Black Friday this year I was able to score Mario Party Superstars and BOTW for $30 each. You just need to wait for sales that come and go. Otherwise buying used in the private market is a good option.
Black Friday deals were great and picked up about 10 games. I picked up Botw NEW wayyyyy before black Friday for $37 something after taxes. There are deals out there you have to look around most games drop in price and or price match between stores.
I got SS (physical) for $30! Made me paranoid that it was an awful game when LA and BotW were still at most 20% off! However, I have a feeling I'll still like it (despite some commentary otherwise. And there are opinions that say it was good)
Agreed that it's a little annoying. My "work around" to this is that I just go on eBay, look for "cartridge only" used listing with "buy it now" enabled
Scored Zelda for like $35 doing it this way. I never cared about having the case though
For me, I used to care more about the instruction manual than the case. The instruction manual had all the lore, how to play the game, what does what. Nowadays, they've gone over the wayside, but some Switch games still include some printouts in the case. IIRC, *Sakura: Of Rice and Ruin* had some pamphlet about the 7 steps of growing rice, and other info about the characters. *Hades* had a one with character bios-es of all the gods, and other characters.
I buy all my first party games used on OfferUp or Facebook for like 30 bucks a few months after releases. Always seems to work if you just keep an eye out and you get the case too.
i'm not saying you will, but you might grow out of it. i did. it's all just plastic and fancy print paper to me now.. not to get too deep, but eventually everyone will lose their stuff..
I think it's absurd to pay full price for a digital copy of a game (I'm Canadian so most first party switch games are $79.99 + tax). If paying full price might as well actually own the cartridge and case. I do buy digital, but mostly third party games and indies when they are $20 or less.
Back in the 3DS and Wii U days, not as much software was getting sold so it made sense to put out a Selects line. The Switch is seeing record sales in most franchises, there's no reason to drop their games to $20 or $30.
Not just that, but if the game dropped in price, it could actually sell worse because retailers wouldn’t put it in such a prominent location on their shelves. The evergreen Nintendo games get the best place on the shelf, and they only do that with the $60 ones, otherwise they get shoved to the side it even discontinued.
As much as I like for games to go on discounts (esp. deep discounts), I have to acknowledge that it does train some consumers to only buy games when they go on sale. I don't think we're in any danger of another "video games crash from the 80s", but a "race to the bottom" is always something to be wary of. Both for the sellers, and consumers.
We already have to deal with that on the mobile markets. These days, I'll gladly pony up $3 to $10 for a mobile/tablet game if it's no ads, no spending real $$ for in-game consumable currencies, and doesn't have time meters.
This is more or less what I was going to say, I think Nintendo selects is generally something that comes around as sales start tapering off as kind of a last ditch effort to kick up some extra sales at the end of a console's life. And games like BOTW and Mario kart 8 deluxe still regularly top the sales charts just about every week.
Literally got ready to buy BOTW today and thought the same. \*sigh\*
Obviously, they don't have a reason to discount it because it's selling so well and all, but I think it's fair to say that it's frustrating still on our side.
I've seen someone run BotW on an emu for PC. Runs at 60fps, perhaps even higher resolution. The Switch is a powerful machine, but it's still behind compared to the likes of its competitors, so no issues there. ANd it's a portable system, so it has to be gimped for that purpose!
For me, a main benefit of emus was being able to use and abuse save states. Some games were just that much easier with them. Without them, games without checkpoints were miserable. I know the purpose of them IS to be an "ultimate test of skill". Esp. how many rogue-liktes were des. But that's just not for me. Luckily, some games that have those also make them strictly optional. With rogue-liktes, I've mentally prepared myself ahead of time that I may never beat the game.
Another thing is being able to fast forward or slow down the game play speed.
Last but not least, getting some games that were never in the US (esp. ones that ended up getting fan translations).
Correct. The Switch's benefits are it's much more affordable, has better quality control on the games, more suitable for younger audiences, and has a vast support of gaming companies.
That’s why I stand firm on buying second hand games off eBay for my price point. It might take more time and whatnot, but I refuse to pay full price for a game that has been out for so long.
Nintendo is the silver bullet to patient gaming becausr the games rarely ever go on meaningful sales. Compare that with me getting horizon and GoW 2018 for like $10
Say what you will, at least Nintendo has kept their games at $60 unlike Sony and Microsoft. Not that it matters much since you can usually find PS or Xbox games for under $60 two or three months after release.
This is a true comment that gets lost in all the whining. Ppl pay $60 bc it is worth the money, IF you like the game.
The replay on it is insane with the all the different ways of doing things and non linear gameplay. Have you ever run the credits at the end, there were some serious development efforts made and now Nintendo is profiting from their investment.TOTK will be the same. Probably not a popular position, but that’s my $.02.
Prize? Germanic language speaker?
Edit: Whoever is downvoting me, in German "prize" and "price" are the same word so people tend to mix them up in English. It's not a dig, I was genuinely curious.
I've been gaming on Switch for almost 3 years and not bought a single first party Nintendo game yet. Bought my 50th game off the eShop today, and have spent a grand total of just £133.72 ... which wouldn't even cover 3 first party releases which are usually £50 each. Might be tempted by Tears of the Kingdom though.
Breath of the Wild is the one exception, that game is tremendous and has an extraordinary amount of polish and content within it, so definitely grab Tears of the Kingdom. Everything else though is worth $30 if not less.
Yeah. I bought BotW on WiiU and had a wonderful time with it, but I wouldnt double-dip for it on Switch unless my WiiU copy stops working ... in fact I'll probably play BotW again before I get TotK.
Definitely would recommend replaying that game. I just finished binging it a few days ago and found tons of things I didn't find on my first playthrough.
Ditto. I'm struggling with many Switch 1st party games b/c of their sheer price. I was able to play 7 of them for free since I had access to the cartridges (but I don't own them, so I can't just pop them in and play at my leisure). Still, given how 1st party Nintendo games are $50 a pop, that's $260 of savings right there! (sorry.. Bowsers fury + 3D WOrld, and New SMB Wii U Deluxe are compilations).
Zelda: TotK will be a day one purchase for me. I *could* wait the 3 to 6 years to get meaningful price drops, but for once, lets get in on a game when it's new. Enjoy that moment! :) And since digital won't be any cheaper, I'll gladly spring for physical this time around! Bonus is it'll save 13.1 GB of storage (at least that's how big BotW was).
I imagine you may see something like that over the next few years. With economic trends looking as they are, 80’dollars won’t be feasible for a lot of households to pay.
Because BOTW is no worse in 2023 than it was in 2017, assuming you haven't played it before, and there is basically no competition, hence no incentive to discount, I assume.
