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It feels to me like the closer we get to the Nintendo Switch 2's June launch and the, apparently, $80 games associated with it, the more people are fighting with themselves over what is and isn't worth it. But at least Sony veteran and previous head of PlayStation Indies Shuhei Yoshida is free from inner turmoil – he thinks relatively expensive, high quality video games are unequivocally necessary.

"I don't believe that every game has to be priced the same," Yoshida continues. "Each game has different value it provides, or the size of budget. I totally believe it's up to the publisher – or developers self-publishing – decision to price their product to the value that they believe they are bringing in.

Yoshida continues to say that, "In terms of actual price of $70 or $80, for really great games, I think it will still be a steal in terms of the amount of entertainment that the top games, top quality games bring to people compared to other form of entertainment."

"As long as people choose carefully how they spend their money," he continues, "I don't think they should be complaining."

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (10 children)

If you look at inflation adjusted pricing, it really is a deal. IIRC we should be at like 90 or 100+ dollar games at this point.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Games were $60 for so long everyone thinks it should be like that forever

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 days ago

Translation: The executives who don't do anything deserve to get lots of money and you should be happy to pay them for it.

Fuck you.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nintendo... not even pirated. Stop supporting their bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (2 children)

But every time I pirate one of their games they lose $80. So they say.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Playing Nintendo games, even when pirated, maintains their popularity.

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I do choose carefully, I buy half a dozen indie games on sale instead, and I have nothing to complain about.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago

This is the way.

[–] [email protected] 77 points 3 days ago (1 children)

yup, "a steal" is a good word for that, but not in the direction they mean

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

They're referring to hours of entertainment. People pay $20 to see a 2 hour film. Games give us 50+ hours at times.

That's not to say games should cost the same as movies in terms of "entertainment hours".

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