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Everyone stop what you're doing! It's happening! GW's own Alu is having a baby!! Come and congratulate him here: Need some help identifying this picture.
We're so happy for you, Alu!You've pretty much got the same thinking as me. The Mario Kart bundle helps since it's only £34 more but that's only one game and flagship Nintendo games rarely go on sale. The console price is OK-ish if a little high, but even the Donkey Kong game is expensive.I'm torn, multiple times.
On the one hand, I have cast aside my previous reluctance to buy new and full priced games, as long as I want to play them right away. I've just bought Two Point Museum and it's great, not just because it's a phenomenal game, but I am enjoying playing the shiny new thing.
On the other hand, it is expensive. The console price point is fine, but the games are very expensive. I understand the point about cartridges in the past and inflation etc, but the fact remains that for the market right now, the RRP for those games is very high, and that's a relevant consideration. I have barely played my Switch and my kids haven't played my Switch at all, just when at friends' houses here and there. We haven't had our media wall put into the games/media room yet. Once we do we're going to set up the PS4, Switch etc, and there will be plenty of life left in those consoles from our perspective. There's no need to upgrade anytime soon.
On the other other hand, I am fortunate enough to be able to afford to jump in early and buy the games if I want to. The idea of getting in on the ground floor with Switch 2, getting my kids involved in it and just immersing the family into this console in the same way that I was with the SNES is very appealing.
I don't know, but there's no rush. I'll think on it.
Apparently, not all of the physical "game-key cards" as they're calling them are even on the cards. It has the license key in it and you have to download the game and install it onto your system. So there's that now.I understand the point about cartridges in the past and inflation etc, but the fact remains that for the market right now, the RRP for those games is very high, and that's a relevant consideration.
Probably thanks to how much money people are making these days? We got used to $60, so adding another 15ish% onto that or more feels bad. Then there's the argument that making the physical consoles and game media (cards, CDs, whatever) is cheaper if not thanks to better manufacturing, but also thanks to the volume of units moved.I feel like I'm the only one not surprised at all by the prices of both the console and the games. Like, does everyone really think GTA 6 is going to be less than $75?
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This is from 1996. Why was the generalized sentiment that games are too expensive now? I think people are upset to see games going to $80-90 range, but I think Nintendo is just the first ones getting shit for it. I think $90 for a game is crazy, sure, but I'm going to buy it the same way I thought a $50 PC game was expensive 10 years ago. It's the same thing to me.
Maybe I'm biased because I don't have children or dependents to worry about? But I was more disappointed by the battery life than I was the pricing. I actually thought $500 for the console and the game was a good deal, considering how expensive everything else around me is. At least this box brings joy.
And that after the N64 came out and the SNES was at the end. Street Fighter Alpha 2 came out after the N64 released.I feel like I'm the only one not surprised at all by the prices of both the console and the games. Like, does everyone really think GTA 6 is going to be less than $75?
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This is from 1996. Why was the generalized sentiment that games are too expensive now? I think people are upset to see games going to $80-90 range, but I think Nintendo is just the first ones getting shit for it. I think $90 for a game is crazy, sure, but I'm going to buy it the same way I thought a $50 PC game was expensive 10 years ago. It's the same thing to me.
Maybe I'm biased because I don't have children or dependents to worry about? But I was more disappointed by the battery life than I was the pricing. I actually thought $500 for the console and the game was a good deal, considering how expensive everything else around me is. At least this box brings joy.
My biggest concern is if it is water proofedBut I was more disappointed by the battery life than I was the pricing.
Where did you see that? That would be incredibly annoying. If my Switch 2 library grows even half as much as my 1 library, I'd be deleting games all the time.Apparently, not all of the physical "game-key cards" as they're calling them are even on the cards. It has the license key in it and you have to download the game and install it onto your system. So there's that now.
You could always purchase a different console and get the kids in on it, since they sound like they don't have much gaming experience. Why not a Switch 1 and explore those games together? PS5? Hell, why not go retro and nab an N64 or something?I'm torn, multiple times.
On the one hand, I have cast aside my previous reluctance to buy new and full priced games, as long as I want to play them right away. I've just bought Two Point Museum and it's great, not just because it's a phenomenal game, but I am enjoying playing the shiny new thing.
On the other hand, it is expensive. The console price point is fine, but the games are very expensive. I understand the point about cartridges in the past and inflation etc, but the fact remains that for the market right now, the RRP for those games is very high, and that's a relevant consideration. I have barely played my Switch and my kids haven't played my Switch at all, just when at friends' houses here and there. We haven't had our media wall put into the games/media room yet. Once we do we're going to set up the PS4, Switch etc, and there will be plenty of life left in those consoles from our perspective. There's no need to upgrade anytime soon.
On the other other hand, I am fortunate enough to be able to afford to jump in early and buy the games if I want to. The idea of getting in on the ground floor with Switch 2, getting my kids involved in it and just immersing the family into this console in the same way that I was with the SNES is very appealing.
I don't know, but there's no rush. I'll think on it.
That was one of the most befuddling things for me. Astro Bot was an excellent and lengthy free tech demo for the PS5. The Switch 2 tech demo looks kind of underwhelming, and they're charging for it? Nah. No thanks.So like, they are really gonna charge for a tech demo game that shows off the systems features?
