mZuzek said:
It's not about how good the games are. Tropical Freeze also released at $50 and is one of the most bullshit Switch re-releases, in not only being more expensive than the original at launch, but three times the price of the Nintendo Selects version that was on the Wii U until they removed it because they didn't want the 5 people who would buy it on the Wii U to cannibalize the Switch version's sales. Skyward Sword also releasing at a higher price than launch is unacceptable. Again, not about the game's quality. The game is undeniably large with a boatload of content and lots of incredibly well-crafted dungeons and puzzles, high quality orchestral music, boss fights, polish, graphically, everything about the game is high quality. If you don't like the content it had, that's on you. Lots of people love it. But it shouldn't have been priced at $60. New Super Mario Bros. U, funny enough, is the most acceptable one here because at least it's priced the same as it was originally, instead of having a price raise (price raise, there's something you won't read in any gaming discussion unrelated to Nintendo). But for the quality of content you get, it should've never been priced that high to begin with. |
Agreed with all this. NSMBU at least also had the Luigi version of the game as well. It most reasonably should have been $60. Skyward Sword should have at most been $50 given that it's a Wii game but they did put a bunch of work into it to change all the controls and add a few QoL changes. DK should have been $40 at most. Or really, Nintendo should have a policy that HD ports of Wii games or Wii U games should be $50 at launch because people will buy at launch, and then drop to $40 a few months later once sales slow down. It makes no sense that ports/remasters/remakes that the market clearly says should be $30-$40 Nintendo just keeps at $60 forever despite sales dying off soon after release. Like, millions of more people would buy these games, and Nintendo would make more money, a win-win, if they would drop these old ported games to reasonable prices once their sales die off.
