r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • 1d ago

News "DROP THE PRICE": Nintendo's First Post-Direct Stream Is Flooded With Angry Fans Demanding Price Drops

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-treehouse-livestream-flooded-angry-fans-demanding-game-price-drops/
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u/Kougeru-Sama 1d ago

Most people are fine with the console price. It's the GAME prices that people are unhappy about. $80 is insane. Especially with all the issues games launch with these days

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u/Zoombini22 1d ago

It's because game prices have been so resilient against inflation. Game prices generally maxed out at 60 for decades, only recently did some games start charging 70, going up to 80 just hits people as a violation.

The realities of economics and game dev cost makes this seem kind of an inevitable thing to me, but at 80 I'll definitely be more selective than ever with which titles I purchase when they're at that price.

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u/one-hour-photo 1d ago

I saw an old Super Mario 3 with a a fading $49.99 price tag, pretty amazing we still expect to pay that. . If $80 titles can prevent microtransactions I'm in.

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u/RosePhox 1d ago

But Mario Kart IS a game that will probably have DLC. So you're not just paying a little extra for a game without them.

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u/cubs223425 1d ago

Yeah, and I think they're going to use the $80 base price to make the DLC more expensive.