Shib
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Most of that extra time came from the required minigame in Gen 5. It's one thing to improve the speed of something and charge for it, and quite another to add a roadblock and then charge for the version without it. Removing the minigame didn't require any labor to justify the cost. (And that's pretending that a process that requires you to use your 3DS, smartphone, and Switch is going to be more convenient)
The extra time isn't just the mini game (although it would have been much nicer if there was a function to skip that) it's also that the transfer lab is in the post game, as I mentioned I had to replay another game to transfer stuff from Gen 4 to Bank. I wouldn't expect it to be available from the start but it could have been half way through.
Also the restriction of only moving 6 at a time makes the process much longer. Bank made transferring Pokémon up generations a hell of a lot easier than it previously had been.
With Bank/Home frankly it's a service that some will feel they can justify the price and others won't - I just have to look at the hours I've played the Pokémon games to see that for me the value is definitely there, despite it having not been out anywhere near as long I've played Pokémon Shield longer than Breath of the Wild and while I'd say Breath of the Wild is the better game, I've got more value out of Shield.
The whole thing of posting how much each thing costs for Pokémon is also getting pretty tiring, you can play the game on its own without needing the extras - I'll admit that it's not as content rich as some other Pokémon games but it is a complete game on its own. Also the lists often miss that people pay different amounts -
I paid £25 for my copy of Shield and can currently get the DLC on a key for £21.50. I've bee. Using Bank for a couple of years and still have 2 months left on my sub so Bank isn't an additional cost for me to get stuff across, also even if you want to include NSO as part of the cost (which I can understand as the online max raids have been a big part of the draw to continue playing post game) again I already had and am on a family plan that I split with friends. So for me the cost of the "complete experience" :
Base game: £25
DLC: £21.50
Bank: (pre existing) £0
Home: £15
NSO: (pre existing)
Total: £61.50 - around half what most people keep claiming. I realise that this is only my experience but it highlights the point that both the price you pay and the value you get as subjective so listing prices is largely pointless.