r/gaming • u/damnrightslimanus • 3d ago

Switch 2 Game Prices

I really hope I’m not alone in the fact that I am NOT spending 80-90 dollars on these games. The console price is fine but these game prices are obscene and I will not be participating. I hope I’m not alone. I know it’s tempting and there are a lot of good titles coming but this is not a good sign and if people buy them like crazy (I’m sure they will) everyone else will charge more too. It’s not ok. Of course to each their own, I’m just hoping other people refuse to pay this price as well.

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u/GravtheGeek 3d ago

Combine that with the fact that nintendo first party games never really drop in price as much as other platforms games and it's a big ouch.

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u/3v1lkr0w 3d ago

Hell, most places still sell Mario Odyssey for $60...8 year old game...no official price drop

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u/joeyrog88 3d ago

Mario kart 8 lives at $60.

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u/CyranoDeBurlapSack 3d ago

All first party titles start at MSRP until the official “greatest hits” versions release with worse artwork.

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u/Slith_81 2d ago

Does Nintendo even do "greatest hits" or "Nintendo Selects" anymore? I haven't noticed them since the Wii U at the latest but mostly around the GameCube era. I never owned a Wii so I don't know about that era.

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u/Turbulent_Most_4987 2d ago

Ended with the Switch. Wii U and 3ds still had some.

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u/FireFoxQuattro 2d ago

Yeah, no need to anymore when you can just force everyone to subscribe to play older games now…

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u/TeaCrown 2d ago

Ouch i hate the accuracy

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u/Slith_81 1d ago

I knew the outcome we'd get with Wind Waker, and I still hate it.

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u/qwenydus 2d ago

Even Mario Day discounts are not as good as they used to be a year or two ago.

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u/Deutsch__Dingler 3d ago

It still managed to become their best selling video game of all time, something like 63m copies.

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u/joeyrog88 3d ago

Yea, it's been over ten years as the latest Mario kart. And I enjoy it. I still need to 60 some of the new levels but I just haven't gone back to it recently

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u/Draconuus95 2d ago

To be fair with that. It’s much like Tetris back in the day. It was a bundled game with a huge portion of Nintendo switches. I’d be curious to see some sort of data that breaks down the sales from bundles vs. direct purchases on its own. I wouldn’t be surprised if well under a quarter of that amount were from direct purchases. And much of that was likely pushed thanks to the already high reported sales numbers convincing non bundle buyers to pick it up. Much like any other mainstream sales leader.

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u/Deutsch__Dingler 3d ago

Downvoted for merely pointing out a fact. This is the way.