Concern for the future of gaming prices is at an all-time high. While the biggest and most troubling increases have come to consoles, with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S each seeing prices soar $100 or more, and Valve releasing the highly-anticipated Steam Machine at $1,049, there’s a growing fear about how companies value the actual discs, or, increasingly, the digital downloads that accompany the entertainment devices. It began with Nintendo releasing Mario Kart World for the Nintendo Switch 2 at $80, knowing the high demand for the franchise, but more recently, Rockstar has been the focus. After months of speculation that the company could ask as much as $100 for the base edition, they announced that Grand Theft Auto VI would be $79.99 on launch, but physical copies won’t come with a disc, and there will be an ultimate edition, featuring in-game shops, missions, and cosmetics, clocking in at that $99.99 price point.
The jump to the ninth generation of consoles already brought with it a jump to $70 Triple-A games, and there have been signs that companies feel they can, and should, push things higher. It’s made video games an increasingly less accessible medium, even if there are plenty of independent developers out there delivering quality titles at a fraction of the price. That makes it all the more shocking that Nintendo may buck the trend with its latest high-profile remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Online retailer PlayAsia reportedly updated its database with a $59.99 price tag for the physical copy, which would come in under the usual premium point.
This has yet to be directly confirmed by Nintendo, but, if true, would be a slight sigh of relief. This is the same company that, again, unleashed Mario Kart World for $80 just over a year ago and has been unafraid to tag most of their biggest and buzziest releases on the Switch 2, from Donkey Kong Bananza to Kirby Air Riders, at the premium $70 point. That said, they also released the acclaimed Star Fox remake at the same number last month, so it’s not as if the move would be unprecedented. All that’s been shown of the hotly anticipated remake so far is a short cinematic, leaving a lot of questions and concerns as to how extensive an overhaul the game actually is compared to the original Nintendo 64 classic.
Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek
Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one.
🚀Star Wars
💍Lord of the Rings
🧙Harry Potter
👑Game of Thrones
🖖Star Trek
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What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question.
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Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully.
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How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world’s conflicts tells you everything about its soul.
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Who do you want beside you when things get difficult? Your ideal companions reveal the world you were made for.
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What is your relationship with power? How you seek, wield, or resist power is the map of who you are.
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How does your universe treat good and evil? A world’s moral architecture tells you more about it than any map.
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What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying?
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What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you.
Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…
Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.
You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance.
You’d find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources.
Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story.
The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is.
Middle-earth
Lord of the Rings
You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.
Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate.
You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival.
Tolkien’s universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance.
Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world.
The Wizarding World
Harry Potter
You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.
The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle.
You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete.
Harry Potter’s universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying.
That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely.
Westeros · The Known World
Game of Thrones
You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.
Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation.
You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don’t confuse the world as it is with the world as you’d like it to be.
Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer.
Winter always comes. You are already prepared.
The United Federation of Planets
Star Trek
You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.
Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear.
You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is.
The Federation is the universe’s most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better?
You don’t just hope that’s possible. You think it’s the only thing worth working toward.
What Else Do We Know About the ‘Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time’ Remake?
We know frustratingly little in general about Ocarina of Time‘s remake at this point, even though it’s due to release by the end of the year. There’s no indication whether Nintendo is working on it internally or has handed it off to another studio like the aforementioned Star Fox, either. The company has only described it as having “stunning visuals, updated designs, and timeless gameplay.” It’s safe to say that it will mostly stick to the original script, following Link from Kokiri Forest on a journey across time and through many a dungeon to stop the evil wizard Ganondorf from ever obtaining the Triforce and ruling over Hyrule. Given how important the game is to Nintendo’s history, there’s a strong likelihood the remake will get a dedicated Nintendo Direct pulling back the curtain on the finer details, à la Star Fox, as it draws closer. That might also be the perfect time to provide a first look at the new Legend of Zelda live-action movie, which will debut on April 30, 2027.
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake will release on Nintendo Switch 2 later this year. Stay tuned here at Collider for further updates as they come out.
