| KylieDog said: When games like GTA5 will be $60 you have to question why NSMBU is the same price. Especially when you've got XBLA and PSN games that are very comparable to Mario costing only $10-15. |
That's a good question. The reason why NSMBU can charge the same amount as GTA5 is because people will pay that much for it. It will probably be still priced at $60 well after the MSRP of GTA5 has fallen to $29.99. Nintendo tends not to drop the MSRP on their first party games until they become a Nintendo Selects game. For example, look at Kirby Epic Yarn, the MSRP on it is still $49.99 (Though many retailers are discounting the price). Most other game companies would have dropped the MSRP by now.
Also there is a good chance that it may outsell GTA5. If you look at the top selling GTA game (San Andreas) across PC, PS2, and Xbox it sold 23.57Million. NSMB Wii sold 25.81 Million on one platform. That's just insane for a 2d platformer in standard def also without a price drop, still $49.99 MSRP.
I'm not saying I agree with it, but why would they charge less when the games sells gangbusters at $50 and probably would do just as well at $60 since it will now be in HD.
