{"id":2064,"date":"2025-04-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2025-04-07T14:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T14:39:15","slug":"switch-2-game-prices-are-the-fault-of-gamers-not-nintendo-readers-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nichesitetool.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/05\/switch-2-game-prices-are-the-fault-of-gamers-not-nintendo-readers-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch 2 game prices are the fault of gamers not Nintendo \u2013 Reader\u2019s Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mario Kart World is not a cheap game (Nintendo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A reader argues that complaints about the price of Mario Kart<\/a> World are misplaced, given how Call Of Duty<\/a> and EA<\/a> Sports FC are the same price.<\/p>\n

In the lead up to this week, there were a lot of people talking about how it\u2019s hard to predict Nintendo<\/a>, but in the end I think it went pretty much as expected\u2026 except in a few specific areas. In many ways you could say the Nintendo Direct<\/a> was a success: the console was reasonably priced, it\u2019s coming out soon, and most of the games looked great.<\/p>\n

But the subject that\u2019s been dominating discussion ever since is the cost of said games, particularly Mario Kart World<\/a>. In the UK it\u2019s \u00a374.99 for the physical version and \u00a366.99 for digital, which is\u2026 unexpected.<\/p>\n

As has been pointed out, the digital price is still lower than EA Sports FC<\/a> and Call Of Duty, and other yearly sports games like NBA 2K, but because Nintendo games are usually cheaper than the norm there has been outrage over the prices – as if Mario Kart isn\u2019t going to be infinitely better value for money.<\/p>\n

Given these yearly sequels only have a shelf life of 12 months, before they\u2019re immediately replaced with another game that also costs \u00a370, it seems madness that anyone would resent Nintendo charging the same for Mario Kart, which you\u2019ll only have one of per generation.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong, I wish it wasn\u2019t that expensive. I wish all games were cheaper. But then I also wish I was a millionaire and better at football, but that\u2019s life.<\/p>\n

If you accept that Call Of Duty and co. are worth \u00a370 (and millions of people do because, as usual, it was the best-selling game of last year) then why is Mario Kart not? It\u2019s undoubtedly a better game and there won\u2019t be another one along for the best part of the decade, so Nintendo will be putting everything into it – especially as it\u2019s a console launch game.<\/p>\n

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