All games soon as expensive as the new Zelda?

The Nintendo Switch is making a big change with the release of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom. The price of the game is higher than usual and that could be the case for the next big console games as well.

There have been rumors of a price increase for games on the Nintendo Switch for some time. Rumors confirmed when Zelda Tears of The Kingdom was announced. The most anticipated game of 2023 m arks a turning point for the small Switch by showing a suggested retail price of $70. But according to Nintendo’s American boss, there’s a good reason for this and players will understand.

Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is expensive but worth it

According to Doug Bowser, the price is from Zelda Tears of the Kingdomhigher than other titles released on Nintendo Switch, is excused because the game looks great and should offer a soaring experience.
According to him, the next zelda would therefore be huge and offer “an incredibly complete and deeply immersive experience”. What justifies such a price increase.

We take a look at what the game has to offer. I think fans will find Zelda Tears of The Kingdom to be an incredibly immersive and deeply immersive experience. The price reflects the kind of experience fans can expect while playing.

Doug Bowser about Associated Press

Price increase for all Nintendo Switch games?

Does this mean that the prices of all Nintendo Switch games will increase in the future? Not necessarily, according to Bowser. For him, that increase would be on a case-by-case basis depending on what the game had to offer.

It’s not a price we’re necessarily going to apply to all of our titles. This is actually a fairly common pricing model, whether here in Europe or in other parts of the world where the price can vary depending on the game itself.

Doug Bowser about Associated Press

A targeted increase. This means that if we continue to find attractively priced games on the Nintendo Switch, the console’s next big titles could revise their prices upwards in the meantime. In some cases we can expect an increase of 10 or 20 dollars (for games that usually sell between 50 and 60 dollars). However, we should stay below the $80 mark already reached by PS5 and Xbox series games. But now alone Zelda Tears of the Kingdom is concerned. We’ll have to wait and see whether other games will also inflate their prices in the future and if so, which ones.