Get Ready: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Might Be More Expensive Than You Thought

We’ll have a new Nintendo Direct event in a few hours with a variety of Switch release announcements coming up. But not everything would be good news, as in recent hours estimated price leaked than expected The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomand it would be higher than thought.

Last night, the game was up for sale on the Nintendo Switch eShop in exchange for $69.99. The data was published on Twitter through a popular account. Vario64 And it didn’t take long to go viral. As you can imagine, the reaction from fans waiting for new adventures with Link in the title role was not the best.

It is still unknown if The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom actually it will cost 70 bucks. Shortly thereafter, the information was removed from the official Nintendo Switch store. what makes you think of two things: that someone made a mistake and quoted the price prematurely, or that it was just a mistake.

The second scenario seems the least likely, given that a few minutes after the leak Amazon, GameStop and Best Buy have stopped pre-sales of the game. All three companies offered The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom priced at $59.99.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom it wouldn’t be cheap

It remains to be seen if the leaked price is final or if it refers to a special edition of the game that could be announced today. Although, of course, the latter does not seem very feasible. If $69.99 is indeed the standard edition The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomwill definitely become on a hot topic of controversy in social networks.

Although this is also reality Nintendo won’t be the first to charge $70 for a video game.. Sony has been doing this with its PS5 AAA titles for a long time, while Microsoft announced late last year that it would be following the same path with its Xbox exclusive offerings from 2023. And to this we must add that Valve has also increased the suggested prices. for games on Steam.

Of course, no one likes when this happens. But the price The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom this may just be another example of a trend the industry is chasing. Of course, if it is confirmed that it will be sold for those $70.

Regardless of what happens in the economy, it is a fact that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will enter the market next May 12. This date marks the release of one of the most anticipated games by Nintendo Switch fans in recent years. Will its price be a cause for disappointment after numerous launch delays?

Let’s see if Nintendo has something to say about this at the Direct event in the next few hours. The advertisement of the Japanese company will last about 40 minutes. and will focus on Nintendo Switch games in the first half of 2023.. It starts at 5:00 PM ET – 11:00 PM in Spain – and you’ll get all the news right away on hypertext.