80$-90$ games, no free HD upgrades just fees and price increases everywhere. The 450$ price isn’t even the worst part

What game is $90?

Also, there's been inflation, so $60 in 2017 is $76 today. So an $80 game is about 5% more.

I don't think publishers quite realize that they have to compete not only against each other but also against older games, which have crazy value compared to modern games.

Titanfall 2 goes on sale for €5 very frequently, and is the best single player shooter out there. The Master Chief collection is €40 when it's not on sale and that's 6 very well made games.

A €80 game will have to provide more value than that for me to consider it. To be honest I don't think it's even possible. And that's not even considering how much of a crapshoot modern games are quality-wise.

Mario cart is 90 for physical cartridge

After searching, I've found some news articles that say that. But Nintendo's site (https://www.nintendo.com/us/gaming-systems/switch-2/featured...) says “$79.99 MSRP”, but that doesn't say whether it's physical or digital. Weird.

It's shocking how much my interest in modern games and gaming platforms has waned in recent years due to the increasing enshittification. These days I'm pretty much entirely focused on retro-gaming and happy to report it's still great! And with mods, fan translations, HD texture packs and emulator shaders & upscaling it keeps getting even better.

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43557524

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