In 2020, during the introduction of the 'next-gen' PS5 and Xbox Series X and S consoles at the time, we saw a controversial price hike on games. The usual $60/50 (mostly for triple-A titles) suddenly went to $70, supposedly due to "games costing more to develop" and I, along with some other gamers, were quick to slam this.

To this day, I still absolutely detest this game price standard and haven't purchased a single full-price $70 PS5 title without using discounted gift cards - but little did I know, things would get worse.

Last week's Nintendo Switch 2 reveal went from exciting to infuriating in a matter of minutes, as the console's price point was unveiled online in the aftermath of the event (which was in itself already a red flag) - and while the $449.99 console price isn't exactly appealing, it's understandable in the current gaming climate. What isn't understandable is the inexcusable new game prices.

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Nintendo's new Mario Kart World, and presumably many of the Switch 2's huge exclusive titles in the future, will cost an absurd $79.99 for a copy.

I hope I don't have to stress this any further, but this is downright outrageous and sets and extremely dangerous precedent for the rest of the video game industry: there are already rumors of Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games charging up to $100 for the highly anticipated GTA 6, and Nintendo has now thrown wide the doors for this possibility to become a reality.