Nearly a yr after it got here to each different platform, Skyrim: Anniversary Version surprise-launched on the Nintendo Swap in the present day. The most recent 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 Swap, however apparently the value level is, no less than on this one odd occasion.
Bethesda has launched a ton of ports and updates to The Elder Scrolls V. Because it initially launched on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, it’s additionally come to every new technology of consoles, in addition to telephones, streaming platforms, and naturally, the Nintendo Swap. Final yr, the writer unveiled the brand new $50 Anniversary Version, to not be confused with the prevailing Particular Version. The principle distinction was that it had extra mod content material and fishing. Gamers might pay $20 to improve their current Particular Editions. Besides on Swap.
The 2017 model on Nintendo’s handheld that included a particular Breath of the Wild costume wasn’t upgradable till in the present day. Nintendo introduced the shock information in a tweet, but it surely didn’t take lengthy for folks to begin balking on the value:
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Whereas Swap video games are sometimes priced at a premium, Skyrim: Anniversary Version is the primary one which’s not an anthology, deluxe version, or DLC bundle to interrupt the $60 barrier. Video games are actually commonly doing this on PS5 and Xbox Sequence X/S, presumably as a result of blockbuster manufacturing prices practically double each console cycle. The Swap is 5 years previous although, and Skyrim is even older.
Plus, the Anniversary Version is just $50 on PS5 and Xbox Sequence X/S the place the new-gen upgrades had been free. And it’s nothing to do with the price of Swap SD playing cards both, because the $70 value is for the digital obtain. (Individuals who do already personal Skyrim on Swap can now, like their PlayStation and Xbox brethren, improve to the Anniversary Version for $20.)
My solely guess? The common model of Skyrim remains to be priced at $60 on Swap, and as an alternative 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 will have guessed should you’ve been round these components lengthy, Bethesda didn’t reply to a request for remark.
