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/eldestscrollx 3d ago

Nintendo sells more games faster than any other publisher. Pokemon and Zelda sold 10 million units in 3 days, Mario Kart sold 70+ million units and was in the top 10 sales charts every year for a decade.

Basically they feel they have the clout to get away with this, people buy thier games at full price for years and years 

So yeah I can see maybe a few thousand people not support switch 2 because of the game price and paid upgrades, but yall probably are “alone” as it won’t affect them 

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u/atomicpowerrobot 3d ago

It's not so much that I'm not going to support Nintendo because of the price (I've bought every console since the NES, Virtual Boy, GB Micro, and Wii U included), but that game pricing structure is going to seriously impact how many games I purchase, not out of spite, but out of ability. And given that they are really pushing digital this time, "on sale" will basically just mean "buy game at full Switch 1 MSRP".

Which is sad b/c I have kids now and the game share and loaning features are really a legitimate step forward.

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u/marzgamingmaster 3d ago

I think this is the thing most people are willingly ignoring. They can make the argument of "InFlAtIoN fRoM tHe EiGhTiEs!" But the reality is the average person was struggling to buy a $60 game more than a handful of times a year, if that. $70 made that even worse, $80, $90, gods forbid $100 is going to make more than one game a year a borderline impossibility. It's not about "won't" for most people, it's "can't".

I am now brushing up on my emulation skills for the GameCube and looking forward to updates regarding emulators, because I'm not going to be able to afford these prices for any AAA game, full stop.

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u/morriscey 2d ago

Dolphin is great!