Yes and that's the problem. The good sales of their exclusives has led them to believe the lie of "we do not need to lower the price of our games" and does not let them see a broader view of things: Lowering the price of their games would not only boost their sales but also the sales of the consoles. Your games are incredible, make them more accessible so that it reaches more people. 

I would like to try Fire Emblem Fates, but its price is still crazy, so I won't. I have enough other games to play, it's their lost.

Meanwhile, I bought for 200€ of digital games during the spring sales on PSN (around 8 games), including some games that I won't play for a long time, but it was way cheaper than a full price, so why not? Steam works mostly based on sales too. It's amazing that Nintendo still doesn't understand those things.

Well, imagine if Zelda had a Goty Edition for 40 dollars, this would probably sell forever xD. As I said in my post, despite its price, Nintendo games still sell at an incredible rate. But of course, that's thanks, in large part, to the Nintendo fans. Those who are not so faithful do not usually follow the same trend. They see things in terms of prices. This is not about just selling more or less games, this is about boosting console sales. And you need to convince those who are not your fans, who are the majority. And you convince them with incredible games and being very cheap.

In my case I have never been a fan of Sony, although I have to admit that some of their games interest me. And lately I got the idea of someday buying a PS4 for the cheap of their games. 

Well, that sounds great in theory but in practice it's trickier than you think. For myself, if something is cheaper than the competition or is cheaper than I would think, I don't buy it. It is like some sort of reverse psychology. I like to pay well for something I feel is quality. But yeah, that's just me.

I find that Nintendo's goal for appealing to a larger crowd isn't by artificially lowering prices, and again, that's the manufacturer's choice. But they rather make gameplay choices (like Pokemon Lets Go) to try and bring in new audiences. Similar to what they've done with Splatoon. When you've got for example, a banker like Kimishima running your company, slashing prices is a last resort, especially if your game is still selling. And Nintendo games are selling better than ever this generation. Zelda has become the best selling entry in the franchise, without a price drop but rather behind a philosophy of high quality games selling hardware.

I hear what you're saying, a Zelda GOTY edition would be great but Zelda is still selling very well. To cut the price so early is literally burning money. I feel that customers who know when they see a good game, will buy if. If it needs to be cheaper for you to buy it, you already probably aren't the most loyal Nintendo customer to begin with or not willing to be a longtime Nintendo consumer.

Nintendo pays a security fee so retailers can't easily slash their prices. Why? I guess because they think that will lead you to not feel punished for buying at launch. But, this also means they will see less sales.
They still sell gangbusters though, so wether it's worth it or not, i don't know.

i completely agree, but at the same time i don’t think nintendo is learning a lesson. they’ve had this practice for decades and currently their games are selling better than they have for a long while despite no change in their game prices.

i think as gamers it’d be in our best interest for the games to be cheaper, but it seems to me that nintendo would rather sell their games for full price to fewer people than at a discount to more people. i guess they believe it’s better for them that way.

don’t get me wrong, i don’t agree with them. i’m just trying to understand why they do what they do.you have to admit that selling 10 million copies of mario at $60 is more impressive than selling half of those copies at $40 or less. and yes, maybe they could sell more copie if they did use a lower price point, but their pricing practice doesn’t necessarily seem to be hurting them much.

I fairly sure, but not certain, that many publishers did act the same way as Nintendo for most of their games until PS1 generation. SW prices peaked pretty high at that point, and then many started price cutting for more sales, an example being of the Greatest Hits series with Sony and PS1 games.

I don't know if it applies to all AAA games, though. Even after like 6 months of initial release, I still noticed games like GTAV and Overwatch around $50-60 new for PS4Xbone, ~$40 used. Maybe its because I saw it at Best Buy or GameStop or something.

I do not need the games to have discounts to buy them, at least in the case of Nintendo. I bought Bayonetta 2 in Switch on day 1 despite not having the console and having it and having played it on Wii U. I set an example with Sony as an example of how you could convince someone who has never been a fan. If you sell more consoles, you will sell more games. And if someone bought, 3 or 4 games a year, with discounts maybe you can buy 10 or 12. And probably those 7 or 9 additional games would not have bought them if they were not discounted. But again, if your games are cheaper, you are going to sell more consoles. If you sell more consoles, you sell more games.

Currently, what people think of Nintendo products is that they are very expensive and that should change. With Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze people talked more about the price than about the quality of the game (one of my favorite games ever) and whether you want it or not, that affects the image of the company, because people imagine that Nintendo is very expensive and inaccessible.

Their prices so far on Switch has been insane. 60 bucks for years old ports. 50 bucks for games like 1 2 Switch and that IOS looking sushi game. 70 bucks for Labo. Combine that with their refusal to discount them and its just terrible. Soon we have to pay to play them online as well. Their greed is in high gear this gen.