KLXVER said:
Well the bare minimum online for starters. Full priced games that are 4-6 years old with minimal added content. Indie looking games like Sushi Striker being like 50 bucks. The accessories like the pro controller, the dock, the joycons etc. |
Fair enough. But with the tech in something like the Joycons/pro controller I see why they're priced that way. They have to make some kind of profit on them. Same with a game like Sushi Striker. I don't know the budget for that game but price points are made to help retailers make something off of physical games. Digital, now that's greedy. I have to admit. The fact that none of their games go on sale on the eshop is a bit greedy...but at the end of the day...people are buying it.
My thing is, price points aren't just pulled out of Nintendo's ass or Sonys...or anyone elses...at least I hope they aren't. PS4 Dualshock 4 was not always 38 bucks, the price eventually went down. Same with Wii U Pro controllers. Switch Pro will do the same once parts get cheaper. As for 4-6 year old ports I assume you mean DCKTF and MK8 Deluxe. I agree. The Dock also has no business being 80 bucks, true. But I guess since I never needed to buy another dock, joycons, I never really thought of that as a cost I had to incur.
Edit: But for online...is it really greedy if they're charging a 1/3 of the price of the competitors? I kind of wouldn't expect a PSN level service for a price point that isn't that of PSN or XBL. But that's just me. As far as it being bare bones...I mean, it does online, cloud saves, free games like PSN. Granted the quality of the service differs. If it was $60 and was bare bones compared to the competition I'd be rioting but as is...eh, it's cheap.
Last edited by Ljink96 - on 16 September 2018
