Per PCMag, the Switch 1 cost about $250 per unit to produce. The NVIDIA chipset alone is estimated to cost about $150 itself, about a $100 chipset price increase, so the console pricing makes sense, even if at 1st glance it doesn’t look like much has changed. Games should be $70 but can’t winem all - ThreadSky

billthefajita.bsky.social • 1 day ago

Per PCMag, the Switch 1 cost about $250 per unit to produce. The NVIDIA chipset alone is estimated to cost about $150 itself, about a $100 chipset price increase, so the console pricing makes sense, even if at 1st glance it doesn’t look like much has changed. Games should be $70 but can’t winem all

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weedman.smokes.lol•1 day ago

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I don't think the price of games has to be set at anything. People will pay for what they think is worth it. We've seen this hundreds of times with cheaper games over the years, HK, terraria, omori, etc. People will happily pay a price for something they find quality.

weedman.smokes.lol•1 day ago

Nintendo makes a lot of games really difficult to make $60 worth, let alone $80. Scarlet and Violet as an example is NOT an $80 game, or even a $60 game. I would agree that the Zelda games are worth $60 and would pay that price for them, but the quality of Zelda isn't found is very many switch games

baddpenny.bsky.social•1 day ago

pokemon can be $60 incl tax for me but thats literally it

weedman.smokes.lol•1 day ago

I would pay $60 for black and white, i wouldn't pay more than $30 for scarlet and violet

billthefajita.bsky.social•1 day ago

I will never see eye-to-eye with that statement; it’s just so opposite for me.

weedman.smokes.lol•1 day ago

I love unfinished low quality textures, bad 3d models, lifeless pokemon animations, constant artifacts on my screen, low quality visual effects and barren open areas purely there just to be an open area

billthefajita.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s a good thing Legends ZA will still be $60 on Switch 1 then!

baddpenny.bsky.social•1 day ago

how much is a physical copy for swtich lite

billthefajita.bsky.social•1 day ago

I imagine prices of Switch 1 games aren’t changing so $60 (Switch Lite = Switch 1?)

billthefajita.bsky.social•1 day ago

S/V is not an in-house Nintendo game, GF and TPC run that clown show and I’d argue Nintendo often spaces itself from Pokemon. Zelda at $70. Mario Kart is absolutely a marquee title that is probably the 3rd most effort game Nintendo makes behind Mario and Zelda. Good reason it’s more than DK

weedman.smokes.lol•1 day ago

You kinda seem to be ignoring my point for some reason entirely and just deflecting. Nintendo has more than enough money to make better quality games, make MORE of them, and charge LESS for them without making any sort of dent to their giant pile of money.

weedman.smokes.lol•1 day ago

Nintendo is still a giant corporation, just because they are Nintendo doesn't mean they suddenly like you or care about you. Nintendo has been involved with as much shit as any other large corporation and they do the same shit as the rest of them too.

goose462.bsky.social•1 day ago

I agree, but it’s important to not that making games isnt as simple as throwing money at it, it takes time and talent as well, the two big switch 2 games (Mario kart and DK) seem to have been in development for a while

goose462.bsky.social•1 day ago

On the topic of price I completely agree I highly doubt 80 dollar games are necessary for them to stay afloat

billthefajita.bsky.social•1 day ago

If your point is most first party Nintendo games don’t deserve to be priced at $60, you’re just wrong. Your argument sounds like “Nintendo should operate at a loss because they already have earned so much money” and that is insane to me. I’m not ignoring your point, it’s just a bad point.

weedman.smokes.lol•1 day ago

Thats not my point at all, and that's why I'm saying you're ignoring it. I never said Nintendo should operate at a loss and you put those words into my mouth yourself. I said that Nintendo is more than capable of not raising prices of their games while still continuing to make a profit

goose462.bsky.social•1 day ago

I wish I’d pay much much more attention to for HK then I did but that’s just me

billthefajita.bsky.social•1 day ago

Comparing indie devs to AAA devs is apples to oranges. The production costs are typically much lower for indie devs due to several factors, including less staff, fewer physical copies produced, and having less of a a track record in general, being less proven means lower prices in general.

weedman.smokes.lol•1 day ago

I get your points here, but the production cost argument doesn't really make a lot of sense when Nintendo has so much income to spend the cost to make a new game is literally meaningless when you see their pile of cash

billthefajita.bsky.social•1 day ago

For clarification, the Switch 2 chipset is estimated to be $150. Im sure game prices are elevated for both futureproofing and fear about market instability. While $80 seems expensive now, I’m willing to bet GTA 6 launches at $100 base.

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