Yeah, Nintendo is smoking unfiltered crack, lol. Who the hell has $80-90 to throw at every game in the midst of an unnecessary economic downturn and possible worldwide meltdown?
this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2025
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Oh no, just a USA meltdown. Trump isn't great for other economies, but we still have the rest of the world to trade with. The only thing he is achieving is making the usa less relevant by the day.
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Not to mention, Nintendo games usually don’t go down in price over time as much.
As much? I don't think ever. Breath of the Wild is still it's release price despite it's sequel, in the same world but with more content, being out and the same price. They're insane.
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$90?
Shit.
Metroid Prime 4 and The Duskbloods don't sound perfect after all
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I laughed when they showed their game chat mode as some accomplishment. They spent years just making discord...
Another funny moment was when the Civ VII dude said something like "if you already have Civ VII you will be able to play the enhanced switch 2 mode!... After purchasing the upgrade."
They're so unapologetically greedy.
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The fact that Nintendo is well known for not lowering their game prices this could very well price them out from competition.
Hopefully game reviewers will heighten their expectations to meet these inflated prices.
Have you met Nintendo fanboys? They're going to defend this shit like MAGAt republicans defend their Cheeto coloured Jesus.
Hopefully game reviewers will heighten their expectations to meet these inflated prices.
I find it more likely Nintendo will DMCA them for daring to speak about their games
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Nintendo isn't getting another penny from me after what they did to the switch emulation projects.
You can still emulate everything. Newest version will work just fine for the indefinite future
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Excited for Switch 2 emulation on Steam Deck in a few years
On the one hand, with rising inflation and skyrocketing development costs, I can totally understand why game prices are getting dangerously close to the triple digits. Games rn are cheaper that they ever were ~~yeet~~ yet development is not.
However, that’s still a lot of money and I really wouldn’t wanna pay that.
The money isn't going to developers, and these are billion dollar companies. It's not about development, but unadulterated greed.
Doesn’t change that $60 in 2010 are almost $90 today. Devs/publishers aren’t any more greedy than they were 15 years ago.
Devs/publishers aren’t any more greedy than they were 15 years ago.
Looks at the dozens of live service games that have come out in the past decade, with their multiple currencies and premium battle passes
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This is greed, pure and simple. At $60, the industry was more profitable than Hollywood, and they raised the base price of games to $70 just a few years ago before immediately talking about raising prices again.
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Current plan is to borrow a Switch 2 from a friend in a couple years, to play the games we're really excited for.
Seeing that the "explore the Switch 2” game wasn't included with the system just pissed me off. I'm not paying to play an interactive manual.
I'd be completely flabbergasted by anybody who wastes their money on that "game."
Satoru Iwata is rolling in his grave.
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Nuck Findendo. They’re assholes who kick the ladder out from underneath them
I'm done giving money to Nintendo. Their litigious behavior is inexcusable. Just ask the parrot on my shoulder. He's on the same side as my eye patch.
I bought the first switch thinking I'd play it way more. But those prices that basically never go down, and paying way more for games than I could get them on steam.
Nah. I have a deck and it feels better in my hands, looks better, and I don't get charged out the ass for games that have been out for near a decade.
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This is probably the only time Nintendo has come out of the gate with superior hardware and I actually don't give a shit, why on earth would I want to buy a steam deck that is locked behind corporate control and price gouging?
I don't give a shit how fast the scrreen refreshes or how fancy some of the features, I want a computer that can play games, I don't want a toy that is purposefully broken so I can't use it for things I want to use it for, ESPECIALLY if I drop hundreds and hundreds of dollars on it.
Nope.
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don't forget mods, easy repair, easy piracy, and actually being a functional portable computer in a pinch if you have a docking station
A Steamdeck can emulate a Switch. The number of exclusive games for the Switch 2 will be so pitiful it would scarcely justify a purchase though I'm sure some people will buy it. I also think that a Steamdeck 2 can't be far off appearing.
Hell, at least I can use my steam deck as a mini PC and SSH into the thing, as well as use a mouse and full fuckin keyboard with my cheap off brand dock.
Even the 729$ Legion Go looks like a good deal compared to the Switch 2.
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