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Message: [QUOTE="Deleted member 563203, post: 198047, member: 563203"] The latest trailer for Mafia: The Old Country also revealed the price: €49.99. This sparked an online debate, primarily focused on Nintendo. Many gamers feel the Switch 2's pricing policy is unjustified, resulting in anger and malice. The gaming world needs more €50 games Two new fronts are apparently forming in the gaming world: on the one hand, Nintendo, which is implementing a new pricing policy with the imminent release of the Switch 2 (Mario Kart World will cost €89.99 at launch), and on the other, more and more publishers are releasing their games for €49.99. The upcoming gangster epic Mafia: The Old Country will also only cost around €50 at launch. This news has generated a lot of positive feedback online. At the same time, however, more and more players are questioning the new release prices of €80 or €90, which will likely become the standard for Nintendo and Microsoft in the future. This development is particularly exciting because the €50 category has enjoyed incredible success in recent times. These include releases such as Split Fiction, Claire Obscure: Expedition 33, and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered. At the same time, a noticeable number of tweets criticizing Nintendo and especially Mario Kart World are receiving support (source: MrKelsGame on X). Game development is becoming increasingly expensive. Publishers like Ubisoft justify the €80 price cap with high development costs (Assassin's Creed Shadows reportedly cost around $300 million), but this argument misses the mark with many gamers (source: Sportskeeda). The majority, it seems, prefer smaller games in the AA range. This also explains popular tweets (see above) about buying a game like Mafia: The Old Country at release just to support the €50 pricing policy—in this way sending a message to publishers. According to the motto: Less is more. This discussion will likely reach its peak next year, when GTA 6 is released. It's not yet known what Rockstar Games is asking for the open-world game, but figures between 100 and 120 euros have been floating around the internet for some time. [/QUOTE]

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