Astral Chain Debuts at No.1 in the UK

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CrazyGamer2017 said:

One thing that bothers me with Nintendo games is (and correct me if this has changed) that their games don't come down in price over time.

Take Zelda BOTW for instance, it's been two years and a half since that game's release and if I wanted to buy it now I'd still pay full price which is a problem cause it means playing Nintendo games is very expensive.

Which means that if I ever decided to get a Switch I'd have to either spend a lot of money in games or only play a very limited amount of games, just the big names like Zelda, Super Mario Odyssey and Metroid Prime 4.

I don't mean to sound harsh on this one, but as a person who is considering getting a Switch pro (which hasn't been announced) and someone who is doubting buying a Switch pro based on joy con drift which will almost certainly be a non issue by the time that hardware revision comes out.... you are not exactly Nintendos key demographic, it will be around 4 years of the systems life before you make a move towards buying it, in that time Breath of the Wild has remained in and around the top 30 charts for the Switch for 1,460 days or so for the majority of the time it has been $60 (there was a sale where all major Nintendo games were $40 for a few weeks.) but I'm just saying Nintendo do pretty damn well with their business model of making software which holds its value for a long period of time by creating games which consumers are happy to pay 60 bucks for when they get the system because they know there's good times to be had with them. Heck I've played botw for nearly 500 hours now, buying the game and dlc for 80 in total that steal means per euro spent on the title I've gotten around 6 hours of play, there are some AAA titles I've bought for the same cost and played for less than 6 hours total.

But aye, as someone who isn't buying Nintendo games / systems your feelings on how they should price their hardware/software really isn't a key concern to them I would have to imagine.