And Mario Kart is $50 with the bundle. I know that's its own problem as it's essentially nintendo telling us to screw physical games but it seems to be a one and done thing as Mario kart has that much demand. I'm not defending the price but I highly doubt it will be a regular price for the generation
It sets a dangerous precedent going forward IF the economy sorts itself out, prices won't go down if tariffs dissappear in the US for example, but thats about it.
Once one game charges $80, others will feel empowered to do so, as well.
My prediction is they're going to report sales for Mario Kart World as a combination of units sold standalone + units sold with a console bundle, and the number is going to be crazy high because of course it will, there's a bundle that gets you the game for $50 and most people will get it that way. Then they'll point at the sales numbers and say "look, gamers have accepted the $80 price point" even though most people basically got it for $50.
Mario Kart World's price is just a sticker price. Literally everyone who's a big enough nintendo fan to buy the console on day one will also buy the new Mario Kart that they've been waiting over a decade for. No one will actually pay $90 for the new game. It's just there to make the switch 2 + Mario Kart bundle seem like a better deal than it otherwise would be
essentially nintendo telling us to screw physical games
Nintendo is one of the last companies still largely making physical games. I haven't bought a physical game that wasn't a Nintendo game in at least 10 years, if not 15.
People love to cope by saying "It's the right thing to do", not just with pirating. Why acknowledge you're doing something morally questionable when you can instead convince yourself you aren't
Iām a big Nintendo fan and donāt agree with a lot of what Nintendo is doing at the moment but I also think people are being a little sensational and exaggerating many things. This meme is a good example. Mario Kart by itself is $80 and that is indeed fucked but DK is $70 which is what any other major AAA game costs. Video games are expensive to make and not getting any cheaper and inflation is a real thing however our wages (at least here in the US) have not risen at the same degree that inflation has. The price of the Switch one after adjusting for inflation is pretty close to what theyāre charging for the Switch 2 and we have a lot of other factors that have caused the price to Be what it is.
Iām not trying to shill for a huge company but I do think Nintendo, while far from being an angel, is also not the worst company out there. Save this energy for the government, for Tesla, for Meta, for Amazon. Etc. Nintendo should not get a pass by any means but letās also be realistic.
Fully prepared for a storm of downvotes and negative replies but I just really needed to get this off my chest.
At the end of the day we all just want to play games and escape from the world for a bit. Wishing everyone the best in this nightmare world we find ourselves in.
Nintendo doesn't publicly share their budget information, but the projected cost of both BOTW/TOTK are estimated between $100-$150 million, Scarlett and Violet have an estimated cost between $20-$25 million and Odyssey between $50-$100.
Compare these to the CoD's, God of Wars and Halos. Nintendo's games are roughly half the cost of the cheapest of those.
the original price for some slight overhauls isn't worth it. not at 60 70. Considering that it should just be an update like Xbox and Sony have done for the ps4 to ps5 games and they want to charge at all for that stuff is wild. To be on point I am referencing the BOTW and TOTK switch 2 upgrades.
There are free upgrades, $10 upgrades, and $20 upgrades. The free ones appear to be simple visual upgrades (presumably higher frame rates and resolutions). The $10 ones seem to be more involved visual upgrades. For example, BotW and TotK look like they've gotten texture upgrades, as well as HDR support, in addition to the performance improvements.
Sony did the same thing with some of its games.
The only $20 upgrades so far are Mario Party Jamboree and Kirby and the Forgotten Land, as far as I'm aware. Those both include additional content that likely would have been a $20 DLC on its own, without all the other improvements.
What game are you talking about? This is under a comment about the new dk game, which is definitely 3d. Even so, 2d or 3d doesn't tell you how much time, effort, or content went into it.
For an IP that's 44 years old and has made money hand over fist, multiple times, 10 bucks is fair (I'm exaggerating a bit, but not by much). Especially when Nintendo is stuck in the early 2000s in terms of hardware capabilities and innovation.
Some indy devs seem to do well enough creating brand new IPs that are interesting and sell their creations for a fraction of cost. Some are even free to play.
Oh wait, Nintendo gets to rip its fans off because the fans are terrible at math.
This take is straight awful. Who cares how old the IP is. And they are anything but stuck in the early 2000s. They are way more innovative than Sony and Microsoft who just release a new cheap computer every few years.
The Wii was released in 2006, the Wii U is just a continuation of that (so no innovation there) and handhelds have been around since... Gameboy. Back when they innovated that in the 1980s.
These days, other handhelds have far outpaced Nintendo in hardware capabilities and compatability with a variety of games, not just ones being published by a specific company.
The Wii U added a screen that streams directly to your console that you can play completely off of. That is definitely innovative. The Switch was the first commercial success of a handheld that is dockable to a TV seamlessly.
And no shit other handhelds have passed the switch. That's how technology works. It's been like 8 years since the Switch was released.
You just come across like a hater that can't afford it.
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u/Blue_Bird950 23h ago
DK costs $70