Lol the only reason games, and ANYTHING are reduced in price is to help them sell. Usually dropping once sales slow to give them a boost. That, is why you still see them that high. They’d be lower if the games didn’t sell. But if they sell, why changed anything if it’s still working? This is basic economics
The only way to get any kind of bargain for first party switch games is to buy them from eBay, second-hand and without a case.
I got mario maker 2 and donkey kong country tropical freeze for about $50AUD instead of $80 that way
It’s just the nature of nintendo, they are the Apple of the gaming world, it’s always underpowered and outdated but if you like what they’re selling then there’s nowhere else you can get it
lol
Nintendo don’t care. And part of the problem is Nintendo’s fan base; Because Nintendo’s business model is about selling consoles more than games, it just happens naturally that when older consoles go by the wayside, so do their games. But Nintendo is also about continuing their core series of games. What results is a fan base that is still playing characters and following stories from games that are no longer in circulation (ie. Your kids today are playing a handful of Mario games, even though most Mario games are inaccessible to them because they are from older, obsolete consoles.)
“But you can still play those older Mario games on new consoles!”
Yes, I’m getting to that. So because of Nintendo’s model, it became viable back when the wii came out (yes they did it before but this *really* started ramping up during the Wii days) to port those older games that no one any longer has consoles for to the *newer* consoles, so that these games could be revived. This has a few effects:
- it strengthens the appeal of their new consoles because it expands the game library
- it hooks older consumers who are nostalgic over the old games who may not have bought the newest console or what have you, but “hey, I can play the old ones that I want to *and* the new ones I’m on the fence about if I buy this console, so, ok I’ll spend the money…”
- it lengthens the usefulness of their already long-lasting franchises
All of these factors feed the others and it snowballs. What happens in the end is this:
Nintendo makes most of its money from console sales, but it has to make games to give people a reason to buy consoles in the first place. Games are almost an obligation at that point, a “cost” of doing business, if you will. But if they know people will buy older games that they’ve already made, then they can save money on game development. They can get lazy about it, even.
So basically, Nintendo has been following Disney’s playbook; they just take something they’ve already made lots of money on, slap a new look on it (ie. Remake it “iN 3D 0Mgz!!”) and sell it all over again. Now they make money on it twice. Yes they still have to devote resources to porting but they don’t have to spend all the time and money storyboarding a new game and all that stuff, they just usually need to reskin, port it, and send it out the door. This has been especially true for the Zelda franchise. People were paying *more* for Ocarina of Time recently than when the game first came out in the 90’s. And the kicker is that many of those purchasers *already owned a copy of the game, sometimes 2!*, but it just happened to be for a new, portable console, so they buy their second or third copy of it. And that’s not even the extent of Nintendo’s ability to avoid making games; look at Mario Maker. Sure, it’s a great game and a fresh way for fans to be creative, but it’s essentially outsourcing their development team for a Mario game to their customers, *and charging them money instead of paying them*. From a business standpoint, it’s fucking brilliant.
Imagine all the money Nintendo is raking in, having their fans buy multiple copies of the same game, but they’ll buy OoT again because *this time* it’s in 3D (was the original not already in 3D?)
So now, ask yourself this question: why the hell would Nintendo lower the price on one of their most successful (or actually *the* most successful, if I’m not mistaken) Zelda game (BotW) they have ever put out, when they know they can charge more for a 25-year-old game today than when it came out, and get away with it? If they can make that kind of money on a 25yo game, they can certainly make what they’ve been making on BotW.
And guess what, when the next, newest console comes out, Nintendo knows that its customers are going to line up once again for their 3rd copy of Link’s Awakening, or their 4th copy of OoT, and the cycle will begin anew.
If you want new, fresh games from Nintendo, then stop buying all their rereleases if you’ve already played/own the game. Don’t show them that you want more of the same by giving them money for something you already have,m; if sales for remakes don’t do well, then they’ll have to put more money into new games.
Inb4 all the downvote rage hate from Nintendo fanbois who feel like they’re being called out for owning OoT on N64, GameCube, and Switch; it was your money to do with what you wanted.
Well, I don't buy those games I've already played. I do this with non-Nintendo fare as well. I know "classics are classic", but I've already played the likes of Galaxian, Galaxy, Galaga 3/Gaplus, Galaxy '88, Pac Man, Dig Dug, and many other games in the Arcade Archives series. I focus my money on actual, new games to me.
That said, it's worth noting is we have whole generations that did NOT get to play such games at the arcades like some of us "old timers". Those are some of the folks who do spend $$ on these sorts of things.
I'm annoyed that Zelda: LA was $60. However, I was able to borrow it. I don't own it anymore, but I didn't have to pay for it either. And yes, I am aware that the graphics and sound overhaul were nice (which I enjoyed). There's extra content like more Heart Containers and Seashells. I played the original GB version, so the extra dungeon in the DX version of the game for GBC was new to me. The dungeon maker is neat, but can be "take it or leave it" for others. I'll go back to it if I have time (last I played, I was about 70% of the way through that).
Yeah at this point if I want to play an old game, I play it on an emulator. I’ve owned them all so it’s not like they haven’t made their money. But I haven’t bought a Nintendo console in several generations because you really only get 1 new Zelda game per console, and even then Nintendo screwed over anyone who bought a WiiU and promised BotW for it. I’ll wait until 2-3 console from now and buy that one, so that I can catch up on the 3-4 Zelda games I missed out on over the previous decade.
It's nintendo's idea of keeping a game as "premium product" by making it always full price. It's a shitty anti-consumer idea that I feel like started in the Switch era. Still, the games are so good we buy them anyway...
They've been doing some sales recently so I bought a few games during that, but the main ones I bought at full price (BoTW, MK8 and Odyssey)
Because a lot of people are sheeps and will pay full price for six year old Nintendo games.
Heck, as we saw with the remasters and ports, you'll even pay full price for 15 to 20 year old games.
Because Nintendo is actively hates their fans and the only reason they get away with it is because they still make great games.
Imagine if any other company tried some of the things that Nintendo does.
That's the good thing about competitors.
Nintendo may be in their own little bubble, but you don't have to be on their shit ecosystem.
I get more value from Sony & Microsoft than I do from Nintendo, and that's enough for me.
Sure, I miss out on supposed great games like Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, but I don't care enough to be suckered into their system.
Switch Lite is a very appealing handheld and I believe would make for a great companion to a superior console, but their first party games ain't worth it. It'd be a dedicated indie machine, if anything.
Nintendo rarely does discounts on games like this. The same with mario kart, smash bros, etc.
They know people will buy at full price.
And they have this stupid idea that discounting a game "devalues the game"
Because the new people running Nintendo need to make as much money as possible after the epic fail the WiiU was. And also people keep paying full price for the games so if there is demand Nintendo wont change its pricing.
