Virtually a yr after it got here to each different platform, Skyrim: Anniversary Version surprise-launched on the Nintendo Swap immediately. 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 Swap, however apparently the value level is, a minimum of 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 era 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 immediately. Nintendo introduced the shock information in a tweet, however it didn’t take lengthy for individuals to begin balking on the worth:
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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 often doing this on PS5 and Xbox Collection X/S, presumably as a result of blockbuster manufacturing prices almost double each console cycle. The Swap is 5 years outdated although, and Skyrim is even older.
Plus, the Anniversary Version is barely $50 on PS5 and Xbox Collection 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 worth 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 continues to be priced at $60 on Swap, and as an alternative of lowering that worth by $10, Bethesda determined to simply add it on to the brand new sale worth. That’s all hypothesis after all. As you could have guessed for those who’ve been round these components lengthy, Bethesda didn’t reply to a request for remark.