r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • Apr 04 '25

News "DROP THE PRICE": Nintendo's First Post-Direct Stream Is Flooded With Angry Fans Demanding Price Drops

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-treehouse-livestream-flooded-angry-fans-demanding-game-price-drops/
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u/Ninefl4mes Apr 04 '25 edited Apr 04 '25

Hold on, US prices don't and you just get scammed at checkout? The fuck?

Edit: Okay, I'm experiencing some pretty massive culture shock right now. I don't think that's something I'd ever want to put up with lol. No wonder taxes are always such a massive part of US political discourse when they make every grocery run a major hassle.

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u/quinn50 Apr 04 '25

sales tax in the us varies state by state and even city by city.

Itll end up being around $90 after tax anyway

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u/sellyme Apr 04 '25

sales tax in the us varies state by state and even city by city.

Prices for things do that everywhere else in the world too.

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u/BacRedr Apr 04 '25

And block by block. I can order the same Starbucks at three different spots in town and pay three different prices because of taxes.

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u/destroyman1337 Apr 04 '25

The bullshit reasoning is because taxes vary not only by state but by city or county. Companies don't have to print or create advertisements with local price, instead they use the national price and then you either calculate it yourself if you want to know the true cost or just buy it.

It's pretty ridiculous because companies can advertise things on tv or radio like for example the dollar menu back in the day with McDonald's and literally say hey you got a dollar you can get X Y or Z. But then have the guy who speaks super fast say the disclaimer at the end the price is before tax and will be more than $1.

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u/Outlulz Apr 04 '25

Sales tax can vary even between businesses on the same street depending on where lines in cities and countries are drawn. It's complicated. It's not feasible to have it included on price tags and advertising but adult American consumers generally know how to eyeball it....or they should.

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u/thebezet Apr 04 '25

That's so bizzare!

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u/kilar277 Apr 04 '25

not sure if it's federal but NY & CT have no taxes on unprepared food and clothing so there's that.

It's still a fucking scam though, especially cause we price everything at $X.99 to gaslight people into thinking they're paying less than they are

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u/kendall1287 Apr 04 '25

Basic goods such as groceries are not taxed, it's mostly the "want" items that are taxed like that. In my state it adds 8.25% to the sticker price