The amount of bootlickers I'm starting to see in Nintendo's YouTube comments is pathetic

also, at least ubisoft shit goes on sale, and the used copies are less expensive…

for nintendo, once in a blue moon the game will have a 10$ discount and that’s it

I will admit: I'm in this picture.

Game developers have to eat, too, so a (!) price hike at some point was expected, the price for AAA games was set to 60$ before smart phones existed. They only stayed at 60 so long because gaming got much more popular in that time, driving sales. IF (!) this increase would allow developers to pay their employees more and eliminated the crunch culture, I'd have no problem with it.

But we know this is just corporate greed. Pay extra to own your game physically, pay extra to play your old games, join our subscription program. Oh, you're in Europe and your wages kept up with inflation? Forget the 33%, you can afford a 50% price increase instead.

With the Japanese-only model being the singular exception, you'd think the direct was lead by 3 new faces just so Nintendo could put the blame on them when the thing doesn't sell well due to the price.

Oh, and Skull and Bones was dog shit, of course everyone hated it's ludicrous price point.

And Nintendo lawsuits going after grandmas.

Eh, there‘s some truth to either one. Game development is expensive and pricing hasn’t kept up with inflation ($60 in 2010 are almost $90 today). But also, games are ridiculously expensive at full price, especially in todays economy and especially if they’re as badly received as Skull and Bones, while Nintendo games are at the very least usually pretty decent.

I’d recommend voting with your wallet and only buying games on sale or used. Just wait a little. (Or pirate them, if you can live with not supporting the developers at all).

What are "saleries?" Something to do with sales?

At least Skull And Bones is a AAAA game smh my head

I'm a big Nintendo apologist. I've argued in the past that their consoles are the only ones worth buying over a gaming PC (not including Steamdeck there), and while I have never defend their terrible IP practices, I have been willing to overlook it and continue buying their products. This shit is indefensible. The price hike would be bad enough, but killing off physical games is a disgrace. Nintendo fans should be angrier than everyone else, not defending this shit.

This isnt really on topic but what we wanted was a more realistic Sea of Thieves and Skull and Bones was like ship arena battles, it was bad.

While I am not okay with the game price hike, you're comparing genuine dog shit to actual good games. It's like asking why anyone would ever order a steak when they can just go to McDonald's. Sure they're both food, but they're not really comprable.

That said, I am not trying to justify Nintendo's pricing. They're asking for too much of a leap (+50%!!!) in too short of a time frame. But this meme is a bad argument.

sure, but that doesnt even mention the difference in quality and value that the pile of dogshit "pirate game" has compared to the latest innovative mario kart.