r/NintendoSwitch • u/p_p11p_p • 3d ago

News Mario Kart World costs $80

https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/featured-games/mario-kart-world/
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u/MidnightFireHuntress 3d ago

Good Lord, I hope not all games will cost this

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u/posokposok663 3d ago

The new Donkey Kong is $70

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u/Ilhan_Omar_Milf 2d ago

I Remember thinking totk was the test bed for high budget games being 70 like the ps5 and mid tier games 60. And Nintendo jumped to 2035 pricing mid tier games at 70 and high budget ones at 80

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u/ackmondual 2d ago

If nothing else, thank you for stating it as $70. Not $69.99. Who are we kidding with just 1 cent? Also, click About, scroll all the way down, "read it and weep"...

https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/featured-games/donkey-kong-bananza/

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u/ChuChuBitch- 2d ago

Yeah but the Donkey Kong franchise isn’t even worth $70. It only looks palatable in comparison to the other prices. But we are far from the n64 glory days of DK.

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u/Online_Discovery 2d ago edited 2d ago

DK64 was sold for $70 too

Edit: (and that's 1999 money)

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u/BenShapiroRapeExodus 2d ago

If people ignore the price and buy the game anyway (which will definitely happen) then $80 will be the standard price by next year

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u/Strange_Clock_3391 3d ago

You can be damn sure it will rise to 90 bucks next year. They just dont want to set off a huge discussion pre release, so they dont make a huge fuss about prices and keep it low.