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Nintendo is Bringing Us Kicking and Screaming Into the $80 Game Era with the Switch 2

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Sunshine@lemmy.ca⁩ to ⁨gaming@lemmy.zip⁩

https://gizmodo.com/nintendo-is-bringing-us-kicking-and-screaming-into-the-80-game-era-with-the-switch-2-2000584828

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  • qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Don’t like the price, don’t buy it. Don’t feed the hype. Play through your games. Mod it. Try a diferent path, a new class, a diferent character. Try indie games.

    Corporations feed on the needs they create on you. Starve them.

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  • ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Unpopular opinion: Nintendo is overrated and is no longer innovation.

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    • eveninghere@beehaw.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Never was. Nintendo 64 was developed at SGI and sold to Nintendo after turned down by others.

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    • x00z@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Quite a popular opinion actually.

      There’s even websites like www.suedbynintendo.com

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      • ScrambledEggs@lazysoci.al ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Huh. I guess it’s not as unpopular as it once was. I’m glad to see that.

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    • CalipherJones@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I haven’t bought anything Nintendo in years… but I can’t lie, that open world mario kart game looks sick.

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  • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Hardly kicking and screaming when you can just turn away.

    My game purchases this year have all been under £10. Last year the most expensive was Factorio: Space Age which I bought directly from their site. Most of my playtime this year has been in FOSS games and a few small indies like Soldak games.

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    • Stitch0815@feddit.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You got any good tips for foss games?

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      • Alenalda@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Beyond all readon

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      • Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Been playing Veloren lately. Lot of time in CDDA too.

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  • ekZepp@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    no-pernalonga-3369907953

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  • DarkFuture@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    laughs in PC

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    • Sunshine@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Chuckles in Steam Deck

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    • Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You think Steam games won’t follow console prices?

      I can currently get AC Shadows (just an example of a new game, I don’t want it) on PS5 (physical) for a few £ less than it is on Steam. They’ve gone from like £40 a few years ago to £60. As standard.

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      • fluffy@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        If you don’t need the latest and greatest games and can wait a bit, you get a shit-ton of games on PC (including AAA Games) for la few bucks. Have a look at Humble Choice for example, Steam Sales, Bundles, other legit/official key retailers etc. I mean, fuck Epic but one could solely feed his gaming needs with all the free games they give away constantly.

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      • DrSteveBrule@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        gg.deals

        New steam games may have $80 price tags at some point, but most of them will end up on that site for a fraction of the price after some time. Nintendo titles might go down to $70 after a decade.

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  • Sunshine@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    The steam deck is way better anyways!

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  • Erasmus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I haven’t paid full price for a game since I bought my Steam Deck.

    Sorry Nintendo - it’s going to be a hard pass for me. I think I can live without Mario Cart for $80

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  • Goun@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m done buying games from these corporate fux.

    Only indie games for me from now on.

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    • CalipherJones@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Last 2 triple A games I’ve bought (Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Civ 7) have both been awful. Meanwhile I spend 15 on a game like Roboquest and play it for 30 hours.

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      • Elevator7009@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        The last triple A I bought was on a big sale because it’s long past its release date. Mostly ignoring modern ones, the only one I have wanted was BG3 which I am fully happy playing the many years waiting game for because I have so many other games to play first. c/patientgamers

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    • Noobnarski@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m happy that I bought Baldurs Gate 3, but otherwise I didn’t buy anything and I am happy about that too.

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    • technomad@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You said that last time too 😛

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  • cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m dancing happily into the €20 game era with my Steam Deck.

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    • eveninghere@beehaw.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I paid like $70 for FF 7 remake pack (two titles) on Steam. Even then I felt like they could optimize the graphics algorithm a tiny bit (I don’t want them to swap the texture frequently to a poorer resolution one just because the GPUs from 7 years ago (on PlayStation?) had less VRAM.

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    • Asetru@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      You’re paying double digits for your games?

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      • cronenthal@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        For some of them, they’re worth it.

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  • Ledivin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Bringing you, maybe. I’m out ✌️ I’m not giving into the pre-planned reduction to 70/80, either.

