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submitted 3 months ago by iridaniotter@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

And on the American website, the MSRP is $80, with no distinction made between digital and physical yet.

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[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 64 points 3 months ago

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe MSRP at release (and also still now) was $60. Since the previous Mario Kart game they increased the price by 50%. That’s fucking insane.

Also, hot take, I don’t give a fuck about inflation; Games should cost less now than they did 20 years ago. The audience is bigger and the per unit cost is lower. You can make more money releasing the exact same game now than you could 20 years ago. They should cost less.

“Oh but ClimateChangeAnxiety, games cost more to make now!” No they don’t. You’re choosing to spend more to make them. You’re choosing to hire larger teams to make larger games with better graphics. Don’t do that. Make them the same way you did in 2010.

You have better tools now, you can make the same products you made in 2010 with less labor today. Do that. And charge less.

[-] Carl@hexbear.net 59 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

no-copyright I want shorter games with worse graphics and I'm not kidding

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 42 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'll take longer games with even worse graphics pls

Reject modernity, retvrn to ASCII. Your brain does the translating. I don't even see the letters. All I see is tree, zombie, plump helmet.

[-] Frivolous_Beatnik@hexbear.net 20 points 3 months ago
[-] Stolen_Stolen_Valor@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I keep getting all the pieces together to make myself OP as hell then dying by basically slipping on a banana peel.

It’s so good.

[-] Parzivus@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago

People say this and then the shorter games with worse graphics are mocked and sell poorly

[-] Carl@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago

I don't think the people saying this and the people buying assassin's creed in 2025 are the same group of people.

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 8 points 3 months ago

I am not concerned with sales numbers or the opinions of g*mers i-think-that

[-] Imnecomrade@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

I miss the PS2 era.

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