They don't like dropping prices on their games until there's some sort of Greatest Hits line for them to go on, even if the games don't really sell anyway and could use a drop to give late adopters some reason to bother with them (1-2 Switch) since not everything they release sells millions of copies several years out to offset the potential benefit of the cheaper price spurring new sales. eShop sales for Nintendo games are pretty rare with maybe two or three per year and even then, the amount of games that go on sale multiple times a year is zero and the discounts are not great compared to how other companies handle that stuff. They're about as risk averse with sales as it gets. To make it worse, their DLC and bundles don't go on sale ever and their bundles don't offer a discount over purchasing the game and DLC separately. They just believe the vast majority of people will buy whatever they offer at full price at any point and don't care to anybody else unless they can make it some big event for relatively minor deals.
Here are the Nintendo games that went on sale on the eShop during 2018.
12/6: Super Mario Odyssey & Xenoblade Chronicles 2
11/21: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
6/14: Fire Emblem Warriors, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Splatoon 2
1/25: 1-2 Switch, Arms, Flip Wars
I believe that's it for Switch sales for Nintendo games for the year. Nine games in 12 months is not great.
They did start off this year with a New Year's sale that featured Arms, Hyrule Warriors: DE, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Octopath Traveler, and Splatoon 2, so maybe they're getting more lenient with their sales pattern.
Here are the Nintendo games that went on sale on the eShop during 2018.
12/6: Super Mario Odyssey & Xenoblade Chronicles 2
11/21: Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
6/14: Fire Emblem Warriors, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Splatoon 2
1/25: 1-2 Switch, Arms, Flip Wars
I believe that's it for Switch sales for Nintendo games for the year. Nine games in 12 months is not great.
They did start off this year with a New Year's sale that featured Arms, Hyrule Warriors: DE, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Octopath Traveler, and Splatoon 2, so maybe they're getting more lenient with their sales pattern.