![[Switch] Fire Emblem 30th Anniversary (No Physical Game Included) $89.95 + Delivery @ EB Games](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/29/598429.jpg?h=5c522025)
First time posting - not technically a ‘deal’ but this has been sold out for some time. Just noticed EB Games now have limited stock.
[Switch] Fire Emblem 30th Anniversary (No Physical Game Included) $89.95 + Delivery @ EB Games
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Ldeepfriedchips on 17/01/2021 - 09:20 ebgames.com.au (1553 clicks)
Last edited 07/01/2022 - 17:27 by 2 other users
Last edited 07/01/2022 - 17:27 by 2 other users
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It been in and out of stock for weeks now. I manage to order one last night and it went out of stock right after my order.
not technically a ‘deal’
Don't worry, before launch when it was available for pre-order and I posted it in the forum it got taken down for post as a deal.
WhEn dID ThIS bEcOmE OzRRp?
seems expensive when there is no physical copy of the game
I have it and it is a very nice set. A lot of nice items for fans of the series. It does include a digital download code so it's not just trinkets etc.
It is a nice set, would have been even better with a physical cartridge instead of the digital code.
Yeah but there's no excuse.
Basically they tried to kill the second hand market for this game. No other reason.
Got nothing to do with second hand market. Its everything to do with the premium on game carts and the fact the game is 30 megabytes. Its cutting costs on their own expensive carts, nothing more.
Look I don't really understand this, all they had to do, was release a physical game and this would be fine, but as a digital code, it's not collectable so what's the point?
Cost. Nintendo saved money and they still sold out.
So the "cost" of the code by itself versus this is? Again, if this cost the same, and came with a physical game, it would make sense to buy, because it could become a collectable item. A code on cardboard? Completely disposable item.
Not disagreeing with you on cartridge vs digital in the package, already stated that a cartridge release would have been better above for a collector. Ultimately though whether the consumer wanted cartridge or not it still sold out worldwide and Nintendo saved money not having to use a cartridge for the small file size .
@User50301: Yeah that's a good point, assuming they'd sell both a physical and code game for the same money, this makes financial sense. Thanks for clarifying.
The other items are still collectable. Having a cart would be better for sure, but people do buy collectors editions of games second hand that don’t actually include the game.
Back in the day I was trying to get a collectors edition of Wrath of the Lich King and plenty of copies were selling for high amounts without the game or digital content being included (with the codes was far far more though). Price was too high and I never ended ok grabbing a copy myself, but it shows that the game itself is only one part of a “package” that collectors might pay a pretty penny for.
If it was me, I’d also prefer the cart, but I don’t think the sets worthless to many people without it. The fact it’s in such high demand points to this.
Seriously? That's so weird. I can't imagine in 20 years someone looking for 'this' collectable set to compliment their physical version, it's not matching it's not a set, this set goes with a code that's gone, it's just a poor value item unless as the buyer, you get value from the additional items that come with the game code.
unless as the buyer, you get value from the additional items that come with the game code
I mean isn't that kind of obvious? You either want these trinkets or you don't.
I can't imagine in 20 years someone looking for 'this' collectable set to compliment their physical version
This game hasn’t received a physical release for the Switch, on cart, so nothing to mismatch with.
it's just a poor value item unless as the buyer, you get value from the additional items that come with the game code
The game is $9 digitally, so if you aren’t getting value out of the physical items, even the inclusion of a cart would make it a pretty poor deal. Long term I guess there’s the benefit that the digital copy is a limited availability release, so it’ll be hard to access later on (until they inevitably re-release it again), but for buyers today this collection is literally 10x the eShop price so I think most buyers would need to get some value out of the other items to make it worth while.
Personally I buy carts too where possible so not going to say that’s not preferable, but yeah, there’s a market for these releases. If you look at PC, basically every release for the past 15 years has been a one time use DRM locked CD key and people buy those too, so it’s not completely dissimilar. I also expect home consoles will see this more and more with MS and Sony both shipping consoles with no DVD drive, but the companies will still likely want to have some retail presence. Suspect we’ll see PS5 and Xbox titles at some point commonly shipping to retail as a box with a CD key.
@Smigit: So all I mean here is, the additional content has a limited appeal that it comes with a disposable game.
You are right, it can't be both sold out and there not be a market for this, nor do these people likely not know what they're buying, it's too obscure for people to simply throw money at something random, so to buyers, I hope they enjoy their purchase.
We might be seeing the beginning of the end for physical games, so I think it's worth talking about.
We might be seeing the beginning of the end for physical games, so I think it's worth talking about
It’s headed that way. Even when there is physical media there’s often a mandatory download because not all the content is on the physical media. Switch games have this quite frequently due to there being different cost for publishers based on whether they use an 8, 16 or 32GB cart. Many cheap out and put a part of the game on an 8GB cart, but then have a mandatory download to get the rest. Some games aren’t playable without that download, where other cases maybe it’s partially playable or 1 game only in a 2-3 game collection is on cart.
With that happening on the Switch and both MS and Sony shipping consoles without disc drives, it’s pretty likely that’s where things will go.
with the codes was far far more though
Imagine the code didn't even work anymore (either unavailable in the store, or defunct servers etc), you'd be seething!
Yeah, would only go with a reputable dealer. At the time I think it was $3-$500 to get a copy of the game from memory, well above what I was prepared to pay to get a few mounts and the art book on top of what the standard edition had.
At the time the original World of Warcraft collectors set sealed was $1k+, so I promptly ruled that out too.
Both were several years after release and no retailer had them any more.
Aliexpress sell NES cartridges with some 500 games on them for as low as $15 aud. Since I imagine it's a niche product, they would have decent markup and limited production which would increase price.
Nintendo would be able to make a physical cartridge for this, at volume, for less than 2% of the product cost.
Should have made the cartridge. I'd only be interested in it if that were the case, and I imagine many others to. Throw in the digital code, at literally no cost to them, and both sides are happy to buy this.
Financially it seems to me it's either better to release a physical version
Wish this was a actual remake and not just a rom. I mean they already have a modern engine and 1, BS and 2 are barebones
Mother 3 when?
So they made the effort to produce an original NES cartridge replica, but then include a download code for the game? lol?
Should have made a physical cartridge100%
A CE without the actual game is the biggest fail I have ever seen in a CE before. Hence the reason why I never got this.
This whole 'limited edition' tactic by nintendo is getting old, false scarcity etc
Literally every product gets 'sold out' now: nintendo game and watch, ps5, xbox etc etc
Now out of stock