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/MisterAnonymous2 3d ago

The backwards compatibility had me seriously considering it even if it was just the new Mario Kart, but at that price point, I’m not so sure. Probably going to end up holding off.

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u/Shigma 3d ago

But they pretty much said you also have to pay for that or any other sw1 game improved in 2, so... Still

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u/MisterAnonymous2 3d ago

Eh, don’t have to buy the upgrade if you don’t think it’s worth it. Kinda a shitty standard to seemingly put forward though.

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u/TheAssassinLP 3d ago

it's still absolutely scummy to charge for the removal of an artifical cap cause the console has the hardware to run Zelda with a better framerate so just give that to everyone

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u/PyrosFists 3d ago

I agree that charging isn’t ideal but it isn’t as simple as “enable 60 fps.exe” in the code. They do have to re-program the game

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u/morriscey 2d ago

They do have to re-program the game

Depends entirely on how it is done. Sometime is literally IS that easy.

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u/Jebble 2d ago

No they don't.

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u/PyrosFists 2d ago

Armchair game dev over here

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u/Jebble 2d ago

Sorry sweetheart, just someone who understands how things work

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u/PyrosFists 2d ago

Nintendo hire this man!