Xbox first party titles expected to hit $80 USD this holiday; Game Pass pricing currently unchanged.

    • bennel@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      The difference is: Microsoft and Sony 1st party titles go on sale and eventually come down in price over time.

      Nintendo first party titles are always full price, even for 5 year old games.

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        2 days ago

        Yup. The reality, while shitty, Microsoft still publishes games on multiple platforms (2 at minimum - PC and xbox). On PC, the games are sold on multiple storefronts with varying discounts and sales. Oblivion remastered just launched with a 17% discount on another store on PC for example.

        Nintendo has a complete monopoly on the platform they publish for and completely control the prices.

        For me, all these price increases are doing is moving me more towards PC. And to a larger degree off AAA titles all together.