Nintendo and its prices

[alejollorente10]

Ljink96 said:

alejollorente10 said:

Well, imagine if Zelda had a Goty Edition for 40 dollars, this would probably sell forever xD. As I said in my post, despite its price, Nintendo games still sell at an incredible rate. But of course, that's thanks, in large part, to the Nintendo fans. Those who are not so faithful do not usually follow the same trend. They see things in terms of prices. This is not about just selling more or less games, this is about boosting console sales. And you need to convince those who are not your fans, who are the majority. And you convince them with incredible games and being very cheap.

Well, that sounds great in theory but in practice it's trickier than you think. For myself, if something is cheaper than the competition or is cheaper than I would think, I don't buy it. It is like some sort of reverse psychology. I like to pay well for something I feel is quality. But yeah, that's just me.

I find that Nintendo's goal for appealing to a larger crowd isn't by artificially lowering prices, and again, that's the manufacturer's choice. But they rather make gameplay choices (like Pokemon Lets Go) to try and bring in new audiences. Similar to what they've done with Splatoon. When you've got for example, a banker like Kimishima running your company, slashing prices is a last resort, especially if your game is still selling. And Nintendo games are selling better than ever this generation. Zelda has become the best selling entry in the franchise, without a price drop but rather behind a philosophy of high quality games selling hardware.

I hear what you're saying, a Zelda GOTY edition would be great but Zelda is still selling very well. To cut the price so early is literally burning money. I feel that customers who know when they see a good game, will buy if. If it needs to be cheaper for you to buy it, you already probably aren't the most loyal Nintendo customer to begin with or not willing to be a longtime Nintendo consumer.

I do not need the games to have discounts to buy them, at least in the case of Nintendo. I bought Bayonetta 2 in Switch on day 1 despite not having the console and having it and having played it on Wii U. I set an example with Sony as an example of how you could convince someone who has never been a fan. If you sell more consoles, you will sell more games. And if someone bought, 3 or 4 games a year, with discounts maybe you can buy 10 or 12. And probably those 7 or 9 additional games would not have bought them if they were not discounted. But again, if your games are cheaper, you are going to sell more consoles. If you sell more consoles, you sell more games.

Currently, what people think of Nintendo products is that they are very expensive and that should change. With Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze people talked more about the price than about the quality of the game (one of my favorite games ever) and whether you want it or not, that affects the image of the company, because people imagine that Nintendo is very expensive and inaccessible.

Last edited by alejollorente10 - on 08 June 2018