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  • Whateley@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I haven’t owned a Nintendo console since the halcyon days of the SNES and shit like this doesn’t encourage me to break that habit.

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    • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Held off on the switch at Christmas in anticipation of switch 2, mostly for the kids, think I’ll try them with PC gaming and see how they get on. I’ll get a lot more bang for buck upgrading my graphics card.

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  • Linktank@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No thanks.

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  • i_dont_want_to@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’ll start by saying I loved Nintendo games. But I think I’m done. They can offer the games at $80, but I will pass. Oh well.

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    • FurtiveFugitive@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Same boat. I love my switch. Their direct said all the right things. New Mario kart looks great. I have faith meteoid and that new dk game will be fun. But the pricing makes it a no go. There’s just no way I’m going to pony up that much for one game.

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  • MoreFPSmorebetter@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m not defending this behavior but keeping up with inflation games that cost 60 bucks in the early 90s would cost well over 120 today.

    I know they don’t do physical media as much or at all in some cases.

    I’m just pointing out that technically 80 bucks for a game is still a good ways behind inflation.

    Not defending it. Just pointing it out.

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    • spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Digital distribution is far less than it was in the 90s, many games sell in far higher numbers they did in the 90s, plus a ton of other cost savings due to scale exist on the distribution side. Yes, costs are higher to develop some types of games, but quite a few studios are able to put out profit generating games at far less than $60 per unit sold.

      Cost comparisons over time tend to not be very informative when it comes to products that have significant changes in costs over time, and games are one of those things.

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      • Gengaar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Also not accounting for the fact that most games now release feeling half finished and are only made feature complete through patches (if the game sells well) or paid dlc.

        New horizons released with large features missing from new leaf that were added in overtime, and then had a paid dlc pack. Smash ultimates new roster editions felt rather lacking until the dlc passes added in a number of long clamored for characters. And of course whatever is going on with the new pokemon games, now using dlc and paid home services to essentially hold peoples old favorites hostage.

        Cost may have increased, but I seem to get less value for my money with every new release.

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      • MoreFPSmorebetter@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Which I recognize. I still feel like there is a weird disconnect between gamers and cost. If I spent 80 bucks on a game and I get hundreds of hours of fun out of it that was easily worth the money. I have spent far more on significantly worse fun per dollar events over the years.

        I just find it kinda funny how gamers get with the costs of games when compared to their spending on other media. Like how many people complaining about the 80 dollar games have rented a movie on Amazon for 5 bucks or something. That’s a 2.50 an hour for entertainment at best.

        I won’t be buying the console or the 80 dollar games but I find the conversation and interesting one.

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  • ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Remember: $80 from the big companies is only the starting price given the various editions and other monetization schemes they may push.

    Also the scale and technical demands of their games, and thus their cost, have in large part been pushed by them, despite their attempts to turn it around and say it’s all organic consumer demand.

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  • The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    lol not for me, thnx

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  • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    *$90

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  • bw42@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    No thanks, I’m good with my Analogue Pocket and Streamdeck.

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  • vonbaronhans@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I’m weirdly okay with this?

    I get most of my gaming on the cheap on PC, so I feel fine splurging for the occasional Nintendo title.

    But as with all things, no reason to buy something you don’t want to pay for. If enough people can’t or won’t pay $80, then so be it.

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    • Elevator7009@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Sorry you are being downvoted for your honest opinion. I’d understand if you had some nasty sentiment about people who find $80 too expensive in there, but you have no ill will or dim views of anyone expressed here… I’d like Lemmy to be a nice place and part of that includes not downvoting views that are unpopular but also not cruel towards anyone. Especially when the popular view is “I’m mad!” Dismissing everyone’s anger without trying to understand why they’re angry or where they are coming from isn’t the move, but this person isn’t doing that. The only “crime” they committed is not sharing in the anger themselves.

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      • vonbaronhans@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Beats me! But I’m unbothered, so no worries.

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  • riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This was likely done in anticipation for the tariffs.

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