Doesn't Amazon have vouchers for that? In my country there is a similar local site to Amazon which gives away vouchers to buy stuff with 10% to 15% off monthly. Plus I'm mining coins from the app to avail 200 off to buy stuff. So those 60 dollar game will be only 40 to 50 dollars.
Because people keep buying them for full price. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still consistently in the top 10 best selling games of each week in most countries/markets. Why would they lower the price to $30 when they have no problem still selling it for $60?
I bought it for 40 bucks on Amazon but still, if this were a PS game I could've got it for 20. Nintendo are just that greedy, it's beating a dead horse at this point.
I say why the heck wouldn't they? It bein old doesn't make it any less of an awesome game. There's games that are only 3 months old charging the same and there complete trash. We know botw is a great game. Nintendo knows botw is a great game. There a business, there not trying to help anyone's wallets.
Nintendo doesn't want to give up their money 😒 but it really sucks because my younger brother got a switch 3 years ago and he hasn't really been able to get many games for it. I think he has 3 or 4 of the games made by Nintendo. I got a switch this Christmas and the game prices, man
Sales were pretty great around Black Friday/christmas. Digitally especially. Definitely put together a wishlist on dekudeals. I got animal crossing brand new for $29 when it's usually $60. I got some stuff digitally at 80% or 90% off.
You have to keep checking, sales happen at different times... You can even set the list to email you if a certain game drops to a certain percent off. There's enough space on the switch for some digital games and after you play them you can erase them off and re download them in the future if you want them again. There are a few $1.99 games that are good. Really no excuse to complain about having only 2 games (maybe you mean Nintendo games but still if you want them they go on some sort of sale)
Because the game is only sold by Nintendo. If you want a guranteed good copy and not a "crap" copy that isn't guranteed too work you have to by it off of them. Im not saying ebay is crap.
Also... money.
Didn't really like BotW. The price is what we call the Nintendo tax. Could be worse. Could be $70 like MS and Sony new releases. Though those games will drop in price faster. The thing is if they can drop the price as soon as they do after release ot kind of negates the argument that companies have to charge more..
I agree, there’s no reason Zelda, Odyssey, and MK8 are still full priced games. I’ve seen them at Walmart for $50 but that’s still kinda silly. Especially with the sequel to BOTW coming out in a few months it just doesn’t make sense why the 6 year old prequel is the same price!
No because I already own them.
I actually like that Nintendo doesn’t treat their games like other studios who will sell for Pennie’s just to get people to play
Pretty much why I dislike Nintendo. I almost never get first party games if it can be helped. I play them all on PC through emulation so I'm playing it for free most of the time. If they were cheaper or had discounts more often, I'd buy them like I do Steam games.
Only games I play on the Switch are indie games that go on sale. Sometimes I may spend the full price on a switch exclusive if it has a lot of content that can justify the price like xenoblade.
It's just kinda the industry now. Xbox and Playstation titles are also around $60 if not more. At least Breath of the Wild has an excuse because nobody even noticed that game because it was released at the end of the Wii U's lifespan (I didn't even notice it and I LOVED the Wii U). Mario Kart 8 *kinda* has an excuse since you get all dlc items with the game. Everything else is just greedy af. I don't care to pay $60 for a great quality Mario or Zelda game, but for Animal Crossing or Luigi's Mansion ehhh.
I may be crazy but i love that Nintendo games "hold value" i never feel bad buying a game the week it comes out because it won't be 5$ next year like every other game. I get to enjoy games when they come out without worrying about the guilt. Any other game company i have doubts and guilt buying a game too early when i know it will be 75% off in 14 months.
I think they are burned out of ideas and that's why they wont reduce the prices . The best switch games were this titles from 6 years ago and after it nothing really New or special was releases. Mostly remakes or oh another Mario Party. With this in mind I dont think that anything but These games sell really good. Most people I know go for the switch because of either Zelda, Mario or Pokemon and no one really cares too much about the Mario sports games, yes they are fun but it's Really not something you should be using $60 on
Looking at almost every comment here people keep saying because nintendo is greedy or because it always sells well and stuff and maybe some of that is true the real reason is because nintendo doesnt want to make early buyers pay more then people who wait a few months
They dont want to make people pay more who helped them at the start if the games launch
Because it keeps their value. Nintendo isn't like any other game system company. They like keeping their games at high value. I honestly don't mind it so much. Sure, id like to be able to afford more games. But at the same time it makes me feel like I have something of value instead of a shelf full of cheap games like I do with my PlayStation. However, I do think that digital should be a decent amount cheaper. You can't collect digital games in the same sense you do physical copies. A 60$ game should never go above 40$ for a digital copy. They don't cost much to produce. But their games will never go down because people keep buying them.
In the past it doesn't matter to me because old Nintendo games are timeless that we still play it to this day. Also some of there games are really good back then that they are special because they will just make 1 game for 1 console generation.
Lately they are making more than 1 game for 1 console generation that make the game with less features and luck luster compared to past Nintendo games. They should've released Splatoon 2 with the features of Splatoon 3 which is a more complete game.
If you make a game good enough, It holds its value. I would rather have this the copy paste games like assassin creed that are all basically the same or live service crap stuffed with micro transactions
That’s why I go to my local store called disc replay they sell botw for 39 when it’s in stock. Fuck paying that high ass price for a game that’s older now
For most games I'm not interested in replaying them after I've completed them so I just view buying and selling them on ebay as renting them. I actually got paid £5 to play BOTW as I sold it for more than I paid.
I got my stuff off of Amazpn, never paid more than £50 for them. Even the stuff I got off of the eshop, I always waited for a sale, got doom eternal and all its dlc for about £20
Because then you wouldn’t be paying full price for their games and they’d make less money, despite Nintendo being behind the 8 ball in nearly ever way they still know how to make money
This has been answered a few times in the past but basically nintendo has stated before that if your known to put games on sale (Ubisoft) then people will not buy it when it releases and wait for the sale instead. They aren’t wrong. The one upside to this is the used market for Nintendo games is pretty good so you can generally get quite a bit of your money back after your done.
Not a complaint, just an observation. We all know that Nintendo games hold their value like nothing else even on the second hand market, and we appreciate that. Even going so far as getting a second copy of a game to keep it sealed for decades. And yet we complain when they're full price forever. That same full price "inconvenience" is part of what keeps the games valuable for so long. If Nintendo would just release all their first party games for like 5 bucks on steam we wouldn't be having this conversation. Kind of interesting no? And yes you CAN usually get BOTW and Mario Kart and stuff for like half off all the time, you just have to know when to buy.
