Yeah Im not cool with paying for their games again, I already did it once. Without BC its not worth it.
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Why are WE still ok with nintendo pricing practices and policies?
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Well I am not ok with it. I barely buy games for the switch. The price is absolutely why.
A shame because there are many games I want to play but I just can't justify the price.
A shame because there are many games I want to play but I just can't justify the price.
So don't buy the games! You come off close minded, trying to make people feel bad for what they want out of entertainment. Some people that are so proud of not paying $60 for a game...were day one buyers of the WiiU, and the NES/SNES Classics...it's selective criticism.
Some of you even PRE-ORDER games like Anthem or Avengers!
If you aren't buying the games, then what's the problem?? It doesn't make you better than anyone, and the snobby and repetitive way these type of threads come up every day, only serves to close people's minds to much better arguments whenever they see a similar thread title.
Some of you even PRE-ORDER games like Anthem or Avengers!
If you aren't buying the games, then what's the problem?? It doesn't make you better than anyone, and the snobby and repetitive way these type of threads come up every day, only serves to close people's minds to much better arguments whenever they see a similar thread title.
In my country (Brazil), people that have a Nintendo Switch (and buy their games) are considered rich. That's because:
1 - The console cost 515 US dollars. (But hey that's not big news, every console here is expensive as hell, 847 US dollars for XSX and 884 for a PS5)
2 - Nintendo games costs 55 US dollars (maybe, that's lower than in your country, however the minimum wage here is fucking 202 US dollars)
As Nintendo 1st party games does not devalues, that's a big problem here.
1 - The console cost 515 US dollars. (But hey that's not big news, every console here is expensive as hell, 847 US dollars for XSX and 884 for a PS5)
2 - Nintendo games costs 55 US dollars (maybe, that's lower than in your country, however the minimum wage here is fucking 202 US dollars)
As Nintendo 1st party games does not devalues, that's a big problem here.
I dont think many people are okay with it , just not much of a choice . You want Mario Odyssey, BotW, Splatton, Metr-NOT YOU!-, you have to pay it . Or dont. Nintendo knows someone will buy it eventually . Patience is a great thing to have in this industry
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Bad take since those are usually way cheaper now than when they were released. Specially books. You can find lots of books for free because they lost their copyright. Look for sherlock holmes collections in amazon kindle. The books are there for free.
Why do you care what I do with my money? There are some games I dont care paying that Nintendo tax, there are other I dont agree and I dont buy them. But at the end of the day is up to anyone decide if it is worth the money or not.
Because they don't stop selling.
The rare nintendo missteps do get price cuts. But even there nintendo would rather have a smaller price cut to give the impression that their games have a certain "value". Iwata made it clear in the past that they don't want to do anything that'd devalue them.
I just buy the games I really want, safe in the knowledge that I could sell the game on for fairly close to the price I paid for it if I ever needed to.
The rare nintendo missteps do get price cuts. But even there nintendo would rather have a smaller price cut to give the impression that their games have a certain "value". Iwata made it clear in the past that they don't want to do anything that'd devalue them.
I just buy the games I really want, safe in the knowledge that I could sell the game on for fairly close to the price I paid for it if I ever needed to.
If you don't like Nintendo's practices, particularly with regard to pricing, your best bet is probably to abstain from purchasing their games until you are able to find them at a price that is acceptable to you. This is what I do and it works well. Things I want enough to pay full price for, I do- otherwise I wait for sales (which sometimes takes a while due to the market not getting flooded with each release, and dropping the price of games by $20 within weeks, but Black Friday sales and the like are always reliable).
No I'm asking you for what do you want ERA to do about. Your thread post sounds like a call to action...so what is the resolution to that issue ? You seem to have a issue that the games are selling despite the prices...so what are we to do about it ?
Who is we? Era isn't the arbiter of what value games should or shouldn't hold relative to the time of their original release. The market decides that, and the market has decided it's okay with spending $60 on ports of old Nintendo games. You may not personally like it, and that's fair enough, but some of you need to stop trying to make this into a bigger, more insidious thing than it actually is.
If you don't agree with their pricing policies then don't buy their products.
If you don't agree with their pricing policies then don't buy their products.
I'd love it if Nintendo reintroduced something like the select lineup as well priced their ports lower but that's not gonna stop me from buying some of those games if I find them enticing because it'll be the first time I'm gonna play some of those.
They're just running a very profitable business.
Don't buy their games if you think they're ripping you off.
Nothing's going to change as it works for them.
Don't buy their games if you think they're ripping you off.
Nothing's going to change as it works for them.
The Mario collection was priced ok. $60 for three Mario classics made sense to me. $60 for a Zelda game I've always heard was bad is a no go.
Tell that to the DS Pokemon games, and most retro gaming in general.
Clearly a lot of people aren't okay with it, but what are they going to do about it?
These games are going to keep selling in the millions so why would Nintendo care what a minority of people think?
These games are going to keep selling in the millions so why would Nintendo care what a minority of people think?
You might be ok with games losing their value quickly but I can't imagine anyone would prefer an industry where everything is so worthless that it cannot keep its value.
Are you gonna come after collectors paying ridiculous prices for old games next?
And as Other M showed 10 years ago, Nintendo games that are shit can lose their value very fast as well.
You're complaining that Nintendo releases too many good products really.
Are you gonna come after collectors paying ridiculous prices for old games next?
And as Other M showed 10 years ago, Nintendo games that are shit can lose their value very fast as well.
You're complaining that Nintendo releases too many good products really.
Because we (or at least the majority of the target) see that value in them, I think is that simple really.
Not gonna lie, I don't mind Nintendo's pricing at all. I have zero reservations about buying a Nintendo game day 1 because I know it won't be half off in 2 weeks. Nothing more annoying then buying a game then it hits a big sale in the first month cause alot of publishers are on a race to the bottom proce structure.
At this point I avoid most new titles until a price drop due to this, sucks missing out on the hype launches but not going to waste my money like that.
At this point I avoid most new titles until a price drop due to this, sucks missing out on the hype launches but not going to waste my money like that.
It's really frustrating. Nintendo has so many evergreen titles I'd like to keep forever. But Nintendo gotta Nintendo, so they don't get my money. They simply don't respect our purchases.
A huge amount of the sales come from the casual players that don't care or know any better and not the rabid fan base. Unless you want to tell us that the rabid fan base multiplied by 3 because MK8D has sold 3 times as much as the Wii U version.
why not? they're just video games. the limited availability thing sucks but games being $50-60 instead of $30-40 eh
I gave my Switch to my sister as it was collecting dust. Physical copies are way too expensive for my taste and I'm still waiting for Metroid.
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There's your first mistake. Don't be a fan.
And also, you don't have to accept the practices. Don't buy the junk. Simple as that.
Vote with your wallet.. I own Skyward Sword for the Wii so Dophin Emulator is a much better choice compared to the overpriced HD port.
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Why does Nintendo always get a pass for their policies?
Some of Nintendo's policies I think off the top of my head are: - Ports of Wii U games costing full price (with slight QoL improvements and resolution bumps). Sony, Microsoft and other third parties remaster and port their games to newer systems, often at a cheaper price. - The same digital...
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