xbox Games Pass (the version with actual games) is $263.40 (the version with a much more limited subset of games is $155.40). I assume the price difference is similar in the USA; the two products -- at least to me -- seem quite clearly different.

theshackleford 3y ago

“Walmart did a thing and I can’t perform basic product research before purchase and this is nintendos fault somehow” good stuff champ.