Why are Nintendo so expensive for digital content?

[Joelcool7]

RolStoppable said:

retroking1981 said:

thats bad that they do that, I had no idea it was the publishers that chose the price.

Maybe ill just get Rayman 3D, I never played Rayman 2 and although the 3D one got mixed reviews im sure its just a reflection on the games age rather than the 3DS verion being the worst.

Well, you are wrong. The 3DS version really isn't good and has some technical issues. It's playable, but unless you can find it for cheap, I certainly wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

Well first off I own Rayman Advance and it is indeed the first Rayman game on GBA, though as you mention later the audio was tweaked as was difficulty. But the game was still amazing and enjoyable just as much so as the original.

As for Rayman 3D, if you haven't played the original the game is outstanding. Its my favorite 3DS game so far, I decided to go back and play the DreamCast version and must admit very little has improved from the original. However the 3D effects are pretty good and yah their are a small amount of technical issues but nothing bad enough to ruin the game.

I would certainly recommend it for any platform gamer who is looking for a good title on 3DS right now. While being a port it is one of the best games currently on 3DS. Also I recently saw it on sale for 9.99$ and I have seen it regularly at 29.99$. At that price it is a must own for any 3DS early adopter. Sure once 3D Land hits shelves it will be less enticing but with the limited software currently available on 3DS it is among the best games you could buy.

OT - I don't find the 10$ price range to be too much, honestly I think the 4$ price range is too little. An N64 game is around that price and Rayman was released during that generation. I don't see why it should be drastically cheaper. Also UbiSoft does have a say in pricing, but Nintendo also likes its software to be priced at a profitable and sustainable price. Basically Nintendo doesn't want high quality software selling for 4$ or less, they want consumers to value the higher quality software and seperate it from the low quality crap that is currently flooding the market at 1$ each and such. Its perfectly understandable that Nintendo would have a slightly higher price tag for a quality title like Rayman!