RolStoppable said:
Your point is that you deliberately ignore how many hundreds of millions Take Two will earn with microtransactions and how they've already integrated psychological mechanisms to drive players to use them in GTA V. Nintendo doesn't have microtransactions, they don't have Digital Deluxe Editions and they rarely have any kind of special editions for their games. They forego to do pretty much all of the money-grabbing schemes that are standard practice in the video game industry. When you are confronted with a $10 increase for games or the alternative of seemingly limitless exploitation, that's an easy choice.
You don't give me the impression that you are thinking about all of this. The extra price on physical games will likely be completely shaved off by retailers over time, because that's what retailers do. Only game-key cards are glorified download codes whereas Switch 2 game cards are the same thing as they were on Switch 1. By only making the much more expensive micros SD express cards compatible for games on Switch 2 (including the requirement to put Switch 1 games on them too), Nintendo is hampering the desirability of digital games as opposed to making them more appealing. |
I just looked up that gta online makes over 500 million a year. Also chances are very high that they're going to ask for an extra 30 or more for "early" access.
As much as I dislike that nintendo are raising prices, I find it so hypocritical that so many have let so much slide with the rest of the industry. Yet are getting there pitchforks out for this.
