this post was submitted on 09 Apr 2025
151 points (93.1% liked)

Games

37991 readers
2222 users here now

Welcome to the largest gaming community on Lemmy! Discussion for all kinds of games. Video games, tabletop games, card games etc.

Weekly Threads:

What Are You Playing?

The Weekly Discussion Topic

Rules:

  1. Submissions have to be related to games

  2. No bigotry or harassment, be civil

  3. No excessive self-promotion

  4. Stay on-topic; no memes, funny videos, giveaways, reposts, or low-effort posts

  5. Mark Spoilers and NSFW

  6. No linking to piracy

More information about the community rules can be found here and here.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
shitpostpolice@lemmy.world
Dremor@lemmy.world
151
Nintendo boss Doug Bowser explains the $80 price for ‘Mario Kart World’ - The Washington Post (www.washingtonpost.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world
72 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

https://web.archive.org/web/20250407134209/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/video-games/2025/04/07/mario-kart-world-price-nintendo-doug-bowser/

“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.

AKA corporate greed.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 40 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Breaking news: company wants money. What they'll do for money will totally shock you! They sold products in exchange for money! 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 No way!

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

need money, money now-charlies mother(RIP)