 Hey everyone before we get into this video. I'm gonna remind you we have a giveaway going on right now for a hundred dollars cash Money all you got to do is go down to the description or the pin comment to find out how to enter now Let's get into this video a bit I you know, I haven't been making videos the last few days I was on a mini vacation with my children and all that over the weekend Wanted them to have a good time. We were fully vaccinated in this house now So we feel a bit more free to go on little vacations like we did this weekend but what's interesting is that we are looking at What videos to make for my channel and I usually cover news Or rumors Sometimes I'll have a nice discussion piece and I had a few ideas rolling around and I do have some upcoming videos on Some gaming accessories and hardware here. Hopefully by next month But I actually wanted to take a look at this interesting thing Nintendo is doing with xenoblade Chronicles 2 so The big Chronicles 2 came out way back in 2017 the excellent torna DLC, which was even more visually impressive than the original game and Ram better and was just jam packed full of content came out in 2018 and to date is the most popular xenoblade Chronicles game ever It's it's over 1.5 million in sales. We haven't really seen a big sales update on its sense Maybe it's hit 2 million It's hard to know but it was the most popular xenoblade Chronicles game ever and we recently got Pyra and Mithra Added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which for those who don't know who didn't pay any attention those are characters specifically or really a dual personality character from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 now What Nintendo did is Something that there probably was to push digital sales Maybe But it's had an interesting effect. So Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is Reportedly not only sold out worldwide. I mean that's just the way it is you might be able to find a rare local retailer Right now that has a copy and if you do Get it and if you can find a physical copy of the torna one the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 with the torna DLC Buy it now if you can find it at any of your local stores buy it right now I'm telling you this MSRP price buy it now because according to price charting comm which tracks You know it tracks various Video games and gives you their pricing services trading cards and other things figurines, etc But basically attracts collectibles Xenoblade Chronicles 2 has gone out of print. So because the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 with the torna DLC Has gone out of print prices have shot up the loose sale price right now for the standard edition physical copy of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is right around 90 Dollars the complete price is at a hundred and eight dollars and forty five cents Brand-new sealed all that jazz a hundred and forty dollars and forty eight cents Yeah, now you might be able to find it used. I think Certain game stops might have a few used copies hanging around although since the torna torna DLC came out Yeah, good luck with that But when you look at Amazon eBay and all that the price is shooting up because you cannot find this game Anymore and there aren't any new shipments coming it is as far as we're aware Nintendo is not printing any more of these physical copies now when you talk about the torna version when you got the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 With the torna DLC physical which there's even less of those than there are of the original Xenoblade Chronicles 2 out there The loose price for that is a hundred and one dollars the complete price is a hundred and thirty five point nine eight and New price is a hundred and seventy six point three five Now loose price for those wondering are basically if you just have the cartridge But you do not have the box art So if you're wondering like what the heck's the difference between the loose price and the complete price This price is literally if you just have the physical cart, but you no longer have the box They'll pay that just for the cart if you have the the box with the cart, which is what the complete price is That's when you get the higher price there and obviously if you have a sealed copy. That's brand spanking new That's when you get top dollar This is interesting because the Xenoblade Chronicles has never really gotten in my opinion Fair treatment from Nintendo compared to their other games I can't think of any other game right now that is out of print from Nintendo from the first year of switch You could still go on Amazon right now and get one to switch a game that is significantly less popular And you can get that brand new at MSRP prices or you know with a few bucks knocked off through Amazon Like that game is readily available at all retailers that hasn't gone out of print and hasn't gone out of stock now Obviously, there's higher demand for Xenoblade Chronicles and the Pyro and Mithra DLC is why the game sold out I mean there's people who just bought Xenoblade Chronicles 2 last year for like 30 bucks at Walmart for crying out loud They were chopping prices because they couldn't sell them and then Pyro and Mithra hit and demand skyrocketed now Yeah, sure the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is also seeing more digital sales because of the Pyro and Mithra release And obviously Smash Bros Ultimate is proving that when you add a character to it it increases people's interest in Purchasing the games that character is related to because they want more history or more background on that character If they think that character it looks cool I fully believe when Banjo and Kazooie was added to the game if there would have been a remastered Well, you know released by Microsoft even on Xbox for Banjo and Kazooie, you know the first game I bet you it would have soared in sales the moment that Banjo-Kazooie was released for Smash Bros So again, this is just I don't know why Nintendo Gives Xenoblade Chronicles is treatment where they they always go to print I know it's less of an issue today because yeah, it's out of print But you can still buy the game digitally So they're still technically selling the game, but when you see Nintendo cut physical copies It's always monoliths off here. That's getting the shot I'm not saying that's the only game Nintendo has obviously ever gone out of print with early on They've they have done it with other games before but we have this issue back in the day with the original Xenoblade Chronicles Not only did they stop printing copies of the game