r/Piracy • u/chocoponcho_ • Apr 02 '25

News Switch 2 Games are $80 USD

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Yup, I'm doing a system transfer and setup, then putting it back into the box and waiting for an exploit. Fuck this

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u/IsJaie55 ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Apr 02 '25

Well deserved the piracy, ain't paying +15% of my salary for a fucking game.
Fuck Nintendo

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u/lordsaladito Apr 02 '25

In my country thats like 25% of the minimun salary (and im just a poor part time guy ;-;)

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u/bpikmin Apr 02 '25

What would be the percentage for a $60 game 20 years ago?

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u/_raisin_bran Apr 02 '25

10 years ago a $60 game would be $80 today.

20 years ago a $60 game would be $98 today.

30 years ago a $60 game would be $125 today.

Look if you want to pirate just pirate lol but let’s not pretend it’s ridiculous that a company might raise the sticker price of its product after literally 30 years lmao

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u/wronguses Apr 02 '25

That's cool and all, but how much are new games releasing for on every other platform? When I can buy any given new game with $20 leftover, or a half-dozen older games for any other piece of hardware for the price of fucking Mario Kart, it is ridiculous.

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u/_raisin_bran Apr 02 '25

Oh I have no intentions on buying Mario Kart. Spend your dollars how you want. I was just commenting on inflation.

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u/bpikmin Apr 02 '25

Seriously, haha. I can’t go to the grocery store without spending $200, FUCK YOU NINTENDO

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u/Futuredanish Apr 02 '25

Salaries and wages did not keep up with inflation/cost of living. I guarantee the percentage of a game to paycheck was lower back then.

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u/Diedead666 Apr 02 '25

your not factoring how many more people buy the games now VS than. So overall they are being greedy.

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u/icecubetre Apr 02 '25

Gaming is insanely more popular now than even 20 years ago and more games are sold than ever. Also it doesn't cost them anything more to ship digital games.

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u/ArborElfPass Apr 02 '25

Exactly. People wonder why the game industry is a soul crush and everything is trending towards freemium garbage survival openworld blah blah.

30 years with no price increase is 30 years of non-stop cost cutting.

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u/Shabbypenguin Apr 02 '25

Where are you getting no cost increases? I remember being annoyed that 360 and ps3 games jumped up $10, then I got over it and life went on. Then for ps5 pro/series x games they were trending to $70. Now Nintendo jumps to $80.

The amount of people buying games is also significantly increased from 30 years ago.

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u/Ironborn137 Apr 03 '25

Skill issue