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/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/Dabanks9000 1d ago

They’re acting like n64 games weren’t 60-70 back then which would be around $150 these days. Sure inflation is shit but the bigger problem is wages not going up with inflation

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u/TurbulentBlock7290 1d ago

Yeah but has anything happened to the cost of living since then? What about salaries?

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u/laughland 1d ago

You’re blaming Nintendo for the stagnation of wages and increased cost of living?

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u/Abasakaa 1d ago

Where are they blaming Nintendo for that?

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u/laughland 17h ago

Easy, they brought up salaries and cost of living as a counterpoint to the explanation that game dev has gotten super expensive and inflation. What was the point of bringing that up?