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

[happydolphin]

forest-spirit said:

happydolphin said:

But if a game releases at 5$ that is as good as a game at 50$, what does that tell us about the market prices? I understand that you'd pay 50$ for it, but how many games do you play a year, and is 50$ reasonable in today's "pick up and play" landscape, where so many games exist and are all largely comparable in competition for our entertainment time & money?

But all these games competing for my money aren't largely comparable at all. $50 for a game is perfectly reasonable if that game provides me with an experience that I really, really want.

Okay, but there are many people out there that prefer to play many different games, and that's what today's market is like. It's pick up and play, and there are many apps that fulfill that need in the market at the moment. Imho NSMB U at 60$ doesn't fit the current state of the market.