• misk@sopuli.xyzOP
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    15 days ago

    „Same game released on 7 different platforms across at least 2 generations of hardware not selling well among early adopting enthusiasts who probably bought it twice already. Analysts baffled.”

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    well… yeah. nobody wants to buy a full price game that they already own on steam that they got on sale 3 years ago.

    why would they? the only people those games are marketed for are nintendo exclusive users who have no other game platform.

    the world spins regardless of if nintendo decides to put out a new overpriced console or not. if they’re getting left behind, the world will continue to spin.

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      nobody wants to buy a full price game that they already own on steam that they got on sale 3 years ago.

      How many Nintendo games are on Steam?

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        15 days ago

        third party games. that’s what the article is talking about. and what I am talking about.

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          In that case, I’m even more confused. Who do you think is going around just rebuying games they already own?

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    Yeah, turns out $80 for a game will have people only buying must have games or in my case no games at all.

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      None of these games are $80

      MKW is the only one. Even the next big Nintendo title (Donkey Kong) is going to be $69

      I think they did it with MKW to up the value of the MKW console bundle (where you’d only pay $50 for the game) but we’ll see.

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      I don’t think that $80 price tag that’s causing this. There are no new retail games at this price currently other than Mario Kart and anyone interested got a bundle. Zelda rereleases make 0 sense to buy retail, I got a used copy of Switch release and Nintendo Online + or whatever it is called at half the price.

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        My local game store said demand for console is high; MKW bundle being the most popular. The demand for games, accessories and controllers is not high. I can’t imagine that lack of demand to blamed on anything else other than pricing or uncertainty of the economy.

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      Are any third party games $80 right now? I thought it was literally just Mario Kart World.

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        Do you think parents or casuals know that, or do you think that they only know of the TV news reports of the console and game price increases? The biggest story revolving around the Switch 2 before launch was the price increases.

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    Most of the launch titles are old ports sold at full price. The article only references physical sales and again most of these games don’t even have game data on the cartridge which completely ruins the point of a physical release.

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      Game Keys still way better than the “here’s a code in an empty box” shit