while it was selling out mind you They only released it to a single retailer So Xenoblade Chronicles was not only factually selling out at retail and the only retailer It was available at GameStop. They chose to only give it to one retailer. So it was really dumb. It's like they went out of print Intentional to drive up demand, baby I don't even know because digital sales weren't really even a thing back then at least now for the big games out there like We people weren't like digitally I don't even think it was possible digitally by Xenoblade Chronicles, but my physical was it So they're doing it again like I'm not seeing this in me Chronicles 2 You know is as evergreen of a title as other things clearly It's not just like arms is not but I mean I'm pretty sure like I'm just gonna go You know glance at Amazon and sure enough. There's arms at MSRP That's still there and that's sold roughly the same I don't really understand why monolith soft is always the company that gets the shaft and gets these these you know These out of stock and lack of printing for Xenoblade And again Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is excellent. It's probably by far the best Xenoblade game I know some people obviously prefer the first one Different story slightly different gameplay all that I understand that but this isn't really debate over which one's better This is just pointing out that one if you have a physical copy of Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Yeah, if you need a quick buck, I guess go sell it The prices recently spiked, you know the going rate for it was literally, you know what just just the cartridge You know looking back was like 30 bucks, you know a month or two ago But it's been shooting up because it's sold out and there's no more copies coming according To people who are working retail. There's no new new units being shipped. There's nothing coming so Again, if you have a copy of either one and you need a quick buck go ahead and trade it I don't know if the market's gonna stay this high Obviously, there's a chance that Nintendo could decide later this year to print more of them right now It doesn't look like that that's going to happen on Nintendo didn't do it with Xenoblade Chronicles So why the hell would they do it with Xenoblade Chronicles 2? But you never know if Nintendo does decide to do a reprint then your version will be worth less money So if you need a quick buck take advantage of it now or hey If you think it's gonna not be reprinted for a while Hold on to it and see if this value can keep spiking up as switch becomes more and more popular Although I will say obviously demand for the game right now is higher than it might be in like a year That's something to take into consideration as well because demand also sets the market price So the more in demand something is and the more scarce it is the higher price is gonna be in it And if demand goes down with the further we get away from the pirate myth or DLC. Well, there you have it Obviously the price will come back down a little bit But anyways, I just want to let you guys know if you need some money go for it And I wanted to also say Nintendo come on man Come on man. I know you guys have had a forever to buy this but I Always say this when people talk about how it doesn't matter When games are no longer in stock and no longer be imprinted if they've been out a while People wouldn't say in this about Super Mario 3d all-stars I want to tell you why it matters when the physical stuff and 3d also is the worst cuz they got rid of digital as well But I want to tell you why it matters because there's still people getting the switches for their first time today every single day Tons of switches. I don't know. I was about to say millions. It's not millions every single day Thousands I think I can safely say that worldwide Thousands of switches every single day are sold to consumers who got their switch just now for the first time Period right you can argue they should have bought it sooner. Maybe they couldn't financially purchase it then maybe they were between jobs I don't want to judge people for when they're able to pick up systems because of various reasons affecting their lives Maybe they weren't interested with it then and they are now whatever the case might be There are brand new people experiencing switch for the first time every day So for them to not have the same options to purchase these physical games as I got just because I owned a switch before they did Man stupid Stupid I'm not saying that Nintendo should start printing off millions of copies of Xenobit Chronicles 2 No, but they should at least allow You know retailers to order a handful of copies in and then print to order I Don't know. I don't know why that's such a big deal for Nintendo, but apparently it is so anyways folks I'm with a robot just from the center prime. Let me know you think about this down in the comments below Sorry, I'm not on camera today and again. I know then a few days this video is going up super late It is what it is folks. I'm doing the best I can over here I've got a very hectic life here college all that jazz job lots of crazy stuff going on But there is more videos in store Moving forward more rumors more reports more as I mentioned, but I got some really cool upcoming videos specifically one I'm super excited about that I spent my own money and everything on a pretty expensive one of the most expensive accessories for Nintendo switch that exists on the market that I Can't wait to take a first look at and see how it compares also There's also a company who recently contacted me for what is one of the weirdest Docs I have seen A new doc for Nintendo switch that they claim has 4k output. No, this is not switch for us a third-party thing So the closest I could think of is an M classic like upscaling You guys know what the M classic cable is but not that or like they put it in a in a dock I I don't really know but they keep telling me an email. Oh, yeah, it all puts a 4k or obviously upscales at 4k or whatever I don't know. I'm very curious to see if it actually makes any difference It also has one of those cooling fans, which that's usually a red flag because the cooling fans typically don't make any difference But hey, you never know I mean, maybe it does that the switch does get pretty warm to the touch on the back and docked model, you know, so maybe Maybe it'll help keep the at least the outside cool But anyways, I'll let you guys know when those videos are ready to come I'm still waiting on some of these products to arrive and and do my little testing So I'll catch you guys in the next video