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.
Development costs are not the same. Manufacturing costs may have gone down, but games in the mid 90s cost had far smaller, cheaper teams. Games today are like Hollywood movies.
GTA6 has what, a two billion budget? Game expectations are high. Even by inflation standards, they should be priced at around 130. Games used to be 70 when I was a kid. All this is is people who don't understand economics or the industry having a meltdown and then when you try correct them or explain some logic behind it they start foaming at the mouth about shills and bootlickers. You can't have a normal conversation any more. Everything is either you're with me or against me. Gamers are exhausting.
It's not people who don't understand economics. It's people who understand economics, and understand that gaming is the most profitable industry in the world, and understand that Nintendo stands at the top of that industry and does not actually need to raise prices.
What is this disingenuous take I keep seeing that people don't understand that inflation exists? That's such a ridiculous take. That's exactly why this is an issue. Everything is more expensive, and the companies that can handle it, like Nintendo, are also making their products more expensive. People simply don't want to spend money on only food—they like playing video games, so they're allowed to be upset that the greed of a corporation is making that harder.
Nintendo can handle the inflation. If this was some small indie dev, it would actually be fine, but that's not who it is. It's Nintendo.
It's not people who don't understand economics. It's people who understand economics, and understand that gaming is the most profitable industry in the world, and understand that Nintendo stands at the top of that industry and does not actually need to raise prices.
Aka you don't understand economics. "Need" has nothing to do with it. This is profit optimization.
Aka you're completely missing the point. Need does have to do with it. Either Nintendo does or does not need to raise the prices. If they do not, then it is a greedy act. It's as simple as that.
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u/Avnesya 2d ago edited 2d ago
Is there actually "people" unironically defending em at this point?
Legit asking
edit : typo