Just remember these companies made BILLIONS of dollars selling games at 60$, this isnt about keeping the lights on or having enough money to make the next game. This is about siphoning as much money from the consumer as possible
Money for advertising maybe. They'll take your money, and use it to convince someone else to give them their money, and so on.
The Wii U was a flop, in part due to bad messaging, and also because tons of people had just bought a Wii. They could be looking at advertising as a way to avoid repeating past mistakes. Get enough people to know switch 2 is distinct and create FOMO among the people who already know about it and don't want to miss out on the new games.
Regardless, I'm not a fan of excessive advertising. I'd rather they use my money on producing a quality product, not paying off media to get sales from unaware people. It's like Ridge, where they sell something you can get for cheap, but charge $200 for it so they can pay off YouTubers to get more sales and pay off more YouTubers. A quality product at a good price should speak for itself.
I mean sure but if you need to spend so much money on marketing your product that it noticeably increases the cost of said product, then maybe your product just isnt good enough for the price youre asking
Marketing noticeably increases the price of any product that's had any robust marketing campaign. The main reason store brands cost like 20-50% less than name brands is because they don't have marketing costs to make up for in the price of the product
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u/Ok_Buffalo_423 1d ago
Just remember these companies made BILLIONS of dollars selling games at 60$, this isnt about keeping the lights on or having enough money to make the next game. This is about siphoning as much money from the consumer as possible