Is kupomogli ever happy? I wonder.
I plan on buying a Switch 2 someday despite not having any interest in portable gaming. I do not care for Nintendo's roster of characters nor do I appreciate it's family friendly style of game development. But I'm sure there will be exclusive third party Switch 2 games I will want to play. Damn exclusives and eveyone who supports them!
Nintendo of America claims they plan on experimenting with variable pricing. I don't care for price increases either, but it's perfectly within their right to try. I think Nintendo can count on families begrudgingly not wanting to disappoint the kids. If Xbox and Sony raise game prices too, we can at least count on the inevitable drop in a games price over time, rewarding patient gamers. How Nintendo is able to avoid discounting it's game prices, I've never understood. It really sucks to be a Nintendo loyalist, but they defensively claim the games are worth it.
Other Switch 2 things I don't understand is how an apparently region free console is region locked in Japan and priced substantially cheaper there than international versions.
The Key cards are pretty offensive too considering the cost difference between a dummy card with the buyer bearing the full cost of an internet download and a full game card with no difference in the game price. But I would rather own a Key card than a Code in a Box.

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But again, just shows that inflation is bullshit and these price drops are because most people are unwilling to pay these launch day asking prices. I certainly won't ever buy a game for $70 and I haven't. I said it way back then when Sony increased the price, hell, I rarely buy shit for $60. Ys10 and that was a mistake, game is a piece of shit, and it was a piece of shit that I spent $60 on. Waste of fucking money. Coincidentally Ys9 was the last $60 game prior to Ys10.
I feel ya on Y's10. I bought the game on sale at Amazon for $40 April Fools day. Saw it in "Todays Deals" for $29 at Amazon last week. Today it was back up to $59. Funny how things work. Don't ask me anything about Y's though. I'm just collecting them for now.
I paid full price last week for Clair Obscur Expedition 33 PS5 because of all the mentions on the gaming sites I browse and was planning on actually playing the game immediately. But Amazon has delayed delivary until May 14th.
YIKES! Funny how things work out.