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brockwallace t1_j7t64yt wrote

K if they follow through with it, I'll buy a switch.

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Flash_Fire009 t1_j7ul7n7 wrote

I don’t know too much about Nintendos current president but I do know that under Iwata they had a history of looking out for their employees even when the company was losing money. Biggest off hand example is that Iwata voluntarily took a pay cut to ensure that none of the devs or staff received one.

I’d say it’s likely that they follow up on it though prices might increase a bit on games. The new Zelda is more than the standard switch game but that could be because of content and dev time.

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Rawkapotamus t1_j7uruln wrote

Honestly I get the hate behind games that should be $40 being $60. But BOTW2 absolutely isn’t a game that you won’t get $70 of entertainment out of it. I’m not going to die on a hill complaining about BOTW2 being $10 more. Pokémon remakes being $60 absolutely. Zelda? Nah

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CeeArthur t1_j7v8n8a wrote

Totally. The Zelda games are usually a great value - the music, art, story, characters definitely leave an impression

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Vinstaal0 t1_j7vmf73 wrote

The thing is that with taking inflation into account games haven’t increased a whole lot over the decades. There have been less budget consoles and budget first party games though.

It mostly feels more expensive, some things actually are, but hey that’s part of the flaw of kapitalism and we expecting a raise every year.

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Hakuroz t1_j7vwdiw wrote

Yes, games haven’t increased in price but the amount of people who buy and play games has skyrocketed vs 10-15 years ago when it was first raised to $60. It’s not like gaming has subsided or is in a shrinking market it grows every year. So even if the baseline price hasn’t increased the profit from sales is high. Not against the $10 raise but if the promise was to get rid of all the bullshit micro transactions and etc I’d pay $80-90 for a complete game.

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Vinstaal0 t1_j7w163d wrote

“Baseline price” isn’t even a real term. The amount of people who have been buying games has increased a lot yeah, but that doesn’t mean their profit per game has increased. Which is unknown for the Zelda games. If is possible that we haven’t gotten a real new Mario Kart or Mario Bross game because they are investing so heavy into Zelda. Not sure, but it would warrant the higher price.

Imo the people who are so against the price increase should just buy it second hand for less but hey

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Elmodipus t1_j7uor02 wrote

Isn't that fairly common with Japanese corporations? Isn't the CEO or President seen as the guy responsible for everything so they cut their own pay as a way of accepting that responsibility?

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Flash_Fire009 t1_j7up1a9 wrote

It might be, I’m no expert on Japanese business culture so I can’t say for sure.

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bdd6911 t1_j9rdcdi wrote

Yeah. There was a Japanese company who sold some product (like a a snack food item, can’t recall exactly) and they made a commercial apologizing for having to raise the price from like 1.99 to 2.49…they hadn’t raised the price in 30 years. They were genuine about apologizing, entire staff was in the commercial apologizing. Love the pride involved.

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Wafkak t1_j7vlzwk wrote

Also they have an insane amount of reserves. They can basically muddle around for years till they find a product that saves the..

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Dradcliff2009 t1_j7uvbom wrote

$70 for ToTK doesn't sound so bad now. Im still not gonna buy it at that price, but we're close.

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iBeFloe t1_j7viyrr wrote

They’ve done something similar where profits were down & the ceo took a 50% pay cut to pay employees.

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Personal_Change4294 t1_j7uh6es wrote

I'll pay more for things from companies that take care of their employees.

I don't want to buy anything from companies focused on enriching their CEOs.

It's hard to tell the difference, and this is definitely a PR stunt, but it's at least one I can get behind.

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Wind_Yer_Neck_In t1_j7uiu22 wrote

Yes but at least Japanese PR stunts are aimed at consumers and not shareholders, so they tend to have better results for employees or customers. Like when that ice cream company had to bump prices and they ran an ad with the CEO and the staff apologising for the inconvenience.

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Omphalopsychian t1_j7upfnl wrote

It's not just a PR stunt to all of those people getting a raise.

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Personal_Change4294 t1_j7uujb9 wrote

Yea which is the awesome part. And who can blame a company for wanting to brag about that

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Dubiono t1_j7uzltd wrote

They aren't bragging. This article comes from an investor meeting. They HAVE to tell their investors.

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SegaFan420 t1_j7usei2 wrote

Don’t forget the Nintendo CEO cut his own pay by 50% for a time back in 2014 after losses.

They might not be the best company, you might hate any and all of them, but they’re sure better then most

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Personal_Change4294 t1_j7uugef wrote

This is making me want a switch lol

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DBZ_Dokkan_Throwaway t1_j7v21mg wrote

Love/hate relationship with Nintendo, but I do respect them for shit like this. Switch is a dope console, check out some games before you buy because I know people who bought one and barely play it. Unless you’re buying it just to support Nintendo and it’s employees, that’s cool too!

