parmesanApr 4, 2025

Are Nintendo's $80 online game prices a result of tariffs or is Nintendo just using them as an excuse to price gouge as corporations do?

https://lemmy.world/post/27786269

Are Nintendo's $80 online game prices a result of tariffs or is Nintendo just using them as an excuse to price gouge as corporations do? - Lemmy.World

Not defending Dementia Donny and either way I’m not shelling out $80 for a game ever, just wondering if this is really a result of the tariffs. I understand the console price being high due to them but I don’t see how it would affect the price of games that are essentially going to be 100% digital

Show threadAdmiral PatrickApr 4, 2025
Just gouging us. Even on the 3DS before they shut the shop down, digital download games were the same price as buying them on a cart.
Show threadMeekerThanBeakerApr 4, 2025
The new Switch 2 cartridges supposedly won’t have the games on them… just the license to download and play them.
Show threadRetro_unlimited
Wow, if the games are not on the cart then I’m not buying Nintendo.
Apr 4, 2025 at 7:53pmWeb
Show threadHideakikarateApr 4, 2025
Same here. Unless it’s a game that I absolutely can’t get anywhere else, I’m probably just gonna use the Deck for those “key cart” “games”.