we're being priced out of our hobby.

MMaRsu said:
Yeah except the companies are still making billions each year. Why should I care about their profits?

I care about my own fucking income, and that hasn't gone up much, has yours?

Why should games get more expensive if they are making money over fist with microtransactions, online pay and all sorts of other bullshit.
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You don't have to care about the corps or their profits. I'm just saying why prices are going up, it is what it is.

As long as Nintendo (or Capcom or whoever) continues to make good games I will buy them.

Honestly couldn't care less about most Western developers and wouldn't feel loss if most of them went bankrupt.
 
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Guardian Monkey said:
It will sell for its perceived value, Odyssey is what like a 15 million dollar seller. Gone down what to $40 or $30 bucks before on sale. So yeah their tentpole game can weather those cost. But for their smaller stuff the prices will impact sales at high prices. Nintendo isn't the only game in town there are a lot of games out there. If Nintendo thinks they can sell all their games at $80, well good luck. I see more of a pricing scale develop.
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Yup but thats Odyssey and even shorter games like Captain Toad are still expensive. 35 euro's new. The game is from 2014. LMAO
 
64gigabyteram said:
Go to PC. 1000 dollar GPUs.
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Go to Switch (2). 80 dollar games.
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Go to PS5. 700 dollar consoles
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Go to Xbox..... No games.

Are we fucked?
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The answer is retro games and for PC, you don't need the latest and greatest, especially if you game at 1080p or 1440p.
 
{insert code here} said:
You don't have to care about the corps or their profits. I'm just saying why prices are going up, it is what it is.

As long as Nintendo (or Capcom or whoever) continues to make good games I will buy them.
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The prices are going up because people like you keep caving to them raising the prices??

It's a perpetuating cycle.

It's why we don't have unlockable fighters in fighting games anymore. They figured people would just buy them. And they do lmao.
 
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MMaRsu said:
The prices are going up because people like you keep caving to them raising the prices??

It's a perpetuating cycle.

It's why we don't have unlockable fighters in fighting games anymore. They figured people would just buy them. And they do lmao.
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Dude, you need to go outside and touch some grass.
 
GrandlyBodacious said:
Seriously considering Steam Deck instead of Switch 2. I think I'd be able to play more quality titles for far cheaper that way.

Just not sure if a Steam Deck 2 is around the corner I should wait for, or...?
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I love my Deck. Use it damn near daily.

Valve wont say when a deck 2 is coming, just that, when technology makes it worth it for them.

Some think 2027. Who knows.

Got my 256gb Deck off facebook marketplace for $220 with case, dock, controller last year. Best handheld I have ever had.
 
Arachnid said:
PC pays for itself through steam sales, pirating, and emulating.

But yeah, you're right. Gaming is getting a little ridiculous.


Won't help with Switch/Nintendo.
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This is pretty much where I am at these days. Not only have games become less....interesting(mostly due to mainstream focus) but lack of time is an issue too. I'm not paying $80. I'm not even paying $60. I spent money on building my PC and buying a Legion Go, and even then probably spent less than most.

I'll either pirate(unless the game actually ends up good and on sale) or wait for a sale.

Consoles were my main focus, but they have been shitting the bed IMO. Extremely disappointed with PS5, only have digital games on Xbox, and Nintendo....not a huge nintendo fan, so eh.

But yeah this is crazy (to me).
 
FalconPunch said:
But the regular ps5 is 570 CAD which funny enough is cheaper than the switch which is a minimum of 5x less powerful....
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Can't really compare the price of mobile device vs a home console based on performance.

Portable parts are always much more expensive for the same performance.
 
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You don't have to buy a $1000 GPU.

You don't have to buy a PS5 pro.

You can wait for sales to buy the games you want.
 
Instead of pre-ordering, try game subscriptions or waiting for sales. Trust me, your wallet (and your backlog) will thank you.

You're welcome.
 
Just don't buy everything that gets hyped. Chances are you're going to buy games and hardware, play them for a bit then play something else. Simply ignore the hype and enjoy what you already have, then wait for sales and discounts. No need to thank me.
 
It's even worse than stated as physical media is slowly and very purposefully being phased out. Very soon we will be utterly reliant on the online stores. Locked into one or another for all eternity. At the mercy of price gouging and the shifting sands of platform policy decrees.

The future could have been one in which a small low capacity storage card was the new physical medium. Containing only the games licence key. This would have allowed platform holders to remove bulky optical drives and ensured physical ownership was maintained. Encouraging collectors and guaranteeing the survival of physical game stores the world over. The right to own, to trade or sell something tangible has been stripped from us with barely a whimper. Those in the industry you would expect to scream the loudest have uttered barely a whisper in protest.

I'm hopeful to learn more about Nintendo's new 'Game-key cards'. If indeed it can be sold on once added to your device. If so, that is surely the best path. If not, it is clearly the direction Nintendo intend to travel alongside Microsoft, Sony and the PC players. Such a sad fate for us hobbyists.

Regardless of the convenience digital distribution affords us, we have paid much too steep a price. Sold our rights away for a digital deluxe character skin and 30 pieces of in-game currency. So sad.
 
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If you're worried about spending a few hundred extra dollars a year on video games, maybe your money is better spent on other things.
 
This is the first thread I've entered since posting a near £2000 build in the PC help thread. It's never been a more relevant thread.
 
You definitely don't need a $1000 GPU to build a good gaming PC. But agreed that the higher end prices are out of control atp.
 
Kabelly said:
The digital only PS5 is that price. The regular ps5 is 650. Switch 2 is 629.
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Ok and? The point is you can get a ps5 for less than a switch 2. Switch 2 physical games also cost more than digital and based on what we can see, more than ps5 games. The switch 2 for me is the second worst deal and only slightly behind the $4000 CAD 5090.

Paying $629 for a system that's already dropping frames in old games like Elden ring, cyberpunk, etc prior to release is ridiculous.
 
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they want to drive everyone to paid subscription model. Netflix ruined everything lol

Eventually everyone will be using gamepass
 
{insert code here} said:
Dude, you need to go outside and touch some grass.
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Why, because you dont agree? Nah im good 👊🏼

Just because Im fed up with people keep excusing these billion dollar companies

"Ohh the dlc is only cosmetic dont worry"

"ohh its just normal inflation dont worry about it"

Meanwhile EA is raking in the billions each year
 
{insert code here} said:
N64 games used to be 70$ and that was 90's money. We aren't being priced out, the price of games are trying to catch up to inflation.
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Yes but N64 games were also on more expensive to make carts, with more expensive to make roms than whatever flash tech the Switch has.

CD games at the time were less expensive.
 
Gamer_By_Proxy said:
They're really making it hard to be a console first gamer. Steam sales, Steam key sites and free MP is looking better and better.
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Sales and Key sites (CD Keys specifically) have been a God send for gaming.

Last game I ever paid full on MSRP was Cyberpunk 2077 Launch in 2020. Gog version (Steam did not have one yet)
Even then it was like $54 if I pre-ordered early
 
ItsGreat said:
And leave us people who want to spend our hard earned and hard saved cash to have fun.
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You don't see any fun in anything he said? Or do you just want the new thing because it's new.
You can spend your money any way you want, be it on a Switch 2 or an RTX 5090.
I just think the value proposition of either is utterly out of place.
 
It sucks, but I'm not super bothered. There were SNES games back in the day that cost $70-$80, which ends up being around $160 adjusting for inflation.

The way I see it is that I'm just gonna be more judicious with my purchases.
 
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