Switch 2 Game Prices. Will it change how you purchase games?

[SvennoJ]

Soundwave said:

BraLoD said:

Nintendo fans keep proving over and over that Nintendo can charge whatever they want for anything they make, and they will want to buy it regardless. It's nauseating to see people defending it, but it is what it is, not surprised at all.

And certain gamers proving over and over again they don't understand inflation as a concept nor do they understand why retail games can't be priced the same as digital forever unless Nintendo is supposed to subsidize $10 cut for the retailer + packaging/shipping costs + the cost of the new cartridge which has to be faster than the old carts, so that's probably another $10 cost right there too (discs is a no go for a portable, even Sony ditched them for Vita). 

Nintendo honestly should have just gone digital only, it's obvious that's where everything is going, but they wanted to be nice and leave carts around, but if that's something you have to have you can't expect Nintendo to eat the cost of the retail margin + the new cartridges as well forever. 

Switch 3 and PS6 are likely going to be digital only period. 

Switch launched in 2017 for $299, game prices were $50 and $60

Inflation rate went bananas from Covid, for the US progressive inflation rate from 2017 to now is 30.2%

That makes the launch price, $389 and games $65 and $78 respectively, not $449 and $80/$90.

But I guess it works when you add Trump's tariff increases on top. An extra 15% on the console and games on top.