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@Anont41 @jimmathesonnhl Looking at defensive metrics that's not true at all. It's a middle of the pack team defensively with terrible goaltending.

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@Anont41 @jimmathesonnhl Edmonton's defense statistically isn't as bad as people say.

Goaltending is atrocious and never makes that big save.

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@oilers_hub Honestly I'd take Nurse at 9.5 over Walman at 7 anyway, Nurse/Murphy were the Oilers best pairing in the playoffs and after the deadline.

Both are overpaid, but Nurse at 7 million would not be terrible

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@oilers_hub Walman is not better than Nurse lol

He's also missed a full seasons worth of games over the past 4 years as opposed to Nurses 18 over the last 8 years. He's not durable

They also don't trust him with the same minutes, he was the Oilers #5

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@quesosauce37 @CGYFlame1 @BleedOilBlue Also, the toronto hockey market isn't any more passionate than the NY football/baseball market or the LA baseball/basketball markets

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@quesosauce37 @CGYFlame1 @BleedOilBlue Toronto taxes are very similar to NY/LA Where people love to play and living expenses are cheaper-especially when you factor in they get paid in USD.

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@sarothias @HandHeldGamer93 It is 70$-physical is 80$.

Mario kart is 80 physically and digitally

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@Lance01413677 @Shokio_YT You are making that assumption off of a trailer.

At 70$ for the digital copy most people will buy it is 10$ more than 3 houses 7 years later, that's not a ridiculous price point.

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@MandyleePlays It's really just cause cartridges are expensive, it's why they made game key cards as a compromise.

It sucks but I saw it takes like 10-15$ to make a switch 2 physical game :/

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@1340Smile It's dumb but they're meant to be limited stock

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@_IRatchetI_ @NishquikPops CDs cost pennies compared to a switch cartridge lol

You're literally talking about a 10-15$ cost to produce a physical switch 2 title due to the cartridges vs a 2-3$ price on PS5 and Xbox.

It's not in the same ballpark and is why dumb things like game key cards exist.

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@InvisibleGecko_ @PlayerEssence The majority of sales of games are digital in 2026, even on Nintendo nowadays. I don't think it will push people away to the extent you do

Even then they're gonna look at the 80$ physical game next to the other 80$ physical game going forward

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@kitosan This is gonna be the standard from Nintendo and it isn't going to change.

70$ is the default digital price most people will buy and Nintendo's clearly no longer willing to eat the costs of using actual cartridges (10-15$ a card IIRC) so physical games will keep being 10$ more

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@HammerOfThong @pory_leeks I don't like this either but apparently switch 2 cartridges are quite expensive to produce even compared to the original switch.

The alternative would be a keycard I guess? But I think that would upset people as well

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@HammerOfThong @pory_leeks Most people buy games digitally nowadays, physical is a shrinking market and 70$ is the standard game price I don't think it's gonna make that big of a dent

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@GreenSparkser @cythieus @Gw2Mike @lovelaurenemily @Shokio_YT Switch 2 cartridges cost like 10-15$ to produce, Blu Rays cost pennies. If the game was 70$ it'd be on a keycard

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@Lance01413677 @Shokio_YT 2026****

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@Lance01413677 @Shokio_YT I mean the game is 70$, that's the standard price for a video game in 2027.

10$ more for a physical copy of a game is going to keep you from buying a console?

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@NintyPrime Every switch 2 game is gonna be like this, it's a 70$ game that you can pay 10$ more for physically.

It sucks but it's not actually 80$.