Nintendo's unrealistic pricing for old-school platformers et al.

[forest-spirit]

happydolphin said:

forest-spirit said:
Out of those "overpriced" games I've played NSMBWii and DKCR and they are totally worth full price in my book.
Just because you don't see that kind of value in those games doesn't mean that no one does.

I see you liked Minecraft. Minecraft had an MSRP of 26.95 on release . Is that a competitive offering to the games you listed?

Sure is. And I bought the game back in the alpha days for $10. That doesn't make me feel like every $10+ game is overpriced though. If anything, it's Minecraft that is undervalued and if a sequel came out for $50 I'd happily buy it day 1.

But just like the case with 2D platformers there are those who can't see how a game with crappy retro graphics, no story and no goal can be worth more than $5. So in the end, it's all about what kind of games we enjoy.