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MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

With the switch 2 coverage, this is something that bugs me quite a bit… Not the meme, Nintendo games, by comparison, are worth more than the slop that Ubisoft craps out. No matter how good a Ubisoft game could be, Nintendo has them beat in terms of quality.

Back to my point. The cost of games is insane. The price point for most video game systems is around $500 USD. Whether PS5, Xbox, switch, whatever, they’re all either at or near, $500.

You buy 6 games, and you’ve spent more in games than you did on your console. The fuck is this? We might as well go back to the days when you would buy a whole ass console that could only play a single (or small selection) of games like the Coleco Telstar.

I think they figured out that you make money from selling the add-ons, so they dipped the price of the console and jacked up the cost of all of the games so they could increase profits and shareholder value.

Oh wait.

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petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Game consoles are sold at a loss. You are supposed to buy more games than the console costs.

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- petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Here is a nice little inflation chart I’ve assembled:
  
  You people are upset about (analogy) gas being 12.98 a gallon when you should be upset that you don’t make enough to afford gas at 12.98 a gallon. You should male enough to afford a $450 switch 2, and the fact that you don’t is because your masters have been stealing from you for 30+ years. Or since forever, if you’re as woke as me.
  
  NES 1985 $179 -> 2025 $528 Games $49.99 -> $147
  
  SNES 1991 $199 -> 2025 $464 Games $49.99 -> $116 SM All-Stars $59.99 -> $140
  
  N64 1996 $199 -> 2025 $403 Games $59.99 -> 121
  
  GameCube 2001 $199 -> 2025 $355 Games $49.99 -> $89
  
  Gameboy 1989 $89.99 -> 2025 $230 Games $29.99 -> $76
  
  Gameboy Advance 2001 $99.99 -> 2025 $178 Games $34.99 -> $62
  
  Nintendo DS 2004 $149.99 -> 2025 $251 Games $29.99 -> $50
  
  Playstation 1 1995 $299 -> 2025 $622 Games $49.99 -> $104
  
  Playstation 2 2000 $299 -> 2025 $552 Games $49.99 -> $92
  
  X-Box 2001 $299 -> 2025 $535 Games $49.99 -> $89
  
  Sega Genesis 1989 $189 -> 2025 $483 Games $59.99 -> $153
  
  Sega Dreamcast 1999 $199 -> 2025 $380 Games $49.99 -> $95
  
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Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Which is also why anyone who says consoles are better is straight clowning tbh

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- spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Has there been a better ass Creed game than Black flag?
  
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brucethemoose@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

the slop that Ubisoft craps out

I’d, uh, argue there are some exceptions, like the better asscreed games or the anno series.

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gajahmada@awful.systems ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Nintendo games, by comparison, are worth more than the slop that Ubisoft craps out

Agree, I grew up with Playstation up until the ps3. I have never owned a Nintendo console my whole life and the only Mario games I’ve tried is the O.G back then, but it’s clear to me that Nintendo put better effort into every bit of design of their IP release.

I know the Jazz scene would go nuts over a “Mario Kart Lick”, and I never played Mario Kart even once.

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