Comment on Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns
MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 1 week ago$80, $90, and even $100 games lmao. Even $70 is too much.
Comment on Nintendo delays Switch 2 preorders over tariff concerns
MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 1 week ago$80, $90, and even $100 games lmao. Even $70 is too much.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 1 week 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.
MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Because it is egregious. Wow solved that for you. Write an essay somewhere else about how you love Nintendo so much.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 1 week ago
In fact. I dont care if you realise it or not. I dont need your validation. Im in my 30s. I’m nearly 40. i have been gaming since the sega master system. That’s fairly early doors for gaming. I know what i am talking about, i have been alive for long enough and paid for enough games to know what i am talking about.
The fact that you are just going to downvote me and offer absolutely nothing to counter my argument is enough for me to know you are EITHER too young to k ow about any of this, or being purposfully ignorant to jump on the rage wagon.
The fact you automatically think i am schilling for nintendo because my argument passively defends them (its actually an argument defending all game pricing) is just evidence of your immaturity.
Grow up, eh?
MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Well since you brought it up Ive been gaming longer than you. Raising prices to $80, $90, and $100 is price gouging, thats all it is.
Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world 1 week ago
So after reading about how, when accou ting for inflation, games are actually cheaper today than they should be. Your whole counter is. “Hur dur, because no, dont write paragraphs, me not read more than 20 seconds. Hur dur” yeah good one…
MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Things are way more expensive than they should be. Inflation isnt an excuse to have things expensive. And yes this includes games. $80, $90, and $100 games are too expensive, it aint complicated.