r/memes • u/Yolo065 • 1d ago

Leave them alone🤬🤬🤬

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u/733t_sec 1d 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

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u/DerReckeEckhardt 1d ago

If the prices are the only thing that get adjusted up due to inflation, it's not inflation but corporate greed

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u/733t_sec 1d ago

I see what you're saying but consider Nintendo does not control wages.

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u/DerReckeEckhardt 1d ago

But they do control their own prices and have access to wage statistics.

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u/733t_sec 1d ago

Okay but they also have to pay their workers a fair wage.

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u/Ghosts_lord 1d ago

they already make billions with 60$ games

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u/733t_sec 1d ago

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.

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u/BirthdayHealthy5399 1d ago

with current inflation and their profit margins for previous gen they would make a loss on each unit sold

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u/Ultrace-7 1d ago

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.

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u/Ghosts_lord 1d ago

then they'll sue because someone has a jump mechanic that looks too much like the one used in mario so they can get more money

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u/DerReckeEckhardt 1d ago

But have they done it? The wage-price spiral is a lie. Wages are not inherently tied to prices. Especially not in big corporations like Nintendo.

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u/733t_sec 1d ago

Nintendo does have a history of CEO's taking massive paycuts to make prevent layoffs.