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.
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.
When you consider that Mario Kart 64 cost $120 in 2025 money, it seems much more reasonable.
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.
Right, but production cost has also increased steeply. Game scope has increased across the board, every asset is much more detailed (expensive) to produce and every developer is now more expensive than in the 00’s.
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.
That’s a good point, but there are also significantly lower costs for digital downloads compared to a plastic cartridges that have to be shipped.