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Dubiono t1_j7upb5h wrote

In this case, the stunt has precedence, with the Japanese Yen changes Nintendo is trying to keep their employees matching inflation rates. Which should be standard.

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Dubiono t1_j7upuhx wrote

For those wondering why this is uplifting news, Japanese cost of living has risen. Nintendo is doing this so their employees are still keeping up with the rising costs, which should be bloody normal in every company.

But unfortunately it isn't.

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LocalSpaceAstronaut t1_j7uzlhy wrote

Exactly. This should be the standard, it's only uplifting because Nintendo is one of the few corporations that actually treats their employees well.

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Wafkak t1_j7vmja1 wrote

It's the law here in Belgium. The government keeps an index of the cost of essentials and companies have to index there wages accordingly. How depends per sector but at worst its a once a year increase in January. Or like my own sector its every e months.

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Kevjamwal t1_j7ufe3y wrote

I just realized how similar the Nintendo and Durex logos are

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Mississimia t1_j7v1ezs wrote

The Japanese government is really pushing hard for wage increases to match inflation. Meanwhile, the Fed is acting like rising wages are the sole cause of inflation. Fuck this country.

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hatsuseno t1_j7um0tr wrote

We hate to see it, but it's all fair at the same time.

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ZeroXTML1 t1_j7uy825 wrote

I’m so used to getting railed by corporations I read this twice as “price hike”

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The_Zoink t1_j7vb09b wrote

I read the title at least 5 times wondering why tf this was “uplifting news” lol

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mathtech t1_j7uxrq6 wrote

I remember when Iwata and Miyamoto took paycuts during the Wii U.

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SegaFan420 t1_j7usl1q wrote

Is it just me or is r/upliftingnews “no negative comments” rule never enforced?

Seems anytime there’s a post the comments are 5/1 negative lol

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Elgar337 t1_j7v9ejc wrote

I'm so jaded that I don't trust this announcement, I somehow find it suspicious.

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CourLad t1_j7uwblh wrote

Well done, let's round it to 20%

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ethervillage t1_j7v8bug wrote

Imagine in this day and age a company that creates quality products and still thinks about their employees?! Weird… /s

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Theman227 t1_j7vcfdi wrote

That's awesome. Although. Isn't there a bizzare law where like shareholders can sue a company if they are not doing absolutely everything possible to maximise profit? Or something like that...

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gsohyeah t1_j7w6bx4 wrote

They're a Japanese company. Do you think US laws apply there?

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RHINO_Mk_II t1_j7veaoi wrote

Raise prices 17%, raise wages 10%, pocket the difference, profit.

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e_smith338 t1_j7woyn2 wrote

Nintendo is the least consumer-friendly gaming related company on the planet.

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brett1081 t1_j7x31o5 wrote

Japanese companies are different.

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hiko7819 t1_j7xpd8j wrote

Is this why BoTW TotK $70?

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icanlickmyunibrow t1_j7u83ll wrote

This is only uplifting if you work for them.

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Master_Winchester t1_j7uhcfb wrote

A rising tide lifts all boats.

The more good press and good business and good work Nintendo gets out of this the more other businesses will follow suit. It's not all or nothing, progress is taken one step at a time.

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redditloginfail t1_j7u8l9s wrote

Hey, good for those particular employees. All the subcontracted help will still be nickel and dimed as usual.

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icanlickmyunibrow t1_j7ufb56 wrote

The news is only posted so Nintendo can boost their image and in turn sell more products especially in this looming recession. Its just good PR which in turn does pretty much 0 for most of humanity

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PurpleReigner t1_j7ughse wrote

If we normalize raising pay as PR strategy that would be excellent. To see companies view this as a viable response to a recession is absolutely uplifting news.

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icanlickmyunibrow t1_j7ugrry wrote

Im not saying the raises are a bad thing. Im saying this isn’t news. It’s like saying lettuce being on sale is news.

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PurpleReigner t1_j7ugvvm wrote

Sorry you’re such a bitter person lol

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mokeyss t1_j7uk2s8 wrote

It's proof that no matter what you do, there is someone who will find a reason to be unhappy about it. It's like the people that gave Mr. Beast crap for helping fix 1000 blind peoples eyes.

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Dubiono t1_j7up96n wrote

Normalize raising pay as a result of inflation.

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Anatti t1_j7urkql wrote

So nothing is uplifting if it doesn't happen to you? Okay lol.

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