I am though. Can't I be mad at multiple people at once? This thread just happens to be about Nintendo, so obviously Nintendo will be the subject of my comments.
As of 2023 their net income is only a ~3 billion and their total assets were ~22 billion which when you own a multinational technology company isn't that much.
Financially (market cap) they're smaller than Texas Instruments or Home Depot, much more at the whims of the market than at the helm of it.
And they'll make billions with $80 games. People will buy them, when there are thousands of other games on the market. So, clearly either $80 isn't as big a deal as we're making of it, or there's something special about Nintendo games that merits a higher price.
Literally there were even some NES games that retailed for $75 over 30 years ago these people should be grateful the prices stayed basically the same for so long while everything else ballooned from inflation. Plus it’s literally a luxury item, you don’t need your precious switch games to survive if you can’t afford it don’t fucking buy it.
Think about it for a couple of seconds, you realise how much money 27 million copies sold at 60 dollars each is? we are talking about almost two billions here.
I'm saying it's not as much net as you think it is. Plus if Nintendo has any losses on any games or consoles (think Wii U) that also eats into the net. You're probably too young to understand how expensive business can get when you have feast and famine cycles as well as cost offsets.
You can't argue for that while they have been having record-breaking net profits for the last 5 years. source 1, source 2. Your delusion truly is outstanding.
Except that games back in 1990 didn’t sell as many, and only came on physical media. A majority of game sales in 2025 are digital, and they sell more copies. So the cost to print the physical card isn’t there, and they’re selling more copies of that digital game.
The games also take more developers, artists, voice actors, etc. The physical media by most game companies wasn't cutting edge even by the standards of the time which meant the most expensive development had usually happened in other industries. It still cost money but there were good supply chains to tap into meaning the overall cost is less than you're thinking.
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u/733t_sec 23h ago
Idk about Nintendo either way but this seems to be a long overdue adjustment in the gaming industry after prices were kept at $50 dollars for so long.
Using https://www.usinflationcalculator.com
$50 in 1990 is $122.07 in 2025
$50 in 1999 is $95.76 in 2025