Steamdeck and PS give that shit for free
Like, does everyone really think GTA 6 is going to be less than $75?
Not if copy-protection keeps holding as it mostly is these days.When ever that comes to PC I'll be chilling with fitgirl if it's over $75
Not if copy-protection keeps holding as it mostly is these days.
Not if copy-protection keeps holding as it mostly is these days.
There isn't a single Denuvo game released in 2024 that has been cracked.I feel like it will be so popular someone will figure it out pretty early on
Only big new release I cant find at the moment is the new Assassin Creed
I’m intrigued by the Bob Ross comment
There isn't a single Denuvo game released in 2024 that has been cracked.
RDR2 used different protection but took just under a year.
How many use Denuvo? Assassin's creed I know of and we're only 3 months in
We'll see, I think and maybe it is just copeium that there will be a lot of people trying to say they were the first to crack it and will work hard on it and maybe they can build from what ever they did on RDR2 if GTA uses similar system
Either way Im waiting for a sale or a crack depending on release price
They literally got Miis in real life for this.View attachment 29046
I believe it's just referring to the guy in the middle.
Was just reading this https://www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...s-trump-imposes-tariffs-on-china-and-vietnam/I posted it in another thread, but it's worth relaying that Nintendo have suspended their US pre-order date to analyse the impact of tariffs.
That's because they came up with the idea on Monday. They imposed the biggest shakeup in world trade in nearly a century in the manner of a child rushing their homework.Was just reading this https://www.forbes.com/sites/conorm...s-trump-imposes-tariffs-on-china-and-vietnam/
Insane that Nintendo literally moved operations to Vietnam in response to Trump's first term, and now are just as fucked. The tariff situation just makes this more expensive for everyone, worldwide. I fucking hate our government dude. No sane human would have predicted a tariff formula that is the country's trade deficit divided by its exports to the United States times 1/2, because that's deeply stupid.
I agree with the rest of your points, but this one is obviously not true. Games take several orders of magnitude more effort to make nowadays. Just watch the credits for a game from the PS1 era compared to now (I don't remember NES games having credits but it's possible I just forgot them). Voice actors cost money. All those pretty graphics cost money. Open and 3D worlds are more effort to build than 2D ones. More complex games means a more complex design process and more testing needed. Even between the first Switch and this new one, the better hardware means more is expected from games, and that takes a lot more time and effort.Leaps in gaming innovation is stagnating which should in theory make development cheaper and easier, plus most things being multi platform there are many ways to make and save money
I just don't get the fucking point of them. If I'm having to download the game anyway, I'm just going to a digital store and getting it there.Elden Ring has already been confirmed as a game-key card.
Cyberpunk 2077 is on the card.
The resale argument is the main one.I just don't get the fucking point of them. If I'm having to download the game anyway, I'm just going to a digital store and getting it there.
The only benefit I could see to this would be the ability to resell the game, assuming the key doesn't get system locked, but I haven't cared about doing that since I was 12.
Just seems dumb to sell a physical card that's just a key to play something you need to download anyway. My son has a bunch of physical Switch games and has countless times wanted to play something only to realize it's not in his case. Meanwhile I just boot up whatever my ADHD tells me to.
My guess is that's the point.I just don't get the fucking point of them. If I'm having to download the game anyway, I'm just going to a digital store and getting it there.
I just cannot comprehend the ass backwards logic behind this one. This is actually maddening and disappointing. Resold Nintendo games were quite literally the only way to get the games at a cheaper price. FFS.
I agree with the rest of your points, but this one is obviously not true. Games take several orders of magnitude more effort to make nowadays. Just watch the credits for a game from the PS1 era compared to now (I don't remember NES games having credits but it's possible I just forgot them). Voice actors cost money. All those pretty graphics cost money. Open and 3D worlds are more effort to build than 2D ones. More complex games means a more complex design process and more testing needed. Even between the first Switch and this new one, the better hardware means more is expected from games, and that takes a lot more time and effort.
Yes, it's easier to build a complex game after it's already been done a bunch of times, but it's still really fucking hard, and players expect noticeable improvements between console generations. People who work in the gaming industry make less money and work more hours compared to people doing similar work in most other industries (which is why I don't do it), but they're still expensive. Even a small team is probably millions per year, and you're not going to get a game you can charge $70 or $80 for out of them.
I completely understand being frustrated by high prices in general because most wages haven't kept up with inflation, but games have not gotten cheaper to develop. It's the opposite. Even porting a game from one system to another can take a ton of effort because of how complex they've become.
this is whyResold Nintendo games were quite literally the only way to get the games at a cheaper price. FFS.
I'd disagree with this general sentiment.I was going for more they could cost less
We don't need super big open worlds and a lot use already built engines and they don't have to learn radically different hardware
It's getting to a point like capitalism where you must continually make more money for that becomes less feasible, these games don't need to get bigger and bigger and bigger and the graphics are already pretty good we're not seeing the leaps and graphics nor will we ever see them again like we went from like ps1 to Ps2. Gaming as a whole would probably Improve if they narrowed the scope for most of these games what's up