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sethnintendo on 20 November 2010
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Mummelmann said:
sethnintendo said:
Smidlee said:
Mummelmann said:

Nintendo games are expensive and always have been. Deal with it.

That's true. Nintendo always tries to keep their prices for games as high as possible which helps made Ps1 to succeed.


Least I don't have to throw down an extra 10 dollars per game this generation compared to 360/PS3.  PS1 was successful for a few other reason besides price (However, price definitely did help, aka PS3 not dominating because of high initial price).

Actually, here in Norway, Wii games cost more than PS360 games and DS games cost more than PSP games. Some games cost the same at launch (like Black Ops on all platforms) but the PS360 ones are marked down after a while and the Nintendo counterpart remains priced highly. I also remember the N64/Playstation era when a PS game cost around 500NOK and a Nintendo game cost around 800-850 NOK (No, I'm not kidding). In the end, this could possibly hurt revenue imo, its better to sell two copies with a ten dollar profit than one copy with fifteen (or zero copies). This is simple business; lower price equals higher demand, higher demand equals higher product volume and sales and thus higher profits even with a price slightly marked down.

In the end though, I don't really care since I have yet to purchase a single Nintendo game this generation. And, besides, I pay the least for any game at any rate since I play on my PC.


That is interesting.  I sometimes fall into the secluded mind thinking everything is same worldwide yet it is always different.  Funny how WIi games are always $50 USA and 360/PS3 are $60 yet elsewhere worldwide prices are different.  Price standards can't be established worldwide even with currency differences.  I remember people from South America / Eastern Europe naming outrageous prices for games for current and previous generations.  No wonder piracy is so high if it cost an arm and leg to buy a game in some markets.