That's a really big market too. They must be stopped at all costs.The "market" (Nintendo audience) agrees with paying $60 for the port of a 14 years old Wii game. They are wrong and damaging the whole industry.
The whole "value" argument is a meme because paying less for games is objectively good for consumers.The brand philosophy and pride in their product's value makes sense in those terms, but in reality they can continue to charge full price with limited and infrequent sales on first party because of the exclusivity they enjoy. I don't believe they do it for any reason beyond that, no matter what they say. You have to pay if you want to enjoy their exclusive products, so they will charge the premium because fuck you, give me money.
Yes.That's a really big market too. They must be stopped at all costs.
That's actually nice, because it also works the other way around. I am never on the fence on buying a Nintendo product that only slightly interests me, because I know it will never go on sale. So I just don't buy it and never think about it again. Precise reason for which I buy very few Nintendo games.
You mean those very same Wii U games that fueled the entire lifespan of the Switch? BTW, on topic, did anyone notice this guy is no longer a Nintendo employee, and is not speaking for the company? I'm just curious.The best Nintendo games were made during the Wii U era and didn't sell shit what are you blabbing about quality? Most sold is not a metric of quality in ANY medium.
I mean unlike Sony or Microsoft pyhsical Switch games are like cash. Buy it, play it and resell it with nearly no loss. So i have no problem with that.
What a dishonest statement. Nintendo games before the Switch used to go on sale after selling a certain amount. They just got greedy and they need to own up to that.
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Because the western industry are 100% right and absolutely flourishing, I presume?The "market" (Nintendo audience) agrees with paying $60 for the port of a 14 years old Wii game. They are wrong and damaging the whole industry.
We might see those now that the Switch 2 is looming.Yeah but Players' choice/Nintendo Selects launches usually when the console starts to flop, which still isn't the case with the Switch
Explain the DK Tropical Freeze pricing. I would buy it again if it was $20.
The thing is backwards compatible, it's like free money for Switch 2. The DS didn't have Selects line either. We won't see BOTW at 20$ anytime soon if they can sell a 10$ Switch 2 upgrade.We might see those now that the Switch 2 is looming.
This is actually the best thing about Nintendo games. You know you won't buy them and in 3 months they'll be half off.
I bought Witcher 3 on Switch like a month after release at full price I think, and a week later it was 40. That's why I'm holding off buying 3rd party games until discount.
But I'm sure this thread will make us understand how this is anti-consumer by Nintendo, and this is actually the most pro-consumer thing ever.
That's absolutely your opinion, one of which is one I will vehemently disagree with. They are generally some of the best games. I think the games that usually get shit on, especially lately, are the Pokemon games.yea he is, their games are not always good.
Yeah I was about to say, Ubisoft was a good 3rd party partner for Nintendo, weird that this dude is just throwing them under the bus.Ubisoft were there day-one supporting Wii U with some pretty good games and an exclusive (Zombi U), they were there on Switch as well with Mario & Rabbids which was a pretty good game. So let's thank them by saying they devalue their games and that you should wait before buying them.
Awesome, well done Nintendo.
It would be great because of these people using them to attack Nintendo:Nintendo would do well with bending Game Freak's arm for their switch 2 games if they want to justify that 80$ quality product.
As if there weren't enough examples of visually pleasing games from Nintendo already.![]()
Edit: Yeah, its clearly not Ubisoft
such a premium product for U$ 70
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trash tier product also U$70
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Nintendo dosnt work on "brand recognition" they work on "fanboyism retardation"
I guess you don't really give a fuck about Nintendo because you'd realize there's a reason why everyone constantly uses Zelda BOTW/TOTK and Xenoblade games to shame on PokemonWhy release new hardware when ps2 graphics is all gamers need then?
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Edit: Yeah, its clearly not Ubisoft
such a premium product for U$ 70
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trash tier product also U$70
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Nintendo dosnt work on "brand recognition" they work on "fanboyism retardation"
Is it good for you as a consumer to buy a game at full price only to then see it half off a few months later?So with other games I can just wait 3 months and get it half off.
And that's somehow bad for me as a consumer?
Time has value man, I bought it on release date ...enjoyed it. Why would I be angry that someone else got it for cheaper after a year? LolIs it good for you as a consumer to buy a game at full price only to then see it half off a few months later?
You can look at it two ways.
29.99 in 2003 is the equivalent of 52.12 today.What a dishonest statement. Nintendo games before the Switch used to go on sale after selling a certain amount. They just got greedy and they need to own up to that.
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Inflation aside (just under 40 bucks, btw) this is Nintendo at its weakest. The GameCube lost bigly to the PS2 as well, and came at a time when the games market was growing. That is no longer the case.
You took one isolated example and generalized the whole thing to the advantage of your opinion.![]()
Edit: Yeah, its clearly not Ubisoft
such a premium product for U$ 70
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trash tier product also U$70
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Nintendo dosnt work on "brand recognition" they work on "fanboyism retardation"
while the game looks of course beter on a next gen console comapred to low end laptop graphics i wil say that no amount of graphics can help a lame stale game like shadows, id rather play an ugly pokemon game then a ubisoft game![]()
Edit: Yeah, its clearly not Ubisoft
such a premium product for U$ 70
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trash tier product also U$70
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Nintendo dosnt work on "brand recognition" they work on "fanboyism retardation"
It's just supply and demand. Whenever Nintendo consoles do badly they do good sales like with the 3ds and launch 3ds. But when they do good they don't like with Switch. I remember Nintendo never dropped the price of Mario kart DS because it kept topping the charts in sales. If something keeps selling regardless then why would you drop the price.He's not wrong tho...
Is it good for you as a consumer to buy a game at full price only to then see it half off a few months later?
Game are art so I think they can't charge whatever they like.