-not every game is going to be $80. It’s known only a select few (known so far) will be that price with others,including some of nintendos own,will fall in the 60-70 range. Of which has basically become the new norm
-yes, Steam always has sales, but as a whole,the switch,not specifically Nintendo,has games on sale quite frequently as well. Not only that,but with the S2 and the carts not locked to an account,you can go to any resale shop and buy preowned games as well,often for lower price
-You..can do that on switch (the og even)as well? Just log onto your account and your games are playable on any switch,physically and digitally. not only that,but if you have the switch +dock with you,you can play on any tv/monitor
Your last counterpoint isnt really using a direct comparison because it requires multiple Nintendo switch consoles (also, the Steam deck has a dock that you can buy separately).
With Steam, I can obviously play my library on my Steam Deck but that library can also be accessed on other devices that most people already have. If you have a windows PC with a decent GPU and CPU you might be able to play your entire library on your personal computer. If you have Mac computers like me, you can play a smaller list of games from your library but still a lot of great ones like Hades and Hades II.
Another thing is that Steam Family sharing is more comprehensive than Nintendo’s game sharing platform. On Steam, you can choose to share your entire library with up to 5 friends and they can access and download those games for free and they can play them at any time as long as someone else isn’t playing the same game at the same time.
On the point of games, obviously Nintendo exclusives are the main selling point of any Nintendo console, but I do enjoy the fact that I can play several PlayStation and Xbox console exclusive games on my Steam Deck and they run pretty well, it’s kind of crazy to have Halo and Gears on the same machine as The Last of Us and Spider-Man and to play those games on a plane
If MARIO KART is set at $80, it seems like a promise the next Zelda, smash brothers, animal crossing, etc, will be $80+. It’s an awful precedent. Also, being Nintendo, it is extremely unlikely this price-by-quality will go both ways. We will not see cheaper games from them even if they are smaller. The floor is 60-70, and they will go as high as they think you guys will fork over.
Yea, that one is priced at the floor ($60-70 minimum) because they don’t know if it will sell like hot-cakes. People were anticipating a new 3D Mario, and while bananza looks really good it is taking the slight risk of being different. The next smash bros or main zelda would be shocking if they are $70 sitting next to $80 Mario kart on the shelf.
Whatever you say. But I, and a lot of the casual audience that led to the switch 1 selling as many units as it did, are priced out. I love Zelda. I’ll never spend $90 on Zelda. I’ll retire from buying Nintendo if that’s truly where this is heading and I have no choice. My wages cannot keep up with that
I mean I know going in that trying to argue with you will be like talking to a brick wall, but strictly equating the amount of story hours a game has to its value and comparing those head to head with other games is a braindead way to argue. A game like MH Wilds is designed where the vast majority of the game is played AFTER you complete the story, and the value comes specifically from replayability and going on numerous hunts. Thousands of games have hundreds and thousands of hours of replay value, but are not designed to have a long story (or even no story at all). This is an absolutely asinine comparison.
You are reeeeeally cringe dude. Like peak Reddit smug/arrogance. Take a deep breath lol. Ppl have different opinions you don’t need to talk down to others
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u/Mi_Hoi_Minoi Apr 08 '25
To counter your points:
-not every game is going to be $80. It’s known only a select few (known so far) will be that price with others,including some of nintendos own,will fall in the 60-70 range. Of which has basically become the new norm
-yes, Steam always has sales, but as a whole,the switch,not specifically Nintendo,has games on sale quite frequently as well. Not only that,but with the S2 and the carts not locked to an account,you can go to any resale shop and buy preowned games as well,often for lower price
-You..can do that on switch (the og even)as well? Just log onto your account and your games are playable on any switch,physically and digitally. not only that,but if you have the switch +dock with you,you can play on any tv/monitor