Nintendo and its prices

[Kai_Mao]

shikamaru317 said:

Unfortunately, Nintendo is the only publisher out there who rarely discounts their games. The industry standard is roughly a drop to $40 within 3 months of release, $30 within 6 months, and $20 within a year. But with Nintendo games, it's more like $40 after 2 or 3 years, then no further discounts after that. It's a real shame. The other publishers believe that the increased volume sales thanks to frequent discounts is worth making less per sale, and I tend to agree, more volume sales equals more total fans for an IP and therefore better sales for future games within that IP. Nintendo seems to disagree though sadly.

I'd love to buy Pokken Tournament DX when I get my Switch later this year, as well as it's DLC, but 10 months after release it's still $60 new, so I'd have to pay $75 to get the game and it's DLC, which I'm just not willing to pay. I also want to get Zelda once I get a Switch, but of course Zelda is such a massive game that $60 doesn't seem like such an unfair price for it, compared to $60 for Pokken.

I don't know if it applies to all AAA games, though. Even after like 6 months of initial release, I still noticed games like GTAV and Overwatch around $50-60 new for PS4Xbone, ~$40 used. Maybe its because I saw it at Best Buy or GameStop or something.