I find it odd that people think games can just cost $60 forever, this is what we paid in the 90s for games, like at some point they were bound to raise with inflation. Did people expect to still be paying $60 in 2045 too?
It’s a miracle 60$ was the price for as long as it was, he’s not supporting this, he’s just acknowledging basic inflation. Games are expensive af to make
How can you acknowledge the rising development costs for bigger and better looking games and not see how that isnt sustainable. They are making a (small) profit on 60 dollar games now, they cant keep doing that long term.
Dude they developed this game with the money from selling $60 games. The game IS developed. Whatever profit they're making right now was enough to develop this better looking game. Or do you think they will pay their developers after it sells?
No, of course not. And from this projection is where they adjust their future prices. But acting like this development is crippling them for not pricing the game at $80 is absurd when they made billions in profit while developing it and selling $60 games.
If they made it. Selling stuff at $60 AND made a profit, how is a 33% increase in what is JUST profit at this point, not greed?
So you keep costs low for a higher volume, then each game is a gamble. Following Nintendo ads so much dlc that essentially becomes call of duty. Ergo $60 with a bimonthly $30 battle pass. From a corpo perspective this could make more, but from a dev? Nah man that's hell, Nintendo makes games and not services primarily.
It's not their core business, not developed by them (it's by DeNa) and they've been winding it down. They only have three mobile games and they just turned Pocket Camp into a pay-to-own.
I should have phrased it as such, Nintendo's business is in the traditional console market and not focused on mobile games. That was always a partnership and they've stopped investing in them. I don't think any of their mobile games are actively developed anymore.
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u/Merfen 1d ago
I find it odd that people think games can just cost $60 forever, this is what we paid in the 90s for games, like at some point they were bound to raise with inflation. Did people expect to still be paying $60 in 2045 too?