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Game price isn't the problem, wages are (sopuli.xyz)

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Game prices for the past 30 years haven't kept pace with inflation.

I recognise the argument that publishers are shifting larger volumes of units now, which has been a factor that has allowed the industry to keep price increases below inflation for the last 30 years.

Wages not being even close to keeping up with inflation (especially housing inflation) is the real issue here, not the $70/$80 video game.

You should be angry at your reduced purchasing power in all of society, not just with the price of Nintendo games.

(Secondary less unpopular opinion, the best games out these days are multiplatform and released at least 5 years ago, buy them for << $80 and wait for sale the new releases, when they too are 5 years old)

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[–] missingno@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are so many problems with the industry today, but the amount of venom in the discourse around $80 Mario Kart has felt bizarre to me. I do feel that there are much worse problems.

Like it's worth mentioning how a lot of games already are well above $80 after DLC anyway, but I guess those games get a pass? Or just how fucked up most F2P business models are, exploiting whales to subsidize everybody else. I'd rather play a game where everyone pays a fair price than one where addicts are taken advantage of and encouraged to financially ruin themselves.

I don't often buy games at full price myself. Only for a handful of IPs I really love, or multiplayer games I want to get in on the ground floor of, anything else I'll wait for a sale. But the way I see it, if Kirby Air Ride 2 costs $80, I'm willing to spend $80 on that game because I know I will get that much enjoyment out of it. I've waited 22 years for this sequel, it's worth it to me!

And I think ultimately, you gotta just buy the things that are worth it to you, skip the things that aren't, and then chill the fuck out.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Like it's worth mentioning how a lot of games already are well above $80 after DLC anyway, but I guess those games get a pass?

They do not, at all. Though, what do you think games will cost if the base is $80 and DLC is still a thing? Cuz the answer is more than it does now

Or just how fucked up most F2P business models are, exploiting whales to subsidize everybody else.

Also discussed all the time and is, in fact, one of the reasons this new price becoming a standard is worrying as it's not just F2P games that do this shit

I'd rather play a game where everyone pays a fair price than one where addicts are taken advantage of and encouraged to financially ruin themselves

We all would, but that's not what we're going to get out of the price hike and you know it

But the way I see it, if Kirby Air Ride 2 costs $80, I'm willing to spend $80 on that game

And you're the problem. That becomes the standard for all games now that Nintendo has broken the seal with their nostalgia spell and you helped them. How about you just pirate it if it's so important that you play it, rather than directly support the death of the industry?

And I think ultimately, you gotta just buy the things that are worth it to you, skip the things that aren't, and then chill the fuck out.

You seem to live in a world where Nintendo aren't making decisions that impact the industry. If Nintendo makes more expensive games OK to do then every game gets more expensive. We don't get to be selective, that's the whole point

[–] missingno@fedia.io 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

If you're gonna accuse me of "supporting the death of the industry" for playing something I enjoy, you are exactly who I am talking to when I say chill the fuck out.

[–] gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

for playing something I enjoy

No, for mindlessly buying something at a higher price and then writing paragraphs defending yourself

When games cost $100+ it's people like you that will be partly responsible, and that will cost me more money, so I will not "chill the fuck Out" and let you consume without pointing out what you're doing

especially if you're aware enough to be multi-paragraph defensive from the get-go

[–] missingno@fedia.io 0 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm going to play the games I like. Go away.