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TomaTito said:

Because Nintendo wants to keep their titles at a certain perceived value.

This.  Plus the fact that if the price doesn't drop, you aren't being screwed over by buying on release day.  The number of times I've seen the phrase "I'll wait for the price to drop" on this site.  If you want to sell your game at $10 then sell it to everyone for $10....