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.
It's actually so crazy. You don't have to go far back either. If Mario Kart 8 was $60 in 2014, then inflation says it should be $80 in 2025.
Whether or not Nintendo scales their developer's salaries is another matter worth further research, but generally speaking, don't we want companies to be able to pay their developers well? Game companies get their money from games. If we as consumers expect to pay 2014 prices, then game companies can only afford to pay developers 2014 salaries.
Inflation doesn't say anything should be priced at anything. The company looks at various factors and decides on the cost. They can almost definitely sell these games at $60 and make a profit. I've never seen Nintendo's numbers but they're a multi billion dollar corporation. They would be fine.
Sure, they would be fine, and there are certainly a number of factors their market analysts have considered before deciding that a price raise would maximize profit. Still, the point remains that $80 today is worth $60 in 2014. If it's such a huge problem now why wasn't it a problem 11 years ago?
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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