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for many people, $80-$90 mkw is actually worth it and they will pay that, albeit a little begrudgingly. you'll find that they'll still sell relatively well, compared to the likes of $70 games on other platforms that we have seen go down in flames alongside their developers several times in the past couple of years. it's also why, even if gta 6 is $100, it'll still likely be one of if not the best selling video game of all time.
other game companies will try to price their games that high, for sure, and it will not work as well for them as it would for nintendo or rock star. there is a damn good reason why they are as expensive as they are and it's because they know that the quality of the game justifies the price point. whereas, you have other developers who have just blown way too much money on a bloated game and need to price it high in an attempt to make back what they spent and we keep seeing that fail.
@sendpaws i think that, going forward, we are going to see games with much more variable prices which is closer to how it was in the 80s and 90s. it'll be a mix of how much they think they can sell it for and how much money they spent on making it instead of just one standard price.
@KaiserKitty @smugumin there are certainly problems with some switch games, and the switch itself is a point of contention with its performance, being a mobile device using sub optimal 2015 hardware.
personally, i never wanted to play mario odyssey because of the whole moon thing, but i know a lot of people REALLY like the game namely because of the movement.
@smugumin idk as much about capcom but i really don't think nintendo games are even mediocre, i think the only one in recent memory that is like that is probably princess peach showtime and it didn't do too well in terms of sales as far as i'm aware.
@KaiserKitty the development cost of MKW is most certainly not nearly as high as any other $70 video game, but a lot of those games end up being shit anyway. what i'm getting at is that nintendo knows the quality of their games is second to none, so they believe they can charge more for their games than everyone else.
@beardalaxy I dunno thing I have notices is when $70 games started showing up and when that $100 GTA6 rumor started too people were saying "I'll gladly pay it if it's good and not live service slop," not saying that people complaining are the people who were also saying that but that is a reasonable take I think. So unless MKW and other Nintendo games are just bad and have live service mechanics then personally I'm okay (just okay) with more expensive games. In the case of MK specifically I think it will probably have way more content than release MK8 but I fear they might dip their toes into live service/microtransaction junk with costumes and stuff.
@arc yeah I wouldn't rule it out. They had the mii costumes in Smash and amiibo outfits for miis in Mario kart 8. I think if there is any it will be pretty inconsequential and not a main part of the game experience. Like I don't think they'll have loot boxes or anything like that.
@beardalaxy i remember when people were mad about $60 PC games
"why is it $60 now there isn't money going to the platform holder like on xbox" little did we know...