"These price increases have multiple intertwining causes, some direct and some less so: inflation, pandemic-era supply crunches, the unpredictable trade policies of the Trump administration, and a gradual shift among console makers away from selling hardware at a loss or breaking even in the hopes that game sales will subsidize the hardware. And you never want to rule out good old shareholder-prioritizing corporate greed.
But one major factor, both in the price increases and in the reduction in drastic “slim”-style redesigns, is technical: the death of Moore’s Law and a noticeable slowdown in the rate at which processors and graphics chips can improve."
Up there I was talking about silicon specifically. But on this topic…
Sure, this is 100% discretionary spend and I am deff not buying but I am also a Linux user and will use emulators for my kids because fuck Nintendo and thei r parasitic business practices
But you have to see how a less sophisticated consumer is being price gouged? We are talking about games for kids at adult man with a job prices.
Or is u “efficient markets” typa a guy?
I agree with your fundamental premise but behaviour is scammy IMHO
No one is being price gouged by Nintendo. It’s a luxury technology device. Gaming is more for adults than kids these days, and had been for a long time. The average age of gamers has been increasing for decades and is around 30 years old.
So we should charge this idiots adult working man prices 🤡
Good job bootlicking, champ
