Nintendo revealed a Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition Switch 2 edition yesterday out of nowhere, and it’s available now. The Switch 2 edition costs $64.99, or if you happen to own the Switch version, you may upgrade for $4.99. Nevertheless, physical copies of the regular Switch version of the remaster are currently on sale, which suggests you may technically get its Switch 2 edition for quite a bit less.
Physical copies of Xenoblade Chronicles X retail for $59.99, the identical because the digital version that is currently available through the eShop. When Nintendo made its big Switch 2 upgrade announcement, nonetheless, the physical version of the sport was on sale at Amazon, Best Buy, and GameStop. I expected that to vary after the upgrade’s reveal, but here we’re the next day, and Xenoblade Chronicles X remains to be on sale.
You Can Technically Get Xenoblade Chronicles X’s Switch 2 Edition For $45 As an alternative Of $65
It’s a major price cut across all three of the retailers mentioned above. Amazon and GameStop are selling the sport for $39.99, and it’s barely costlier at Best Buy where you may pick up a duplicate for $41.99. You possibly can’t see the value until you add the sport to your cart at Best Buy, whereas the costs are prominently displayed on Xenoblade Chronicles X’s Amazon and GameStop store pages.
Buy a physical copy of Xenoblade Chronicles X for $40, and which means you are technically buying the $65 Switch 2 edition for $45. Simply purchase the $4.99 upgrade pack through the eShop, and your base $40 version of Xenoblade Chronicles X will probably be upgraded to the $65 Switch 2 edition, effectively costing you simply $45.
PlayStation Has Made This Mistake Before
This is not the primary time studios have made this oversight, if that is indeed an oversight in any respect, and because it’s Nintendo we’re talking about here, I’d hazard to guess it almost definitely is. PlayStation didn’t anticipate people buying physical copies of The Last of Us Part 2 when it revealed individuals who already owned the sport could upgrade to its remaster for $10. By picking up discounted copies, quite just a few of you bought the upgrade totally free.
You possibly can tell that was an oversight because when Horizon Zero Dawn got the identical treatment, the pieces were already in place to be sure that couldn’t occur again. If you ought to play Xenoblade Chronicles X in 4K, running at 60fps in your Switch 2, and you ought to do it for $45 as an alternative of $65, I’d pick up a base copy before Nintendo clocks what is going on on and contacts those retailers to inform them to return it to its full $59.99 MSRP.