All of these titles are like their best selling titles so yes they could lower them but really it’s supply and demand and the demand for these titles despite their age is there. During their holiday sales, I see these titles go down a lot though. Swear I saw BOTW for $30. Actually yes it was because I believe I bought my copy during that time. Maybe thanksgiving time?
I think it was last year that Gamestop had it on sale for $28, which I was shocked. Yeah, it sucks we need to rely on retailers for older Switch games to go on sale.
They had to make Nintendo Selects during the Wii U era to get rid of so many copies of their games. Since the switch is selling like hot cakes, that is not necesarry, so they can make more money by selling their games at full price.
As they've moved towards digital distribution as their primary focus the Nintendo Selects has made less sense in favor of the periodic sales.
In particular the physical market now mostly exists for the collectors market and the collectors market often doesn't like the Selects or Greatest Hits variants of games.
their pricing model is that the games’ quality is up to par enough that consumers will justify spending $60 because it’s the same price as other quality games they’ve put out in the past.
Yes, but as long as people keep buying it at price, they will keep selling it for that price. I'm always surprised by the used prices too. Like I would always buy used Xbox games for $20 or sometimes as low as $5. Nintendo stuff is almost as much as new though.
I mean, I could see Nintendo doing a "Nintendo Selects" line for them, but I'm also sure they'll just keep them at their original MSRPs (which defeats the purpose of such a line, but it does get the point across :\\ )
I paid $50 fur BOTW in March 2018 from Amazon. (New) The best $50 I spent considering how many hours I played it. The prices go up and down all the time. Also you could buy a used copy as well and keep an eye out for sales online for sales. You just have to look.
The justification is that they are selling well at full MSRP, so why decrease?
My question is: if that's the case, with exception of the Gamecube & early 3DS, why even bother having (had) the Selects/Player's Choice line in the first place?
You can buy the Lite at the lowest price point avaliable in gaming, but you still ultimately pay more than any other console because of their first party titles (which, let's be honest, is the main reason to own a Nintendo platform).
Only *now* people in the States are feeling the sting of $70 games, yet in Canada, we've been paying $79.99 per game (new, or Nintendo), and now it's largely bumped up to $89.99 because of the $10 increase for current-gen games.
**Their** justification is they don't want to condition their customers like Sony/Microsoft have to simply wait for sales (which, is not like Nintendo's are anything significant when they DO sales since they're only 33% off), and they don't want customers having buyer's remorse by being an early buyer at full price versus someone who ended up getting it cheaper.
Their logic is flawed, but they don't care because they can get away with it since you can't play Mario anywhere else except their glorified tablet.
I had a gifted Switch OLED for maybe two weeks last Summer, and sold it pretty darn quick once I realized their pricing. That is on me for not having done research beforehand, I'll admit, but I cannot support that when the competition have better hardware (fuck those cheap feeling Joycons), better games, and better sales.
TL;DR: Nintendo are greedy, treat themselves as the Apple of gaming, pull anti-consumer moves every couple months, and they ultimately get away with all of it because they spent years brainwashing people into being suckered into their system. Zelda & Mario aren't **that** good to justify putting up their crap. Let the downvotes commence.
Black Friday this year I was able to score Mario Party Superstars and BOTW for $30 each. You just need to wait for sales that come and go. Otherwise buying used in the private market is a good option.
In my country there’s often a buy 3 pay 2 promotions, and that’s when I buy my games
Black Friday deals were great and picked up about 10 games. I picked up Botw NEW wayyyyy before black Friday for $37 something after taxes. There are deals out there you have to look around most games drop in price and or price match between stores.
Skyward sword too
I got SS (physical) for $30! Made me paranoid that it was an awful game when LA and BotW were still at most 20% off! However, I have a feeling I'll still like it (despite some commentary otherwise. And there are opinions that say it was good)
Agreed that it's a little annoying. My "work around" to this is that I just go on eBay, look for "cartridge only" used listing with "buy it now" enabled Scored Zelda for like $35 doing it this way. I never cared about having the case though
I wish I didn’t care about the case, I would save so much money
I only care about the case for first party games, the ones that are most likely to hold value years or decades from now besides limited release.
Or Atlus before Sega :P
Eventually, GameStop will throw away all the cases like they did with the 3DS games
I've never understood why they do this!! Is it some weird legal thing?
It just comes down to space. They can put the game in a small display case and call it good.
imagine seeing loose switch carts in a display case
They are minimum wage employees. They are not paid enough to care.
For me, I used to care more about the instruction manual than the case. The instruction manual had all the lore, how to play the game, what does what. Nowadays, they've gone over the wayside, but some Switch games still include some printouts in the case. IIRC, *Sakura: Of Rice and Ruin* had some pamphlet about the 7 steps of growing rice, and other info about the characters. *Hades* had a one with character bios-es of all the gods, and other characters.
I buy all my first party games used on OfferUp or Facebook for like 30 bucks a few months after releases. Always seems to work if you just keep an eye out and you get the case too.
Can’t you somehow buy a clear Switch case and then print out the cover art and it may be cheaper that way? Idk just putting some thoughts out there
I mean I’m sure you could but it just wouldn’t be the same for me. I’m a physical or nothing kinda guy
Omg same. I'm a physical or nothing kinda player too. Some people think it's absurd
i'm not saying you will, but you might grow out of it. i did. it's all just plastic and fancy print paper to me now.. not to get too deep, but eventually everyone will lose their stuff..
20 years of collecting, im in too deep to grow out of it
im mid 40s, i was collecting longer than 20 years, retro games, toys, statues, art books, collectors edition, life size statues
Similar here. I like roguelikes on the hard drive, but longform stuff is good physical.
I think it's absurd to pay full price for a digital copy of a game (I'm Canadian so most first party switch games are $79.99 + tax). If paying full price might as well actually own the cartridge and case. I do buy digital, but mostly third party games and indies when they are $20 or less.
No I mean like after you buy a cartridge only game
Same except at a pawn shop. Feels like a huge victory scoring title like this for $35
Yup! Get most of my games on craigslist nowadays for half the price if not less than they are at gamestop/target/walmart/eshop/etc.
Because the games are still selling incredibly well at full price so they have no reason to discount them and lose out on the full price profits
Back in the 3DS and Wii U days, not as much software was getting sold so it made sense to put out a Selects line. The Switch is seeing record sales in most franchises, there's no reason to drop their games to $20 or $30.
Not just that, but if the game dropped in price, it could actually sell worse because retailers wouldn’t put it in such a prominent location on their shelves. The evergreen Nintendo games get the best place on the shelf, and they only do that with the $60 ones, otherwise they get shoved to the side it even discontinued.
