100% agree.

It also infuriates me that when this was all of this upscaling was introduced back in 2018, this was touted as a way to extend the useful life of your GPU. And now in 2025, it’s basically buy a new card and it’s mandatory to use it if you the newest games to be playable.

Just donvote, tag for future downvotes and move on. A defender of Neo-Nazis isn’t ever going to defend their stance with facts and reality.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unite_the_Right_rally

Nope, I clearly must have missed whatever you call evidence is.

But do feel free to provide your citations, that ought to be amusing and sad to say the least.

Heard the same crap when they moved from 60 to 70 just a few years back.

Heard how video game development is too expensive while publishers posted record profits.

Heard all about how the same 50 dollar game "back in the day"would cost hundreds now, disregarding how gaming was so much more niche back then too.

Heard the same crap about how these “full price games” would lessen the need for egregious microtransaction

This will again, do nothing to lessen any of that, just push more record profits as gamers won’t be able to resist rewarding the gaming industry for their bad behavior.

And considering they already went to 70 dollars using that same excuse not that long ago and saw no decrease in microtransactions, “deluxe editions”, lot boxes and just offering the damn complete game while they made record revenue and profits.

I would point out that Microsoft raised process globally.

Somehow I think that everyone will be screwed because that’s what corporations do.

Party that has tiki torch march that literally chanted “Jews will not replace us” in Charlottesville says what?

Wow, you really think that these companies are going to not continue to have deluxe and ultimate editions because of the 80 dollar price point and just include that all in?

Tell you what, I’ll bet a hundred USD that with this 80 dollar increase, you’ll definitely be seeing 100+ dollars deluxe and ultimate editions.

Consumers lost that fight decades ago with horse armor.

Shareholder value and control.

You’re kidding yourself if you think this is going to stay within the bounds of console gaming.

I think gamers have all but cemented this new reality.

https://www.dexerto.com/gaming/nintendo-switch-2-will-break-console-launch-sales-records-according-to-analysts-3185359/

Because gamers keep buying and giving record sales to these gouging companies with each and every price increase, with every new microtransaction scheme, with every battlepass FOMO, with every new loot box, with every new gatcha game, with every new premium currency, with every new psychological manipulation.

But that’s just one man’s opinion.

Yeah, increasing old ass console prices seems like a bit of a dick move but at least for me, I was expecting the games and peripheral price increases.

Companies never miss an opportunity to raise prices on people and with Nintendo leading the way with their price increases and the global turmoil caused by the Republican US government, it’s a ripe time to gouge gamers with a built in excuse.

I still also think they’re increasing prices on games not only because of Nintendo’s lead but also to further try to push gamers onto the game pass service because they want that guaranteed monthly revenue with microtransactions as a whale bonus.

Unfortunately it’s a shit timeline and it’s never been a better time to be a patient gamer or get a VPN.

Ah, I didn’t even notice. Cool, best of luck to OP then!

Bearer of bad news.

https://www.polygon.com/gaming/566642/8bitdo-pauses-us-shipments-trump-tariffs

Dude, you need to watch this and move on from this thread.

https://youtu.be/1W_mSOS1Qts?t=23m14s

If it still doesn’t make sense, welp, I can’t ELI5 any more than this.

Well it is cramped in that van after all.

Better to cut out a insane Republican market than go out of business.

Also they anticipate zero demand at these stupid Republican tariffs, hence why they’re cutting the dumbass US market out.

I mean I completely understand.

So does that mean we’re going to see Coyotes snuggling equipment over the border now?

Why do people want to climb a mountain when we have roads and helicopters.

It’s a fun hobby.

We require more minerals…100 minerals for 97 sols, and buy 10 sols for .99, 106 for 19.99, best deal 543 for 49.99.

150-ish is an easy fix, which is not unreasonable for a “simple” button replace or 220 if it’s more complex, like replacing a controller IC, which is also not unreasonable.

If someone isn’t happy with a honestly reasonable repair quote, they can go to ifix it and do it themselves. Hope you have a hot air soldering station of its a complex fix.

I own the ace attorney and investigation trilogy on steam and they’re faithful, working great adaptations.

Plus the ace attorney trilogy is on deep sale right now.

I mean I thought it was a given when they first announced the game but still good to have it verified.

Still changes nothing for me at least in not ever intending to play this, I’m assuming, microtransaction ridden, psychological manipulative, live service trash.

Yeah, I’m glad I requested the urge to buy it when it came out.

I figured, like you said, there’d be a catch and then I saw the story of files being the exact same as the original and thought I bet a ton of stuff I hated about the original was still there, better wait for a sale.

Nintendo life is just being a bit insecure due to constantly hearing about it being a deck measuring contest.

Well that’s a shame.

Yeah, not surprising at all, but still good to call out shitty anti-consumer behavior when we see it.