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_crazy_man_ on 08 November 2012
naruball said:
Ouroboros24 said:
babuks said:
Nintendo is arrogant with their prices as always be it hardware or games. But they have good fanbase who allow them to do so.

Heck, my cousin who lives in Canada now bought her children the Mario Kart Wii bundle. They don't have much knowledge about games so you can understand how Nintendo prevails in casual gamers mind.


As much as you know about games, it seems you don't know much about economy.  This is simple supply and demand. 

Because there is demand for their 3+ year old product, they will and should keep selling at that price.  For them not to, they would be considered a dumb company with bad business sense. 

It would be the same with every other games company.  If sony and microsoft had an actual game that stayed relevant for more than 12 months, and that doesn't include multi console games(COD), it would keep selling at those top end prices as well. 

Not necessarily true. Fist party Ninty games rarely get any siginifcant price drops no matter how well or bad they sell. Someone recently pointed out this about the new Kid Ikarus 3ds game. It isn't selling well, but the price hasn't fallen that much (could be wrong though).

But Galaki was trying to be funny :) Still can't believe people take seiously everything he posts no matter how obvious it is that he's not being serious.

890,000 sales for a game whose last game in the series was 16 years ago isn't exactly bad.....



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VGKing on 08 November 2012
Jumpin said:

Gran Turismo may have a lot of licenses and stuff in it, but it is also very boring. A great number of people love Mario Kart, and consider it one of the best games of all time. More people prefer to spend full price on Mario Kart than to waste money on a discounted game they find boring.

You can call Mario Kart "casual/dumb" all you want, but that sort of sentiment is irrelevant in the real world where people find Mario Kart both more fun and more satisfying than Gran Turismo. This has led Mario Kart to being a far more successful game franchise.

Wrong.

If you are a car nut, Gran Turismo would be the more fun game for you. 

Mario Kart Wii is so successful because it is a kids game. Rated E for everyone.

Gran Turismo is more of a niche game. More a of a racing simulator than a racing game.



kyu23 on 08 November 2012

Actually it's Forza 4 not GT5



Mummelmann on 08 November 2012

Nintendo games remain expensive long after release and regardless of sales, this is nothing new.



Ouroboros24 on 08 November 2012
naruball said:
Ouroboros24 said:
babuks said:
Nintendo is arrogant with their prices as always be it hardware or games. But they have good fanbase who allow them to do so.

Heck, my cousin who lives in Canada now bought her children the Mario Kart Wii bundle. They don't have much knowledge about games so you can understand how Nintendo prevails in casual gamers mind.


As much as you know about games, it seems you don't know much about economy.  This is simple supply and demand. 

Because there is demand for their 3+ year old product, they will and should keep selling at that price.  For them not to, they would be considered a dumb company with bad business sense. 

It would be the same with every other games company.  If sony and microsoft had an actual game that stayed relevant for more than 12 months, and that doesn't include multi console games(COD), it would keep selling at those top end prices as well. 

Not necessarily true. Fist party Ninty games rarely get any siginifcant price drops no matter how well or bad they sell. Someone recently pointed out this about the new Kid Ikarus 3ds game. It isn't selling well, but the price hasn't fallen that much (could be wrong though).

But Galaki was trying to be funny :) Still can't believe people take seiously everything he posts no matter how obvious it is that he's not being serious.

haha.  My fault, didn't know what kind of person he was.  I'm still noob here.  I've only pass my 50th post.  Now I know to mark this guy as a troll.  Not that I'm calling you a troll, just someone I add to my excel shit of common visitors. 

This site is so great.  It's gotten me to try and master the excel.  Maybe that'll be my first post.



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ebw on 08 November 2012

Mario Kart DS also held on to its price for years and years. The game came out in 2005 and still was a million-seller for the year 2011! It's only now that Mario Kart 7 is out that I've seen any price drops for DS. When it comes to justifying its full price, Mario Kart is in a league of its own.



superchunk on 08 November 2012

Good games hold value.



aikohualda on 08 November 2012

Mario Kart Wii: 82 on metacritic
Gran Turismo 5: 84... difference is not that huge...

grand turismo 5 and prologue: 12M
MKwii: 32M...

I don't know... is it illegal to have a different preference in game?
plus MKWii target mass gamer not just "core" or should i say niche comparing to the amount of sales....



 

Galaki on 08 November 2012



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menx64 on 08 November 2012
Jumpin said:

Gran Turismo may have a lot of licenses and stuff in it, but it is also very boring. A great number of people love Mario Kart, and consider it one of the best games of all time. More people prefer to spend full price on Mario Kart than to waste money on a discounted game they find boring.

You can call Mario Kart "casual/dumb" all you want, but that sort of sentiment is irrelevant in the real world where people find Mario Kart both more fun and more satisfying than Gran Turismo. This has led Mario Kart to being a far more successful game franchise.


This.

Arcade >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> simulation 



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