Almost a yr after it got here to each different platform, Skyrim: Anniversary Edition surprise-launched on the Nintendo Switch immediately. The latest model of the beloved 2011 open-world RPG features a bunch of DLC, mod content material, and fishing. It’s additionally $70 on Nintendo’s handheld hybrid. Gotham Knights and Callisto Protocol aren’t coming to Switch, however apparently the worth level is, at the very least on this one odd occasion.

Bethesda has launched a ton of ports and updates to The Elder Scrolls V. Since it initially launched on Xbox 360, PS3, and PC, it’s additionally come to every new era of consoles, in addition to telephones, streaming platforms, and naturally, the Nintendo Switch. Last yr, the writer unveiled the brand new $50 Anniversary Edition, to not be confused with the present Special Edition. The predominant distinction was that it had extra mod content material and fishing. Players may pay $20 to improve their current Special Editions. Except on Switch.

The 2017 model on Nintendo’s handheld that included a particular Breath of the Wild costume wasn’t upgradable till immediately. Nintendo introduced the shock information in a tweet, however it didn’t take lengthy for individuals to start out balking on the worth:

While Switch video games are sometimes priced at a premium, Skyrim: Anniversary Edition is the primary one which’s not an anthology, deluxe version, or DLC bundle to interrupt the $60 barrier. Games at the moment are commonly doing this on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S, presumably as a result of blockbuster manufacturing prices practically double each console cycle. The Switch is 5 years outdated although, and Skyrim is even older.

Plus, the Anniversary Edition is barely $50 on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S the place the new-gen upgrades have been free. And it’s nothing to do with the price of Switch SD playing cards both, because the $70 worth is for the digital obtain. (People who do already personal Skyrim on Switch can now, like their PlayStation and Xbox brethren, improve to the Anniversary Edition for $20.)

My solely guess? The common model of Skyrim continues to be priced at $60 on Switch, and as a substitute of lowering that worth by $10, Bethesda determined to only add it on to the brand new sale worth. That’s all hypothesis in fact. As you will have guessed in the event you’ve been round these components lengthy, Bethesda didn’t reply to a request for remark.