"Games are amazingly affordable": Former PlayStation boss defends $80 prices because stuff like Mario Kart provides "hours and hours and hours with just one purchase"

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And they haven't inflated as much as movie tickets, for example.

Mario Kart World screenshot featuring Birdo
(Image credit: Nintendo)

Former PlayStation boss Shuhei Yoshida has once again chimed in on the debate around $80 games, and he doesn't actually mind the higher price tags.

When Nintendo announced that Mario Kart World would be launching alongside the Switch 2 with an $80 price, it didn't take other publishers long to follow suit. Microsoft soon said some of its major games, including The Outer Worlds 2, would also adopt the (now) new standard.

Kaan Serin
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.

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