existensmaximum
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No. Next question please?
Will Switch 2 usher in a gaming market crash
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Loomy
Thinks Microaggressions are Real
But if the crash is never ending, will we ever know? If you Kratos yourself off a cliff, but instead of hitting the bottom, you just fall forever - is it really a bad thing?
DKPOWPOW
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That is a lie. They are also charging $80 for the Mario Party, Tears of the Kingdom, and Kirby PORTS.
$70 Breath of the Wild Switch 2
It's a fucking patch of a regularly $40 8 year old game. They are really, in all honesty trying to fuck the early adopters. I think.. pretty much that's it. If they can sell the console for $110 cheaper in Japan, nah dude. No, this is fuckery.
They see the retards spending $700 on PS5s and $70 on PS4 game remasters and think, ok we can probably do a little more before we have to backdown. Let's just get as much as we can before we do price drop before Mario Movie.
ya fucks.
But a video game crash?
Dude, we had 2 Next Gen consoles launch with practically no games at $500. People scalped the motherfuckers and made off like Bonnie and Clyde for 2 years. Despite this the games are only just coming out now. GTA6 is finally about to appear after a 15 year coma. MS effectively ditched Xbox to become a Publisher, and Nintendo's most innovative feature in Switch 2 is ripping off the failed Kinect and adding a mouse laser to a joycon.
The industry is making blunders after blunders, but still going. Another 10 years of this shit, yeah probably. But not now. More like a gaming recession, and one that has been here since 2020. I think the advent of A.I. + COVID fucked everyone's judgment and we are seeing the ripple effect.
Durin
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The industry is too diverse to crash, but I do think AAA will continue to experience real decline, and there will be limits to how much they can try to extract from consumers.
If other devs get the delusion to increase prices to $80-90 in days where we already see big releases regularly come out buggy and busted, while sales have so many slightly older games discounted to nothing...good god damn luck finding your next job after you're bankrupt.
If other devs get the delusion to increase prices to $80-90 in days where we already see big releases regularly come out buggy and busted, while sales have so many slightly older games discounted to nothing...good god damn luck finding your next job after you're bankrupt.
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RetroGamingUK
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In the UK Mario Kart World is only £5 more than I paid for Final Fantasy 16
I know which one I'll get more value out of.
I know which one I'll get more value out of.
Dr. Wilkinson
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Huh? N64 didn't fail at all, it sold well and made Nintendo lots and lots of money and sold tons of software. GameCube was also very profitable for Nintendo. The only actual commercial failure in your list that actually lost Nintendo money was Wii U.
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GigaBowser
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whart??
Feel Like I'm On 42
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Agree with you except the price of Switch 2 hardware which seems very reasonable for what we're getting.
WhiteWaterM00se
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They are not the only company with price increases later this year. Just wait.
Which is fine. Again, big titles like GTA or COD, probably deserve more. But, don't nickel and dime consumers.
Right, i get your point about Nintendo being greedy. But, it seems gaming and 3rd parties need Nintendo as gaming has seemingly plateaued in terms of adding new users.
Cert.in.Death
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Not Nintendo's fault, just coincidence.
But yes, you're dealing with a man who can never be persuaded that he is wrong.
But yes, you're dealing with a man who can never be persuaded that he is wrong.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
I mean… it could. Hopefully not.
But here is a scenario. It's 2027 and China moves to invade Taiwan. 2027-2028 is going to be best bet with Trump in White House, allies pushed away and US in middle of trying to refurbish its surface and sub fleet.
China launches preemptive missile attacks on Guam, Philippines, SK and Japanese US bases and proceeds with the invasion.
US sub sinks a Chinese carrier and US sends couple carrier groups as well as tries to mount whatever response they can after those missile attacks.
In the meantime, North Korea attacks the South using the opportunity when US is completely distracted.
There is higher than 0 chance somebody lobs a tactical nuke and then all hell breaks loose. It's honestly pretty damn scary.
reinking
Gold Member
Regardless, it is a significant price increase over the previous Switch at launch. The point still stands. Sony took heat for the Pro because of the significant price increase. They will take heat for the PS6 for the same reason.
Radical_3d
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Technology is more expensive. Is getting more expensive instead of more affordable. We are in a new paradigm what didn't happen before with the fast node shrink. We don't know how this all will end because coincidently everything else is also getting more expensive and Rusia has planted a senile mole in the White House.
But let me tell you something. Whatever happens to the companies: the medium stays. Curiously vidja had lived enough real life crisis to be classified as an evasion good. This kind of merchandise (like drugs) increase their use in a crisis, instead of decreasing it. But that was before getting so expensive so maybe they loose the mid-premium sales volume.
But let me tell you something. Whatever happens to the companies: the medium stays. Curiously vidja had lived enough real life crisis to be classified as an evasion good. This kind of merchandise (like drugs) increase their use in a crisis, instead of decreasing it. But that was before getting so expensive so maybe they loose the mid-premium sales volume.
IAmRei
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I don't think there will be another game crash, as much as I want to reset, but the video game industry are bigger now. there are lot of micros in indies, and mobiles, and niche games are still thriving.
western AAA devs gamecrash however is kind of real. but it won't do lot of damage to whole industry. sure slower growth are real now, because dev cost are too high for AAA. but for indies and others, there are more chances than ever. PC also left geek nerd industry and broaden to common industry since decades ago. Nintendo Sony and Microsoft, still can be survive, as long as they not only supporting AAA but also others.
this being said, AA video games which suffers publishing which is harder now.
western AAA devs gamecrash however is kind of real. but it won't do lot of damage to whole industry. sure slower growth are real now, because dev cost are too high for AAA. but for indies and others, there are more chances than ever. PC also left geek nerd industry and broaden to common industry since decades ago. Nintendo Sony and Microsoft, still can be survive, as long as they not only supporting AAA but also others.
this being said, AA video games which suffers publishing which is harder now.
FalconPunch
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Hopefully, 
. It would be rather fitting and I would be overjoyed if it gives Nintendo a Wii u like humbling.
. It would be rather fitting and I would be overjoyed if it gives Nintendo a Wii u like humbling.
While the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2 could cause some backlash, it's unlikely to cause the entire gaming industry to crash. Xbox, Sony, and Valve may also face some criticism, but they will likely adapt. Piracy could rise if consumers feel mistreated, but it's not likely to replicate China's situation entirely. Overall, there's a shift in consumer expectations, and companies will need to adjust, but a global collapse isn't expected.
Grizzled Ghost
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Nintendo's flying too close to the sun with their pricing, like some kind of adolescent Icarus.
Guilty_AI
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China is far too dependent on imports to just start an attack out of nowhere on a place as critical to the west as taiwan. Not saying they can't - they could do it out of desperation or stupidity - but if they did, as things stand today, just cutting off supply would pretty much doom them, no tactical nukes or full scale invasions required. In fact, this is most certainly why they havent already.
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