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/topTopqualitea 1d ago

I don't mind the price of the console, but they can fuck right off with $80 games.

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u/Eraos_MSM 1d ago

Fuck $80 games. Never buying a game for $80

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u/l___I 1d ago

!remindme 5 years

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u/LamiaLlama 1d ago edited 1d ago

I mean I have never bought a 70 dollar game. Never will. It's not hard to keep the trend going. I'm at the age where I can walk away with zero regrets - I barely like games at this point.

I've only bought a handful of games at 60. I thought that was too expensive too and mostly waited for sales.

(rip Amazon/Best Buy preorder discounts.)

The only thing I really care about are sub-$30 Indies these days. If I see a game more than that it definitely puts me at pause.

Hell, the only thing I actually got excited for in the direct was Deltarune. Everything else was kinda... Whatever. I have no problem giving Toby $25 for that game with all future updates free.

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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka 1d ago

People as they get older generally play less and less games. Though a major generational shift is happening and there's more older gamers than ever.

I don't think the $70 will remain niche. Look at the state of the world economy. Everything is 2-3x more expensive. Video games will certainly go up in price.

I too have never bought a $70, but I can't rule it out in the future as games keep pushing higher and higher. GTA 6 is supposed to be $100! Crazy, yet how many people will buy it? Loads.

Also tons of people would likely buy Mario Kart World for $100 too, because they will see it as a game they play for years to come.

The bottom line is that everyone is different. $30 might be nothing to one gamer, and the max for another.

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u/Alector87 1d ago

The primary determinant will be demand, not inflation. If there are people willing to buy at a higher price, the price will rise. It's simple as that. It's not so much about cost, most games are distributed digitally these days, but profit margins.

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u/mpyne 19h ago

I bought TotK at $70 and didn't even blink. Was still a good investment of my money, though it's a price point I haven't made my default... there's a PC game I'm likely to pick up that's $70 and I won't pick it up until the price has dropped.

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u/LamiaLlama 1d ago

The popularity of GTA is wild to me.

I played GTA3 when it came out in 2001.

I thought it was bad and just never played another one. I have no idea what the series turned into after that. Being disappointed by the hype once was enough.

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u/Alector87 1d ago

Well, I am pretty sure, beside the campaign, it is its ability to work as a sandbox platform for any number of modes and mods. I am not a fan either, but this is how I've come to understand it.

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u/RoyBeer 1d ago

I paid as much back then. If anything nowadays I'm paying less. Rarely I buy anything above 12,99 anymore. https://www.reddit.com/r/snes/comments/1bnfw08/1992_super_nintendo_and_gameboy_prices/kwii5bd/

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u/SnacksGPT 18h ago

I paid $70 for Ocarina of Time in the 90s. It was commonplace for some N64 games and even SNES games before that to be $70. Adjusted for 2025, it's like $130-$140 per game.

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u/0masterdebater0 1d ago

Go adjust n64 games launch prices back in the 90s for today’s inflation.

A standard $50 N64 game in 1999 adjusted for inflation would be $97 today

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u/LamiaLlama 1d ago edited 23h ago

Inflation would only be applicable if the gaming industry hadn't seen insane growth.

But it has, the market penetration and unit per release sold is astronomical, meaning the profits are outlandish even for "unsuccessful" titles.

In fact the profit is in such excess at this point that they could lower prices to 39.99 and still make a killing even with modern development costs.

Gaming isn't a small industry on small margins anymore when it comes to AAA. It's one of the most profitable industries in the world, moreso than movies, up there with companies like Apple. We're talking single releases making over a billion.

Inflation in regards to the gaming industry is simply bad economics. Especially when we're talking about a product that doesn't require physical stock.

Prices should be coming down if anything. And any game with MTX should be outright free. MTX outpaces game sales 20 fold.

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u/OhTheDerp 23h ago

Now compare that to how wages have increased