Agent Karyo@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoToday’s game consoles are historically overpricedarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square38linkfedilinkarrow-up1176arrow-down15
arrow-up1171arrow-down1external-linkToday’s game consoles are historically overpricedarstechnica.comAgent Karyo@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square38linkfedilink
minus-squarenull@lemmy.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·1 month agoI mean, historically it seems pretty in-line with Nintendo releases, adjusted for inflation: NES: $582 SNES: $480 N64: $410 GCN: $362 Wii: $399 WiiU: $419 Switch 1: $396 Switch 2: $449 It’s only ~$50 more than the Switch 1, and they just raised the price of the Switch 1 by $50.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoIt’s the part where the Switch 1 hasn’t gone down in price that the article is talking about.
minus-squarenull@lemmy.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoWhich is not what the person I replied to was taking about…
minus-squarePlantDadManGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·1 month agoShhh the sweaty neck beards are venting.
minus-squareieatpwns@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down4·1 month agoWith each gen we got some advancements. Now they’re cutting corners for share holders
minus-squarenull@lemmy.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoI mean, to pretend the Switch 2 is identical to the Switch 1 is pretty ridiculous.
minus-squareieatpwns@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoI’m not implying there aren’t any improvements this time around I just feel like the improvements and corner cutting cancel each other out but that’s just my opinion
minus-squarenull@lemmy.nullspace.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoThat’s fine, all I’m saying is it’s not like it’s significantly more expensive or out of line price-wise historically. More to the point, the article wasn’t talking about launch prices of consoles at all.
I mean, historically it seems pretty in-line with Nintendo releases, adjusted for inflation:
It’s only ~$50 more than the Switch 1, and they just raised the price of the Switch 1 by $50.
It’s the part where the Switch 1 hasn’t gone down in price that the article is talking about.
Which is not what the person I replied to was taking about…
Shhh the sweaty neck beards are venting.
With each gen we got some advancements. Now they’re cutting corners for share holders
I mean, to pretend the Switch 2 is identical to the Switch 1 is pretty ridiculous.
I’m not implying there aren’t any improvements this time around I just feel like the improvements and corner cutting cancel each other out but that’s just my opinion
That’s fine, all I’m saying is it’s not like it’s significantly more expensive or out of line price-wise historically.
More to the point, the article wasn’t talking about launch prices of consoles at all.