Ka-pi96 said:
bonzobanana said:
I'm sure the cartridges are expensive and the prices scale up because there has to be a margin for everyone along the line, cartridge manufacturer, developer, publisher, wholesaler and retailer. If a cartridge costs between $3-6 to manufacture including retail packaging compared to 50c for a dvd or bluray then it is a factor.
I think we are all happy to pay £50 approx for an amazing Nintendo exclusive game like Zelda or Mario Odyssey but £50 for a game that is available on many formats and might only be £2 on android and once bought will work with all your future android devices, same with ios or steam. Cartridges also prevent heavy discounting which you see on other formats. I honestly wonder if multi-format games on Switch will be viable at retail, they weren't on wii u. Often wii u games were very poor sellers due to weak technical performance and delayed launch and were then heavily discounted but were at least made cheaply for retail being optical discs. I can see the majority of third party Switch games being digital only fairly quickly to remain competitive in price and unlike the Vita which has proprietory memory cards at least with Switch it's relatively cheap to buy a 128GB card. However doing so will damage retail channels. Nintendo need to push for selling digital codes in retail packs which lowers the price below even optical discs. Give them a nice plastic case like cartridge Switch games but half the thickness with a large banner on the front stating 'Digital' and 'Internet connection and ?GB storage required' or words to that effect. |
Nope. You may be, but 50 quid is too much to pay for a game in my eyes regardless of whether it's "amazing" "exclusive" or whatever else.
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I rarely go above £20, always wait for sales and just stick to Steam.
Gaming really isn't a major priority.
