I get it, prices of games going up sucks but games rose to about $60 (cad) during the wii era. Put that into an inflation calculator and you end up with about $90 nowadays, it’s not really a price hike out of line with general inflation. The switch 2 pricing isn’t out of line with AAA PS5 games either ($80 for a digital copy has already been the case for a while there).
Games are not free to make and modern games have longer dev cycles and therefore cost more to make as well.
Consoles are also typically sold at a loss with the idea that software sales will make up for the loss. Were games to remain the same price the console would likely be significantly more expensive.
I get that consumer purchasing power is down due to wages not keeping up with inflation but sadly the reality is that if making a console and games for it are unprofitable then they’ll stop making them.
I honestly feel that anyone who complains about the price increase of AAA games just feels entitled to pay a certain price for a game.
If the game is too expensive, then simply don’t buy it. If the real price of the game $60, then that’s what the market will tolerate. If it’s $80, then people will pay for that. Vote with your wallet, but don’t act like nintendo produces necessities; they make entertainment products. They could charge $800 for a game and your life would not be negatively impacted in any way