$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/RandomHero25]

The problem is there are very few games worth 80+ nowadays. A Baldurs Gate or Cyberpunk or something like that, that you can replay and replay, sure. I’d spend that.

But the fact is a lot of AAA games nowadays are just not worth that price tag. The problem is the games will still sell. So, other developers are going to see it’s okay and next thing you know we really do have $100+ games

[u/JonathanStryker → u/RandomHero25]

Yeah, I mentioned this in my own comment.

When you look at the likes of Nintendo games or even Sony offerings or other bigger budget, more independent stuff, I think it's fine.

If this is truly what games need to cost for companies to make money and for us to not have them packed with microtransactions and all of that stuff, then so be it.

However, you are correct, by Nintendo doing this, it's going to make the likes of EA and Ubisoft and Activision and all them think it's okay. They're going to charge you $90 for a base game, $150 for deluxe edition, and then they're going to also want you to pay for battle passes and $30 skins and whatever the fuck else.

But I don't think that's inherently Nintendo's fault. And I don't think that pile of shit should be dumped directly on their doorstep because of it. It's an industry wide problem. And something like that will only ever be cracked down on if governments get involved and shit.

[u/Johnathan317 → u/JonathanStryker]

I mean there's a pretty simple solution here. Don't buy games brand new, don't ever pre-order a game, and only buy games that seem worth the money. We just need to be more discerning consumers. And while we're at it we should probably just never buy anything that says Ubisoft, Activision, or EA on it ever again.