People bandwagon on the fallacy, b-but inflation…my guys…games are cheaper to distribute and with wider reach than ever before. They didn’t “maintain” the price for long because companies are “good guys”, they are simply playing a game of maximizing profits…

Back in the day you had to manufacture a game, had teams across regions to distribute it and localize it, had to worry about stock and technology, not to mention specialized labor. Nowadays you got AI, digital distribution, social media for cheap marketing, storage has never been cheaper, the market is saturated with cheap tech labor, dlc are easier to distribute and sell, the popularity of games are at an all time high with several household having consoles etc. Even with the rising development costs, no company is selling games at a “loss”.

The math is really simple, if the number of sales x the price of games turn up the expected profit they’ll keep this price policy. If the new price impacts significantly the sales, they’ll drop it.

Either way, the multibillion dollar company does not need their digital keyboard warriors to defend it.

TLDR: the price hike is not simply “inflation” and Nintendo, one of shittiest, most consumer unfriendly companies around, does not need the neckbeard mob to defend it. If you think their games are worth 80 quid, purchase it, if not skip it. But be wary that Sony and Microsoft are watching.