HyrulianScrolls said:
Lol, what a joke. I'd put money on the line that Nintendo is charging at least 3x more than they need to to make a healthy profit on Labo. Sure, the vast majority of products out there are marked up significantly from their worth, that's business, but not to the extent of something like Labo. And consumers are going to respond to it being way overpriced by simply not buying it. So you can keep your "unrealistic expectations" nonsense, believe me not all products are priced correctly and that has nothing to do with expectations. |
Products are priced what they're worth. Worth is determined by the individual and is not objective. Success is then determined if enough people share the same feeling of worth of the product. If not, the price gets adjusted or the product fails. Labo seems to sell decently, which means the price is worth it for enough people.
Some products have higher profit margins and especially for Nintendo these are usually comparably higher than with any other game publisher. It's not nice what they are doing and then again it's not their obligation to be nice. They're assholes about their products because people like you and me who cannot keep their hype in check and are fueling their greed. So in a way, we are the people who rip off everyone else by enabling Nintendo's assholery.
Nintendo being a terrible company does not mean you are free to push your own faults and responsibility on them. You bought Labo, you gave them the money of your own free will, you are part of the problem.
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