| thatguymarco said: No. Because Pokemon fans have become far too accustomed into buying games they already own several times at the same price, it wouldn't be as profitable. |
True the profit may be lost at first, but if the game/dlc have high sales, they make the same amount of profit or more.
Typically, the 3rd version of each game sale little more than half of the original two. By making the price entry lower, the sales can increase especially from fans who were bothered about buying the same game again. Additionally, some people may not own X and Y but are interested in Pokemon Z. But since Pokemon Z is cheaper if they own X or Y, these people could buy X/Y and then Z. They could see the value of getting two new games at a reduced price versus one game.
If this model is successful, they can remake Pokemon Emerald and release it as an expansion pack dlc for ORAS as well and start getting profit from that expansion pack.
