This is nonsense as evidence by virtually every non-Nintendo best selling game ever made. There's always more people to hook in.
Indeed. Nintendo does that too though.
This is nonsense as evidence by virtually every non-Nintendo best selling game ever made. There's always more people to hook in.
It's no worse than the 'Is it worth $60?' threads. Let OP cook.Imagine making a thread about Nintendo prices with this much hostility and no skin in the game.
This is nonsense as evidence by virtually every non-Nintendo best selling game ever made. There's always more people to hook in.
I hate to use car analogies since I consider them lazy but in this case, it seems kind of like complaining that Porsche doesn't have as many sales as your local Ford or Honda dealerships.
Just to say, Porsche DOES have sales frequently. There is a 20% off sale right now at the Porsche Houston dealer:
Yeah I struggled to decide which 'exotic' brand to use in the example. Use whichever fits the point which I think is obvious. Ferrari, Lambo, Tesla, etc.
All of those have frequent sales. It's not a very good analogy.
It's not that mysterious. Lots of folks complain Nintendo doesn't discount or go on sale enough, and some fans want to point out that they really don't need to.
Yes it would be nice to get a sweet Switch bundle on black friday but the fact that we don't shouldn't be a point of anger or mystery. (which it sometimes seems to be)
They should though just because you don't think they need to doesn't mean that it would be better if they did.
No, I think it's pretty mysterious. Waking up one day and, apropos of nothing, deciding you're going to tell everyone people that, actually, Nintendo wants you to pay as much as they can realistically charge you for their product, is a weird thing that people do on forums from time to time, and somehow they all gravitate towards the same "businesses exist to make money" line.
Imagine making a thread about Nintendo prices with this much hostility and no skin in the game.
Switch Lite barely came out a month ago. Yet people are wanting BF deals on it? If it sold like crap, sure. But it's not selling like crap.
Same with Nintendo's games. They're evergreen because they don't devalue them AND they're good games.
You know what you're getting your wallet into when you join the Nintendo ecosystem.
Do I want them to discount it? Sure, as a consumer I do.
As a businessman, I want them to sell it for the maximum price that consumers can tolerate.
None of Nintendo's off Zelda/Mario IP sell all that amazing. They just keep the price up artificially to make you think they do. Lol
OP must feel especially smart having come to this profound realization that nobody in the world has ever figured out and now must share with all.
Splatoon will get 10 million soon, AC will easily cross 10 million, Smash is at 15 and Pokemon might get 20 million.None of Nintendo's off Zelda/Mario IP sell all that amazing. They just keep the price up artificially to make you think they do. Lol
Splatoon will get 10 million soon, AC will easily cross 10 million and Pokemon might get 20 million.
People are waiting for BF deals because maybe they feel the product isn't worth the price..
Why do people who clearly have no knowledge of sales ever try to put in their 2 cents like they have an idea of sales?None of Nintendo's off Zelda/Mario IP sell all that amazing. They just keep the price up artificially to make you think they do. Lol
Every game manufacturer and studio discounts their games.
Nintendo is operating on pure greed. The Disney of gaming.
Wii U was crap, didnt sell well and the price never really went down.How many titles cross 5 million, let alone 10/20 million. Not very many. Not even from the biggest publishers like Capcom.
If enough people think the Switch Lite (insert any console you want here) is not worth its current price, then the price will come down. Look at the PS Classic. It was a crap product and was discounted to $20. People still weren't biting at that price.
Every game manufacturer and studio discounts their games.
Nintendo is operating on pure greed. The Disney of gaming.
And yet we have this thread....Because discounting a product on the biggest selling day of the year gets more people into your ecosystem? This is not hard to understand.
And yet we have this thread....
PS4 has been selling like hotcakes since it launched...I'm sure Sony didn't mind doing BF deals, OP.
Nintendo ain't a charity. They ain't your friend. They're a business and businesses make money.
Since they aren't a charity, they don't need your ax, so to speak.
People can ask for companies to sell shit at whatever price they want. The companies won't get their feelings hurt if they can't accommodate some people because, as you say, they are not your friend.
Agree with you 100%. It's why I chose the word "tolerate" very deliberately in the OP. It's inherently fuzzy. What I can tolerate in terms of cost to purchase is very different than someone else. I'm the type of consumer that doesn't mind paying $500-600 bucks for a console because I want the best components.
That's very different than the type of consumer who is waiting for a BF to nab a console.
I'm not questioning doing BF sales at all. I'm talking more about the timing of the BF sales. Year 1? Eeeeeh. Year 2? Go for it.
Obviously Switch isn't in its year 1, but the Switch Lite is. But previously, someone said that PS4 Slim and PS4 Pro were discounted in the same year they released. That's news to me (truly didn't know that), and I find it cool.
Okay, but your OP is also explicitly trying to call out people who don't tolerate the price offered.
I would like to think that the people who would have bought it full price would have done so already, so you lower the price to get the people holding out for whatever reason.
True, but I mean in the sense that if you can't tolerate a price, you either need to wait (more than 1 month for a coveted/well-performing product) or you simply don't buy it.
I mean, this is it.Do I want them to discount it? Sure, as a consumer I do.
As a businessman, I want them to sell it for the maximum price that consumers can tolerate.
This is such a weird thread.
There is absolutely nothing Nintendo does that Sony or xbox don't, yet they drop prices on their consoles and games, as well as 3rd parties.
No I mean Sony / MS drop prices as well as 3rd parties, whilst offering the same if not more than Nintendo.Sorry, I'm having a hard time parsing the second sentence. Do you mean that Nintendo also drops prices like Sony/Xbox?
I don't understand people who defend faceless corporations like this. They really, really don't care about you despite what the PR tells you.Nintendo ain't a charity. They ain't your friend. They're a business and businesses make money.
I don't understand people who defend faceless corporations like this. They really, really don't care about you despite what the PR tells you.
Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Smash, Splatoon don't sell amazing, wuh?
The Switch is competing for the same time and same TV space as my Xbox and PS4. I don't buy into that horseshit.
Honestly, I wasn't even thinking about any of those when I was thinking of Nintendo IP that stay full price, but aren't exactly world beaters.
This board is obsessed with hype and who should have it. Nintendo is actively making an economic decision to keep their IP associated value high for all titles regardless of their sales by maintaining original MSRPs for their titles.
That decision is specifically made to make you think of greater value with relation to Nintendo titles. It is specifically why they also don't just farm out their IP to everyone to make games.
But I mean, maybe I'm just a Nintendo hater and not mostly saying Nintendo keeps their prices high to make you think highly of them even though we all know Metroid, Star Fox, Kirby, Yoshi, Toad, Peach, Paper Mario, and ever more have never been evergreen titles.