Did people doubt that games are being improved and polished right until the point they go gold? Did they think that companies pay developers to spin around their chairs? First time I hear of that.
It does look like there are some improvements and changes as you would expect, but we are also comparing direct footage to low res blurry footage slapped on a green screen that has gone through multiple editing passes. We will have to wait for new direct footage to do a proper comparison.
You can't say that the textures are improved for example when you can barely make them out from the blurriness.
In the end a game is worth as much as people are willing to pay for it. Prices are optimised by the company's analysts for max profits.
£60 is not even "full price" any more in the UK. £70 is the new full price. Nintendo luckily hasn't switched to the new pricing yet and sell most of their games at £50 (like Dread). I assume it is similar in the US as well.
Personally I have been waiting for a new sidescroller metroid for a very long time. I find them far superior to the Prime series (which is still good, just not nearly as great). So I got no problems with the price.
In the end this is Nintendo. They have sold many games at £50+ I wouldn't consider them worth the price, so it is not like this is a surprise. Some I can think out of the top of my head: 1-2 Switch, ARMS, MK8D, Pokken, Sushi Striker (£40, still a joke), FE/Hyrule Warriors, DK:TF, TLoZ:LA, all Pokemon games on Switch so far, Advance Wars Bootcamp, Mario Party/Tennis/Golf/All Stars, Animal Crossing, Famicom Detective Club. So not sure why everyone is suddenly so surprised.
Didn't stop most of them selling a lot though, which is the goal of a corporation.
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Did people doubt that games are being improved and polished right until the point they go gold? Did they think that companies pay developers to spin around their chairs? First time I hear of that.
It does look like there are some improvements and changes as you would expect, but we are also comparing direct footage to low res blurry footage slapped on a green screen that has gone through multiple editing passes. We will have to wait for new direct footage to do a proper comparison.
You can't say that the textures are improved for example when you can barely make them out from the blurriness.
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In the end a game is worth as much as people are willing to pay for it. Prices are optimised by the company's analysts for max profits.
£60 is not even "full price" any more in the UK. £70 is the new full price. Nintendo luckily hasn't switched to the new pricing yet and sell most of their games at £50 (like Dread). I assume it is similar in the US as well.
Personally I have been waiting for a new sidescroller metroid for a very long time. I find them far superior to the Prime series (which is still good, just not nearly as great). So I got no problems with the price.
In the end this is Nintendo. They have sold many games at £50+ I wouldn't consider them worth the price, so it is not like this is a surprise. Some I can think out of the top of my head: 1-2 Switch, ARMS, MK8D, Pokken, Sushi Striker (£40, still a joke), FE/Hyrule Warriors, DK:TF, TLoZ:LA, all Pokemon games on Switch so far, Advance Wars Bootcamp, Mario Party/Tennis/Golf/All Stars, Animal Crossing, Famicom Detective Club. So not sure why everyone is suddenly so surprised.
Didn't stop most of them selling a lot though, which is the goal of a corporation.