• aislopmukbang@sh.itjust.works
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      11 hours ago

      Is that really fair to add? Nobody did it for PSN or xbox live. Also who is to say this is the only game you want online for? Then there’s family pricing which is often split amongst members.

      $100 is already a lot for a game. No need to inflate the figure.

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        10 hours ago

        I think these online subscriptions are proving to be a major factor in why there’s been a migration of audiences from consoles to PC. People are seemingly running the long-term calculus in their heads and realizing PC is cheaper at a certain threshold.

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        10 hours ago

        Is that really fair to add?

        Yes. We are talking about Pokemon. You know “You gotta catch em all!!” series. You need online to do that.

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          10 hours ago

          Then you should be consistent and count the cost of PSN and XBL the same way.

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              9 hours ago

              It seems a little disingenuous to single them out this way, especially when the competitors you’re strangely silent on are more expensive.

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                  7 hours ago

                  Why do you only single out Nintendo for something that Sony and Microsoft charge even more for?

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                    6 hours ago

                    Probably because neither Sony nor Microsoft are locking single player content behind their online subscriptions. Not to mention you’re strawmanning really hard right now. Those two do it. In PC circles you’ll hear it bashed all the time. Meanwhile, Nintendo is doing it worse than anyone else because they’re deliberately locking single player content behind a subscription, not just here but also for any of their classic library, which just isn’t available for sale. Meanwhile, I could go buy a digital copy of an original xbox game on the latest xbox and it’ll just play and if I owned a digital copy on a previous console it’s transferable.

                    Stop it. The things you’re arguing aren’t relevant and even if they were, Nintendo is STILL the worst offender.