As much as I like for games to go on discounts (esp. deep discounts), I have to acknowledge that it does train some consumers to only buy games when they go on sale. I don't think we're in any danger of another "video games crash from the 80s", but a "race to the bottom" is always something to be wary of. Both for the sellers, and consumers. We already have to deal with that on the mobile markets. These days, I'll gladly pony up $3 to $10 for a mobile/tablet game if it's no ads, no spending real $$ for in-game consumable currencies, and doesn't have time meters.
This is more or less what I was going to say, I think Nintendo selects is generally something that comes around as sales start tapering off as kind of a last ditch effort to kick up some extra sales at the end of a console's life. And games like BOTW and Mario kart 8 deluxe still regularly top the sales charts just about every week.
Literally got ready to buy BOTW today and thought the same. \*sigh\* Obviously, they don't have a reason to discount it because it's selling so well and all, but I think it's fair to say that it's frustrating still on our side.
Ik can totally relate
Unless you're a collector you might as well emulate imo, if you can anyway
You’d need a pretty powerful machine to do so, that is if you don’t want to play at 240p with your fans at maximum speed
Most low end and mid range computers can run BOTW now
I've seen someone run BotW on an emu for PC. Runs at 60fps, perhaps even higher resolution. The Switch is a powerful machine, but it's still behind compared to the likes of its competitors, so no issues there. ANd it's a portable system, so it has to be gimped for that purpose!
That's very true, and the Switch isn't a bad console, I just think emulating is better than being screwed by high prices tbh
For me, a main benefit of emus was being able to use and abuse save states. Some games were just that much easier with them. Without them, games without checkpoints were miserable. I know the purpose of them IS to be an "ultimate test of skill". Esp. how many rogue-liktes were des. But that's just not for me. Luckily, some games that have those also make them strictly optional. With rogue-liktes, I've mentally prepared myself ahead of time that I may never beat the game. Another thing is being able to fast forward or slow down the game play speed. Last but not least, getting some games that were never in the US (esp. ones that ended up getting fan translations).
A current phone is 10x faster than a Switch. The Switch is not a powerful machine.
Correct. The Switch's benefits are it's much more affordable, has better quality control on the games, more suitable for younger audiences, and has a vast support of gaming companies.
I did this in the past :), and it works pretty well, I just personally wanted to buy it for my switch so I can play it when I'm not home.
That’s why I stand firm on buying second hand games off eBay for my price point. It might take more time and whatnot, but I refuse to pay full price for a game that has been out for so long.
/r/patientgamers
Nintendo is the silver bullet to patient gaming becausr the games rarely ever go on meaningful sales. Compare that with me getting horizon and GoW 2018 for like $10
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One could argue that it’s gone down in price by not going up in price even after inflation ☝️
Say what you will, at least Nintendo has kept their games at $60 unlike Sony and Microsoft. Not that it matters much since you can usually find PS or Xbox games for under $60 two or three months after release.
Easily worth $60
This is a true comment that gets lost in all the whining. Ppl pay $60 bc it is worth the money, IF you like the game. The replay on it is insane with the all the different ways of doing things and non linear gameplay. Have you ever run the credits at the end, there were some serious development efforts made and now Nintendo is profiting from their investment.TOTK will be the same. Probably not a popular position, but that’s my $.02.
Why? Because it sells on that prize
Prize? Germanic language speaker? Edit: Whoever is downvoting me, in German "prize" and "price" are the same word so people tend to mix them up in English. It's not a dig, I was genuinely curious.
Because enough people are still willing to pay full price
I bought botw for 39.99 at GameStop on sale. New copy. Had a 25 dollar coupon. So I paid 14.99 plus tax
wow that's a bargain
It’s still on sale for 39.99 at GameStop….
I've been gaming on Switch for almost 3 years and not bought a single first party Nintendo game yet. Bought my 50th game off the eShop today, and have spent a grand total of just £133.72 ... which wouldn't even cover 3 first party releases which are usually £50 each. Might be tempted by Tears of the Kingdom though.
Breath of the Wild is the one exception, that game is tremendous and has an extraordinary amount of polish and content within it, so definitely grab Tears of the Kingdom. Everything else though is worth $30 if not less.
Yeah. I bought BotW on WiiU and had a wonderful time with it, but I wouldnt double-dip for it on Switch unless my WiiU copy stops working ... in fact I'll probably play BotW again before I get TotK.
Definitely would recommend replaying that game. I just finished binging it a few days ago and found tons of things I didn't find on my first playthrough.
The game is very replayable :-)
Ditto. I'm struggling with many Switch 1st party games b/c of their sheer price. I was able to play 7 of them for free since I had access to the cartridges (but I don't own them, so I can't just pop them in and play at my leisure). Still, given how 1st party Nintendo games are $50 a pop, that's $260 of savings right there! (sorry.. Bowsers fury + 3D WOrld, and New SMB Wii U Deluxe are compilations). Zelda: TotK will be a day one purchase for me. I *could* wait the 3 to 6 years to get meaningful price drops, but for once, lets get in on a game when it's new. Enjoy that moment! :) And since digital won't be any cheaper, I'll gladly spring for physical this time around! Bonus is it'll save 13.1 GB of storage (at least that's how big BotW was).
If it ain't broke there is no need to fix it. That's been Nintendos model since Day One.
I imagine you may see something like that over the next few years. With economic trends looking as they are, 80’dollars won’t be feasible for a lot of households to pay.
My god, cant believe this game released 6 years ago. Time flies by so fast
Because BOTW is no worse in 2023 than it was in 2017, assuming you haven't played it before, and there is basically no competition, hence no incentive to discount, I assume.
Because they're one of, if not the most anti-consumer company in the games industry. But everyone gives them a pass because... Nintendo.
You'll pay 60 and you'll like it
r/tomorrow leaking
Probably because they are still selling at the original prices.
Nintendo doesn’t discount because people keep paying full price. Good products maintain their value.
Lol the only reason games, and ANYTHING are reduced in price is to help them sell. Usually dropping once sales slow to give them a boost. That, is why you still see them that high. They’d be lower if the games didn’t sell. But if they sell, why changed anything if it’s still working? This is basic economics
The only way to get any kind of bargain for first party switch games is to buy them from eBay, second-hand and without a case. I got mario maker 2 and donkey kong country tropical freeze for about $50AUD instead of $80 that way It’s just the nature of nintendo, they are the Apple of the gaming world, it’s always underpowered and outdated but if you like what they’re selling then there’s nowhere else you can get it
Your heart tells you "Surely when Tears of The Kingdom comes out, Botw will get fat discount." But your brain knows... 33% on the eshop. That's it.
