Fortnite Nintendo Switch bundle hits shelves on October 5th

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The increasingly popular Fortnite is getting its own Nintendo Switch bundle. The bundle comes with the Switch console, Fortnite, in-game items, and 1000 V-Bucks, the in-game currency. The PS4 Fortnite bundle, in comparison, gives you one in-game item and 500 V-Bucks.

 

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Worst bundle Nintendo has made
They take a free to play game & don't even bother to skin or change the color of the the dock or joy cons.

LAZY
 

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That's the easiest, and pettiest route to take. We are at a point in the gaming world where apparently ANY freebie is a good one. Which is highly pathetic and rather irrational when back in the genesis days you could get up to THREE free AAA titles and a second controller with the purchase of a console. Modern day "sales" and offers are not that great and apparently we're just settling for less than mediocre.
Well, in that case wouldnt it be better to blame the way the industry have become in the last decade instead of hating a free game that has nothing to do with that?

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People choose the strangest things to get angry about.
Exactly. The nintendo siwtch online subscription is a real problem that should make people angry about, but yet here we are, arguin about a bundle.
 
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ill bite . . . is psn and xbox live "a real problem" of course not neither is nintendos service . . . any retorts?
Are we going to start this again? There is an official thread there if you want to illuminate yourself on why the service is mediocre at best.
 

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People choose the strangest things to get angry about.
Excuse me, Fortnite is an abomination to the gaming community and to gamers everywhere. No self-respecting geek would touch Fortnite with a ten-foot pole, and the fact that Nintendo is bundling this sad sack of a game with its console only goes to show how far they've fallen and how desperate they've become. Unacceptable. None of my money is reaching Nintendo's pockets, from here on out. This bundle is an affront to all of my sensibilities.

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Yeah, it's stupid. Somewhat surprised that Nintendo chose to bundle a third-party game with the Switch, but it's nothing Microsoft and Sony haven't done several times already.
 

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More poison, don't eat it.

Honestly though:
-this f2p poison crate loot box bundle
-Recycled WiiU games
-Ports from 2011 still tbreleased
-Paid online, gotta jump through a hoop and pay to play their incredibly small library of games, I'm not trusting tendo with any banking details and also not walking to the store to buy the code.
-Wth Nintendo, they've really trashed my memories in a way and lost the wholesome brand

They should of marketed the "free online" aspect of the system and they would have a lot more people and devs in their corner
 

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Effort free marketing decision.
Parents know Nintendo and they know Fornite, and plus the Switch is the cheapest system on the market. It's obvious that this is what a ton of children are getting for Christmas this year...

...and sadly it's not Metroid Prime IV, which I'd probably rather be playing. ;)
 
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Well, this is new for me, a console bundled with Inexistent items. for a Free to play game.
This is getting ridiculous.
What's next? a warframe bundle?

Don't jinx us.


OK, that was amusing. Not in a good way, but amusing still.
Now, if the skin or whatever they are offering were Nintendo themed, it might be worth the bundle, but i digress.

A Nintendo only skin would be pretty cool. Hell, they gave the new galaxy a one of a kind skin. Albeit some people were abusing demo models but that's neither here nor there.


I don't get all the hate here. Fornite sucks, it's a free game, yes, but this has no additional cost. It is THE most popular game right now and is sure to bring a lot of people in, due to the game's online nature it's important to remind the potential players that this one port will receive enough attention. Also this is literally the only game you can play online without paying for a stupid subscription on Switch from today onwards. Surely people who buy this will also get other games and increase the system's potential as a whole.
That's most likely going to be the case. Fortnite it "The Game" right now. Regardless of what some folks think of it, that's fact. The artwork on the box stands out, so it's easily recognize. 1000 vbucks is the equivalent of like $10.00 If the price is no different than that of a basic Switch. A person who's been thinking of getting a switch and plays Fortnite may very well pick this up. Then use those vbucks to buy the season pass. Finally you get some free "items" whatever those are. Like the quote b4 you, a custom skin would be nice.
Honestly it's not a bad deal. Is it a bundle in the traditional sense? Probably not. Still, a bundle regardless.
 

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Effort free marketing decision.
Parents know Nintendo and they know Fornite, and plus the Switch is the cheapest system on the market. It's obvious that this is what a ton of children are getting for Christmas this year...

...and sadly it's not Metroid Prime IV, which I'd probably rather be playing. ;)
A brand new switch costs 300 usd. A brand new ps4 fat model costs 250 usd.

uh?
 

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