Did you wish for yet another version for a 10+ years old game?
Well, whether you did or not, you're gonna get it... again.

But this time, there's a little caveat.
While the Anniversary Edition seems to offer almost every add-on available for Skyrim in a single package, alongside some new Creation Club content, the price tag for the new version becomes the very first Nintendo game to be offered at a full price tag of $70 and, according to Nintendo's site, seems to be a digital only release at the moment of writing.

While users can still purchase the previous version of Skyrim on Switch for $60 (which hasn't lowered in price since release), the new exclusive Anniversary Edition currently sits at the new full $70 dollars price tag.
It is currently unknown if other devs, or if even Nintendo themselves, will start releasing games for this new full price of $70 for Nintendo or other consoles going forward, but most likely this will be an inevitable event to unfold in the near future.

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[Sonic Angel Knight]

Must be an amazing game to cost that much on switch... especially since nintedo the last console to get the game.

 

[linuxares]

Imagine paying for gaems

I pay for games I think are good and worth it. Someone still have to support the developers at the end of the day

 

[ertaboy356b]

So just fuck anyone who bought the game before ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Seriously, the Switch is looking more and more like the worst way to game by the day

You can pay $20 to convert your copy to the Anniversary Edition AFAIK.

 

[jt_1258]

it barely justifies full price to begin with much less that, wow

 

[x65943]

Fun fact, many N64 games originally retailed for $70, and a few at $80

This was mostly due to overhead from the price of manufacturing the cartridges

70USD or the price of SM64 on launch day would be about $130 today

 

[KingVamp]

Must be an amazing game to cost that much on switch... especially since nintedo the last console to get the game.

Until new consoles come out. The PS9 version is going to be amazing.

 

[Jayro]

I'd imagine it would be okay for someone that's never played Skyrim before, having everything included in the purchase is not terrible... For them.

But yeah, this is some Todd Howard bullshit right here.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

Until new consoles come out. The PS9 version is going to be amazing.

Isn't that what grand theft auto 5 is aiming for?

 

[K3Nv2]

Fun fact, many N64 games originally retailed for $70, and a few at $80

This was mostly due to overhead from the price of manufacturing the cartridges

70USD or the price of SM64 on launch day would be about $130 today

A video actually popped up on my feed years ago about when the N64 came out and how the console retailed for $200 if we take an inflation calculator from 1996 the N64 today would've cost around $350 and games probably would have been $70. We should feel so lucky that their are other platforms such as PC now days where we can find game keys hella cheap it may not be physical but it gives us a chance to play the full game at a cheap price today

 

[Guacaholey]

I don't know what's worse: the fact that Bethesda thought they could get away with charging $70 for Skyrim, AGAIN, or that people will probably buy this.

It's available as a $20 upgrade of you have Skyrim already, I wouldn't say it's worth it since there's no mod support and probably no support for future CC DLCs.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

I'd imagine it would be okay for someone that's never played Skyrim before, having everything included in the purchase is not terrible... For them.

Honestly I like the complete editions. Especially if dlc gets out of hand. But I honestly think it should cost less than $60. $30-40 is a good balance considering how old a game is by the time it is "Complete"

I wouldn't mind buying the complete edition on disc and then maybe passing on the "incomplete" edition to someone else who wants it. I just like knowing I have everything all in one package. Especially since they don't keep digital shops open forever and if they close, or lose license and get delisted, it's gone. No way to recover without mods or hack... ("piracy") in quotes cause I mean is mostly abandonware if I can't purchase.

 

[BaamAlex]

I don't know what's worse: the fact that Bethesda thought they could get away with charging $70 for Skyrim, AGAIN, or that people will probably buy this.

I would say both xD

 

[supergamer368]

$70 for ANY version of Skyrim is delusional. It's $50 elsewhere, still not great, but why charge an extra $20? As much as I'd like to say, "no one's going to buy that", clearly someone is. It's like Todd Howard said: "If you want us to stop releasing it, stop buying it."

 

[Reploid]

Yet it's still old shit without any meaningful improvement.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Ninteconomists will defend saying this is good.

I wish Nintendo games would lose their resale value to teach those cretins a lesson.

 

[DJPlace]

seeing this price i TOOK an ARROW to the KNEE!

 

[mrgone]

how much space would this dead cow take up on a switch ?

 

[Jayro]

Honestly I like the complete editions. Especially if dlc gets out of hand. But I honestly think it should cost less than $60. $30-40 is a good balance considering how old a game is by the time it is "Complete"

I wouldn't mind buying the complete edition on disc and then maybe passing on the "incomplete" edition to someone else who wants it. I just like knowing I have everything all in one package. Especially since they don't keep digital shops open forever and if they close, or lose license and get delisted, it's gone. No way to recover without mods or hack... ("piracy") in quotes cause I mean is mostly abandonware if I can't purchase.

Yeah, I agree with you there. I buy lots of physical game carts for switch from Limited Run Games because they come "complete" with all dlc and updates.

 

[x65943]

Ninteconomists will defend saying this is good.

I wish Nintendo games would lose their resale value to teach those cretins a lesson.

Unfortunately the value of something is simply what someone will pay for it, so as long as nin10yearolds exist nintendonium will be worth lots of money

 

[ChibiMofo]

I don't know what's worse: the fact that Bethesda thought they could get away with charging $70 for Skyrim, AGAIN, or that people will probably buy this.

What's worse is that people will happily buy it anyway, which is why Bethesda is smart to do this. If you people would only organize and learn to boycott together, this industry would be far better. Until then, they will justifiably treat you as walking ATMs.