Nintendo and its prices

[Nem]

Rocketjay8 said:

Nem said:
Nintendo pays a security fee so retailers can't easily slash their prices. Why? I guess because they think that will lead you to not feel punished for buying at launch. But, this also means they will see less sales.
They still sell gangbusters though, so wether it's worth it or not, i don't know.

Wut?

I don't remember where i learned that but i did. Sorry, don't have a source. You don't have to believe it.

I may have said it wrong and the fee may be paid to the logistics companies instead. It likely is. But, i know that's is why the prices don't get slashed until years later. Nintendo actually pays more than other companies to ensure that happens.

I mean, surely you can understand that is real. It's not retailers selectively choosing to keep Nintendo games at high price in the shelves for so long. Example: Paper Mario. It was a sales disaster in the end of the Wii U's life, but they never slashed the price. If that happened in any other system the price would have quickly dropped. You can also see like 3DS games at max price for years. Notice it's always the Nintendo games. The third party games get their prices slashed. This happens even in the best games in the most popular consoles. There had to be a catch right?

Last edited by Nem - on 09 June 2018