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Almost a yr after it got here to each different platform, Skyrim: Anniversary Edition surprise-launched on the Nintendo Switch right this moment. The latest model of the beloved 2011 open-world RPG features a bunch of DLC, mod content material, and fishing. It’s additionally $70 on Nintendo’s handheld hybrid. Gotham Knights and Callisto Protocol aren’t coming to Switch, however apparently the worth level is, at the least on this one odd occasion.
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Bethesda has launched a ton of ports and updates to The Elder Scrolls V. Since it initially launched on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, it’s additionally come to every new era of consoles, in addition to telephones, streaming platforms, and naturally, the Nintendo Switch. Last yr, the writer unveiled the brand new $50 Anniversary Edition, to not be confused with the prevailing Special Edition. The major distinction was that it had extra mod content material and fishing. Players may pay $20 to improve their present Special Editions. Except on Switch.
The 2017 model on Nintendo’s handheld that included a particular Breath of the Wild costume wasn’t upgradable till right this moment. Nintendo introduced the shock information in a tweet, nevertheless it didn’t take lengthy for folks to start out balking on the value:
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While Switch video games are sometimes priced at a premium, Skyrim: Anniversary Edition is the primary one which’s not an anthology, deluxe version, or DLC bundle to interrupt the $60 barrier. Games are actually often doing this on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, presumably as a result of blockbuster manufacturing prices almost double each console cycle. The Switch is 5 years outdated although, and Skyrim is even older.
Plus, the Anniversary Edition is just $50 on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S the place the new-gen upgrades had been free. And it’s nothing to do with the price of Switch SD playing cards both, for the reason that $70 value is for the digital obtain. (People who do already personal Skyrim on Switch can now, like their PlayStation and Xbox brethren, improve to the Anniversary Edition for $20.)
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My solely guess? The common model of Skyrim continues to be priced at $60 on Switch, and as a substitute of decreasing that value by $10, Bethesda determined to simply add it on to the brand new sale value. That’s all hypothesis in fact. As you’ll have guessed if you happen to’ve been round these elements lengthy, Bethesda didn’t reply to a request for remark.