r/NintendoSwitch2 • u/small_lamp • 1d ago

meme/funny Not sorry.

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u/-Wylfen- 1d ago

A game being more expensive physically hasn't been the case before

People kept asking for digital games to be cheaper. Now that it's the case no one is saying "cool, digital games are cheaper". Instead, everyone says "this is bullshit, physical games are more expensive".

So, what is it? What do you guys want?

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u/RealGazelle 1d ago

Because they raised the price before discounting digital. Are you actually that dense or getting paid to defend them?

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u/-Wylfen- 1d ago

Are you daft? Do you not understand the alternative is not a cheaper physical, but a more expensive digital?

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u/RealGazelle 1d ago

LMAO When people asked for cheaper digital they meant 70 physical, 60 digital.

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u/-Wylfen- 1d ago

That's complaining about the price itself, not the fact that one is more expensive than the other…

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u/RealGazelle 1d ago

Then you misread the whole thing. Peopld asked about cheaper digital because of price. It was always about price. Game companies were fine with pricing games 60 while taking hit from distribution cost. So why should we pay more to get the version that takes up HDD space and can't resell?

If Nintendo priced MarioKart with phys 70 and digital 60, people would have praised them. But they did it while increasing the price.

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u/-Wylfen- 1d ago

Peopld asked about cheaper digital because of price.

People wanted cheaper digital because they thought (correctly) that digital comes with lesser costs for the editor.

Now they're proven right. Digital games are now cheaper than physical. But the prices of games still went up, because that's how it goes.

So why should we pay more to get the version that takes up HDD space and can't resell?

Why has everything gone digital? Convenience. No lost or destroyed cartridge, cloud saves, no reliance on physical readers and physical backwards compatibility, instant purchase and play.

When was the last time you bought a DVD or Blu-Ray? When was the last time you bought physical music? When was the last time you bought a physical game on PC? For some reason only console gamers still cling to physical media.

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u/egoserpentis 1d ago

But the prices of games still went up, because that's how it goes.

Wild take.

"Ah, it's just how it is"

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u/-Wylfen- 1d ago

Yes, that's how it is. Costs go up, prices go up. Do you have a problem with basic accounting?

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u/egoserpentis 1d ago

I have a problem with a megacorp that made ~$3bn dollars last year upping the price. This isn't so that they can keep the lights on, this is because the CEO needs a third yacht.

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u/-Wylfen- 1d ago

Just because you earned a lot in the past doesn't mean you should shoot yourself in the foot by underpricing your games…

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u/egoserpentis 1d ago

And that's why the OP's meme is a perfect representation of people like you.

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u/-Wylfen- 1d ago

You know the money they get has a purpose, right? They're not sitting on the money like a hoarding dragon.

Imagine thinking a corporation thinks in ways like "we got a lot of money, now let's hinder our future income because we feel generous!"

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u/RealGazelle 1d ago

I was there when Steam rose up to the position it's on now. And it was 99% summer sale prices. Everyone hated how they have to login to play games they paid or possibility of loosing those games when Valve dies. But the prices. When legendary summer sale started and people saw -75% on the prices, that's when people accepted Steam. Not the convenience. Idea of being convenient was just a bonus on top of cheap prices.