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The real takeaway is $80 MSRP games, and I’m surprised it was Nintendo that crossed that particular Rubicon.
by minimaxir 2y ago
The real takeaway is $80 MSRP games, and I’m surprised it was Nintendo that crossed that particular Rubicon.
- napolux 2y agoGTA VI will be 100$
- alabastervlog 2y agoAAA games have already been doing this for years with "pay $30 more for a 'DLC Pass' to get the actual complete game, oh and also you can't resell this part of it'"
- no_wizard 2y agoThe hype around GTA VI is going to be crazy hard for it to live up to. People been speculating for years and years now and that could lead to a lot of unrealistic expectations. One thing I do respect Rockstar for though is they never caved to pressure to release the sequel fast
- MYEUHD 2y ago> One thing I do respect Rockstar for though is they never caved to pressure to release the sequel fast You respect them for taking 12+ years to make a sequel? The Playstation 2 had five GTA's whereas GTA V has three console generations.
- rchaud 2y agoThe PS2 era didn't have the infinite cash machine that is GTA online. They're milking it for as long as they can. It also doesn't make sense to release something for latest-gen consoles when a huge chunk of the market are still on PS4s and XB1s.
- johnnyanmac 2y agoNo pressure to make a seuquel when your MTX in the existing game net you a billion a year for a decade+. It's their own mini-Steam at this point.
- stevenwoo 2y agoMario Kart World is kind of like the kid safe version maybe?
- bilekas 2y ago> and I’m surprised it was Nintendo that crossed that particular Rubicon. Not only that, but one thing that really bothers me with Nintendo as apposed to Steam for example is, those prices basically never change. There never seems to be a sale or special offers.
- pdpi 2y agoHonestly, I respect them for it. Sure, I’d be happy to spend less money on games, but there’s a certain honesty and transparency with buying Nintendo games that’s missing on the other platforms. No FOMO, no preorder bonuses, no pressure tactics, no nothing. You know the value proposition, and either you’re happy with it, or you’re not.
- crtasm 2y agohttps://www.ign.com/wikis/mario-kart-8/Pre-Order_Bonus https://www.ign.com/wikis/mario-kart-8/Pre-Order_Bonus https://www.nintendo-insider.com/super-mario-maker-2-limited-edition-bundle-and-stylus-pre-order-bonus-revealed/ https://www.nintendo-insider.com/super-mario-maker-2-limited... etc.
- jpalawaga 2y agoI have no idea why you're getting downvoted. A lot of highly-paid software developers are complaining that nintendo doesn't cheapen their offerings by discounting them to $5 a game like steam sales. why not cheapen your product's offering as it continues down the x-axis of time? I've always respected Nintendo for this. They know they're offering a quality product, and the price will be the same if you buy now or in a year, so buy it if you want it. It also means if you want to resell your game, you'll get a fair price for it.
- legitster 2y agoOr, more to the point, as a publisher Nintendo stands by their products. They come out finished and aren't riddled with microtransactions. The fact that years later people still want to buy Zelda BotW is a real testament.
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- gjsman-1000 2y agoPlease provide citation - I can't find this documented anywhere.
- minimaxir 2y agohttps://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/04/02/nintendo-switch-2-flips-the-switch-on-80-90-games/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2025/04/02/nintendo-s...
- ihuman 2y agoWhich games are $90?
- gjsman-1000 2y agoWow, no wonder they didn't feature that in the Direct. (In their defense, games have been unusually cheap for a while. SNES games were $160 after inflation. N64? $120. GameCube titles? $90. Wii? $75. Nintendo Switch Games back in 2017? $78!)
- BearOso 2y agoThe physical game cards are going to be expensive to manufacture because they need to be much faster. Look at the cost of microSD Express cards. I thought they might go entirely virtual with required installation. Needless to say, 80 USD is too high for me, personally. 70 is pushing it, honestly. Most of the time you can use sites like isthereanydeal and even get new releases under 60, but that's a no-go with Nintendo.
- gjsman-1000 2y agoTo be fair, when the Switch launched in 2017, games cost $78 after inflation.
- BearOso 2y agoThat's true. Unfortunately, the purchasing power hasn't kept up with inflation.
- TaupeRanger 2y agoPurchasing Power is a function of inflation and income - so it always "keeps up" with inflation. You might've been trying to say that income hasn't kept up with inflation, but that's not supported by any data. Real wages have remained roughly flat since 2021. https://www.statista.com/chart/32428/inflation-and-wage-growth-in-the-united-states/ https://www.statista.com/chart/32428/inflation-and-wage-grow...
- braingravy 2y agoThe link says income (in terms of “real” wages) has not kept up with inflation. It further says “In times of high inflation…real wages go down, meaning that workers see (and feel) the purchasing power of their income decline.” Sounds like parent poster and your link are in agreement.
- TaupeRanger 2y ago
- legitster 2y agoFor comparison, some of the original NES games were MSRP $45. That's the equivalent of over $100 today. (Although, of that $45, 15% went to distributors and another 15% went to retailers).
- alabastervlog 2y agoVolume was way, way, way lower. But in fairness, so were development costs.
- AdmiralAsshat 2y agoLate Super Nintendo and early N64 games went up to even $70/$75, if memory serves. I remember an uncle getting me NBA Hangtime for my birthday one year at $75. I think it definitely contributed to the PS1 outselling the N64. There were many reasons, of course, but seeing those Toys R' Us flyers where the PS1 games were marked $40-50 and the N64 games at $60-70...I'm sure it gave some parents pause about which systems they were buying their children.
- Fricken 2y agoI got the NES Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game for christmas in 1990. My mom left the price tag on so I could see how ridiculously overpriced it was: $69 CDN. It was a crap game.
- AdmiralAsshat 2y agoWas that the arcade port one or the other one, with the infamously hard underwater bomb-diffusion level?
- mepian 2y ago90 EUR in Europe. This completely deflated my interest in the Switch 2, I'd rather finish my combined Switch 1 and Steam backlog than support this price creep, considering that Nintendo games practically never get discounted.
- hobofan 2y agoYeah, same here. My Switch is essentially a indie game console (~indish, e.g. Hades, Darkest Dungeon), as I didn't want to pay the absurd prices of the first party titles. With the Steam Deck coming out in the meantime, I'll likely pick that up soon instead of a Switch 2. Around the same price, much better specs (and also Bluetooth support, which the Switch 2 will supposedly be missing again), and access to a much bigger library of games.
- rchaud 2y agoNintendo is the Apple of videogames, especialy with the vertical integration and pricing. Their games were always incredibly expensive. 30 years ago, I remember being stunned to hear that my friend's SNES copy of Mortal Kombat II was GBP 70. From this Reddit post, I'm seeing Canadian prices were equally absurd. CAD 95 for Batman Forever on SNES. https://www.reddit.com/r/snes/comments/12aq8zu/snes_games_prices_in_late_1995_in_canada/ https://www.reddit.com/r/snes/comments/12aq8zu/snes_games_pr...
- 12_throw_away 2y agotbh I vividly remember paying $60+tax for Super Metroid in 1994, which is about $130 in today's dollars ...
- downrightmike 2y ago$80 for a copy of a software +$10 to get the cartridge, I wonder how much the cartridges cost to make? $0.10 maybe