Somebody at Microsoft saw Nintendo put an $80 USD price tag on Mario Kart and thought "ah yes we can also do this with our strong IPs" so the first game they are doing this with is the sequel to a game most famous for its name being confused with an indie game that was actually popular. - ThreadSky

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mercurycdx.bsky.social • 7 days ago

Somebody at Microsoft saw Nintendo put an $80 USD price tag on Mario Kart and thought "ah yes we can also do this with our strong IPs" so the first game they are doing this with is the sequel to a game most famous for its name being confused with an indie game that was actually popular.

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cognitiveclips.bsky.social•6 days ago

It sucks, but the writing was on the wall for months before Mario Kart’s price was announced. Games are just taking too long and cost too much to develop for $60-70 to be universal anymore

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/gta-6-costing-as-much-as-100-could-help-video-game-industry-rebound-in-2025-analyst-says/1100-6528832/

cherrypixelbun.gay•7 days ago

"Ah yes, the fine choice for our first $80 game, the sequel to the one that people really were hoping was New Vegas 2 but only kinda was (and really isn't)"

humblemudgames.bsky.social•6 days ago

Honestly, I STILL don't know which is which. Outer Wilds and Outer Worlds, right? I forget almost as soon as someone tells me and have avoided both as a result 😭

magspower.bsky.social•6 days ago

the Outer Wilds is the fantastic one of a kind indie game that you absolutely should play. Outer Worlds is the RPG made by the New Vegas people that is Just Fine

humblemudgames.bsky.social•6 days ago

Thank you

gwarfprime.bsky.social•6 days ago

As someone who thoroughly enjoyed The Outer Worlds, no thanks. I'll patiently wait until it's been discounted to a fraction of that. There's too many good games out there right now to be paying that much for any new game imo.

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