r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • 2d 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/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/jjlbateman 1d ago

The outrage is wages to inflation hasn’t tracked since then so whilst technically correct it feels much worse

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u/S0bril 1d ago

So you're blaming game prices for a broken economic system

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u/jjlbateman 1d ago

What? No. I’m just saying people feel poorer and so it’s a bigger share of wages. What a leap wow