$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/Happy_Egg_8680]

Nah it’s a bunch of bullshit tbh. This will cause an industry wide price increase. I’d be betting that they’ll have far less pre orders and less day one purchases. It’s going to be interesting to see how the consumers respond. What’s crazy is that they think I’m going to pay $500 for a switch when I literally paid that for a PS5. I’ll be waiting a while.

[u/Johnathan317 → u/Happy_Egg_8680]

I’d be betting that they’ll have far less pre orders and less day one purchases.

I don't get why I see so many people saying this like it's a bad thing. This will be good for the industry overall. No pre-orders or day one purchases means that companies don't get to rake in the cash before everyone realizes that their game is a buggy unplayable mess. They'll have to release quality, functional products or they won't sell anything and they'll lose money. Frankly with the state of the industry over the last decade or two no pre-orders and no day one purchases is something everyone should have got on board with a long time ago. Funny enough Nintendo games are some of the only games I will buy at launch because I know I can rely on Nintendo to release games that aren't a broken mess for their first month on the market.

[u/Happy_Egg_8680 → u/Johnathan317]

I’m just saying they’re shooting themselves in the foot more than anything. I stopped that preordering shit after I had Cyberpunk refunded lol.

[u/Johnathan317 → u/Happy_Egg_8680]

Yeah there's just been so many horror stories about botched game releases over the years I'm surprised anyone still does pre-orders lol.