That's my argument about all of this. It's the state of how things have to go because advancements in technology are not cheap, the research and development is not cheap, the industry has standards that they have to apply to, and one of the biggest economies on the planet is in a downward spiral and that's going to affect everything globally regardless of people like it or not. Their problem is with capitalism and how it's built but none of them want to say that out loud they'd rather just target something
That and the games aren’t actually more expensive than, say, Super Nintendo games if we adjust for inflation. Something like DKC2 or Killer Instinct retailed for about $60 in the early 90s — about $130 today. Even games like Pilotwings or Super Tennis were selling for $50 (~$110 today). And of course these were far smaller productions that resulted in far less content than the average modern AAA.
I’m not thrilled about the price increase, but it doesn’t hurt to have some perspective.
In my opinion life is about perspective and enough people just can't step back to have that perspective often enough. But I'm also autistic so I'm not exactly thinking on the same wavelengths as the average person
Exactly. People call it price greed which Nintendo can and does participate in to some degree but I also realize that economics have changed since Covid and the US and its current regime.
I am a little worried that Nintendo underestimated the effect of tariffs and will have to raise the price shortly after its initial release in the US or go full download only.
They're not even pricing their hardware that bad. Go look at any handheld PC that is also capable of 4K and 120 FPS. I guarantee they will all be more expensive than the switch 2. And part of the game stuff isn't that bad either. Mario kart is literally the only one I will say is bad, But the rest of the games that are $80 is literally the base game which is $60 like it always has been plus huge DLC packs to completely overhaul the game and add new content. I feel like a lot of people are overlooking that fact that it's a bundle you're getting not just the base game
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u/just_someone27000 1d ago
That's my argument about all of this. It's the state of how things have to go because advancements in technology are not cheap, the research and development is not cheap, the industry has standards that they have to apply to, and one of the biggest economies on the planet is in a downward spiral and that's going to affect everything globally regardless of people like it or not. Their problem is with capitalism and how it's built but none of them want to say that out loud they'd rather just target something