Putting aside the fact how little the median citizen earned more in wages in comparison to the prices going up:
No, of course not. However it’s not just the games and the console that we’re talking about. We’re talking about them monetizing every single bit more and more, especially adding subscriptions and taking away ownership. In regards to Nintendo at least they still ship real cartridges with the working game on them, but any digital purchase is neither owned by you nor can be preserved without the help of hackers. They try to continuously make money while giving less and then on top of that the prices went up.
Not to mention their patent troll, anti-preservation and fangame-killing practices. Just in case anyone wants to argue for the company being “not as bad as others” or sth.
This is why PC is and always will be better than a traditional console. “Oh the dev won’t do this, good thing the modding scene already has a workaround.”
All companies charge the price that consumers will tolerate, that is literally how prices work. Every single thing you spend money on is based on this principle
I, for one, think we live in a pretty good world if the thing that drives us to complain on the internet is a modest increase in price for entertainment goods once every 30 years. I’m not going to bemoan capitalism because I have to shell out a few more bucks for Mario Kart; that actual insanity
If they had kept 1990s prices, they would already be $100 or more. 🤦♂️ You know how fucking expensive NES and SNES games were back then? They weren’t often $50 or cheaper. They were often $90-120!
Did you expect them to keep 1990s pricing forever?
Putting aside the fact how little the median citizen earned more in wages in comparison to the prices going up:
No, of course not. However it’s not just the games and the console that we’re talking about. We’re talking about them monetizing every single bit more and more, especially adding subscriptions and taking away ownership. In regards to Nintendo at least they still ship real cartridges with the working game on them, but any digital purchase is neither owned by you nor can be preserved without the help of hackers. They try to continuously make money while giving less and then on top of that the prices went up.
Not to mention their patent troll, anti-preservation and fangame-killing practices. Just in case anyone wants to argue for the company being “not as bad as others” or sth.
Well said!
Is charging for online play not common anymore? I was paying for Xbox live last time I owned an Xbox in like 2009.
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And if they start charging PC gamers I’ll start figuring out how to self host again.
Fuck corpo scum, choom.
Edit: These goddamn MBA types must not realize that I got along just fine playing Team Fortress Classic against my bot army.
This is why PC is and always will be better than a traditional console. “Oh the dev won’t do this, good thing the modding scene already has a workaround.”
it was never common on pc
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All companies charge the price that consumers will tolerate, that is literally how prices work. Every single thing you spend money on is based on this principle
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It’s not like they’re making baby formula here. They’re making videogames. Nobody is entitled to a $60 cartridge
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I, for one, think we live in a pretty good world if the thing that drives us to complain on the internet is a modest increase in price for entertainment goods once every 30 years. I’m not going to bemoan capitalism because I have to shell out a few more bucks for Mario Kart; that actual insanity
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I deny that nintendo is being very aggressive with pricing here. Increasing prices once in 30 years is not aggressive at all
If they had kept 1990s prices, they would already be $100 or more. 🤦♂️ You know how fucking expensive NES and SNES games were back then? They weren’t often $50 or cheaper. They were often $90-120!
My copy of teenage mutant ninja turtles tournament fighters for the NES was 50 bucks in 1994.
That’s a $50 price tag for a “previous generation” console.
Inflation adjusted that’s $111
Inflation adjusted it’s apparently (less than) $30, because that’s one of 13 games in the Cowabunga Collection.
My mom was like “you gotta be fucking kidding me” lol