SmokedMeat
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Nothing to do with the Switch. Everything to do with the publishers rinsing early adopters. It happens every single time.
No it doesn't happen every single time. It hasn't happened at all this gen until Switch arrived.
Nothing to do with the Switch. Everything to do with the publishers rinsing early adopters. It happens every single time.
Because they can't charge less than the retail release MSRP right away or it will piss retailers off. It's not a hard concept to grasp.
Premium price is justified for the best version since it's not the obsolete way to play amirite? Had do to a double take when I saw the binding of Isaac price in store, same game I got for 2$ on steam and free with Ps+
No it doesn't happen every single time. It hasn't happened at all this gen until Switch arrived.
NahNo it doesn't happen every single time. It hasn't happened at all this gen until Switch arrived.
At the beginning of the console gen a lot of cross-gen PS4/Xbox One games were a lot more expensive than their PS3/360 counterparts.
At the beginning of the console gen a lot of cross-gen PS4/Xbox One games were a lot more expensive than their PS3/360 counterparts.
They don't cost anything like $20 per unit more though. It's more like 5 cents per blu-ray disc and 80 cents per card (completely pulled out of my ass). So the difference in price of the game does not exactly reflect the difference in price of the media.
I agree, absolutely, my point mainly was that carts costs more than blu-rays.
How they affect the retail price in the end is a whole other story though.
At the beginning of the console gen a lot of cross-gen PS4/Xbox One games were a lot more expensive than their PS3/360 counterparts.
That's not because they raised the price of the PS4/Xbone versions, but rather lowered the prices on the last gen editions. PS4/Xbone games were the same $60 price we've had for some time now.
At least that's how it was in the US. I can't speak for other countries.
Ah, in that case all the non-Switch games in the OP were just lowered in price too.
Switch owners are simply being charged more, hence the purpose of this thread.
Well I agree with that at least.
However please note that it wasn't just $60 PS4/Xbone to $50 PS3/360 but even with smaller price point titles like $40/$30 for games such as MGS Ground Zeroes.
There's only a short period of time where pubs can get away with charging more on Switch and they're taking full advantage.
No it doesn't happen every single time. It hasn't happened at all this gen until Switch arrived.
Depends on the game. Some charge more for physical but also include some kind of small physical bonus to make it more appealing.Is that digital too? Because it's bulshit if it is
I can't believe there's even a debate about this...
You think they're doing this one card at a time or something?
Might be an unpopular opinion, but even if we ignore the cartridge costs, I don't have a problem with it. We're talking about vastly different markets, and simple economics, here.
The PS4 has an install base of over 50 million. Xbox One is around 30 million. Switch is what? 2 million right now. That's a much smaller customer base to spread costs across. And there's also much less competition on the Switch, which means that publishers don't have the same pressure to price low for competitive reasons.
It's similar to how a store like Walmart can have razor thin margins and still be profitable on volume, while a neighborhood bodega in a rural area will need to charge more per unit to break even.
Ironically, gamers take advantage of the same principles when they sign to for Best Buy and Amazon's gamer clubs, but you don't hear any of them complaining about how the Mom and Pop shops charge $12 more a game.
If the market won't support the higher price tag for Switch consoles, publishers will have to adjust.
It's business, and I think people take it way too personally, and as way too much of an affront to Switch owners, when the eshop is still for all intents and purposes a boutique storefront relative the competition. As that changes, it will make more sense for publishers to charge less and sell more.
It literally takes a split second to stamp an optical disc, have you ever tried writing 20GB of data to a flash card?
time=money
I'm certainly lacking some knowledge on the subject, but do cartridges cost Nintendo more than $1 a piece?
What about digital tho. Doesn't need the extra price hike.
A Switch cart costs more to make than a Blu-ray.
It doesn't. But its kept equivalent because of retail stores like gamestop and best buy.
Also why the fuck do canadians need to pay 100$ a game now?
what do you expect when people bought SF2 and Bomberman for $40/$50?
At the beginning of the console gen a lot of cross-gen PS4/Xbox One games were a lot more expensive than their PS3/360 counterparts.
That is incorrect. This absolutely did happen this gen. I remember PS4 games being £50 for months after release. Some places had them even higher.
It wasn't until about 2 years after release that prices started to stabilise.
Hah, what a hit.¡HarlequinPanic!;244935820 said:It's just nintendo bringing back the feel of your childhood, who doesn't want to remember the days where N64 cartridges cost 80 dollars? Nintendo bringing my childhood back to me
Actually, thats how its done, within an assembly line of multiple machines.
As a bonus here's some assembly line footage of Wiimotes and Zelda
Also why the fuck do canadians need to pay 100$ a game now?
What games are you paying $100 for?
This is the only life digital-onlyers know so
Also stop tryin to make NS happen
Anything Nintendo if you wanna buy on the eShop is around 95-98ish.
I know Kirby, Metroid Prime 4 are both 100$. If I were to buy super mario odyssey at EBGames it's priced at $100.