ratuscafoarterea said:
bunchanumbers said:
I was angry at the Switch reveal and was going to make some angry thread, but after thinking about it all 3 console makers do some pretty serious cash grabs. So I thought it would be a fun conversation to see which one people think is the most money grubbing.
Here's my thoughts.
1. Nintendo. They always go after you with underpowered consoles but with high prices and outrageous prices on peripherals and their first party games prices almost never go down. Its a recipe for a money grubbing company. Then factor in pay to play online and 'free' games that aren't free and disappear after a month and you got my choice for number 1.
2. Sony. They increased the price on their Pay to Play online service and have had some pretty shady months of games on PS+. Not to mention not introducing a new controller for PSVR, and instead offering a high end bundle for PSVR that includes stuff that has been released years ago. Not having BC but instead offering a streaming service where you don't own games and rereleasing PS2 games and reselling them at high prices puts them in the number 2 slot for me.
3. Microsoft. They are the king of Pay to Play with XBL. They even had several services hidden behind the paywall like Netflix. And while I appreciate the design lab, to me its a cash grab to sell color controllers at higher prices. Not to mention GWG didn't happen until years later after when PS+ was introduced with their games initiative. To be fair they did give away the 360 games as full ownership and they do offer BC with Xbox One but still that was a big time difference where they tried to make XBL more 'valuable' than it really was.
What about you? Who is the most money grubbing console maker?
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I agree with your opinion on Nintendo’s first party prices policies, 100%. As a game collector, I have to agree with you, Nintendo are keeping prices way too high comparing to Sony and Microsoft. And I think that they do this in purpose, so in the long run, they can be seen by us, as a gaming legacy brand.
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Its hard to argue. In fact you usually want to buy all Nintendo games brand new and pay full retail because the runs are usually limited and there won't be any price markdowns. Games will usually just be here, or not here. Pikmin 3, Bayo 2 and others were commanding high prices. Some of it was alleviated with Nintendo Selects, and the eshop made it so that you more likely than not had a shot at getting the games, but for video game collectors, you really have your ears pinned back by Nintendo.
