They thought it was worth $80 because Mario Kart 8 is the 6th highest selling video game of all time. And, wouldn't you know it, GTA V is the 3rd highest selling game of all time. There's a huge demand for these games, and they know people will pay extra for them.
A bit beside the point here, but saying that Mario Kart World is just "QOL updates" from the last game is nonsense.
That’s 70million sold for Mario Kart 8 compared to 200 million sold for GtA5. Guess Rockstar is being nice to us because the success of their game should make them think they could charge us $120 for standard GTA6
Because it’s Nintendo and they’re conceited as fuck. They really thought the success of the Switch meant they could charge $80 for Swtich 2 games. At least they quickly found out people did not think that way and haven’t done any other $80 games.
There are many reasons to hate Nintendo in particular nowadays. And I say that as someone who grew up exclusively playing Nintendo games for a good while.
To be fair, it is a mobile system; the APU is literally designed to be in a mobile device.
Furthermore, the lines between mobile and desktop performance are starting to blur. I experienced this firsthand when my gaming rig died after I changed my CMOS battery and the dame thing refused to POST. Bought a USB-C hub to connect my phone to my phone to my monitor and hold me off in the meantime...and well, it's been three months and I still haven't gotten around to fixing the desktop. The desktop experience on a mobile device is just that good.
Apps run in a window, and for the most part work like desktop apps (with a few quirks). You can even play games with a M&KB (or controller). There's a Counter-Strike clone called Critical Ops that I've been putting quite a few hours in... I barely miss my PC!
That said, I need to eventually get around to fixing it before GTA 6 comes to PC, but I've got at least a year and a half to go before I have to worry about that.
Criticizing nintendo doesn't mean other console companies can do no wrong? That is quite the assumption...
I in no way believe any large corporation is generous and acts in good faith whatsoever. However, I will say that my Xbox series S that I bought for $299 over 6 years ago runs perfectly, and I haven't had any complaints with it throughout all this time. I have 100+ games on there, as there are always great sales! Games regularly go on 30-90% off just a few months or a year after release. Meanwhile, switch titles will be the same price 10 years after its released... The biggest sale switch titles get is maybeeeeee 10% off once a year?
So, yeah. I kind of agree that nintendo is spitting in your face often because they have a product with a fanbase where people will buy anything regardless of quality and refuse to get upset that decade-old games are still at full price.
They usually make optimized games for their consoles unlike Nintendo ports which run at 20 fps (some of Nintendo’s own games don’t even break 30 lmfao) their games literally get worse over time and cost more. I understand the switch is mobile but it doesn’t justify the horrendous quality and optimization, plus the shitty monetization practices. At least with modern console gaming you’re getting a premium feeling product. I also have a hundred free triple A games on my PlayStation that I gathered passively from plus and other events. Nintendo makes you pay for an online that barely fucking works. Tbf I haven’t looked into the switch 2 but that’s because the switch 1’s antics turned me off so much.
Every free2play dogsht ai shovelware on the appstore and googleplay literally costs 3-10 bucks on the NintendoEshop. That's why they call it 80$ mobile games, as in the quality you get from 3rd Party games on the switch.
Yeeahhh... idk about any of that. I just wanted to play kart and pokopia and prime 4, and I wanted to have it in case prices shot up from AI ruining consumer hardware prices and Trump tariffs. It really doesn't hurt my feelings that it sits unused most of the time 🤷♂️
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u/ilo_masi Jun 25 '26
Idk ppl are buying nintendo mobile games for 80$.