• @Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    101 month ago

    Let’s not pretend every publisher isn’t planning on doing this. Nintendo just happens to be the first here.

    • @DNS@discuss.online
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      11 month ago

      All it takes is for a major corporation to pull the trigger. Since Nintendo is willing to take that step, other companies are going to be observing to see if it’s worth the temporary backlash.

    • 𝕮𝕬𝕭𝕭𝕬𝕲𝕰
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      -31 month ago

      I get the MSRP outrage, but I mean it’s not an unusual cost for launch day titles, especially for physical media.

      I don’t think I’ve ever paid full retail for any game or console I’ve ever owned though. And I do like to own my games by buying physical media (or at least the installer files).

      • @PlexSheep@infosec.pub
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        01 month ago

        Thing is that they even do this shady thing now where retails is 10 bucks more than the digital version.

        • 𝕮𝕬𝕭𝕭𝕬𝕲𝕰
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          1 month ago

          Usually because you actually own the retail/physical version but they can rescind access to a digital copy at any point.

          But I usually buy old games or new ones second hand, so, I exist on a slightly different market place…