A reader fears that the worth of video games on Nintendo Switch 2 will start to look low cost in comparison with GTA 6 and different subsequent gen titles.
By now I assume everybody’s seen the Nintendo Switch 2 Direct and sadly essentially the most memorable factor about it’s the value. The console is okay, however the video games are simply unbelievably costly. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is simply £50 (nonetheless) however Mario Kart World is £75 for a bodily copy, which is a ridiculously large soar, the likes of which I’ve by no means seen earlier than.
I do know you may get the console and sport bundled collectively, which makes it half value, however that’s probably not the purpose. If all of the video games are going to price that a lot, or near it, then I really feel that I’ve simply been priced out of the entire idea of gaming. Especially as that is simply the tip of the iceberg.
We’ve all seen the rumours of GTA 6 costing £100, and I feel you’d should be very optimistic to assume that’s not true, or that each different writer isn’t ready to cost the identical. In the tip, by the beginning of the following gen, Nintendo might find yourself being cheaper than the typical as soon as once more.
I assume this can be a response to video games costing extra to make these days however to be sincere I’m probably not within the clarification or any excuses from publishers. We will not be dwelling in a world the place the typical individual can afford to spend £75 to £100 on a online game, that they might or might not like, and corporations are insane in the event that they assume they’ll jack the costs up by that a lot and simply have folks shrug their shoulders and pay up.
All it’s going to do is push much more folks in direction of free-to-play video games and make it in order that solely a tiny, elite circle of video games can cost full value, as a result of no person goes to be loopy sufficient to spend £100 on one thing that’s a threat.
Sequels will change into the one video games which might be ever made and most video games that aren’t free-to-play might be indie – assuming they don’t increase their costs as effectively, which they most likely will.
What’s particularly upsetting about all that is that publishers most likely don’t see it as a foul factor in any respect. As lengthy as they make the identical amount of cash, or extra, they don’t care if the variety of triple-A video games being made plumets. They don’t care in regards to the well being of the video games trade, and so they definitely don’t care about making artwork.
They’d be fairly completely happy if all that gaming was, was a half dozen free on-line shooters and all their cash got here from pointless cosmetics. Nintendo aren’t that dangerous but, however I’m already disturbed by the unusual emphasis on on-line multiplayer within the Direct, which is totally not what I would like from them as an organization.
I really feel like that is the tip. I’ve been gaming for 30 years or extra and all the time been enthusiastic about it, however this era has actually sapped my enthusiasm. I had hoped that the reveal of the Nintendo Switch 2 would change all that however all it’s completed is speed up the rot.
I can assure you I’ll by no means purchase a PlayStation 6 and whereas I could proceed to play indie video games on Switch 1, I actually can’t see myself persevering with on as I’ve. Maybe it’s not anybody’s fault particularly, perhaps this was all the time going to be the way in which video video games ended, as soon as they obtained so costly to make, however I discover all of it very miserable.
Nintendo might solely be reacting to the truth of issues as we speak however as a result of their video games by no means scale back in value I can’t even hope to choose them up in a 12 months or two once they’re cheaper. I feel I’m completed, retro video games and indie titles should be the way forward for gaming for me.
By reader Goolash
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