I honestly wasn't trying to discuss anything except how I thought people were being dramatic and how one aspect of their price increase argument was weak as a result of the dramatization. I made a comment and kept being quoted because I didn't say anything more than my initial thoughts on one single argument in a complex discussion. I don't think there should even be a price for Pokémon home lol.
Ok...but if people are being dramatic, as long as they're not taking said 'dramatics' and using it to throw shit at Masuda's twitter or what have you....so what?
I don't personally see how saying a 200% increase vs 5 -> 16 dollars somehow weakens the underlying argument of price vs features....because said underlying argument is that the price increase isn't justified by the lack of new features that haven't been IN games before.
The only 'new' thing being offered in home, aside from the 'increase' in GTS slots and home going from 3000 to 6000 (neither of which is all that good, subjectively) is the offloading of GTS and trading into smartphones - otherwise home seems to be largely the same as bank, save for the IV judge (which is already in shield)
edit: and I think the price increase is arbitrary, but I still think 16$ per year in a vacuum isn't expensive.
....How is this in 'a vacuum', though? There's direct lines of comparison with the previous service GF offered, and using that as a basis for this one.
In the grand scheme of how much an average adult in the US makes it's not gonna break the bank, but then you get back into the argument of this being a series primarily made for children - often who don't have as much disposable income.
To be fair, people using this are far more likely to be adults...but then you get back to the sentiment of GF milking the hardcore.
