Mario Kart World’s $80 price tag has ruffled some feathers, but adjusting previous games’ prices for inflation shows this has been a long time coming.

Nintendo is charging $80 for Mario Kart World - easily the Switch 2 's biggest launch game and the publisher's most expensive game ever - and some analysts reckon it might set a new standard for video game prices.

The Nintendo Switch 2 costs $450 and Mario Kart World is $80. No one's especially happy about this, but why is Nintendo charging this much? We asked the experts.

Nintendo pushing the price of the digital copy of Mario Kart World for Switch 2 to $80, physical copy to $90, probably means GTA 6 will be $100+ easy.

Fans had been waiting months for Nintendo’s big Switch 2 Direct. But one thing that’s dominated the conversation following the showcase isn’t the games or the features, it’s the Switch 2's $450 price tag.

Nintendo is switching a few things up with its new console as it enters the next generation of gaming. The Switch 2 was unveiled Wednesday morning during a Nintendo Direct press conference, and Variety got a hands-on demo with the hardware and games launching on June 5.

Mario Kart World’s price is raising questions, so it's worth looking at how past Mario Kart games compare when adjusted for inflation.

The first Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive game ever revealed is a brand new Mario Kart title called Mario Kart World that aims to give players complete freedom with

Mario Kart World will launch on 5 June, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch 2. It’ll be available digitally via the Nintendo Store (£66.99, Nintendo.co.uk ), but the physical version comes in at an eye-watering £74.99 – that’s £15 more than premium titles like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which launched at £59.99.