Seeing how expensive new games and consoles are, I'm glad to be a patient gamer

[CheelaCheela's icon]

I waited 20 years for a PSP i can wait more ajsjs

 

[YuriSukiSan]

What everyone else said. It's a disgusting price that epitomizes how greedy Nintendo really are. It's bad enough they expect people to pay multiple layers of subscription to play their games, push out crappy repackaged emulators and are releasing the same games with often lower quality than their originals.

Now they're charging an insane amount of money for what is effectively a launch state PS4, that's budget hardware. Games won't even be physical anymore. They're making us pay $80 dollars for digital goods. And what's worse is they're going to re-release it with an OLED screen in a years time, for twice the price. I know it's dramatic of me but I really, sincerely, hope that the industry suffers a major crash.

I'm sick of the wealthy trying to speedrun us in to a dystopia. These people live such unbelievably decadent, opulent, comfortable lives devoid of any problems. They need a stark wake up call. It's less about the Switch 2 and more the general principle because it's happening with everything. It doesn't matter whether it's food, clothing or just basic necessities. There's absolutely no need for it, it's just pure, unadulterated, greed.

 

[ThePeon]

" glad to be a patient gamer?" You mean pirate.

The new standard price on console and PC games will be about 90-100 buck especially if GTA 6 comes out at a 100 bucks price tag.

The fun part is even if GTA 6 comes with a 100 bucks price tag it will be the best selling game ever. which I find amusing people complain on Nintendo but will blow 100 bucks on GTA6 with 0 complaints.

So I would say i´m glad I got a back log of around 2000 of games. I will not be buying new ones that for sure. Well maybe indie games.

I´m not angry or upset over these prices it´s has just been a matter of time. Do the quality of the games fit the price ? Absolutely not.

 

[Mochi Panic]

I never understood people who buy games day 1 anyways. I always wait until a game of the year edition with all the DLC and bug fixes releases.

 

[CheelaCheela's icon]

I never understood people who buy games day 1 anyways. I always wait until a game of the year edition with all the DLC and bug fixes releases.

As a fighting game enjoyer but not a competitive player i totally agree. Why pay 100 dollars for a game and its season pass when you can wait and get the komplete edition for like 5 bucks like 4 years later :3

 

[Mochi Panic]

As a fighting game enjoyer but not a competitive player i totally agree. Why pay 100 dollars for a game and its season pass when you can wait and get the komplete edition for like 5 bucks like 4 years later :3

I bought Street Fighter 5 at launch and that was the biggest mistake I ever made as a fighting game fan.

 

[RanmyakuIchi's iconRanmyakuIchi]

Same, and with a huge backlog of older games to work through it's not like I'm hurting for things to play either.

 

[Ikagura]

I have plenty of 7th gen games to do.

 

[RebelofDaNeonGod]

I mean, with the amount of games available through emulation, torrenting and on steam (the indie circuit), being an up-to-date gamer seems really silly when you can just sink tens of hours into one cheap game

 

[Zarathusta]

Yea l still have my steam backlog and emulation l also don't have a good pc.
The last console l bought was the switch.
Though l want an xbox series x for dead or alive and ninja gaiden.

 

[Judier]

And this definitely has nothing to do with today's Nintendo Direct and the pricing... Not at all...

But seriously though, I'm glad to be able to buy many games at an affordable price on PC. Yes, they're all digital and most of them have DRM but it's still nice to get my hands on games I'm interested in, plus it feels great when I catch a good deal. And I'm not only talking about old games, even modern games are also very affordable if you wait for the right moment to get them.

But anyways

New Mario Kart for 80 bucks is just insane

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Totally comprehensible, gee, I wonder where I can get all of those games at a reasonable (0$) price!

 

[LSDMemeEmulator]

Migrate to PC, drop the hypebeast nonsense, never run out of games to play regardless of financial situation ever again. It's liberating

 

[Sonic Boomer]

AAA gaming is such a small portion of gaming as a whole that the price of new AAA games means jack all to me tbh. Mind you, I'm not defending it, it's corporate greed at its worst. Just saying fuck AAA gaming.