| Lonely_Dolphin said: From a business perspective ok but why? You don't work for Nintendo so you gain nothing by defending them, in fact you only stand to lose. I used to defend Pokemon, and then we got Pokemon Let's Go. Criticizing is always better than defending, that's how stuff improves and gets better. |
Because I want business to succeed, and if Nintendo is doing fine with a business model that is pricey, but in no way scummy, then why change that? There's nothing to gain from Nintendo dropping the price of their games only a few months after release, unless its to clear shelf space of an unpopular product. Their current business model works just fine for both them and the consumer. Nintendo makes long-term profits on a big release by always having something to market alongside their hardware, and the consumer benefits because at the end of the day, they're still getting a quality product no matter how old it is. Nobody's going to stop buying MK8 Deluxe because it's 2 years old, but they'll keep buying it because its a great game, so take advantage of that.
I get criticizing companies for them to improve, but only if its for stuff that's actually broken or should be a lot better. For example, Nintendo still should continue to add more to NSO if they want me to keep my subscription, which at launch, was already hard to justify. But their pricing model on games? Eh, it'd be nice if they're on sale more often, but it's not a huge deal because good games are still good games, so I'm willing to spend $60 on BotW even years after its release. Though I will say that Nintendo should do more complete additions of their games with the DLC built-in. Keeping BotW full price is one thing, but not even including DLC with it even years after release is a little ridiculous.
