Why do Nintendo game prices never fall?

[kupomogli]

zorg1000 said:

kupomogli said:

zorg1000 said:

Not sure what ur talking about, Gamecube had Player's Choice and Wii had Nintendo Selects which cost $19.99

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Selects

Yeah, they did, but they waited until each console was pretty much dead, dropping the prices of games that pretty much everyone who was interested had anyways.  Also from what I remember, most of the Gamecube games were $30  Every other publisher doesn't wait four years to drop the price on their games, months away from unveiling their next console.

Like RolStoppable pointed out, if all interested people will eventually buy the game at full price than what benefit is it to drop the price in the first place?

It's a formality.  Nintendo is doing it because they have to.  It's the reason why they do it on the systems death bed.  This way they can squeeze every penny from their fanbase and come out looking like the good guys to those very same people.