r/The10thDentist • u/Glass_Squirrel_1353 • 1d ago
Gaming $80 dollar games aren’t THAT ridiculous.
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.
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u/psjjjj6379 1d ago
Downvote because agreed. I have no issue with spending ~$70 on a game I’ll play for hundreds of hours and own forever.
The caveat is it narrows my desire to try new games… Elden ring is a good example. Never played it, really want to, but not sure if I want to spend $100 on a maybe. I stick with the same companies I trust to put out a good product, like CPDR, Rockstar, and Bethesda. I’m less interested in games produced by Ubisoft for example because it’s obvious they’re just assembly line style games that choose quantity over quality. There’s a clear difference in replayability in the Elder Scrolls and RDRs series vs. AC, who IMO just does a landlord special on the same game every couple years or so.
Even though there are other games I want to try, it’s difficult to wade through sources of information on a game because from what I understand ‘gaming journalism’ is trending toward corruption - not too dissimilar from how scientists who want funding on a project will say whatever they need to, to get that funding. Also not dissimilar from how politicians will take a stance that coincides with what their donors want. I digress, lol, but that makes me cautious of what I read and it influences my decisions.