Comment on Switch 2 continues to break US launch sales records, selling more in its first three months than PS4 | VGC

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• Lfrith@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  There is a difference between saying something is too expensive and that it won’t sell. Otherwise live service games wouldn’t be billion dollar industries and NVIDIA cards selling out.

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  • cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    “Too expensive” means "beyond what the market will bear. Objectively, the Switch 2 didn’t cost enough — there was some other higher price that would have given Nintendo numbers such that while it might not have sold quite as well, what it would have sold would have made up for it. Would the market bear a $500 Switch 2? Maybe. $600? That, I doubt. $450 was a bit high for my liking, but the market bore it just fine and now it’s thriving.

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    • Lfrith@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I think skins and lootboxes are too expensive but they make billions so pointing to financial succeas doesn’t mean much aside for companies which we are not.

      I think switch 2 would sell fine at 500. Bigger issue for me is them wanting to raise the price of games, but that is once again different from me not willing to buy it at the price and me making claims about if it will sell.

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