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So do Switch games just never drop in price?
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You should get a good deal on selling your games when you do, since those "anti-consumer" policies keep their value so high!
Congratulations! Mario Day (March 10th) is coming, and Nintendo is having a 50% off on any select Mario titles.
Hyrule Warriors is actually one I see drop in price all the time. Mostly because Nintendo themselves haven't published it.You can find them on sale sometimes at least.
Hyrule Warriors though I can't seem to ever find on sale...
Dude. "I don't like it" ≠ anti-consumer. You wouldn't be getting backlash if you weren't being so hyperbolic.
Does the "market" have any other choice of they still want to play the game?
Nintendo's pricing philosophy has remained the same for 3 generations, not surprising, but still kind of shitty.
I've been boycotting Nintendo because of this(and other stuff, like their hilarious virtual console prices.)
Of course I still play their games, I just buy them used now.
Of course I still play their games, I just buy them used now.
People explaining why a brand doesnt drop price and saying isnt a anticonsumer practice ≠ fanboys or corporate apologist
They are only stating facts, and not making a thread with console warring in mind.
They are only stating facts, and not making a thread with console warring in mind.
Not anti-consumer. Just don't buy the console - the main reason why I haven't bought a Switch because of the prices.
Yeah, if the thread was just "it sucks Nintendo doesn't drop prices" I think 90% of people would be on board (as has been demonstrated in previous threads on the subject).
"Nintendo doesn't drop prices is anti-consumer" on the other hand is, uh.
"Nintendo doesn't drop prices is anti-consumer" on the other hand is, uh.
Spiderman, God of War, uncharted 4, bloodborne to name a few.
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This is just silly.
You really think there is something magically good about Nintendo exclusives that warrant them to stay at $60 that Sony and MS don't have?
Please. The Nintendo cult is approaching Apple levels at this point.
God of War, Spider-Man, and RDR2 all got multiple GOTY noms and near-universal acclaim and are all $30-40 on Amazon right now.
First Party Nintendo games hold at full price for a long time, if they ever drop. It's been that way for a long time.
At some point, Nintendo will introduce whatever they're calling the Player's Choice line for the Switch, and then they'll drop, but that's probably a year or two out at least.
At some point, Nintendo will introduce whatever they're calling the Player's Choice line for the Switch, and then they'll drop, but that's probably a year or two out at least.
Agreed. I don't understand all these takes calling Nintendo anti consumer.
I can buy one of their games at launch and I'm confident that it will still be the same price a few months later.
Unlike other games, where if I buy at launch and then it drops $20 or $30 in price a few weeks later, I feel ripped off.
https://www.amazon.com/God-War-Collection-Playstation-3/dp/B002NN7AKU?th=1
The price is $28 on Amazon.
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Really? I saw a brand new copy at $25 just recently. To be fair, I do not live in the US.You can find them on sale sometimes at least.
Hyrule Warriors though I can't seem to ever find on sale...
If you want to buy some games at lower prices, EBay is always an option. I've gotten a few games there at a lower cost.
Alternatively, Amazon does some discounts for certain games. I've got a few preordered that are below their suggested retail price.
If you have Twitter, I suggest you follow Cheapassgamer and/or Wario64 and choose to get notifications whenever they tweet. It's a fantastic way to let you know when games are on sale.
But usually, Nintendo games don't go down in price unless it's a sale or a retailer doing a promotion.
Alternatively, Amazon does some discounts for certain games. I've got a few preordered that are below their suggested retail price.
If you have Twitter, I suggest you follow Cheapassgamer and/or Wario64 and choose to get notifications whenever they tweet. It's a fantastic way to let you know when games are on sale.
But usually, Nintendo games don't go down in price unless it's a sale or a retailer doing a promotion.
It's actually "pro consumer" because you know the value of the product you are buying and you know you wont get boned buying something day 1 and a week later it's 20 bucks like fallout 76. And for people that buy physical and resell their games then their games also retain value and can sell for higher prices. It's better for the consumer and for the publisher.
Yea that too, I think like 40-50 bucks is pretty common range for deals
Sony decided to drop their prices to boost sales at a quick rate.
Honest question, do you think the price drops were based on a moral decision, or a business one?
I didn't say there's anything "magical" about Mario Tennis Aces that makes it better than God of War and thus likelier to hold its price.
Nintendo's 30 year old business model has trained customers to not expect price drops, so they don't, so they buy the games for full price rather than waiting for a drop, which perpetuates the model.
Sony, Bethesda, Microsoft, etc. do not do this. They have trained their customers to expect price drops.
You don't even seem to know what "anti-consumer" means. Because it's not anti-consumer, at all.
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User Banned (3 days): Console warring and antagonizing other users over a series of posts.
I'm actually 28 but thanks for the dickish shitpost :) especially since I'm right.
But the local Nintendo cult has clearly been brainwashed into thinking artificially inflating game prices due to a monopoly on their systems = magically good games lmao
I really did not realize Nintendo's fanbase had become the Apple fans of video games, yikes
I see more sales digitally than physical. But that really depends on what store you go to as well. I see Switch games discounted a lot at Walmart but almost never at Target. GameStop, (aside from used) tends to have some sales but it's not usually with big name titles. It's definitely a YMMV scenario. But I do gotta praise the eShop for having some decent sales every so often.
Spiderman was $40 during the holidays and just 2 months after release. No.
https://www.reddit.com/r/NintendoSwitchDeals/search?q=hyrule warriors&restrict_sr=1
Some of you are taking this really personally. Nintendo games holding their value, or Sony games not, has nothing to do with their perceived quality or the lack thereof. It has to do with business model and customer expectations.
It's business, but a different type of strategy.
Basically, yes.
And that's how you lost all your seriousness. You sound just like a troll.
I think Sony has better business acumen than you give them credit for.
Most people that already have a switch probably already have Zelda. Most people who buy a switch will probably also buy Zelda. A lot of people hang onto their physical Nintendo games. Nintendo has no incentive to lower the price.
Again, how is it anti-consumer? You're twisting the definition and making it sound like because you're not getting what you want (aka cheap games), that it's somehow automatically anti-consumer. That's flat out wrong, and to make matters strange, you're bringing up what Sony and Microsoft are doing as if it means that Nintendo has no choice but to do the exact same. That's you being entitled. Businesses are allowed to make decisions based on what they're looking for. What one company decides to do doesn't mean that another company has to make that same business decision as if it makes sense for them.
Anti-consumerist practices would be something like not having a refund system in place for digital transactions despite the fact that everything we buy in the retail space has refund and consumer protections. Crying about a game being too expensive for you is not at that level.
I'm sure you will just handwave everything I said as a "defense force" without properly addressing the points though.
How bizarre I've been checking out that place every now and then and keeping up with sales but never ran into a Hyrule Warriors sale. Always Odyssey or Botw or something. Must be unlucky when I look.
