{"id":85587,"date":"2019-02-28T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/02\/want_resident_evil_on_your_switch_youd_better_have_deep_pockets"},"modified":"2019-02-28T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T14:15:00","slug":"want-resident-evil-on-your-switch-youd-better-have-deep-pockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/28\/want-resident-evil-on-your-switch-youd-better-have-deep-pockets\/","title":{"rendered":"Want Resident Evil On Your Switch? You&#8217;d Better Have Deep Pockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3ba8497a24758\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3ba8497a24758\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Stranger!\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3ba8497a24758\/stranger.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/3ba8497a24758\/stranger.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Stranger!\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>The news that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/resident_evil_hd_remaster\">Resident Evil HD Remaster<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/resident_evil_zero\">Resident Evil Zero<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/resident_evil_4\">Resident Evil 4<\/a><\/strong> are all coming to Switch was met with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/02\/a_trio_of_classic_resident_evil_games_is_coming_to_switch_this_may\">positive response recently<\/a>, even if Capcom has made the whole purchasing approach totally and utterly confusing. While North American players can get the HD Remaster and Zero in a lovely box, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/02\/fans_start_petition_for_capcom_to_release_resident_evil_4_physically_on_switch\">Resident Evil 4 is download-only<\/a>, and European Switch owners <em>only<\/em> have digital options. Still, these are three <em>fine<\/em> video games irrespective of how they are delivered, and to be able to play them on Switch is <em>great<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>However, it would seem that Capcom is very much in favour of the infamous &#8216;Switch Tax&#8217; as it has priced all three games at \u00a329.99 each in the UK, and $29.99 each in North America. So if you want the trio, you&#8217;re looking at an investment of \u00a390 \/ $90 \u2013 compared to the \u00a340 currently being asked for a triple-pack of the same three games on PS4 and Xbox One in the UK (the games are also available individually on those consoles for around \u00a316).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RE4 on Switch is \u00a330? Are you having a laugh? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Capcom_UK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Capcom_UK<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Liam Robertson (@Doctor_Cupcakes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Doctor_Cupcakes\/status\/1101114696390856705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>That&#8217;s one <em>heck<\/em> of a price hike, and quite hard to swallow when you consider these are digital games and <em>not<\/em> physical releases. Sure, the Switch versions will offer portable play which is a bonus, but outside of that, they&#8217;re the same games that PS4 and Xbox One owners have been playing for ages \u2013 so why do they cost so much more?<\/p>\n<p>Will this price point impact your purchasing choice? Let us know with a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The news that Resident Evil HD Remaster, Resident Evil Zero and Resident Evil 4 are all coming to Switch was met with a positive response recently, even if Capcom has made the whole purchasing approach totally and utterly confusing. While North American players can get the HD Remaster and Zero in a lovely box, Resident [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}