• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      7 days ago

      Sure, if it’s not a good value for you, then don’t buy it. Console games have never been cheap, and consoles have generally been affordable (not cheap).

      IMO, the prices aren’t outlandish when you take inflation into account. Here’s an article that goes over it:

      • OG NES - $180 in 1985, ~$480 today
      • SNES - $200 in 1991, ~$415 today
      • N64, Game Cube, Wii - ~$330, give or take
      • Switch - ~$440

      And this page lists game prices:

      • NES - $146
      • N64 - $120
      • GameCube - ~$90
      • Wii - $80
      • Switch - $77

      So generally a downward trend. The Switch 2’s expected prices are a bit of a correction to $80-90, but still pretty much in line with recent consoles.

      Here’s the image for reference:

      • QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works
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        7 days ago

        No, I get it. You really don’t need to post an entire breakdown when I can read it on any gaming site. These never seem to take into account that manufacturing games has become much cheaper or that the majority of games are sold digitally which have negligible costs compared to physical. Maybe I’m wrong about that but at the end of the day we are still getting used to $70 when it comes to modern consoles—so Nintendo thinking their games are worth more than that on top of being a generation behind? It’s a shitty look, honestly, especially combined with the other crap that’s come out about pricing since the reveal