Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll no doubt have seen the ongoing discourse about increasing video game prices. Nintendo has been at the heart of this discussion with the unveiling of the Switch 2. The $80 price tag for Mario Kart World marks a new high for a standard edition game from Nintendo, after The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom raised the bar to $70 in 2023. Fears are also growing that 2025’s most anticipated title, Grand Theft Auto 6, could go even further and break the $100 barrier.
Without getting into whether or not these prices are justified, it’s clear that many consumers are feeling the pain. With just about everything getting more expensive these days, video games are starting to feel like a luxury purchase that many people are in danger of being priced out of. Thankfully, all is not lost, as there are still ways for savvy gamers to save a bit of cash.