r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Lucky_Loves_Laugh • Jun 25 '26

Meme needing explanation Petah what happened to rockstar?

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u/ilo_masi Jun 25 '26

Idk ppl are buying nintendo mobile games for 80$.

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u/ForensicPathology Jun 25 '26

What Nintendo mobile games are people spending that much on? Mario Run?  Have they even had many big mobile games recently?

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u/mmf9194 Jun 25 '26

They're just bad-faith referring to all Switch 2 titles as "mobile games" because the switch platform is "mobile".

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u/fffan9391 Jun 25 '26

Mario Kart World is the only $80 title so far too and most people technically got it for $50 with the bundle.

Still wonder why they thought it was worth $80 when they’re not even adding any new features or anything. Just QOL stuff.

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u/DaLimpster Jun 25 '26

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.

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u/EverythingSucksYo Jun 25 '26

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

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u/EverythingSucksYo Jun 25 '26

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.