Comment on Microsoft is raising prices on Xbox consoles, controllers, and games worldwide

slimerancher@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• bennel@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The difference is: Microsoft and Sony 1st party titles go on sale and eventually come down in price over time.

  Nintendo first party titles are always full price, even for 5 year old games.

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  • LandedGentry@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Try 10 years! I went on the Wii-U shop right before it shut down. Zelda et al still $50. Insane.

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  • PieMePlenty@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yup. The reality, while shitty, Microsoft still publishes games on multiple platforms (2 at minimum - PC and xbox). On PC, the games are sold on multiple storefronts with varying discounts and sales.

    Nintendo has a complete monopoly on the platform they publish for and completely control the prices.

    For me, all these price increases are doing is moving me more towards PC. And to a larger degree off AAA titles all together.

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