 So Nintendo Switch games are going to be $70 maybe even as soon as next year. At least that's what the internet is trying to tell me. I woke up today very curious about one thing and that is what the hell am I going to get for Yulia for breakfast because she requested that there was food ready for her when she woke up. No, no. Actually what I was wondering about was why my timeline Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, etc. are full of all of these videos, content creators, fans, tweets of people telling me that Nintendo Switch is about to raise their prices for games such as Tears of the Kingdom to $70 and I understand where people are coming from and why this fear exists and I do think there will be a time when Nintendo exclusive games are $70. I just don't think it's happening on Switch and I'm going to explain why in a moment after we obviously look at why people are even thinking this is going to be a thing. $70 Switch games? What? That just sounds insane to me. 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Now this all started because obviously PlayStation raised prices of their games, especially their exclusives with their party's follow suit to $70 on PS5 and this was a bit controversial at the time, but obviously it's been a couple years and people don't talk about it that much. But it got brought up yesterday because Xbox is now doing the same thing. So Xbox was selling their games at $60 brand new and they're changing tune in 2023. Now I'm getting this news off IGN where it says beginning in 2023, games built for Xbox series X and S including Forza Motorsport, Redfall and Starfield will cost $69.99 USD at launch while Xbox is noted that regional pricing may differ is not yet given specifics for other countries. This price reflects the content, scale, and technical complexity of these titles of Microsoft spokesperson told IGN. As with all games developed by our teams at Xbox, they will also be available on Game Pass the same day they launch. So it's not really shocking to see Xbox come up to the price point of PlayStation 5. In fact, there was already third party games available on Xbox Series X and S selling at $70 and quote unquote getting away with it. So it would make sense for Xbox to match those prices and just kind of make that the new standard since Sony pushed it. Same way, you know, Sony pushed Blu-rays as well and that became a new standard. Sony tends to push things that become standard over time. It just is what that is. What's interesting of course is that people aren't happy with $70 because they can barely afford $60. Of course with inflation it can be argued that it should have been $70 a long time ago. Of course all the counter arguments are hey at least back then we were getting complete games now we get like partial games and we get to bite DLC and we got a piecemeal free updates down the line sometimes games release buggy and broken hello Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. So it's a really interesting conundrum trying to intermix hey games are higher quality and bigger than ever and the best visuals and really expensive to make and also sometimes not as complete as games we got 20 years ago. It's a weird balancing act but like it or not Xbox and PlayStation games are going to be $70 and this has turned Nintendo fans and Nintendo content creators around to be like well if everyone else is doing it you know Nintendo is going to do it too right man tears of the kingdom 70 bucks I'd still buy it Fire Emblem Engaged 70 bucks I'd still buy it but here's the thing Nintendo is probably not going to do it this generation and I'm going to say this pretty safely because the Switch has been out since 2017 it doesn't really make a lot of sense for a system that's now entering its seventh year on the market seriously once we get to March 4th of 2023 we are officially in the seventh year of Nintendo Switch raising the prices seven years in to me just doesn't make sense I don't think we need to worry about any of Nintendo's first party games being $70 next year if I don't even think third parties are going to charge $70 next year I think we're going to be just fine here on Switch but it does raise the question whenever Nintendo releases their next gen system and they start to have next generation exclusive games which should happen pretty quickly will those games be $69.99 70 bucks and that I think is a realistic possibility I just don't think that's a realistic possibility now it's also possible Nintendo decides to not do this they might just go hey one advantage we have is not only our ability to offer an amazing library of games and this portable console hybrid thing but also that our games are super high quality triple A games that we don't sell at a premium price like other people so they could go that route I do think no the Nintendo's ran by a businessman and by the time Nintendo does the $70 games it'll be so standard and accepted across the industry that Nintendo won't even think twice about it still I don't think this is something we need to worry about now now until Nintendo announces something like this it's not really even something to worry about but I get it if Xbox and PlayStation are 70 these games start to be 70 on PC Nintendo will be the only place where they're not and then by the time they bring their next generation platform out third party games might be 70 on Switch Nintendo could very well raise their prices so I understand the concern I don't think we need to worry about it now so I'm basically telling you no Nintendo switch first party games are not going to be $70 moving forward also whenever the next generation Nintendo device comes around I think they will so I don't know you guys don't even think about this down in the comments below what do you think about the $70 price point in general do you think it's fair because of inflation over the years and how prices have been standard like this for 20 years and we probably should have raised prices on this a while ago do you think it's not fair do you think this is dumb I kind of lean towards the whole look video games have always been a luxury entertainment medium there are plenty of games you could play free to play if you don't have money right grab your phone I don't have my phone on me but grab your phone and play fortnight on it or something like there are other ways that you could play video games that aren't so expensive but the luxury triple a games the luxury game consoles they're luxury items and and I don't think people understand that video games are sort of a luxury entertainment medium it's always been pretty pricey to be that kind of a gamer I think free to play as muddle the water a little bit but there's nothing wrong with free to play go ahead and enjoy your free to play games and you'll get your compromises with your ads and your microtransactions and all this stuff your season passes because they have to make money somehow but yeah I'm I kind of think it's an it's an inevitability I think it's always been an inevitability and I'm not really that bothered by it because video games are a luxury entertainment whether you want to believe it or not some of us choose to partake in that luxury entertainment even when we can't necessarily afford it some of us can massively afford it and it doesn't matter either way so you guys let me know what you think down in the comments below I'm Nathan Robledgeans from Nintendo Prime and I'll catch you in the next video