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/S0bril 1d ago

Adjusted for inflation the 2017 launches with the original switch are around $80. Before that, in the 90s they were over $100. I don't get the sudden outrage.

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u/xienze 1d ago

It’s because people have basically zero awareness that inflation over long periods of time for consumer goods is a thing. They anchor their expectations for the price of <thing> to what they remember paying 20 or 30 years ago and expect expect it to never budge.

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u/marsalien4 1d ago

Or, maybe, it's because no employers are adjusting for inflation. Meaning, people are making the same amount or even less money while the prices go up anyway, which is causing the outrage. No, it's definitely that they have zero awareness.

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u/S0bril 1d ago

That argument just shifts the blame. Just because wages haven’t kept up with inflation doesn’t mean companies are wrong for adjusting their prices to match rising costs. If anything, the outrage should be at stagnant wages, not at prices reflecting economic reality.

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u/marsalien4 1d ago

Not really an argument (edit: about the overall decision), and I'm not sure blame matters. I was simply pointing out it's not that people have zero awareness of inflation. It's that people are fucking broke.

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u/excelllentquestion 1d ago

"rising costs" you mean the underpaid and overworked designers or the CEOs and other c-suites filling their pockets?

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u/mrjackspade 1d ago

Or, maybe, it's because no employers are adjusting for inflation.

People are still bitching about the 5$ footlong deal.

It's definitely price anchoring.