Well, at least used games used to be a thing that you could buy.
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icecreamtaco@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Used games are always cheaper, what point does this make?
suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 6 days ago
catloaf@lemm.ee 6 days ago
Still are. The Switch still takes cartridges.
Diddlydee@feddit.uk 6 days ago
Used to and still are.
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 6 days ago
theres also the chance that at least for TTYD, that was a players choice version of the game, which retailed for 20$ new. since its 2006, on the wake of the Wii
ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 6 days ago
GameCube games MSRP was 49.99. Adjusted for inflation it is $79.30. The reason things feel so expensive is because you get half cooked broken DLC ridden games as the norm and a large portion of income goes toward housing, transportation (cars specifically) and education.
Glide@lemmy.ca 6 days ago
Mhmm. Everyone is shitting on Nintendo, but the reality is their games are literally keeping up with inflation. The problem is that our wages haven’t kept up with inflation, and the cost of living has, at least, kept up. In some cases (rent), it’s grown faster than the inflation of everything else.
Don’t get me wrong, Nintendo is tone deaf for making this decision now, and I suspect they’d still make billions with a $15 price increase rather than a $30 one. I’m not defending them. But the picture is a lot larger than them.
JPAKx4@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 days ago
If Nintendo always made games that didn’t need dlc or got free updates, didn’t require Nintendo online for full functionality, or had to pay a 30% platform fee, it would make much more sense for this price. I don’t believe for a second they won’t make a profit at $60 for their mainline games.
naticus@lemmy.world 5 days ago
You’re also forgetting maybe the biggest factor: library selection. We used to have a lot of choices, but not literal thousands of choices across all our platforms. If we only had our choice of a few hundred games, $80 might sound more reasonable.