2y ago

$70 Mortal Kombat 1 Switch version called "robbery" as graphical comparisons flood the internet

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Fans have taken to the likes of X (formerly Twitter) and TikTok to question NetherRealm's decision to market Mortal Kombat 1 as a $70 Switch release. It has been called "robbery" and "disrespectful" to users.

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2y ago

$70 Mortal Kombat 1 Switch version called "robbery" as graphical comparisons flood the internet

www.eurogamer.net /70-mortal-kombat-1-switch-version-called-robbery-as-graphical-comparisons-flood-the-internet

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Realistically it's entirely possible it took more platform specific work to make the switch version viable than anything else.
It's not their fault it's lesser hardware.
- Realistically it's entirely possible it took more platform specific work to make the switch version viable than anything else.
  It's possible, but that's wild speculation, and I think pretty unlikely.
  It's not their fault it's lesser hardware.
  It's their fault for releasing a 70$ game on "lesser hardware" while not spending the time to get it working and looking well-enough. They didn't have to release it.
  
  It's not wild speculation. The CPU is 20 tiers worse than dogshit and getting anything that's even a hint of demanding to even function at all on it is a lot of work.
- Yeah I looked and idk what to say - it looks like a switch game.
  If you bought a switch, which was an extremely underpowered when it was released 6 years ago, and then get upset when AAA games releasing on current gen consoles look like dogshit... You have nobody to blame but yourself.
- It doesn't look like a hardware issue. Yes, the less powerful hardware is what forced graphical changes, but it looks like an art direction problem.
  The changes mostly fail to capture the essence of the original design. The characters look like they were ripped from the SIMs.
  No one is expecting the same lighting, textures, or poly counts, but they do expect something that looks like Mortal Combat. That isn't an unreasonable expectation.
  You're right that this may be a budgeting issue of sorts, but if they can't set aside enough resources to make it look like some sort of Mortal Combat game, then maybe they shouldn't have made the port.
If you’re buying this (or anything other than Nintendo exclusive games) for your switch, it’s because you don’t have any other options and likely only own a switch
If you had a PC or a PS5, you’d buy it on that.
So switch only owners would pay whatever for it, but the rest of us wouldnt
- I mean, not necessarily - they might be buying it on the switch because they want a "mobile" version and don't own a steam deck.
  But yeah, ultimately if you own a switch, you should know what to expect by now from anything that isn't a first party Nintendo title (and even then it can be a bit hit or miss from a performance standpoint)
  
  I admit I haven't really touched my switch much since I got a Steam Deck.
  
  Sounds like they should accept their inferior switch version, or invest in better hardware.
- Not always true; some games work really well on handheld/portable devices and the Switch is really good for that. The Binding of Isaac springs to mind.
- I own a ton of games on my switch that aren't switch exclusives. I travel a lot and use it like a Gameboy on planes, in hotels etc. Anyone using a switch entirely as a home console experience, ya silly to not buy games on PC etc instead.
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What a horrendous website.
It probably cost more in development to port the game to Switch than any other console. Graphics quality is irrelevant when users willingly buy a device with worse hardware than consoles. This seems like a case of "fans" wanting to eat their cake and have it too.
- But it also puts it closer to the mobile market than console, especially given that the switch essentially has a mobile soc
- You're one of the first people I've seen use the cake metaphor correctly.
Seriously, it's a product for sale. Don't like the price, vote with your wallet and don't buy it. What's with the manufactured outrage for every topic nowadays
- People are complaining because they don't like a thing, that's fine. Same as you're complaining in this post. Call companies out on their bullshit. Also don't buy bullshit, that's a good point too.
  
  Because it doesn't qualify as bullshit. Company made a product, set a price. Either you find it worth the price or not, but either way what's the reason to kick up a fuss over an optional good
- I don't like how many posts cater to outrage lately, true.
  But I don't think this one is manufactured.
  
  Yeah, manufactured might have been the wrong word. Pointless? Uncalled for?
- I don't think it's "outrage". It's people making fun of the port on x and the website capitalizing on that to publish a story
  
  They're calling it robbery and disrespectful. I'm not seeing where the joke is
For the quality offered the cost was very steep, but its also true the Switch doing some major heavy lifting already.
- What does that mean, the Switch doing some major heavy lifting?
  
  The hardware the game is running is painfully terrible in 2023.
  
  While the OP meant it the way he answered you, the way I see it used most often colloquially is that when someone or something does the heavy lifting especially in gaming, they are providing the bulk of the work. Like doing the heavy lifting in a team game equates to carrying the team, or saying a character does the heavy lifting instead of the player, means the character is overpowered and carrying the player (or vice versa).
I've seen phone games look better
- I've seen Switch games that look better.
Well that makes sense. The switch is a less powerful platform, an intentional trade off for the mobility. And at this point, it's on the older side. Either accept the trade off so you can play on an airplane or buy a more powerful modern device like a steam deck.
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To all people who buy switch and say it's not about the graphics, it's about the experience, this is what you get.
I'm not criticizing them saying this , I'm just making a point that switch as inferior hardware and you can't expect to have the game with the same graphics as ps5. The game price is not tied to the graphics, it's tired to the amount of work they had to put in it, which I'm sure is a lot
- Experience expensive
Do people not realize that some, if not all store fronts have a clause that the base price of a game has to be the same on other storefronts.
I know its true for steam vs other pc store fronts, but i believe its probably true for consoles as well.
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Inb4 the "omg this is so entitled I swear I mean you guys are sending us DEATH THREATS I have PROOF that DEATH THREATS were sent to the developers (by our firm's sockpuppet accounts) and that is so uncool stop being so ENTITLED" PR statement
- Ah, the Disney defence. “Everyone who dislikes our movie is a racist/misogynist.”

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