First-party Switch 2 games—including re-releases—all run either $70 or $80

[Guest]

If it sells out, expect a price drop in a few years

Switch sold out in 2017, and now the same basic Neon model is selling for the same price in 2025.

[rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I’ll wait for an emulator

[douchebagmcswag@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Maybe I should have been more specific...i meant mid to end of life

[ryathal@sh.itjust.works]

It probably will. Given the modest spec bump and the high even for Nintendo hostility to switch emulation, it's probably trivial to support switch 2 as well.

[arakhis_@feddit.org]

I wonder if there would be communities, focused on playing these xbox360 era games on pc - after this

Anyone got links further educational reading on this matter?

[arakhis_@feddit.org]

I too wonder if there would be communities, focused on playing these xbox360 era games on pc - after this

Anyone got links further educational reading on this matter?

[Guest]

I love having my decision not to buy a Nintendo Switch and stick to PC games validated.

Feel bad for all the Nintendo fans though, I get how you can fall in love with a franchise they make and want their stuff only to have "except it costs a ton" stuck on, so you'll have to skip for financial reasons and feel unhappy. It's a lot harder to abstain from something you actually care about and want, than something you are maybe mildly interested in.

[Guest]

This is an unpopular opinion, but y'all are forgetting about inflation. $60 in 2017 is $78 in 2025. $300 in 2017 is $390 today.

My ex always mocked me for the prices of Nintendo switch games. She even got me into playing games on my PC. But except for trackmania, I always gravitate back to the Switch. And I'm definitely in a priveleged place so take this with a grain of salt, but I'm buying the Switch 2 pretty much no matter what. To me it's worth the cost.

[macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world]

Its cool, your choice, you spend your money as you see fit.

I personally would never spend 60 usd on a game in 2017 and will never spend 80 usd in 2025. Its just too much.

[prinzkasper@feddit.org]

They likely want to avoid legitimising those existing emulators.

[eronth@lemmy.world]

Yes, inflation happened, and purchasing power has not grown or stayed the same with it. People can't afford as much, so rising prices on entertainment are going to sting even more.

[Guest]

Tell that to the people making the same amount of money in 2025 that they were in 2017.

[tattorack@lemmy.world]

Can't wait to wait 2 years and then pirate it.

But besides that; are there any good PC kart racers?

(Emphasis on "good", because I already know about Super Tux Kart, used to play it a lot more than 10 years ago, but today it feels very... Clunky and dated).

[tattorack@lemmy.world]

Gbatemp.net

[penguinz@lemm.ee]

General inflation doesn't quite translate directly in all cases and is just a reference. In video games, costs have increased, but revenues have increased primarily through micro transactions and a growing market/sales. There's virtually no marginal cost to produce additional units with software, so the revenues become a balance of price, demand, and supply (for hardware). They are expecting that the price increase won't result in a significant drop in demand so that revenue increases. If they're wrong, this will be a huge business mistake. If enough people purchase anyway, like you, then they'll increase revenues and this will be considered a great business decision

[morningthunder@lemm.ee]

Also, even disregarding the inflation argument, video gaming is still one of the cheapest per hour hobbies.

[icecreamtaco@lemmy.world]

Am I the only one who doesn't care about this? We'll wait for the 33% nintendo sales and fill the rest of the year with 3rd party 80% sales like always

[ampersandrew@lemmy.world]

I hear very good things about Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed, and there's a new one coming.

[solarpunker@slrpnk.net]

Sonic Racing Transformed still the best

[solarpunker@slrpnk.net]

and there’s a new one coming

Wut OoO really?