Switch Sales Top 100 Million - Global Hardware Dec 11 to 18

[xMetroid]

Kakadu18 said:

xMetroid said:

Yet games like God Of War (2018) are sold regularly at 10$ in CANADA while i haven't seen Pikmin or Xenoblade go under 55$ and they are selling a lot less. If they want these franchises to get more popular they HAVE to reduce the price at some point, that inflation argument doesn't mean anything. If literally any other company is able to sell games at 75% discount after a year or two so Nintendo could atleast do 50% after 4 years for games that don't even sell that well.

There is like 0 positive for anyone for keeping that price up. They lose new fans/interest in these niche games and they surely don't make more profits cuz they stop selling anyway. 

If they reduce the game's prices people will start to expect it to eventually happen with later releases. Franchises like Pikmin and Xenoblade do not have nearly as wide an appeal as God of War or whatever. Even if they give the games away for free they won't 20mil "sales". A higher profit margin is one thing but what is more important to Nintendo is the IP's worth. Both XC2 and P3DX are the best selling games of their franchises, they have growth despite the high prices. They don't seem to have the need to drastically lower their prices. Actually XC2 has incredible legs for a JRPG despite it's price.

What's the point of keeping the value of a game if they can barely crack 1-2 millions on an install base of 100 million consoles ? Not saying Xenoblade and pikmin would ever reach 10-20 millions units sold but they certainly are pushing these two IPs and all i'm saying is a Nintendo select line would help. I got into pikmin cause it was free with MK8 on the Wii u, i wouldn't have if it was 80 bucks for it's entire run on Wii U/Switch. They always have that Nintendo select line, but they are getting too comfortable on Switch and could reach an even bigger audience.