{"id":14615,"date":"2020-01-12T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=14615"},"modified":"2020-01-11T14:50:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T19:50:25","slug":"bait-and-switch-xtreme-club-racing-and-soccer-slammers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vgu.tv\/?p=14615","title":{"rendered":"Bait and Switch: Xtreme Club Racing and Soccer Slammers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last year I spent my time playing through my backlog<\/a> and writing about my experiences of those games. This year I’m doing something a little different. I call these pieces “Bait and Switch”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is bait and switch you might ask? Well, according to Merriam Webster<\/a>, one definition is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the ploy of offering a person something desirable to gain favor…then thwarting expectations with something less desirable<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

While it’s not the perfect definition for what I have in mind, it was too good of a title to pass up considering that these articles will include cheap Nintendo Switch games featured at steep discounts. The idea that these discounts could be a ploy into tricking people into thinking they are getting a great deal for a potentially trash game makes me think that the term still somewhat fits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephen J. Bronner over at Kotaku wrote about the sales tactic<\/a> and how these discounts draw eyes to them by having them climb sales charts due to many purchases for such a low price. So let me say now: this isn’t focusing on only awful games. Some developers have their heart in the right place when doing this. However, if I feel a game is awful, I will say as much in my writeups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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There’s no denying that developers need help being discovered on a swamped eShop, but it also leaves people wondering…is the game submitted onto the store at a higher price for the sole purpose of discounting it and it appearing a better deal than it really is? Is the game mere pennies because it’s that terrible and is it worth even that much?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So with my Bait and Switch write-ups, I am purchasing games under $2.00 that have been discounted by 90% or more. This is my attempt to educate people on select cheap games on sale on the eShop, and whether I had fun with it at the very least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That being out of the way, let’s get to the games:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Xtreme Club Racing<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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