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 1d ago
DK costs $70