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?
you're saying Nintendo should start willingly burning through cash reserves so that they can keep prices at $60 until they run out of cash reserves and then they would raise it up?
They wouldn't be burning through any reserves. The whole point as if they could sell these games at a reasonable price and still be making a reasonable profit. Reasonable profits don't pay for a second or third vacation home or yacht though.
no, reasonable profits do not matter at all to a public company. every quarter they have to make more profit than the last quarter. it's why they all go to shit.
exactly, it's not a good thing. So why is everyone in here gargling Nintendo's balls like it's inevitable? Its a choice they are making, not something they have to do or force going bankrupt.
Besides the fact that consoles not games mind you, have historically been sold at a lost, doesn't Nintendo make almost pure profit from their games because thy're first party?
Why are you acting like a company that made more profit in their last generation then they did from the 1980's until 2016 combined would be in trouble for pricing their games a bit more reasonably?
I mean that's great and all but doesn't address what I was saying to the person I was replying to. They aren't doing this because they aren't making money, or because inflation is keeping them from profit. Keeping prices where they are also wouldn't result in them "burning through cash reserves" like you suggested either. Like, I know companies are greedy I don't exist under a rock, but to act like they've been keeping prices low out of the goodness of their heart for so long or that unless they do they won't make money or start to lose money as you suggested is just silly.
Firstly, the new console can do 4K/60 so you will see game budgets increase to match the power of the system as developers find they can really pretty up their games now.
Secondly, high cash reserves is how Japanese companies operate. The country has about $4.8 trillion tied up in corporate cash reserves.
The businesses are extremely conservative with cash and make sure they have shitloads available in the event of a downturn in business.
Nintendo holding $9 billion in cash is not the equivalent of an American company doing so.
Oh boy 4k/60fps! On a handheld console. That almost certainly can't run anything at 4k unless docked and even then good luck because it's running on a modified tablet.
Why are you so okay with Nintendo charging next gen prices for last gen (graphics wise) games?
Bro even if they showed games running at 4k/60fps flawlessly for every game, I've been doing that on my PC since 2017. The games will not have cutting edge graphics and I have to ask again, why are you so okay with being charged next gen prices for last gen games? Like they're hyping HDR you can't be serious with this
Because even on a relatively average income for my country, the prices are still affordable to me and will provide more entertainment per hour than most forms of entertainment?
I am comfortable spending money on luxury goods at a rate that I can afford and is worth the expense to me, yes. People will spend $50,000 on a car, but an extra $20 on a game is too much to bear?
If you don’t like the price or can’t afford it, vote with your wallet and don’t buy it.
Who is spending 50k on a car? Let's not start strawmanning because you're argument is basically "fuck you got mine". Like I get you're selfish and don't care and that's fine, but it's also important to point out other countries pay gross markups on their games or otherwise make so little money that this price increase is far more than just "an extra 20" Like if you're an Australian gamer you're fucked but I guess they should just accept the price increase because chuckleheads like you can afford it?
I am Australian. Plenty of people are spending $50k on a car, because I see plenty of cars worth that much on the road.
The Switch works out cheaper than the US based on exchange rates. Games too, by $10. Games used to be $110 here back when the PS2 was popular, Switch games are either $110 or $120 now. Know what the difference might be? The tariffs that Americans so wisely voted for.
So no, I’m not being taken advantage of like you suggest. I don’t know the situation in other countries, but you said I specifically were being taken advantage of.
My argument is, no I am not. The prices I am paying are reasonable.
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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?