I signed up just to chime in on this; I understand the frustrations of the pricing, especially for those who jump on a console a bit later than others. But those who buy the games at release or near it, would you rather pay the amount or slightly less than the RRP, knowing that you won't feel ripped off cos their prices remain at the amount you paid for them for years? Or pay the amount and have the price drop pretty relatively quickly and sharply like those on the other consoles, and feel ripped off from that? At least the Nintendo games have high trade in values if you're tired of them.
Heck I've had Gameboy Advance games for over ten years which I had to reluctantly sell off what I could due to lack of income and they've kept most of their value since. Like Pokemon: FireRed, which I paid £30 for back in 2005 but sold to CEX for £34 last year as its box was kept in mint condition along with everything else. Even though I have not played or touched it in years, it was hard to let it go due to how much time was invested in it and having a legit shiny Pokemon on the save file. Even Pokemon Ruby in its tattered box it came in, I bought for £19 in 2006 and also sold to CEX for £14 also last year.
So there are benefits and drawbacks to the prices for the Nintendo games, and I do get both sides of it.
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