Forum - View topicThis Week in Games - Sticker Shock
|
Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Note: this is the discussion thread for this article |
| Author | Message | ||
|---|---|---|---|
|
TokimekiCrisis
Posts: 73 |
|
||
Nothing in this article disputes what Doug Bowser is also saying. Nintendo could be have been "looking into responses" to the tariffs, but the pricing of the unit and games simply wasn't one of them. Moving their manufacturing locations may have been one of them as you mentioned. I feel like once people start trying to question and doubt Doug Bowser, President of Nintendo America, the plot has officially been lost. Still trying to spin this after clear and concise confirmation directly from the source seems incredibly futile. The thing is it was always going to work out for Nintendo. Pre-orders sold out within minutes in other countries by all accounts we've been hearing. People will complain about prices but they'll also still pay because what choice do they have? Shiny new toy is shiny. Nintendo knows this. They'll also sell out in the US too when they drop even if there's a price increase. All the complaining will be for nothing. There's better ways for people to spend their time than inventing conspiracy theories. |
|||
|
|||
|
Dr. Wily
Posts: 501 |
|
||
Yeah, I feel like he's trying to thread the needle of doing PR for Nintendo while not blaming tariffs outright and accidentally getting the Eye of Sauron that is Trump's media machine focused on them. Because oh boy if things are bad for them now in the gaming sphere of news, just imagine how bad it could/will be if they take a stand and suddenly we get millions of TikToks of alt-right folks shooting up Switches in their backyards and buying Xboxes/PS5s like it's a political statement or something. |
|||
|
|||
Wack Sage
 Posts: 67 |
|
||
|
I do appreciate Bowser coming in and clearing up the misinformation that some people have been trying to spread around. Seeing people trying to turn this discussion into a political grift was sad to see but also not unsurprising as all hobbies seem to fall victim to this these days. On the negative side this means Nintendo genuinely does want this to be the new price point for video games going forward which is rather unfortunate. I will still eventually pick up a Switch 2 but I'll probably not go as deep into physical collecting games as I used to. It just doesn't seem worth it as more games are being revealed to just be key cards in an era where physical games are already being regulated to premium price services like Limited Run Games. Suikoden I and II being key cards on Switch 2 makes absolutely no sense at all to me. Unless it's a first party Nintendo exclusive title I will probably just skip out on it and wait for a Steam release going forward.
|
|||
|
|||
AiddonValentine
 Posts: 2466 |
|
||
Basically; it's the Michael Jordan "even Republicans buy Nikes" approach to kind of sidestep stuff. Although, I was discussing this on Bluesky but Nintendo is one of the few companies I can think of that has kind of avoided the outrage farmers trying to stir controversy. They tried it with the Mario movie but that flamed out when it did gangbusters at the box office. It was actually the same thing with the Switch 2 where people tried to do "Nintendo is just greedy!" but were beaten down by the tariff news. Just kind of fascinating, all told |
|||
|
|||
Greed1914
 Posts: 4776 |
|
||
|
"Mistress Frieren, the zone is closing. We should get moving."
"Ok, Fern. We'll go in six months." |
|||
|
|||
|
Loogoo T Lexter
Posts: 12 |
|
||
|
I kind of love their response to people asking why Nintendo Switch 2 games are gonna be so insanely expensive was just saying it was because they can with the variable pricing thing. Just being flat out honest that they decide what a game's value is. Kind of admirable even if it ended up upsetting people.
I thought it was leftys blowing up those car dealerships and attacking Tesla owners. At least the ones they arrested already. |
|||
|
|||
|
Dr. Wily
Posts: 501 |
|
||
Alright, let's not turn this into some thing. The point is, I think Bowser's trying to avoid making owning a Switch 2 into any sort of implicit political statement, the way that yes, Tesla has become in recent days. I do agree that saying "yeah the games are really good" to explain price hikes is bizarrely admirable, even if it's not something I'd ever imagine myself doing. Still got a hearty lol at them saying the Switch 2 welcome thing is gonna be good enough to justify any kind of paid experience (even if it is only $10). |
|||
|
|||
FishLion
 Posts: 411 |
|
||
|
In other news, they are proposing upping China's tariffs to 104% because they dared to apply the same tariff rules back to the US. Good thing Nintendo moved their production.
At the same time Vietnam (where the production is) has offered to remove any tariffs for the US n their country and were told that's not good enough they need to offer extra money or value for how much they have taken from our country apparently. This whole thing is stupid beyond belief. |
|||
|
|||
|
Nekbone
Posts: 80 |
|
||
|
Nintendo has repeatedly said they have no interest in politics. Reggie's "We'll leave political statements to those other people" comment, Nintendo asking the Biden-Harris campaign not to use Animal Crossing to try to recruit voters, etc. Don't know why people would think they'd want to start now and dive into that hellscape.
Yeah, Switch 2 games cost a lot but people will still pay. Myself included.  Boycotts rarely work and video game boycotts are some of the most ineffective boycotts of all because gamers need their games. . I don't expect Nintendo to care one bit about all the complaining about their prices or for anything to change.
|
|||
|
|||
 |
All times are GMT - 5 Hours |
|
|
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group