Nearly a yr after it got here to each different platform, Skyrim: Anniversary Version surprise-launched on the Nintendo Change at the moment. 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 Change, however apparently the value level is, not 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 era of consoles, in addition to telephones, streaming platforms, and naturally, the Nintendo Change. 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 may pay $20 to improve their present Particular Editions. Besides on Change.
The 2017 model on Nintendo’s handheld that included a particular Breath of the Wild costume wasn’t upgradable till at the moment. Nintendo introduced the shock information in a tweet, nevertheless it didn’t take lengthy for folks to begin balking on the worth:
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Whereas Change 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 repeatedly doing this on PS5 and Xbox Sequence X/S, presumably as a result of blockbuster manufacturing prices practically double each console cycle. The Change is 5 years outdated although, and Skyrim is even older.
Plus, the Anniversary Version is simply $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 Change SD playing cards both, for the reason that $70 worth is for the digital obtain. (Individuals who do already personal Skyrim on Change 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 Change, and as a substitute of decreasing that worth by $10, Bethesda determined to only add it on to the brand new sale worth. That’s all hypothesis after all. As you might have guessed for those who’ve been round these elements lengthy, Bethesda didn’t reply to a request for remark.
