Games price, value and perception - Tariff Edition

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G2ThaUNiT said:

There's this weird 2 way mindset with gamers where you have one side, those arguing about whether a game costs too much.

Then on the other side, there are gamers who mindlessly spend hundreds/thousands of dollars on a single game.

I was talking to a group of friends after the Direct and they were saying how Nintendo has lost their minds charging $80 for MK World, and then I reminded each of them that they all spent $300 each on heirlooms in Apex Legends. FOR ONE FUCKING CHARACTER!! And they had a model to where that was all they spent instead of $400

I got on to them asking how Apex Legends is worth $300 (in reality they've actually spent a lot more) yet Mario Kart World isn't worth $80?

Yeah, this is a problem with human psyche that is used shamelessly by the companies: upfront payment is seen as worse as step-by-step payments after you already invested in an environment. I think the upfront-payment is more fair and easier to understand. Yet psychologically it looks worse.