“If they pull it off, others will follow”.
Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct gave us an absolutely mammoth amount of information about Switch 2, but one of the less welcome revelations was that game prices are rising for Nintendo’s new console, with leading launch title Mario Kart World costing a whopping $80 / £75 in physical form (the digital version is less).
As you can imagine, that price hike has caused quite a bit of consternation online. With recent conversations regarding GTA 6 possibly costing as much as $100, Nintendo’s bump is only going to give Rockstar Games the confidence to increase its prices. After all, Mario Kart World and GTA 6 are the two closest things you’ve got to a sure bet in games retail right now.
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