Maybe, but do you have a term for someone that makes decisions based on spreadsheets, market surveys, and maxing out profits while ignoring years of goodwill from fans?

If they were making decisions based on maxing out profits, there would be a Mario Wonder Battle Pass and the gacha mechanics in the new zelda would include microtransactions.

Mario Kart for $80 is not MBA stuff, even if it makes the gamers really upset.

According to online calculators, $20 in 1980 dollars is worth about $80 today. $77.something to be precise, close enough.

I chose 1980 because that's when Space Invaders came out for the VCS. And $20 was, IIRC, the going rate for the average VCS cartridge.

For a more direct comparison, Mario Kart: Double Dash!! came out in 2003 on the Nintendo Gamecube, at an MSRP of $49.99.

That is $86 in today money.

The guys you don't mess with.