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chakkra on 04 November 2017
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RolStoppable said:
Normchacho said:

But you can't apply the first paragraph to Nintendo, they don't work like that. Nobody is buying a Nintendo system to play lesser ports of old third party games, they're buying them for Nintendo games. A Nintendo gamer is going to pay whatever Nintendo wants to charge for their games because they don't have a choice. Somoene can own an Xbox and get plenty of value out of it without ever touching a Microsoft game, same goes for Playstation. If you own a Nintendo console and you don't buy any Nintendo games you bought what is very nearly an expensive paper weight.

The question being posed in the thread isn't "Does Nintendo make good games?" It's "Why do Nintendo games stay so expensive?"

Of course you can apply that paragraph to Nintendo. You misunderstand it because you think exclusively of AAA third party games. But look at the 3DS with IPs like Monster Hunter, Dragon Quest and Yokai Watch that sold in the millions. Did that hurt Nintendo? Nope.

The way you argue, it sounds like people accidently buy Nintendo consoles and then are stuck with buying whatever Nintendo puts out. But in reality we are talking about a game maker whose games are so desirable that people buy specific hardware only to get to those games. That's only possible because Nintendo's games are so good. And because people buy Nintendo consoles for Nintendo games, the logical answer to why Nintendo games retain their value so well is also because the games are so good.

Or put another way, can you think of any software publisher other than Nintendo who could maintain a sustained presence as a console manufacturer because of their own games? I can't. Nintendo games can stay expensive and sell well for so long because they are more valuable than anybody else's games to begin with.

I am aware that what I am saying sounds incredibly arrogant to people who don't like Nintendo, but that problem isn't on me. It's on the people who refuse to accept the reality of the console market. Similarly, I was deemed to be arrogant when I predicted that Switch would succeed and said that the naysayers have it all wrong.

But...  Wii U games are not selling anymore..

I mean, in the last week the Wii U sold only 86,000 units. That is 10 times less than the X1, and 27 times less than the PS4.  

Why isnt Nintendo lowering the price for those?