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Slownenberg on 25 April 2018
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GoOnKid said:
Slownenberg said:

 

I am the target group for this, and there is no way in hell I'm buying this for $60. When the $10 difference is a $10 increase on a 4 year old game from a previous system saying $10 bucks is irrelevant kind of misses the point don't you think. This should be discounted from its original price, not the same as its original price, and instead they went with the crazy move to actually increase its price four years and one console onwards.

You're saying Super Mario Bros gets great sales on eshops, okay cuz it costs a few bucks. If they released Super Mario Bros for $60 it would sell zero copies.

It's great that they are bringing the game to the Switch. If the price were the same as when it came out that'd be very annoying, but increasing the price of an old game is just outrageous. I'm only one person, but they lost a sale right here due to stupid business practices.

Okay, then just don't buy it. Speak with your wallet. That's the most powerful instrument you can use.

It doesn't matter if it's a port or not. It's the consumer's perception that matters. If it's a new game to you, then it makes no difference if it had already been released on another patform. Why don't you just buy it on the Wii U instead if you think that 60 bucks is too much? You happen to own a Wii U if I don't mistake you for someone else?

Yes that is exactly what I will do - speak with my wallet by not buying it.

And no I don't have a Wii U (skipped this whole generation until the Switch resparked my interest). And it does matter that its an old game. I've never played it before but I know Nintendo already made their money on it because it came out 4 years ago, so my consumer perception is no way in hell would I pay the price it came out for now on their next system four years later, let alone even MORE than its original price. Things are supposed to go down in price over time, not up! (outside of rare collectibles, which this game is of course not).

If it came out at $40 which would have been reasonable I would have considered getting it. $50 no. $60 just makes me mad at Nintendo being greedy jerks.

If Nintendo released Super Mario 64 on the Switch for $70 ($10 more than original) would that make sense? If they release Wind Waker HD (they better I need this game!) for $60 would that make sense? If they released Super Mario Galaxy for $60 would that make sense? No, it wouldn't.