The top price of new video games is suddenly a hot topic, with many publishers pushing for a higher $80 price tag just a year or two after $70 suddenly became commonplace. Notably, Nintendo’s price ceiling for Switch 2 games like Mario Kart World is $80 . Microsoft had planned to jump on this particular bandwagon starting with The Outer Worlds 2 , but now seems to have reversed course. Back in May , Microsoft had announced that base prices for its biggest games for the 2025 holiday seas