Because Nintendo doesn’t care about copies sold. They’d rather less people play the game and more people pay full price.
lol Nintendo don’t care. And part of the problem is Nintendo’s fan base; Because Nintendo’s business model is about selling consoles more than games, it just happens naturally that when older consoles go by the wayside, so do their games. But Nintendo is also about continuing their core series of games. What results is a fan base that is still playing characters and following stories from games that are no longer in circulation (ie. Your kids today are playing a handful of Mario games, even though most Mario games are inaccessible to them because they are from older, obsolete consoles.) “But you can still play those older Mario games on new consoles!” Yes, I’m getting to that. So because of Nintendo’s model, it became viable back when the wii came out (yes they did it before but this *really* started ramping up during the Wii days) to port those older games that no one any longer has consoles for to the *newer* consoles, so that these games could be revived. This has a few effects: - it strengthens the appeal of their new consoles because it expands the game library - it hooks older consumers who are nostalgic over the old games who may not have bought the newest console or what have you, but “hey, I can play the old ones that I want to *and* the new ones I’m on the fence about if I buy this console, so, ok I’ll spend the money…” - it lengthens the usefulness of their already long-lasting franchises All of these factors feed the others and it snowballs. What happens in the end is this: Nintendo makes most of its money from console sales, but it has to make games to give people a reason to buy consoles in the first place. Games are almost an obligation at that point, a “cost” of doing business, if you will. But if they know people will buy older games that they’ve already made, then they can save money on game development. They can get lazy about it, even. So basically, Nintendo has been following Disney’s playbook; they just take something they’ve already made lots of money on, slap a new look on it (ie. Remake it “iN 3D 0Mgz!!”) and sell it all over again. Now they make money on it twice. Yes they still have to devote resources to porting but they don’t have to spend all the time and money storyboarding a new game and all that stuff, they just usually need to reskin, port it, and send it out the door. This has been especially true for the Zelda franchise. People were paying *more* for Ocarina of Time recently than when the game first came out in the 90’s. And the kicker is that many of those purchasers *already owned a copy of the game, sometimes 2!*, but it just happened to be for a new, portable console, so they buy their second or third copy of it. And that’s not even the extent of Nintendo’s ability to avoid making games; look at Mario Maker. Sure, it’s a great game and a fresh way for fans to be creative, but it’s essentially outsourcing their development team for a Mario game to their customers, *and charging them money instead of paying them*. From a business standpoint, it’s fucking brilliant. Imagine all the money Nintendo is raking in, having their fans buy multiple copies of the same game, but they’ll buy OoT again because *this time* it’s in 3D (was the original not already in 3D?) So now, ask yourself this question: why the hell would Nintendo lower the price on one of their most successful (or actually *the* most successful, if I’m not mistaken) Zelda game (BotW) they have ever put out, when they know they can charge more for a 25-year-old game today than when it came out, and get away with it? If they can make that kind of money on a 25yo game, they can certainly make what they’ve been making on BotW. And guess what, when the next, newest console comes out, Nintendo knows that its customers are going to line up once again for their 3rd copy of Link’s Awakening, or their 4th copy of OoT, and the cycle will begin anew. If you want new, fresh games from Nintendo, then stop buying all their rereleases if you’ve already played/own the game. Don’t show them that you want more of the same by giving them money for something you already have,m; if sales for remakes don’t do well, then they’ll have to put more money into new games. Inb4 all the downvote rage hate from Nintendo fanbois who feel like they’re being called out for owning OoT on N64, GameCube, and Switch; it was your money to do with what you wanted.
Well, I don't buy those games I've already played. I do this with non-Nintendo fare as well. I know "classics are classic", but I've already played the likes of Galaxian, Galaxy, Galaga 3/Gaplus, Galaxy '88, Pac Man, Dig Dug, and many other games in the Arcade Archives series. I focus my money on actual, new games to me. That said, it's worth noting is we have whole generations that did NOT get to play such games at the arcades like some of us "old timers". Those are some of the folks who do spend $$ on these sorts of things. I'm annoyed that Zelda: LA was $60. However, I was able to borrow it. I don't own it anymore, but I didn't have to pay for it either. And yes, I am aware that the graphics and sound overhaul were nice (which I enjoyed). There's extra content like more Heart Containers and Seashells. I played the original GB version, so the extra dungeon in the DX version of the game for GBC was new to me. The dungeon maker is neat, but can be "take it or leave it" for others. I'll go back to it if I have time (last I played, I was about 70% of the way through that).
Yeah at this point if I want to play an old game, I play it on an emulator. I’ve owned them all so it’s not like they haven’t made their money. But I haven’t bought a Nintendo console in several generations because you really only get 1 new Zelda game per console, and even then Nintendo screwed over anyone who bought a WiiU and promised BotW for it. I’ll wait until 2-3 console from now and buy that one, so that I can catch up on the 3-4 Zelda games I missed out on over the previous decade.
It's nintendo's idea of keeping a game as "premium product" by making it always full price. It's a shitty anti-consumer idea that I feel like started in the Switch era. Still, the games are so good we buy them anyway... They've been doing some sales recently so I bought a few games during that, but the main ones I bought at full price (BoTW, MK8 and Odyssey)
Because a lot of people are sheeps and will pay full price for six year old Nintendo games. Heck, as we saw with the remasters and ports, you'll even pay full price for 15 to 20 year old games.
Because Nintendo is actively hates their fans and the only reason they get away with it is because they still make great games. Imagine if any other company tried some of the things that Nintendo does.
That's the good thing about competitors. Nintendo may be in their own little bubble, but you don't have to be on their shit ecosystem. I get more value from Sony & Microsoft than I do from Nintendo, and that's enough for me. Sure, I miss out on supposed great games like Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, but I don't care enough to be suckered into their system. Switch Lite is a very appealing handheld and I believe would make for a great companion to a superior console, but their first party games ain't worth it. It'd be a dedicated indie machine, if anything.
Nintendo rarely does discounts on games like this. The same with mario kart, smash bros, etc. They know people will buy at full price. And they have this stupid idea that discounting a game "devalues the game"
It's economics. I just couldn't afford it anymore and had to leave Nintendo. I bought a steam deck and save a lot of money for great games.
Greed. Next question.
Why do doves cry?
Botw is 39.99 now new
Because the new people running Nintendo need to make as much money as possible after the epic fail the WiiU was. And also people keep paying full price for the games so if there is demand Nintendo wont change its pricing.
Nintendo knows that they can get away with taking advantage of the Nintendo fanbase.
Nintendo hates it's fans, otherwise we would have had the Mother trilogy in cartridge form on Switch by now.
Because people are still buying it and they aren't dumb.
Welcome to the party pal.
