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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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“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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[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 23 points 5 days ago

Video games were $50 20-30 years ago. Development costs are way higher now and they take longer. With inflation, let alone longer development, you’d expect a more expensive product.

I mean, even with current prices, look at all the studios that went under

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 11 points 5 days ago

Given modern platforms and tooling, development should be cheaper and faster than ever. You have a huge talent pool, you can cobble together something in Unreal or other Switch-compatible engine, and run automated builds and tests before shipping right to the online store.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

You should go visit every game company and tell them how they are all doing it wrong. You could call yourself the Department of Gaming Efficiency

[-] magic_smoke 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Name one game Nintendo has made that is so technically advanced or mechanically complex they can justify charging twenty more smackers than any other AAA developer?

Its not about telling people how to do their job. Its about the fact games are cheaper and easier to make than ever, and one of the biggest names in the industry is suddenly charging more than everyone else...

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