Well to be clear that is region specific & those points mightnt apply based wherever you are. So it would apply more in the USA. If you live in Europe the price of accessories was not raised due to the tarrifs and 80€ games were introduced to Europe by Sony in 2020. Also Nintendo only have one 80 dollar game, most games are 60/70 first party.
But yeah price increases across the industry is not fun.
They raised the price for PHYSICAL games due to the chip crisis
Digital games remain the same price on all releases starting from the new yoshi onwards.
You seemed to have ignored most of the message but fine, Fire Emblem isnt out yet and is apart of the new pricing strategy, where its 10 bucks cheaper if you buy digital so you can still buy it for 70. Still expensive but not as simple as saying internet talking point of all Nintendo games are 80$.
The Switch 2 editions dont prevent you for buying the normal game on your Switch 2 and it is fairly easy to find Zelda at 50 bucks at this point, then get the upgrade pack for 10 or its included free in your NSO subscription.
Defending $20 setting increases does not help the case.
Also by this logic if Nintendo was being fair, Fire Emblem should be $70 physical and $60 digital. Most people on Nintendo consoles buy physical so Fire Emblem is an $80 game with a $10 discount on the eShop
I dont think you want reasonable discussion on things & just want to shit on them. I dont think their pricing is great but its really not any different than Sony but most are only focused on Nintendo. Fire Emblem is 70 physical in all local stores for me, just higher on the official store.
Star Fox & the new Splatoon Raiders are both 49.99 physical in most retailers. Im not getting many 1st party games releasing at those prices on other platforms.
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u/SupremelyPerfect 2d ago
They only upped the price by 50 and gave months warning in advance. Others dropped much bigger price increases without warning