popularespy posted Jul 28, 2025 03:16 AM
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popularespy posted Jul 28, 2025 03:16 AM
Nintendo Switch 2 - Physical Games - 10% off - Mario Kart World, Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Tears of the Kingdom
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$80 a game is just crazy. Especially for games that out years ago.
https://www.ign.com/articles/donk...-right-now
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I also wouldn't consider 8 years 'pretty dang quick.'
I also wouldn't consider 8 years 'pretty dang quick.'
We can disagree and that's cool.
In fact, games that were $60 in 2017 when the Switch released, are the equivalent of spending $78.43 today. So even though only TWO games have released at $80 for the Switch 2, you're really only spending about what you did in 2017 when they were released. If you're buying a brand new game for anything less than $80, you're getting it for even less than you did back in 2017. And either way, you're getting a bargain compared to what you paid in the 90s!
It's not sudden - we're just in the hellish post-COVID landscape, where the average rent is $2400/month and the average car payment is $1k a month.
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In fact, games that were $60 in 2017 when the Switch released, are the equivalent of spending $78.43 today. So even though only TWO games have released at $80 for the Switch 2, you're really only spending about what you did in 2017 when they were released. If you're buying a brand new game for anything less than $80, you're getting it for even less than you did back in 2017. And either way, you're getting a bargain compared to what you paid in the 90s!
It's not sudden - we're just in the hellish post-COVID landscape, where the average rent is $2400/month and the average car payment is $1k a month.
I get how inflation works and not even mad about the price bump (because I never buy games new), but I would still say that in one console generation we saw the price go up $10 TWICE when it didn't go up in the past 4 console generations... that's all.
I'm sorry that you are having trouble understanding why that feels sudden to some, I think we are just gonna have to agree to disagree on this one.
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