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Nintendo boss Doug Bowser explains the $80 price for ‘Mario Kart World’ (archive.ph)

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We finally hear from Doug Bowser!

On the pricing:

“What you see right there is variable pricing,” Bowser told The Washington Post. “We’ll look at each game, really look at the development that’s gone into the game, the breadth and depth of the gameplay, if you will, the durability over time and the repeatability of gameplay experiences.

On Nintendo Switch:

Bowser said Nintendo remains committed to selling the first Switch console. Four years ago, in our first conversation, Bowser said the Switch is “redefining what a console cycle can look like.”

“Now I even wonder what is the definition of a console cycle,” Bowser said. “We’ll continue to keep Nintendo Switch as part of the family, giving consumers a number of different entry points that they can come into the gaming universe.”

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“What I would say is that we’ll continue to observe consumers and how they engage and enter into the platform at various levels to try to really understand what the future may look like,” Bowser said. “Here’s the other point. We have an install base [for the Switch] of 150 million plus units. We’ll probably announce more on May 8 when we have our next earnings call. We want to keep those players engaged. Not all of them may be ready to jump to Switch 2.”

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[–] icecreamtaco@lemmy.world 25 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

“We’ll look at each game, really look at the development that’s gone into the game, the breadth and depth of the gameplay, if you will, the durability over time and the repeatability of gameplay experiences.

idk what better explanation you could expect. He's very clearly explaining the reasons here and you're all being hysterical about it.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

It sounds like it comes straight from a "how to take as much money from your fans as possible" talk.

A better explanation would be "because we want your money".

[–] I3lackshirts94@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

No it doesn’t sound like that 😂 You couldn’t say it any better than that. If you take what he is saying with what you know, it actually does make sense why tears of the kingdom is $70 over the normal $60 at the time.

It’s easy to say that it’s expensive until reviews are out or you play it. I can at least respect the quote because it’s holding up to be true with what they have done, but is it really worth a $20 increase? I guess time will tell.

TotK was worth the $10 for the exact reason he is talking about.

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 0 points 7 hours ago

It's a joke. Half of the argument is about how they can take more of your money.

The other argument is about how much "innovation and time" goes into it. But I can tell you that that's a big lie. They have story, previous code and examples, previous frameworks and all the other stuff already from previous games. They also already make a big markup on the Switch itself.

So it's all a lie. 😂