Exclusive: Etrian Odyssey's Devs on Adapting Its Touchscreen to Switch and Its $80 Price Point

In an exclusive new interview with IGN, Etrian Odyssey's development team talks about adapting the classic series for Switch as well as its hefty price point.

[FalcorMononoke]

An $80 price point is very good reason to buy it used from a local shop for $40. I will never pay these ridiculous prices for games. $70 is ridiculous too. All the PS5 games I have were bought used for between $15 and $30. Exorbitant prices on day one is a deterrent for sure. Especially when the game will undoubtedly be patched up and improved after release. So why not just wait until the game is in it's optimal state and pay half price?

[shinoff2183]

70 is not that huge. Game prices had been 60 for so damn long while the cost of developing and everything in the world went up. I don't buy day one myself unless it's something I need to play or it's an indie. Just relax dude.

[FalcorMononoke]

Wow cool. Good for you. Cool as a cucumber my man. I'd chill out yourself there lad.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Some games I bought were anywhere from $100 to $300 on the Switch but that's imports and Collector's Editions.

[LG_Fox_Brazil]

As a big EO fan I say that this is a big 'no, thanks' for me. 80 dollars is way too much and impossible to justify it. 'But there are three games', yes, and TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection features more than 10 games and it still costs 39 dollars, US$ 27,99 right now while on a sale on PSN. I'll wait for a huge price drop

[Inverno]

Did not take long for devs to start with the absurd pricing. 70$ opened the flood gates to this BS and it isn't going away. Voting with your wallet does jack shite when you have drones of fanboys and casuals willing to pay up. What're the benefits for us again for higher prices?

[onisama]

Thanks to sony pushing for 70$ now they want 80$.... Devs Getting greedy will get me to leave gaming

[LG_Fox_Brazil]

Your information is wrong, Take Two was the first company with NBA 2k21 in august of 2020, Activision, Sony and Microsoft followed afterwards

https://www.videogameschron...

https://www.videogameschron...

[onisama]

First company means nothing sony is the dominating console and publisher and they lead the 70$ pricing after them everyone openly said they price their games at 70$

[LG_Fox_Brazil]

That doesn't change the fact that you mislead people into beliveing that Sony did it first with your false statement, Sony, MS, Ubisoft and Activision didn't push for US$ 70, that was done by Take Two, the rest just followed the trend

[shinoff2183]

Ms didn't have a problem falling suit they just didn't want to be first. Or they know it don't matter cause yall don't buy. Either way it was coming they were 60 for damn near 25 plus years or so. Developing has skyrocketed since the early 90s. Get a grip

[porkChop]

"Either way it was coming they were 60 for damn near 25 plus years or so. Developing has skyrocketed since the early 90s."

You're so clueless it's not even funny. Games used to sell in the thousands. They now sell in the millions. Games are more expensive and yet publishers keep seeing record profits year after year.

Games cost more but that's far outweighed by how many units they're selling. More than half of game sales are also digital now where they make far more money than physical. The suits handed you a plate of lies and misdirection and you gobbled it up.

[onisama]

@porkchop
Im not sure if you were their at ps3 era but Games were at 50$

Now studios and publishers make more money than Hollywood with thir games on 60$ but... They know gamers will buy anyway so 70$ 80$ 90$ they will keep pushing

[LG_Fox_Brazil]

Games used to cost US$ 60 in the PS3/X360 era and this price has existed since the very early 2000s, back in the PS2 and GameCube era, get your facts right, please https://www.bloomberg.com/n...

[Unknown_Gamer5794]

For a whopping three games that potentially provide hundreds of hours of entertainment each, I can think of far worse ways to spend $80.

[Games1st]

lol nope glad its not my sort of game

[FinalFantasyFanatic]

On Steam, it's $60 Aussie dollars per game or $120 for the bundle of three which is easier to swallow, it's a bit too expensive for a remaster port! Maybe if it was $60 or $70 for the whole bundle I'd find it much more acceptable.

I own most of the games on 3DS anyway, so I'm not in a rush, I can wait for it to hit a more acceptable price point.