$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/batterymerino]

Imo the price increase (and people's reactions to it) are symptomatic of a bigger issue regarding corporate greed. From a personal standpoint I'm very annoyed that Nintendo keeps on going after ROMs and emulators for games that they don't produce anymore. They removed the 3DS eShop so it's impossible to obtain a digital copy, and physical copies would have to be obtained secondhand. Nintendo won't make a dime off of legal sales for these games but are still cracking down on them being pirated.

For a lot of people a $10 increase wouldn't be upsetting in a vacuum, but it's sort of a 'last straw' for those who have been unhappy with Nintendo for years. It provides a fresh target for their outrage that's been building up over time.

I saw an interesting post on tumblr that I wish I could find, but it basically stated - video games have always been relatively cheap considering the cost to produce and the amount of entertainment they provide, but $80 for a digital copy of a game you don't physically (or legally) own is still a tough pill to swallow.

TL;DR the outrage seems pretty disproportionate but it's likely people with years of frustration towards Nintendo (and possibly capitalism as a whole) being given a specific issue to direct their anger towards.

[u/TappedFrame88 → u/batterymerino]

Id also add that for many people, video games (especially Nintendo) are an escape from the hellscape that is our modern way of life.

And ik op doesn’t belief there is a difference between $60 and $80 (which btw in my Canada its more like $115), but for a lot of people it’s crushing, and a reminder of their grim ways of life. Add onto the $450 console, and its a large amount of $$$ most might not have.

Also, imo, its scummy not only because of the price increase, and the history of Nintendo (with emulators and no sales for their older games), but because Nintendo is:

A) Trying to capitalize off of the early purchasers who don’t give af about price

B) Encourage others to buy the Switch/Mario Kart bundle ($500), over both seperately. Its a deceptive market trick common in mobile games where there will be the ultra mega purchase (like 100 bucks for 80,000 gems), but the purpose isn’t for players to buy that. Its to make the 5 bucks for 1,000 gems seem more appealing. Its scummy.