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Rawkapotamus t1_j7uruln wrote

Reply to comment by Flash_Fire009 in Nintendo promises 10% pay hike even as it trims profit outlook by chipoloniusrex

Honestly I get the hate behind games that should be $40 being $60. But BOTW2 absolutely isn’t a game that you won’t get $70 of entertainment out of it. I’m not going to die on a hill complaining about BOTW2 being $10 more. Pokémon remakes being $60 absolutely. Zelda? Nah

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CeeArthur t1_j7v8n8a wrote

Totally. The Zelda games are usually a great value - the music, art, story, characters definitely leave an impression

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Vinstaal0 t1_j7vmf73 wrote

The thing is that with taking inflation into account games haven’t increased a whole lot over the decades. There have been less budget consoles and budget first party games though.

It mostly feels more expensive, some things actually are, but hey that’s part of the flaw of kapitalism and we expecting a raise every year.

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Hakuroz t1_j7vwdiw wrote

Yes, games haven’t increased in price but the amount of people who buy and play games has skyrocketed vs 10-15 years ago when it was first raised to $60. It’s not like gaming has subsided or is in a shrinking market it grows every year. So even if the baseline price hasn’t increased the profit from sales is high. Not against the $10 raise but if the promise was to get rid of all the bullshit micro transactions and etc I’d pay $80-90 for a complete game.

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Vinstaal0 t1_j7w163d wrote

“Baseline price” isn’t even a real term. The amount of people who have been buying games has increased a lot yeah, but that doesn’t mean their profit per game has increased. Which is unknown for the Zelda games. If is possible that we haven’t gotten a real new Mario Kart or Mario Bross game because they are investing so heavy into Zelda. Not sure, but it would warrant the higher price.

Imo the people who are so against the price increase should just buy it second hand for less but hey

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