Not so much defense, more like "uhh, yeah, things cost money, inflation exists, welcome to the real world", and I can't disagree honestly. People gotta use an inflation calculator on old games.
This meme does have real "too late, I drew you as the soy cuck and myself as the chad!" energy.
No one is saying it’s a good thing, but crying about it constantly on the internet is really annoying. If $80 is too much, don’t buy the game. If you buy the game, then $80 was not too much. It’s really not that hard.
I'm honestly so so so bored of this. Like so bored. The thing is, most of the complaining is coming from people who have no interest in buying the game. It's just yet another example of the unfiltered Reddit gamer rage. Bored.
I think a lot of it is from teenagers who are going to buy the game anyway and really chafe at the extra $10. Also, Steam Deck guys who think there is a non-zero market of people cross-shopping a Switch 2 with a Steam Deck.
A lot of it is from young people who are relatively new to paying for their own stuff and DEFINITELY haven't been through any of the price increases before.
Anyone applying logic and numbers understands that, while annoying, it's perfectly reasonable.
It’s not about the game, you numb skulls. They’re testing the waters to see with how much they can get away with, soon they’ll be no more physical copies, so less cost for companies right, do you think they’ll lower the prices then ?
In two years time, games are gonna 90$ if we keep this rate, that’s 50% raise btw. It’s also 10% of the minimum salary in my country.
Such a dramatic take. Isn't it just one game and it's in Euros, not dollars? You people need to touch grass and stop being so upset about things that haven't happened and might not even happen. Don't buy it? Problem solved.
Ah yes because the economy is truly a linear progression, and it’s not like games just became 70$ a year ago, and now apparently 80$.
Surely they will stop there, because the people won’t buy the consoles or games at that price and corporations won’t abuse customers as they would never… oh wait
It is same as people complaining, that there are no good/original movies anymore. Dude, shop around, so many great games that are dirt cheap. Hell, game pass is like one Nintendo game in a year and you have hundreds of games to chose from.
I'm personally doing okay for the moment. My coworkers in lesser paid positions who already have to help coordinate each other's schedule around the days they need to work their second and third jobs may not feel the same way. It won't be long before neither of us do either, if this week's events are any indication.
I think that’s exactly why people are so frustrated. They have bigger problems and Nintendo is adding one more. I wouldn’t say it’s a rational opinion, necessarily, but I understand it.
Then my argument to you if your financial situation is that bad, then gaming realistically shouldnt be your worry.
I am sorry, but if you are that tight on money you shouldn't be buying videogames and should be focusing on needs and bills. Gaming is a luxury not a need...
But realistically you are probably doing just fine, and complaining about the governement because you want gaming to revolve around your wants,
No, most people don't. Real wages are at all time highs. Unemployment is near sustained record lows. The current administration will blow all of this up, but things are currently very good
You failing personally does not mean everyone else if failing
It's non Nintendo doing that, it's the general economy doing that. Be mad at the people screwing up the economy or the people not paying better wages. Video games are a luxury product that costs a ton to make. Yes it sucks when prices go up but it's not like Nintendo is just deciding to increase it for no reason. Inflation has been massive the past 5 years
They were to last to go to $70 and only went to $80 first because their new console comes out first and probably as a preemptive to the tariffs about to wreck the global economy. The only people with their head in the sand are the ones acting like the massive inflation and economic uncertainty was somehow supposed to avoid the video game market.
It takes fewer hours of work for you to buy an $80n game in 2025 than it was to buy regularly priced games at almost any point in history. If anything, fewer people are priced out now.
Fuck Nintendo and their pricing as a whole of course, but this argument is ridiculous.
While no one likes prices going up, is an extra $20, or "3 games for the price of 4 on the switch 1", on a platform that costs $500 up front really pricing an entire class of people out of a hobby?
Holy shit this kind of seething contempt for your fellow man isnt healthy. Explain to me why you deserve 800 dollars of video games but the children of single parents dont
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u/Avnesya 1d ago edited 1d ago
Is there actually "people" unironically defending em at this point?
Legit asking
edit : typo