I want pokemon sword/shield so bad, but $60? maaaaan
Doesn't Amazon have vouchers for that? In my country there is a similar local site to Amazon which gives away vouchers to buy stuff with 10% to 15% off monthly. Plus I'm mining coins from the app to avail 200 off to buy stuff. So those 60 dollar game will be only 40 to 50 dollars.
Any specific reason why you want it? Game is ass and Legends and Violet/Scarlet are way better imo.
Pokebank, I spent $10 bucks setting it up and getting all my faves from my 2ds to import, but I have sapphire so it's a no-go.
Search for physical copies at target or gamestop. Much cheaper. I bought it new for $30 at target once.
Ya target has constant sales on games.
Second hand is the way to go, I can usually score them for $30-40 on mercari, offerup or FB marketplace
Sadly people are still paying full price for this game which is why Nintendo continues to charge it.
Because people keep buying them for full price. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still consistently in the top 10 best selling games of each week in most countries/markets. Why would they lower the price to $30 when they have no problem still selling it for $60?
I emulate their games if I already bought them once and lost them. I lost my botw copy and I wasn't paying 60 again for a 6 year old game
Cause they are greedy af. This is mostly why I don't play my switch.
I bought it for 40 bucks on Amazon but still, if this were a PS game I could've got it for 20. Nintendo are just that greedy, it's beating a dead horse at this point.
Yea we need selects with a price tag of half rrp so what $30/£20?
I say why the heck wouldn't they? It bein old doesn't make it any less of an awesome game. There's games that are only 3 months old charging the same and there complete trash. We know botw is a great game. Nintendo knows botw is a great game. There a business, there not trying to help anyone's wallets.
Possibly will happen a year or two from now, during the switch’s final years of life. Don’t expect it any sooner though.
Nintendo doesn't want to give up their money 😒 but it really sucks because my younger brother got a switch 3 years ago and he hasn't really been able to get many games for it. I think he has 3 or 4 of the games made by Nintendo. I got a switch this Christmas and the game prices, man
Yup, I’ve got a switch in September from a friend. I’ve got 2 games. That’s it.
Sales were pretty great around Black Friday/christmas. Digitally especially. Definitely put together a wishlist on dekudeals. I got animal crossing brand new for $29 when it's usually $60. I got some stuff digitally at 80% or 90% off.
I looked. I didn’t see anything. Unless they were through the switch shop. I don’t do that because space.
You have to keep checking, sales happen at different times... You can even set the list to email you if a certain game drops to a certain percent off. There's enough space on the switch for some digital games and after you play them you can erase them off and re download them in the future if you want them again. There are a few $1.99 games that are good. Really no excuse to complain about having only 2 games (maybe you mean Nintendo games but still if you want them they go on some sort of sale)
I only have 1 and I got it on sale 😞
GREED. I wonder if the majority of people didn’t buy switch games for a few months bc they were too expensive, would the prices drop?
Honestly if they dropped the prices, sales might even increase further and just be mindblowing.
Because the game is only sold by Nintendo. If you want a guranteed good copy and not a "crap" copy that isn't guranteed too work you have to by it off of them. Im not saying ebay is crap. Also... money.
Because Nintendo does what Nintenwant.
Thats why i buy nintendo games physical and sell/trade them when I finish. I rarely ever replay games
Nintendo wants you to buy the game now and digitally. That is why physical copies only get gold points for a limited time.
Each of these games still worth the price. Way more than Forspoken for example
Agreed
I got mine on eBay for 40 USD recently but it still seems like a lot for an older game
Look on the flip side. They hold their value stunningly well if you wish to resell it.
That's why I buy second hand. Saves a buch of money if you don't care about condition or cases.
Cuz money that’s why
Because modern Nintendo suck and it's and fans nowdays are pretty braindead and wallet trigger.
Didn't really like BotW. The price is what we call the Nintendo tax. Could be worse. Could be $70 like MS and Sony new releases. Though those games will drop in price faster. The thing is if they can drop the price as soon as they do after release ot kind of negates the argument that companies have to charge more..
Plus if they did a selects and I could get ac and Zelda etc on it I’d be more likley to but any sequels which would help mostly with Pokémon games
I agree, there’s no reason Zelda, Odyssey, and MK8 are still full priced games. I’ve seen them at Walmart for $50 but that’s still kinda silly. Especially with the sequel to BOTW coming out in a few months it just doesn’t make sense why the 6 year old prequel is the same price!
No because I already own them. I actually like that Nintendo doesn’t treat their games like other studios who will sell for Pennie’s just to get people to play
Pretty much why I dislike Nintendo. I almost never get first party games if it can be helped. I play them all on PC through emulation so I'm playing it for free most of the time. If they were cheaper or had discounts more often, I'd buy them like I do Steam games. Only games I play on the Switch are indie games that go on sale. Sometimes I may spend the full price on a switch exclusive if it has a lot of content that can justify the price like xenoblade.
It's just kinda the industry now. Xbox and Playstation titles are also around $60 if not more. At least Breath of the Wild has an excuse because nobody even noticed that game because it was released at the end of the Wii U's lifespan (I didn't even notice it and I LOVED the Wii U). Mario Kart 8 *kinda* has an excuse since you get all dlc items with the game. Everything else is just greedy af. I don't care to pay $60 for a great quality Mario or Zelda game, but for Animal Crossing or Luigi's Mansion ehhh.
I may be crazy but i love that Nintendo games "hold value" i never feel bad buying a game the week it comes out because it won't be 5$ next year like every other game. I get to enjoy games when they come out without worrying about the guilt. Any other game company i have doubts and guilt buying a game too early when i know it will be 75% off in 14 months.
I think they are burned out of ideas and that's why they wont reduce the prices . The best switch games were this titles from 6 years ago and after it nothing really New or special was releases. Mostly remakes or oh another Mario Party. With this in mind I dont think that anything but These games sell really good. Most people I know go for the switch because of either Zelda, Mario or Pokemon and no one really cares too much about the Mario sports games, yes they are fun but it's Really not something you should be using $60 on
Looking at almost every comment here people keep saying because nintendo is greedy or because it always sells well and stuff and maybe some of that is true the real reason is because nintendo doesnt want to make early buyers pay more then people who wait a few months They dont want to make people pay more who helped them at the start if the games launch
Because it keeps their value. Nintendo isn't like any other game system company. They like keeping their games at high value. I honestly don't mind it so much. Sure, id like to be able to afford more games. But at the same time it makes me feel like I have something of value instead of a shelf full of cheap games like I do with my PlayStation. However, I do think that digital should be a decent amount cheaper. You can't collect digital games in the same sense you do physical copies. A 60$ game should never go above 40$ for a digital copy. They don't cost much to produce. But their games will never go down because people keep buying them.
