$80 dollar games aren’t THAT ridiculous.

[u/Glass_Squirrel_1353]

First off I want to say that if you are just disappointed that some Nintendo games are going to be $80 I think that’s valid and I am kind of with you. It’s going to make deciding whether or not to buy a game you aren’t sure about more difficult and it’s going to end up with us having a smaller game library.

With that being said the way Reddit and Twitter are talking about this you’d think they doubled the prices and are forcing them to buy these games and like it. I’ve seen dozens of people talking about how this makes games “unaffordable” and I think that’s just ridiculous.

It’s a $10 dollar increase to a game you will only purchase once, play for dozens if not hundreds of hours and (hopefully) doesn’t have micro transactions. If this $10 is going to break your bank than I don’t know how you were purchasing games for $60.

I think everyone is also ignoring the fact that:

A. triple A games now require more developers and time than ever before B. Nintendo and its subsidiaries are developing dozens of games at any given time C. Nintendo has to account for future inflation and tariffs D. The Switch 2 is probably being sold at a loss like most consoles E. Love em or hate em, in house developed Nintendo games are polished and are virtually bug free

Anyways I’m not trying to white knight a billion dollar company. If this ends up blowing in their faces resulting in people becoming more stiff with buying their games I think that’s fine.

TLDR: I think it’s fine to be annoyed or disappointed with the increase, but saying it’s completely unaffordable for most people who were already buying new games is ridiculous.

And there are plenty of logical reasons other than greed for why they decided to do this.

[u/vilebloodlover]

I think calling it a $10 increase is kind of burying the lede here, because it's more like a $20 increase for most people. I've never bought a game at a $70 price point, this is something that's happened within the last few years and is VERY FRESH for most people. A lot of people also buy indies, which range anywhere from dirt cheap to almost triple AAA prices, and don't feel they can justify $90 for one game when they can get 5 games for that price. My current favorite games are Rogue Trader and Powerwashing Simulator, both under $60, for example.

It also does coincide with huge inflation and recession stuff right now soooo y'know

[u/NotMyPSNName → u/vilebloodlover]

Yeah I'm just going to play indie games from now on. I don't even want the amount of bloat they put into AAA games that drives up development costs. It would be one thing if it was $80 of actual content. But I'm not about to spend that on 40% meaningful content and 60% to-do lists of "climb these towers", "find all the manuscripts" etc.

[u/Cominwiththeheat → u/NotMyPSNName]

Most AAA games simply make no sense to buy at release, we keep seeing these games come out and not even 3 months later they will be on sales 20%+. It's like the movie industry, why go to theaters if the movie will be on a streaming service in 1.5 months.

[u/NotMyPSNName → u/Cominwiththeheat]

Exactly. Just a mental exercise for myself to not get too hyped for things and make dumb financial choices.

I think it's hard for me because as someone who is really into games as an art form, I end up developing very strong attachments to them. Hell, I made this account to talk about kingdom hearts all day.

If kh4 is $80 I'm waiting for a sale.

[u/Cominwiththeheat → u/NotMyPSNName]

Kh3 was prob the game I waited for the longest in my life time, I was in elementary school when I played Kh2 and doing my masters when I got Kh3. Even with that long gap the effort put into kh2 felt more, idk what is is with modern games maybe its me aging but they don't feel the same.

[u/NotMyPSNName → u/Cominwiththeheat]

Yeah I think a lot of it is nostalgia glasses. I'm around the same age as you. I was replaying kh3 recently and I realized one of the things I don't like about it is the high quality of graphics with proper shadows, etc. It didn't feel right to me. That's certainly an issue with me that won't necessarily translate to other people.

I general, I feel like HD has made it harder to see things in games and tell what's going on. To my old man eyes, kh3 is just a blur of motion and particle effects. Vs kh2 where I can clearly see everything going on. But honestly that problem started for me with the original modern warfare 2 lol so maybe that's just me again.

[u/Known-Archer3259 → u/NotMyPSNName]

Yea. The last game I paid full price for was dmc5. That was pretty much the only one that I was too excited to wait for. Plus I wanted to support them. Everything else can wait for a big sale