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Nintendo boss Doug Bowser explains the $80 price for ‘Mario Kart World’ - The Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com)
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https://web.archive.org/web/20250407134209/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2025/04/07/mario-kart-world-price-nintendo-doug-bowser/

“What you see right there is variable pricing,” Bowser told The Washington Post. “We’ll look at each game, really look at the development that’s gone into the game, the breadth and depth of the gameplay, if you will, the durability over time and the repeatability of gameplay experiences.

AKA corporate greed.

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[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Okay Billy Madison, you're the one that brought up games were 50 dollars twenty years ago and saying profits aren't keeping up with development costs in today's market, but not exactly shocked you didn't seem to make that connection here.

I mearly pointing out that Nintendo made a billion dollars, adjusted for inflation, twenty years ago at 50 dollars and they've made 1.7 billion dollars in 2022 when games were at 60-70 dollar range.

Sure seems like their doing just fine with profits vs increased development costs here, no justification for their variable pricing, extra 10 bucks on top, bullshit outside of corporate greed.

Again, go ahead and provide your facts to justify your position if you can stop your corporate bootlicking for just a moment.

Think I'm done playing chess with a pigeon for tonight.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I pointed to the multiple failed companies and you point to one company as a counter-example. You insult me, but you haven’t seemed to read my points.

Wild that Nintendo hasn’t diversified at all in 20 years to offer new products - oh wait…

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