Former Sony executive defends Nintendo: $80 game pricing is also reasonable

2025-04-19 23:15:49|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

More details of the Switch 2 have finally been revealed at the recent Nintendo face-to-face meeting.Although players are impressed by the technical performance improvement of this successor console compared to the original, many people are also dissatisfied with the excessive pricing of the handheld console and its exclusive game Mario Kart World.

Amid growing controversy over Nintendo, former Sony executives are now coming forward to defend the new $80 price of the Switch 2 game.He believes Nintendo can set this price standard because these are its exclusive games.

The key reason is: The former Sony executive argued that if the Switch 2 games were exclusive, the new $80 price would be reasonable, as the Switch console is the only official platform for players to play these games.

In the latest episode of the PlayerDriven podcast, Sean Leiden defended Nintendo, saying players should not be upset about the price increase in games from Switch 1 to Switch 2 and the new $80 game pricing standard.

He believes that due to the exclusiveness, if you can only play Mario, Zelda or Donkey Kong games on the Switch console, the $80 price is reasonable.

Sean Leiden said: "Wow, a game costs $80? But if that's the only place you can play Mario games, you'll take out your wallet and buy it."

Sean said the exclusive games are limited to playing on the Switch console, which is enough to justify the $80 price.Nintendo recently made a similar defense, saying it hopes to respect the value of the game it launched in response to the controversy.

However, many players disagree with these defenses on social media and oppose setting a $80 price tag for the Switch 2 exclusive game, as this could force other game developers to raise the price of their 3A masterpieces.

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