Are they doing this because of the Switch 2 price increases?

| CaptainExplosion said: Are they doing this because of the Switch 2 price increases? |
Yeah, just like what the other companies did when they raised the price of their products and services
We reap what we sow
160rmf said:
Yeah, just like what the other companies did when they raised the price of their products and services |
I don't appreciate your sarcasm.

I like this. Despite still having anti-consumer practices, Nintendo is actually known to treat their employees well.
Lifetime Sales Predictions
Switch: 159 million (was 73 million, then 96 million, then 113 million, then 125 million, then 144 million, then 151 million, then 156 million, then 161 million)
PS5: 116 million (was 105 million, then 115 million, then 122 million)
Xbox Series X/S: 38 million (was 60 million, then 67 million, then 57 million. then 48 million. then 40 million)
Switch 2: 120 million (was 116 million)
PS4: 120 mil (was 100 then 130 million, then 122 million) Xbox One: 51 mil (was 50 then 55 mil)
3DS: 75.5 mil (was 73, then 77 million)
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Likely this is to aid in employee retention; Nintendo puts a lot of work into building and maintaining a highly talented workforce, so they don't want that talent walking out the door.
| curl-6 said: Likely this is to aid in employee retention; Nintendo puts a lot of work into building and maintaining a highly talented workforce, so they don't want that talent walking out the door. |
Pay people well enough and they'll stay.



CaptainExplosion said:
Pay people well enough and they'll stay. |
Exactly, when your business lives or dies on the strength of your first party content, you need to hold onto the people who make that content great.
curl-6 said:
Exactly, when your business lives or dies on the strength of your first party content, you need to hold onto the people who make that content great. |
Sony seems to have missed that part.

CaptainExplosion said:
Sony seems to have missed that part. |


Sounds good., but the translation makes it sound like this is just an example of something they are doing (did?), and not a company-wide mandate. If it's not the latter, then there's no news here imho.
I'd wait for an actual transcript to get more context on this.