I was a latecomer to the Switch. Those vouchers never seemed like a good deal. I feel like they’re a trap for newcomers and a way to make sure first-party games stay at the top of the most-sold list.
When I saw the voucher offer for the first time, I thought to myself: “I’ll do that when I want to buy some Nintendo games like Mario Kart or Metroid.”
Nope.
Not once.
In my region most of the games on the list are 49.99 so a 99.99 voucher for two isn’t worth it. I could save a little if I bought the newest games on the list, but they are cheaper in the brick-and-mortar shops but a couple Euros.
I never understood what it was so wtv.
It was a deal where you could spend $100 and get two vouchers for two games.
And since games often were priced at $59.99 (in the switch 1 days), you essentially saved $20 on two games.
However, the vouchers didn’t work on everything all the time. But if there were a couple of games you wanted anyway, it was a pretty good deal.
They were never worth it for me. I don’t know if it’s the same everywhere, but even with the discount the games on which they work are always cheaper in physical version.
Depends on your use case. I only buy digital and mostly get Nintendo first party games on release, so the vouchers have been super helpful for that.
I am sad about them ending it.
Opportunity to save money? Not with Nintendo…
With each passing day I’m happier I got a Steam Deck recently.
I love my Switch but I can’t stomach giving them any more money directly. Second hand unless and until they get more consumer friendly (not holding my breath).
Yeah same, I love my switch but my next console will either be a Steam deck or a Steam machine.
As for all the Switch 1 games, I’ll maybe give my local library a shot - I heard they have quite a few to borrow
My understanding is that the steam deck can emulate switch 1 games reliably
From what I’ve seen only at 720p and worse frame rate, even android handhelds are starting to outperform the steam deck on emulation
