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

[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?

[cethin@lemmy.zip]

Honestly, I won't bother. I only tried a few Switch games on emulator out of curiosity, and never played long. They don't make anything interesting enough for me to want. I don't get why people feel the need for Nintendo.

[superspecialnickname@lemmy.ml]

It's most difficult for me since I want to play metroid prime 4, especially after hearing the music. But I don't want to pay 90 euro for base game. That's incredibly ridiculous

[_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I look forward to playing these for free in a year or two when an emulator that works on the Steam Deck is released.

[nastynative@mander.xyz]

4 real when Zelda was released on the switch is ran at like 1080p 30 fps. The emulator version was 4k @ 60 fps…

[nuxcom_90percent@lemmy.zip]

The reason the switch 1 was emulated so fast was a hardware vulnerability on nvidia's part. Presumably we won't see that again.

Also: While switch games DO run better on a steam deck, they don't run great. And I think estimates put the switch 2 at closer to a PS4 than PS3 in terms of power? But even PS3/360 games don't run gerat on a Steam Deck.

Not to mention nintendo's lawyers putting the fear of mario into the emulation community.

So in a few years? I could see MAYBE some proof of concepts. But I doubt we'll actually be able to properly emulate switch 2 games until at least 2030.

[callatecoyote@lemmy.world]

I'm just going to get the Switch version and be perfectly happy with the visuals being slightly less good and using gyro joycon aim over joycon mouse.