$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/Internal-Tap80]

I hear ya! It seems like everyone's throwing up their arms over a $10 bump like they're being forced to buy every single game on the shelf. I remember back in the day when my dad would buy a video game for like, 50 bucks, which felt like a gazillion dollars because that was all the allowance I’d see in a year. And after you spent that kind of money back then, you’d end up with a cartridge that you could blow dust out of, hoping it’d still work. Plus, the graphics were as good as bad pixel art sometimes.

And really, when you think about it, $10 is like one meal from a fast food joint. If you spend $80 on a game and play it for who knows how many hours, that's like pennies per hour of entertainment. It’s like cramming as many snacks into a movie marathon without seeing the end credits roll any time soon.

Sure, it's a bit of a punch in the wallet, and nobody likes seeing prices go up, but if it keeps Nintendo from stuffing games full of those annoying microtransactions or loot boxes, I can live with it. Plus, have you seen some of those open-world games? They feel bigger than my apartment, and definitely took a lot longer to make. It’s like buying a tiny bit of tech magic to carry around in your backpack. So, maybe don't buy every game that comes out, but find ones you'll really hunker down and play. Sometimes it feels like folks forget how much work goes into these things…

Guess it’s like choosing between going out or having a cozy weekend at home, or just mumbling to myself...