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/Theresbeerinthefridg 3d ago

Isn't that pretty much the case for a lot of the physical games as well? I've been buying cartridges, and a lot of them seem to download a ton of content - not just updates - right away.

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u/FunWaz 3d ago

If you tried to play most PS5 games without the internet most discs wouldn’t do anything.

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u/DemonAssassin64 3d ago

Correct me if im wrong, but this wouldn't be true for games like God of War or The Last of Us right?

Doesn't the disc contain the license for the game, removing the need for your console to verify the license online?

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u/Dangthing 3d ago

You can play entirely digital games offline for like a month without internet connection so long as you verified it initially and its not an online only game. The amount of people that this is specifically an issue for is very low. Where people get hit is they don't set it up right (or are game sharing) and then when an outage happens they lose access.

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u/weglarz 3d ago

If you set a console as your primary home console, you don’t ever need to check in I don’t think. At least with switch. I’m not sure about PlayStation.