Good going Nintendo on distancing yourselves from that steaming pile of poop!
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Nintendo isn't promoting Overwatch switch, reportedly allowing for refunds
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They just don't want to involve themselves with the Blizzard Scandal atm, keeping a distance from them
I have to imagine that Blizzard would be understanding that the platform holder doesn't want an association with their scandal.
I just gotta go with Occam's razor here, they're still willing to sell the game on the platform and take a cut, so it's not so much 'good guy Nintendo' as much as it is 'keeping their head down until the scandal blows over Nintendo', especially since they're working on growing their own presence in China already.
Nintendo bought bus ads for Overwatch Switch in Sydney, Australia so they haven't completely avoided promoting it.
I just clicked "Buy Digital" on the NA website and got an error code.
EDIT: I just tried it with The Witcher 3 and it works, so it's not an eshop wide thing.
This is definitely a story. Nintendo dropped Overwatch like a hot potato in terms of promotion.
Officially they don't give refunds (...which is illegal?). Hearsay is that they do provide 1 full refund per account if you call them, but Overwatch is a "unique case" that doesn't apply to your account limit. I have no idea if any of this is true.
As I posted, it's not purchasable in Germany too. Is this on Nintendo or Blizzard?
Yeah I've heard they are in Brisbane too from friends in the city. It seems like a potential US blackout, maybe to keep Blizzard away from Us Nintendo.
It's listed in chronological order. Overwatch was a midnight release on Tuesday, and so it is listed first among the Tuesday releases.
Don't confuse this with Nintendo supporting HK. They just want to remain neutral. They are still partnered with Tencent for Switch release in China. Remaining under the radar is their best *business* move. It is still all about the money. So let's stop with the good guy Nintendo posts. No corporation has a soul or conscience.
Not in the US. I can still buy it. I'm seeing three listings for "Overwatch: Legendary Edition" and only one is purchasable though.
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Ah in EU.
I mean, kudos to Nintendo if this is over HK, but wouldn't it be more likely there's something wrong with the game? I can't imagine just straight up pulling it otherwise.
Likelier that TW3 is just selling better, no?
Though neither is on my bestsellers list.
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Y'all reachin' with all of the Switch Overwatch stuff so damn hard. The one thing I'd give you would be the cancelling of the event, which honestly makes total sense because it would have been a shitty time for the Blizzard staf/Nintendo staff in store, who most likely do not agree with what has happened and most certainly had no say in how it played out, but would get endless abuse from people all the same.
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Y'all reachin' with all of the Switch Overwatch stuff so damn hard. The one thing I'd give you would be the cancelling of the event, which honestly makes total sense because it would have been a shitty time for the Blizzard staf/Nintendo staff in store, who most likely do not agree with what has happened and most certainly had no say in how it played out, but would get endless abuse from people all the same.
Yep. Followed the links from the https://www.nintendo.com homepage and received error code 9001-1630 when going to the purchase confirmation screen.
Either Nintendo isn't playing or this an ill-timed coincidence.
Either Nintendo isn't playing or this an ill-timed coincidence.
That's because Overwatch is counted as a bundle, since it includes 3 months of nintendo switch online.
Bundled games don't show up on the best sellers list
The problem is not to partner with Chinese companies, the problem is when it compromises core values and moral principles.
It is not the case here so thats good.
Agreed. I doubt Nintendo is doing this for any other reason other than avoiding any controversy
Nah - people are just trying to convince themselves that Nintendo had some big as promotion plan for thé Overwatch release.
TW3 was always the more important release and Luigi's Mansion 3 is releasing soon.
Makes sense that they don't want promote Blizzard content right now...but I don't think they had alot planned anyway.
Those print jobs take a long time. Would have been all but complete before the shitstorm.
Yeah, that's what I was going for. But given Overwatch is a download even with the physical release, and that it's cheaper, compared to the Witcher which is a very large download digitally and comes with extra freebies physically, meaning it should be skewed more physical, well Overwatch should have been comfortably ahead of it.
Edit: never mind, apparently Overwatch is considered a bundle and doesn't appear on the best sellers list because of that.
I do n it want to disrupt the narrative you all are working so hard on, but I just went to the switch store on my phone and Overwatch Legendary is the first thing that shows
Overwatch was definitely planned to be the bigger push from Nintendo. It had the headlining spot in the Nintendo Direct, Nintendo partnered with Blizzard in the past for Switch hardware bundles, and TW3 promotion from Nintendo has been muted and minimal.
You can't buy it in Europe at least. It's there on both web and store but you can't complete the purchase.
I really don't understand these posts remotely even think a company would care about HK in any way
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