then all the DLC you'll have to buy in a few years.
People will say this shit not realizing that all of the corner cutting and in-game subscription services and premium currencies and seasonal passes and loot boxes are products of greedy corporations being afraid to change the base price of a game, so either they need to spend less money and time on it to make it garbage, or pack it full of hundreds of other ways to milk the players dry
No, they've shown no fear in raising the price. The PS3 and 3DS were really expensive at launch right? It's because no one can actually justify games being so expensive.
DLC and loot boxes came from predatory design to get more money subtly. It would have happened no matter what. Thinking the company will surely get full from all that money and not want more is dumb.
Plus the audience for games has increased massively since the N64. Most people play games, so it can be expected the price doesn't shoot up because they have more buyers to make up the cost.
Nintendo is also known to be greedy as hell. Saying inflation doesn't mean jack.
The market growing has also allowed consistent pricing since the N64. However the market has grown and isn't getting bigger but the costs to make games are increasing.
You don't HAVE to buy DLC and when you do you get more content that took time to make and is a product in and of itself. Everything is getting more expensive, video games aren't immune from costs increasing for everything else.
People like you is why it’ll be another $10-$20 more expensive next year, we went from $60 to $70 only just a few years ago. I’m so happy about making more room in my wallet for the company that profits in the billions each year
Interesting how wages and compensation have not been adjusted accordingly.. Nintendo will use their additional profits to pay all of their employees better, right?
Asking a company to permanently lock their price points for a product at a certain point while simultaneously asking for a better and more complete product is asinine.
Why do you think micro-transactions became so popular? They sell you the game for $60 and then entice you to spend 10-15 on something in the game. They've been hiding the need for a ~$80 price point for revenue. It's just gotten so out of hand at this point, they need to make the jump to stay profitable.
Yeah that's cool, but the thing is, I really don't care. If it was 70$ for newer games I might understand, but 70$ for the old games and 80$ for new ones is just insanity.
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u/BiioHazzrd 8d ago
Do people not understand inflation? Games have been $60 since the early 2000s... No other media has maintained a price point like that for 20+ years.
Games should cost more, get over it.