Comment on Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns

• FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Where did I say $90?

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  • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m sorry, i guess i took it as implied. I think that’s a fair assumption because what else could you mean by price gouging when all people have been talking about is the $90 games?

    If that’s not what you meant, then what did you mean?

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    • MellowYellow13@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      $80, $90, and even $100 games lmao. Even $70 is too much.

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      • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I guess it is. But why pretend this is something new? Games have always been expensive. Ps1 games were between 40 and 60 dollars when they came out. That’s almost 110 dollars accounting for inflation on about 50 dollars then.

        The ps1 itself would cost almost 800 follars today, accounting for inflation.

        Game prices haven’t really followed along with inflation. The 60 dollar game has been a thing since i was a child in the 90s.

        I agree that perhaps 80 dollars is a lot for a game, and maybe they should be priced lower than 1 quarter the cost of the console, but thats a different argument.

        What i am saying, again, is this is nothing new, and i think this outrage is symptomatic of “short-term memory loss”.

        I wish games were cheaper. But ragging on nintendo for charging less than they used to for n64 games (when accounting for inflation) and selling a console that plays ps5 games for less than a ps5. Is a bit strange. I also think the portability of the switch is something neither of the big 2 have. The playstation portal is half the cost of a ps5 and has to be on the same wifi as the ps5.

        I just dont see why people think this is so egregious.

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