What's going on boys and girls what's up world Austin John plays here and today
we're gonna be taking a look at the brand new Nintendo switch game vouchers
this is my first recording in the new studio which is an acoustically treated
and there's tools everywhere but just ignore that for them yesterday we have
to take a look at Super Mario maker 2 coming out for the Nintendo so it's June
28th they also really tried to push the online service in that you're gonna get
a bundle of Super Mario maker and the online service and it's $70 and you save
$10 with that however exclusive to the people who have the online service you
now have the option for Nintendo switch game vouchers for a limited time I'm
logged into my Nintendo comm over here and basically what it is is you pay
$99.99 hundred bucks and you get to download two games digitally for the
Nintendo switch is your option if you want to preload them or if you want to
purchase something that's already out it's completely up to you also there's
no time limit so you could buy them now and redeem a game a year from now if we
take a look at the voucher compatible games which just sounds like such a
weird title there's games such as one to switch which is $49.99 and then you have
full price games like Super Mario maker 2 that doesn't come out yet also breath
of the wild Mario Kart 8 deluxe Mario Odyssey splatoon twos armed Xenoblade
been at a2 digital version sushi striker things like that now obviously if you
were to pay $99.99 and choose to buy one to switch which I never recommend anyone
do and then also sushi striker both are $49.99 that comes to a total of 99
dollars and 98 cents so if you did that you'd lose one penny it's actually more
expensive to get the vouchers so obviously that's not what he's supposed
to do he's supposed to get the $60 game so anything that's $59.99 so let's say
for example you just picked up the Nintendo switch you have the online
service and then you want to get breath of the wild and Mario Odyssey you could
do that and save about 20 bucks which is
fantastic the problem is it's not fantastic one you get a digital only
download and you don't get the physical copy I'm a big fan of physical copies of
games I have some of them over here worse than that is so on Amazon you can
get Legend of Zelda breath of the Wold for 52 dollars and 15 cents five dollars
shipping for some reason it's not prime eligible o cuz it's used and it's sold
from someone else however if we were to look for the Legend of Zelda breath of
the wild and maybe call a certain video game stopping place that sells used
games let's see how much it costs there
hi do you guys have The Legend of Zelda breath of the wild for this switch do
you have any pre-owned copies if you had it pre-owned could you tell me how much
it would be okay awesome thank you very much all right so no surprise there's no
breath of the Walden stock in my local video game stops store however if they
did have it it'd still be $54.99 I mean it was game of the year that
makes sense and with their store based rewards program it comes out to about
$49 the same price as the game voucher but most importantly you're getting a
physical Super Mario Odyssey on the other hand is
a completely different story searching on Amazon for the use section it starts
at like 40 bucks so after tax and shipping it's like 43
and then it's 47 48 49 so there's a very good chance that you can find a physical
copy of Mario Odyssey for less than 50 bucks
Xenoblade 2 which is on the list you could get it new and used from about 40
bucks Mario Cart a deluxe also held its value
up so it's like 48 69 Pokemon let's go Pikachu oh is prime
gible for $45 so that's weird or you could get it digitally for 60 but you
could get it brand-new sealed for 45 it when it comes to this there's a lot of
games that are kind of like you're not saving any money for anything that's
currently out granted this is aimed at one specific audience one you don't want
physical to you want a game as soon as it comes out so say for example you want
Super Mario maker as soon as it comes out or Luigi's Mansion 3 or pokemon
sword or shield or something like that and you want it day one and you have a
few extra bucks now then yes it is worth it for any legacy games that are already
out you're usually better off other means whether it's Amazon or looking for
a used game or whatever else when it comes to digital only purchases it is
the best deal if you're someone who does not want any physical games for their
switch if you do everything digital if you are one of the mad lads who went out
and spent five hundred dollars on the brand-new one terabyte micro SD card
compatible for the switch by the way I use the four hundred gigabyte micro SD
card that's on sale always on Amazon if you ever need massive storage for your
Nintendo switch it's fifty $6.99 I've seen this drop down to like the 45 ish
50 ish area and guaranteed if you're gonna wait until you know Black Friday
I'm gonna see if those prices go down significantly more but only if you're
that person who wants it all digital which there's usually never discount on
Nintendo's digital games than it is worth your money other than that not
great I just think it's fantastic that this is how far they are going to push
the online service now granted this is exclusive to if you have the online
service essentially you pay $20 a year for the online service and now they're
like hey we'll give you $20 in savings if you buy two games brand-new and
that's the justification of it so essentially if you think about it that
way it's a wash you're getting the online service for free so stop
complaining about it getting access to all of the classic NES
games that they have on there which there's more popping up all the time and
special versions of the games that give you different power-ups or different
moves etc like that and then you also get compatibility with the Nintendo
switch mobile app so it's a great deal the online service and like I don't know
why people are complaining still on the Microsoft website six months of Xbox
Live is $40 what's gold I don't know if there's a
difference between the different colors oh and then you also get touches 99 yeah
there's there's no reason to not have the online service they're trying to
save you money they really are and like you could go above and beyond and get
the Mario maker - plus the online service and save another $10 bottom line
is no one should complain about the online online service they're doing
everything in their power to justify its price and its necessity to play online I
just wish that the smash servers actually worked that's all I wanted so
guys I want to know your thoughts on the Nintendo switch game vouchers are they
worth your money or they're a big old ripoff leave a comment down below if
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