Or Iwata asks how you got his number.

They don't bring out sequels and Nintendo likes to create the illusion that there is some sort of plateau they're on. Really it's so they only have to pay to develop one game while reaping near full price benefits the entire gen. That's the reason they were profitable for 30 straight years they know how to milk the money and manipulate public perception

Its so annoying. I hate waiting over a year to get the games I want to try, but I'm not willing to spend $60 on most games.

A number of reasons, the biggest being: "because Nintendo can do that."

Because Nintendo puts the customer first.

My personal opinion is that they think they are worth more. Too much pride is clouding their vision. Whether they like it or not they would make more money if they lowered the prices of their games over time.

Then why are they charging me full price for old games?

They fall in Japan..

WWHD - Originaly $52, now $38

http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E4%BB%BB%E5%A4%A9%E5%A0%82-%E3%82%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%80%E3%81%AE%E4%BC%9D%E8%AA%AC-%E9%A2%A8%E3%81%AE%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AF%E3%83%88-HD/dp/B00DCMOV6W/ref=sr_1_93?ie=UTF8&qid=1424242096&sr=8-93&keywords=wiiu

TF - Originaly $52, now $41
http://www.amazon.co.jp/%E4%BB%BB%E5%A4%A9%E5%A0%82-WUP-P-ARKJ-JPN-%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0-%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%83%94%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA/dp/B00HF49HXK/ref=sr_1_95?ie=UTF8&qid=1424242096&sr=8-95&keywords=wiiu

In Ito Yokado and Aeon malls, theyre both around $34, new, too.

The reality of it is, outside of japan, Nintendo pretty much never officially drop the price of their games, so resellers for used games leave a heft markup on used games, and really, who is going to pay $45 for a 2 year old used game you can still buy new for $50?

The key to that is, especially for third party games, if one consoles games cost more than the other, the user can go with the other console, so the xbox and playstation are competing for potential users in their pricing, where nintendo isnt, if you want to play mario and dont like the prices, its tough shit for you, if you want to play call of duty and you dont wanna pay $45 for the ps4 version, you have the option of buying the xbo version for less (if being sold for less at the time)

Simply put, Nintendo surviving primarilly on their first party offerings puts nintendo in a position to extort their users who have no other options if they want to play nintendo games,.
They shaft you on price because they can.

Likewise, exclusive games for PS/XB usually hold their value much longer than third party offerings, for much the same reasons, the difference being that once the sales start to dip theres much less of a reason to maintain that cost, as similar experiences are being released more frequently, on both platforms.

Nintendo works in mysterious ways.  

Well... That's because Japan gets everything. >.<