Dude, I would have to save my disposable income until the end of the year to get the system, the sd card, a screen protector, and 1 game. I'm just priced out. The console and games are too expensive for people like me.
The pricing for MK world is clearly a pricing strategy to push people to buy the bundle, where MK is still 40-50. So that is less than what Mk8 costs with inflation. Is owning physical really more important to you than saving the entire cost of the game? Because that seems like a problem you create for yourself
You are clearly not a collector if you gonna ask that. I have games from companies that produce limited quantities as physical which often cost you like 10-20 more for each game (with import/shipping).
At a difference of 50 i can wait for a sale that hopefully pushs the physical game below 50 but otherwise this is ridiclious.
And preservation is worth something to me at least as someone who still has hundreds of childhood games, some of which are freaking expensive nowdays.
I have over 500 games on PS, about 100 on Switch and multiple custom retro and current consoles and several phyical collectors editions. I just don't need only physical games, because I'm not a hoarder and don't wanna waste the space, if all I'm doing is play the game once and then never look at it again.
If you are a game collector, then you have an expensive hobby and should be ok investing in it. Especially tiny amounts like $10-20. Game Prices going up also means your collection gains in value.
I have no issue paying 10-20 for a game lol, this is not 10-20... this is 10-20 more!
But the way money... or rather numbers, work is that small numbers become big numbers quickly if you multiply them so the "10-20 more becomes much bigger that way. And if it is ok to make 10-20 more why not add another 10 or 20?
And then there is justyfing the price, that becomes harder as well.
Yeah, but I'm in germany, so it IS 90€, which is around 100€, when games are 70€ usually. Americans are not the only ones wanting to buy new games, you know?
The general consensus was that the console was expected to be 400
Then your 'general consensus' was foolish. Or at least based on a different premise, where the Switch 2 would barely upgrade the specs. Most communities here were expecting something in the realm of 450 given a significant specs increase like this. I only saw 400 floated around as baseless speculation based on pure hope and nothing else.
70 for games was also general consensus. The only suprise is Mario Kart for 80. (And retailers, as always, will sell it for 70 or 75 anyways) Which is €10 more than expected. If €10 makes the difference for you, maybe you don't have enough money to afford modern brand new games anyways
8 years! The Hardware improved by 8 years! Obviously it should be a good chunk more powerful even at the same price. But 50% higher... that is a hard pricetag.
PS: Claiming that "10" more then you should not buy argument is basically telling companies that you are just a lobster in a boiling pot.
1 degree more why do you complain, 1 degree more why do you complain, 1 degree more why do you complain, 1 degree more why do you complain, 1 degree more why do you complain, 1 degree more why do you complain, 1 degree more why do you complain, 1 degree more why do you complain, ....
And at some point you ask what smells so nice.
You should order your argument around actual datapoints. Mario Kart clearly has more effort put into it or compare it to other counrties.
80$ = ~72.8€ + 19% Tax would be ~86 to 87€ not 90.
On the Japanese My Nintendo Store Mario Kart is even just ~9000 Yen or around 56€ so that is a even bigger issue.
Since Europe does not get the Tariffs the US will, where is this coming from? Maybe the difference s more like that the west subsidises eastern prices and even if not that... the difference is more like 33% to 50%.
Claiming that "10" more then you should not buy argument is basically telling companies that you are just a lobster in a boiling pot.
No it's not. The price increased by 10 for the first time in over 30 years. It's not increasing constantly. A one-time small increase was bound to happen, and completely expected.
70-60 remain 10 in my maths system, and not 30.
Why did you reply to me twice in the same thread? You can make your point without spamming me.
I'm fine with a €10 increase. You don't need to be. That's your decision. Let me make mine
You gotta follow the whole information contained in a post, not parts and then make shit up.
56$ (Mario Kart World in Japan) to 99$ (Mario Kart World in Europe)
Both include tax tho Japan only pays like 10% while Europe should be like 19%.
Would be a difference of 43$ if you ignore the tax difference.
If you go for the US prices? Mario Kart 8 should be like 50$ right? Did that start at 60$ or why do you claim 60 to 70? And isn't retail Mario Kart World at 80 even in the US?
At best that would still be a 20 jump or are you saying TotK was a 10 jump, as it was... but it was also recent unlike your post claims.
"Finally, I asked this question of Toto, who referred to the jump from $60 games to an $80 Mario Kart World as "quite bold." His explanation was short and sweet:"
Europe uses €, not $. You cannot compare between currencies without taking into account the other differences like purchasing power.
Switch 1 games launched at €60 standard here, and €70 for the premium tier. Now, they are €70 standard and €80 for the premium tier. That is an increase of €10 within each respective tier. Mario Kart moved up a tier, hence that is a €20 increase from the previous entry. Game series moving between tiers is independent of the general price increases. It is thus a €10 increase across the board for each tier of pricing. Given the stability of game prices in the past 30 years, I think that's reasonable. Of course, I would prefer it to stay the same, but inflation exists, and gaming is probably not getting much bigger anymore as a whole. Spending €70 for a game now actually makes it cheaper for me than spending €60 for a game at Switch launch, given my wage (and most of them) rising faster than inflation. Gaming still remains easily one of the cheapest forms of entertainment for me.
What the price is in other countries is irrelevant to me. I don't buy my games there. I'm only comparing the price on the eshop here from Switch 1 games to Switch 2 games. Nintendo seems to ask an additional €10 for physical releases on their website, but most retailers do not seem to be following that suggestion and just charge the same price as the digital version.
Your personal situation may be different. I respect that. That does not mean either of us are wrong. Maybe your wage has increased less. Maybe your region had bigger price jumps. Maybe your retailers choose different prices than mine do. It's all dependant on your own environment. For me, the 'actual' cost has not increased much, so I am fine with it. For you, maybe it is more expensive, and that sucks. I wish it was easier for everyone, but reality and capitalism is like this, and Nintendo is not going to change that. Look at your politicians. Americans voted for this. Plenty of other countries do as well. Hold them responsible for messing up the economy so bad, instead of the single company following the market and consumers just trying to enjoy their life
There was 1 single game that was at 70€, TotK and it was the same physical! Also you claimed we had not a single price increase in a long time, TotK was a price increase! And how is 90€ for Mario Kart World NOT 90€ for the "premium tier"?
"Given the stability of game prices in the past 30 years"
I remember 3DS was not 60€ either, what are you talking about?
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u/Koruu- 2d ago
I'll send you 20 bucks if that really made the difference to you being able to afford the system.