Nintendo Switch 2 – Games
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Get ready to play! Check out some of the biggest games coming to the Nintendo Switch 2 system, like Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, and tons of others from our partners.

No other prices are currently listed that I can see. Upgrade Pack cost is also not listed. Looks like Switch 2 first party games will be $79.99 USD going forward.

  • athairmor@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    19 days ago

    Not necessarily. You can’t just say games should cost more because of inflation.

    You’d have to take into account the cost to produce the game and the size of the market.

    • 3xBork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      32·
      19 days ago

      Right, but production cost has also increased steeply.

      Ocarina of time reportedly cost ~12 million. Breath of the wild is estimated closer to 120 million, not counting marketing budgets for either.

      Now games have gotten more popular but they haven’t gotten 10x more popular.

      I work for a midsized AA studio and if I had to do some back of the napkin estimation our last title cost around 3 million just for team size X average_gross_monthly_salary X num_months. Actual dev cost will be quite a bit higher.