nemo37 said:
That's not really the case though. On the Switch, you are essentially paying for getting a portable option, which is a feature that the other two systems do not offer (the games are around the level of 7th generation systems in terms of graphics but they are portable; and Nintendo is charging the same amount as what new 7th gen games cost), hence I don't really see an argument here for paying for games on a consoles with less features. Similarly, Wii U games cost the same as 7th gen games (though of course pricing has not really gone up from 7th to 8th gen anyway) which I think was fair considering it was about as powerful as a 7th gen system (not to mention during the cross gen period, Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of games largely cost the same as their PS4 and Xbox One counterparts). Wii games cost the same as 6th gen games, so they were cheaper than X360 and PS3 (again obviously Wii on par graphically with a 6th gen system). 3DS and their other dedicated portables (before Switch) always cost substantially less than their console counterparts ($40 for 3DS; $30 for DS, etc). |
The NS is fairly new so I wasn't referring to its game pricing. Nintendo was definitely keeping the prices high on their older console games from the time they were released til years after. Nintendo will likely do the same with NS games over the next couple of years.
