While Nintendo has raised some eyebrows with his decision to collect $ 80 for some of his first -part titles that arrive at Switch 2, Circana Analyst Mat Piscatella believes that it is not a big problem. In statements to Gamesradar, Piscatella points out that players have been spending more than $ 60 or $ 70 in games for a long time these days thanks to the existence of Collector editions and several luxury editing releases.
Piscatella points out that due to this, the average price of the game has been higher than $ 70 at launch anyway, thanks to the fact that games often tend to offer additional content in the game in their most expensive editions.
“The big games have not been $ 60 or 70 for some time in the launch,” he said. “With all the editions of the collector and Ediciones de Oro and Ediciones de Plata and all these other things, the average price that people pay for a new video game on average is much higher than that base price, and it has been for years, and keep moving forward. So I am not so queued about the price of $ 80 as many people are, what is, realistic, people have been a bit of expense, whether they want to admit it Admit it.
Fundamentally, if a game works well at any price, it is reduced to the quality of the game, according to Piscatella. “Ultimately, if someone thinks that a game is really great, they want to play it, they will buy it at any price they need to buy it,” he said. “That is just the nature of the video game fanatic insensitive to the price that wants to play the game they want to play.”
As for the long -term consequences of the new Nintendo price label for its games in the form of other editors who also adopt it, Piscatella believes that, ultimately, it will be up to the market to decide whether the price works or not. Returning to its point on the quality of a game, Piscatella said that if a game is not good enough, the market will probably end up rejecting the price.
“It depends on that video game buyer whether or not they want to make that purchase, and in general, if a game is good enough, it will do so, and if a game is not good enough or are not excited enough for it, they will not do it,” he said. “And prices go down very fast. It is only the nature of the sensitivity of prices and the enthusiasm of the audience. So we will have to do. I think that [Mario Kart World] It will be fine at the launch. We will see what he does on vacation. “
Piscatella also raised the fact that there is a much larger range in games prices these days than there used to be digital distribution. At that time, all games had an essentially the same price, generally at $ 50. However, these days, prices can vary from editions of super expensive collectors that cost more than $ 100, to free games and everything else.
“In the physical days you only had 50 dollars. That was all. That was the only game you got,” he said. “Now, the games of all sizes, all kinds, have a price in all kinds of different ways, and more free than ever. I know that everyone is focused on that higher level, and of course, I understand it, but in terms of the available options, it is so many throughout the board, and it is more diverse than it has been. Yes, it is nothing new.
Nintendo will launch the Switch 2 on June 5, and one of its launch titles will be a $ 80 racing game Mario de Mario Kart. Speaking about the price, Nintendo has described the title as offering the “richest Mario Kart Experience still “. The console itself will be priced at $ 449.99. Grand Theft Auto 6.
