What makes the average Nintendo game hold its value so well compared to other console games

[Normchacho]

RolStoppable said:

Normchacho said:

I get the point your going for, but I don't think it holds up. You're trying to say that Nintendo games stay expensive because they're better, which I think is only partly true. Its true in the sense that there are gamers who specifically want the type of games that Nintendo makes, and nobody makes those types of games better, so they're willing to endure their pricing system for those experiences. I don't however think that such a reality can be effectively compared with the larger gaming market, since most major games face far more competition and a much more open market than Nintendo games.

Nintendo games have to sell the hardware itself. That's a bigger hurdle than competition from other games.

It's really not. I actually don't see how that's much of a hurdle at all. People buying Nintendo hardware already know what they're getting. If anything, because Nintendo has stick so faithfully to it's style people are largely willing to buy their systems based on the expectation that they'll keep making games like they have in the past. Besides that, having to also sell the hardware (a goal of all exclusive content) isn't going to have any effect on the pricing structure of the software.

 

Competition would drive down the price of software, little else.