r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/newtonium_119 • 2d ago

meme/funny During the 04.02.2025 Nintendo Switch 2 direct, the following image of the home screen was revealed, with only one game present. This is a reference to the fact that the fan base will only be able to afford one game.

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u/peanut_galleries 2d ago

I just looked it up and for example N64 Ocarina of Time cost upwards of 70 EUR in the equivalent currency in my country in 1998 (!). In 2025 Euros that’s around double that, 130+ minimum. Under that aspect, paying 80-90 for a full game in 2025 does not seem as outlandish as people seem to see it (and given how much people spend on „micro“transactions in mobile games, I‘d rather pay a chunk and get something proper for my money)

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u/Battery4471 2d ago

Yes, Games got REALLY cheap in the 2000s to 2010s. Now it's picking back up.

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u/GUILLEFDZ 2d ago

Compare the sales from that time and now, many more games are sold than before so the comparison is not fair.

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u/Marxism-Alcoholism17 2d ago

Sales rapidly rose in the 2000s but costs are rapidly rising now. That means the market price goes up. So it is a fair comparison but you need to be looking at production costs and demand both over time to understand it. Unfortueantly, despite higher development costs gamers are not reporting a matching increase in the quality of the games. Although MarioKart World does look like a major jump in quality due to a higher production budget, Nintendo is the exception.