re: Even if I wanted to buy a Switch...

Thanks for all of the obvious advice, everyone

Just something I observed waiting for my car to be done.

quote:

---

You say the switch is not really worth it for you

---

Because the price point for games is too high.

quote:

---

Why exactly are they doing this? I never got the impression that the game got boring really fast. Honest question, is it a big seller?

---

Pretty big in Japan. I believe it's over 1.5 mil in Sales, and is a platform unique title.

The online lobbies are still packed. Easy to find online games in. I play it from time to time still.

quote:

---

I'm not saying they need to be $20 or $60. There's in between to play with.

---

It isn't that simple if you understand a little about economics. There's things like perceived value that work against you. And many people, maybe not you, already see a lack of value in nintendo IPs, as in, they aren't big $60 AAA games. If Nintendo prices them like that, that will cement the belief.

Poor sicboy

quote:

---

Well that's just wrong.

---

Why is a $60 price point for a game wrong? Why is it wrong after a year or 2?

Because that...

quote:

---

Was at walmart just now and I was blown away at how many games were still $60 and $50. Some of them I didn't know if they had just been released, so that I can kind of understand. But Arms is still $60? 1 2 Switch is $50? I get BotW is a "system seller" and still selling really well, but that's way overdue for a price drop. Every. Single. Mario. Game is still $60, even the Rabbids game. Splatoon 2 is full price, a game I figured they'd drop down in price with their new online service releasing.

---

Prices should just drop because....?

quote:

---

I've never seen a fan base so adamantly defend getting taken advantage of.

---

I already said the 3rd party port prices are ridiculous (And I've only bought one of them, Doom).

In terms of first party games, I've already made the argument that they don't do in game sales, currencies, chests, and very few season passes (Only being on Kingdom Battle, BotW, Xenoblade, and now Smash), so I think it's fair to leave the price alone. I think it's ok tactic to drop the price when you have other means of recouping investments.

Splatoon and Arms had tons of updates with No cost (the only paid update for Splatoon was a single player campaign). No in game purchases, no season pass, and still constant updates. I haven't seen you comment on that once outside of wondering why they update Arms at all....

And they do have some sales where they have dropped 1-2 Switch. A normal consumer tactic for probably a few hundred years and then it goes back to where it was - again, pretty common.

So what is the big deal here? Why must games drop prices? Answer that question, and maybe there's a discussion here....

Outside of sales events, most products stay the price they are until they are discontinued, and then the aftermarket price fluctuates.

A Kitchen Aid mixer has been $300+ for a few decades now. Nice flooring is always going to run you $8-12 /sq. ft. The Beach Boys Pet Sounds is still $10 for the album. Movies prices go up, not down. Blu Ray prices are typically the same until they hit the bargin section of Best Buy after a few years.

Again, this is a weird anti-Nintendo reaction where they are held to different standards than literally anything else.

Never really thought about it all like that. Typically don’t pay as much attention to pricing as I probably should but Freauxzen makes a lot of good points here.

Interesting to look at both models. Almost makes you pine for a straight (even slightly higher price) if youre one get mixed up in a lot of in game purchases or things of that nature.

quote:

---

I’ll happily put down $60 for super smash.

---

Those aren't the games I'm talking about.

The switch is my first Nintendo console that I have bought multiple indie games for because of their pricing practices.

Playing Hollow Knight on a portable device has been awesome. Playing rocket league, or stardew, or even at full price: octopath traveler, an old school rpg on the go has been amazing.

BUT, gard is incorrect, it's not a portable tax, it's that Nintendo doesn't play "drop price" game. It's the same reason some stores never drop their prices, some car companies sell the exact same car as their normal car and call it a "luxury car" and people buy them like hotcakes... Or Apple computers / phones... $250 of equipment sold for $2000. It's a luxury tax - but it's also a legit business strategy where you never let your product go on sale, because it would "cheapen" what it's worth to the consumer.

Like another poster said, it's a pretty new practice, and I just don't think Nintendo wants to join in.