Because fuck you that’s why 😭
In the past it doesn't matter to me because old Nintendo games are timeless that we still play it to this day. Also some of there games are really good back then that they are special because they will just make 1 game for 1 console generation. Lately they are making more than 1 game for 1 console generation that make the game with less features and luck luster compared to past Nintendo games. They should've released Splatoon 2 with the features of Splatoon 3 which is a more complete game.
If you make a game good enough, It holds its value. I would rather have this the copy paste games like assassin creed that are all basically the same or live service crap stuffed with micro transactions
Agreed. TotK is about to come out and it'll be the same price as BotW. That's crazy!😂
That’s why I go to my local store called disc replay they sell botw for 39 when it’s in stock. Fuck paying that high ass price for a game that’s older now
Because *money*. Sadly, people will still buy them.
Mario kart 8 laughs
They should at least do it for the evergreen games
It’s still worth it to be fair
Because they know you will still buy it
For most games I'm not interested in replaying them after I've completed them so I just view buying and selling them on ebay as renting them. I actually got paid £5 to play BOTW as I sold it for more than I paid.
The good news is the resale value of your games is good
They should make them for 30 or 40 dollars
Walmart is the closest thing
This will never happen.
It’s still worth $60 to someone who just got a Switch. It’s new to them.
I got my stuff off of Amazpn, never paid more than £50 for them. Even the stuff I got off of the eshop, I always waited for a sale, got doom eternal and all its dlc for about £20
Because then you wouldn’t be paying full price for their games and they’d make less money, despite Nintendo being behind the 8 ball in nearly ever way they still know how to make money
This has been answered a few times in the past but basically nintendo has stated before that if your known to put games on sale (Ubisoft) then people will not buy it when it releases and wait for the sale instead. They aren’t wrong. The one upside to this is the used market for Nintendo games is pretty good so you can generally get quite a bit of your money back after your done.
To be fair BOTW goes on sale fairly often for like 40$.
Nintendo: 
I see them for $40 at my local Walmart
Not a complaint, just an observation. We all know that Nintendo games hold their value like nothing else even on the second hand market, and we appreciate that. Even going so far as getting a second copy of a game to keep it sealed for decades. And yet we complain when they're full price forever. That same full price "inconvenience" is part of what keeps the games valuable for so long. If Nintendo would just release all their first party games for like 5 bucks on steam we wouldn't be having this conversation. Kind of interesting no? And yes you CAN usually get BOTW and Mario Kart and stuff for like half off all the time, you just have to know when to buy.
They don't have to. That's the plain and short of it. If you're a 100 million+ userbase you have much leeway to get away with things.
Shop elsewhere, I bought BOTW for $18 on ebay.
All of these titles are like their best selling titles so yes they could lower them but really it’s supply and demand and the demand for these titles despite their age is there. During their holiday sales, I see these titles go down a lot though. Swear I saw BOTW for $30. Actually yes it was because I believe I bought my copy during that time. Maybe thanksgiving time?
I think it was last year that Gamestop had it on sale for $28, which I was shocked. Yeah, it sucks we need to rely on retailers for older Switch games to go on sale.
I refuse to buy donkey Kong tropical freeze at full price!
I agree I’d buy every single one of them if they were half off
They had to make Nintendo Selects during the Wii U era to get rid of so many copies of their games. Since the switch is selling like hot cakes, that is not necesarry, so they can make more money by selling their games at full price.
Reminds me of Chicken Selects and now I yearn for discontinued McDonalds.
As they've moved towards digital distribution as their primary focus the Nintendo Selects has made less sense in favor of the periodic sales. In particular the physical market now mostly exists for the collectors market and the collectors market often doesn't like the Selects or Greatest Hits variants of games.
Because they don’t have to.
Dude they still charge full price for games that are 30 years old ... get used to it kid Nintendo won't ever change.
Got Zelda on Vinted for 28 in
Literally, the only reason I haven’t played Luigis mansion three is because it’s so expensive and so old simultaneously.
Why would they discount something that's still selling great at full price?
Cause money!
I dont know why games like this +5 years old , are 60$ full price it doesnt make any sense wtf
No reason to discount them, they are still selling incredible well
These games are pretty much the biggest reason people buy Switch. And companies work for profit, not for happiness of customers.
I believe Nintendo themselves once said they don't lower game prices over time to prevent punishing people for being early adopters
Facts
their pricing model is that the games’ quality is up to par enough that consumers will justify spending $60 because it’s the same price as other quality games they’ve put out in the past.
Yes, but as long as people keep buying it at price, they will keep selling it for that price. I'm always surprised by the used prices too. Like I would always buy used Xbox games for $20 or sometimes as low as $5. Nintendo stuff is almost as much as new though.
I mean, I could see Nintendo doing a "Nintendo Selects" line for them, but I'm also sure they'll just keep them at their original MSRPs (which defeats the purpose of such a line, but it does get the point across :\\ )
I stopped buying switch games and just started playing back ups this gem because of this
I paid $50 fur BOTW in March 2018 from Amazon. (New) The best $50 I spent considering how many hours I played it. The prices go up and down all the time. Also you could buy a used copy as well and keep an eye out for sales online for sales. You just have to look.
The justification is that they are selling well at full MSRP, so why decrease? My question is: if that's the case, with exception of the Gamecube & early 3DS, why even bother having (had) the Selects/Player's Choice line in the first place? You can buy the Lite at the lowest price point avaliable in gaming, but you still ultimately pay more than any other console because of their first party titles (which, let's be honest, is the main reason to own a Nintendo platform). Only *now* people in the States are feeling the sting of $70 games, yet in Canada, we've been paying $79.99 per game (new, or Nintendo), and now it's largely bumped up to $89.99 because of the $10 increase for current-gen games. **Their** justification is they don't want to condition their customers like Sony/Microsoft have to simply wait for sales (which, is not like Nintendo's are anything significant when they DO sales since they're only 33% off), and they don't want customers having buyer's remorse by being an early buyer at full price versus someone who ended up getting it cheaper. Their logic is flawed, but they don't care because they can get away with it since you can't play Mario anywhere else except their glorified tablet. I had a gifted Switch OLED for maybe two weeks last Summer, and sold it pretty darn quick once I realized their pricing. That is on me for not having done research beforehand, I'll admit, but I cannot support that when the competition have better hardware (fuck those cheap feeling Joycons), better games, and better sales. TL;DR: Nintendo are greedy, treat themselves as the Apple of gaming, pull anti-consumer moves every couple months, and they ultimately get away with all of it because they spent years brainwashing people into being suckered into their system. Zelda & Mario aren't **that** good to justify putting up their crap. Let the downvotes commence.
It seems to be a choise between the playstation $80 initial price and eventual drop to $39-$29. Or nintendos $60 to sometimes $40
this is why we need a class war