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Vice: Nintendo's likely reason for stopping the sale of games such as Super Mario 3D All Stars is to juice sales
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Am I aging myself when i say I saw that movie with Bambi as a double feature on a school filed trip? It was a rerelease
Yeah I don't think it's about FOMO per se, though it of course helps. It's more that Nintendo has a long history of selling old games on new systems (or sometimes giving them away for free), and the limited availability in Mario 3D Allstars means people are still excited for Galaxy Remaster to arrive on Switch 2 a couple of years from now, instead of thinking didn't we just have this game.
(See also OoT 64 -> OoT+MQ limited free -> OoT 3D)
Which is why they're probably going turn around and sell them separately. They get the Fomo sales, and then the long term sales. Scummy.
Ok not technically a port, but, you know...
Not gonna be happy when they do the exact game thing for Zelda in a few months time.
No, you'd be aging yourself if it was the original release. Lol.
But you're right, you'd have to be of a certain age to have ever seen Song of the South legitimately.
It's still too accessible, they should add a few runes and put a Balrog in front of the sealed door.
Taking a page from a 20 year-old business strategy. Yep sounds like Nintendo.I mean
Super Mario Bros. 35 wasn't about sales, unless they just threw it in with the timed releases in order to get me to say that.
That game is different, though. You can still play 3D All Stars tomorrow but SMB35 is being put to sleep.
That game is different, though. You can still play 3D All Stars tomorrow but SMB35 is being put to sleep.
This was absolutely the reason. Stood my ground though.
Nintendo learning from the best...lol
I mean
Nintendo learning from the best...lol
They're losing money on this, so I remain convinced that this is a matter of principles for them, that anniversary releases designed around an anniversary (as opposed to a title that just happened to line up with an anniversary ala 3D World remaster) should only be sold during that anniversary. A very stupid principle that only gets them a short term financial gain while hurting them more in the long run, but that's never stopped Nintendo.
I'm still thinking they do limited edition collections for older games that aren't on NES or SNES where they think they can get away with bringing them to retail and getting $60 per owner, then offer them as digital only goods later (either for sale individually without the collection perks or as a subscription benefit).
Isn't that what NSO is? It's just not as up to date as D+ is.
Presumably they have data from Mario 64 and Galaxy's previous VC releases that tells them there's a steep drop off anyways?
Incredible investigative journalism to determine that games company did something for money reasons.
Question for people here – If Nintendo announces tomorrow that each game is available separately for $20-$25, would you be OK with the decision or would you still be upset they're not selling the full package?
If you know this to be the case why would you feel FOMO in the first place?
I think, based on the small quote, that they mean how it pushed sales this FY. By making is scarce people bought it in this time period rather than using it as an evergreen title. They probably wanted to show more in their FY report than just Animal Crossing? (Assumption as well btw :p)
They did the same thing with a Fire Emblem NES title through lol
lol it's not
3D All Stars would have easily been an evergreen, selling way more copies in the long term.
It sounds dumb but Nintendo unironically believes anniversary products should only be available during that year. Read any japanese comment under their Mario tweets, users are happy about this anniversary and didn't complain about the collection at all. I think it's a Japanese cultural thing.
The OP FOMO explanation doesn't work for Mario 35 after all.
3D All Stars would have easily been an evergreen, selling way more copies in the long term.
It sounds dumb but Nintendo unironically believes anniversary products should only be available during that year. Read any japanese comment under their Mario tweets, users are happy about this anniversary and didn't complain about the collection at all. I think it's a Japanese cultural thing.
The OP FOMO explanation doesn't work for Mario 35 after all.
Not even remotely close to comparable. They're doing this only for anniversary titles and not regular releases. They did the same for the Four Swords anniversary edition several years ago.I mean
It's still nonsensical to limit digital releases especially since purchasers are able to redownload them, but there's no need to make false comparisons.
Hopefully they also sell a bunch of other N64, GC and Wii games along them.
No no, they haven't actually said anything other than it's limited time only. Once it's in the vault, they turn around, put them for sale individually on the eshop, profit.
I wouldn't be upset but I'd think less of them for waiting until tomorrow to announce that plan. That said, it's already tomorrow in Japan and it hasn't happened so at least they're not being that villainous.
Well yeah. I'd be shocked if it was for some OTHER reason.
I just wish Super Mario Bros. 35 would still be playable after today though. Pulling a game from sale after only a few months is one thing; turning off the servers after only a few months is a really dumb move.
I just wish Super Mario Bros. 35 would still be playable after today though. Pulling a game from sale after only a few months is one thing; turning off the servers after only a few months is a really dumb move.
Not exactly a revelation for most here. Does add fuel to the fire though about Amiibo's back in the day though.
I feel kinda bad for supporting this by buying the physical version when it launched. I was underwhelmed by it though since they pretty much did the bare minimum with the remasters... and no Galaxy 2. I've since sold it, even though it will probably go up in value over time. Don't care though... not owning it anymore means I don't have to see it and be reminded of this limited time garbage.
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I feel like our recent PS3/Vita threads prove this to be somewhat true of a trend (though obviously done for different reasons, fomo still applies).