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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Switching to a higher price
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 13:59:59 -0400
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On Thu, 03 Apr 2025 10:44:00 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Side note:

Apparently the Switch 2 version of "Legend of Zelda: Breath of the
Wild" (which will be a 'complete' version) will costs $90. I guess
that once you set the 'new standard' price at $70, you might as well
go for broke and up the price of the game everyone actually wants
(even if it is almost ten years old by now) at $90.

AS I said, I'm not totally against the price hike; it's been a long
time coming and normalizing at this higher rate might make some
publishers

      [Not the Ubisofts or EAs or Take Twos or 
       ActiMicroBethesdaVisionSofts; I mean the smaller 
       publishers that may still prioritize quality games 
       over revenue-at-any-cost]

            reconsider things like MTX, F2P or live-service nonsense
designed to endlessly vaccuum cash out of player's pockets because
it's the only way to remain solvent.


Still, $90 is quite a jump. Especially for a game that's been released
on at least two previous platforms already. That's getting to
Bethesda-level of audience-milking.