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Slownenberg on 20 May 2023
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Wman1996 said:

Their second-highest opening ever, comparable to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet.
This vindicates Nintendo's pricing strategy. While it could be risky to price virtually every future Nintendo release at $70, it's going to be common on the next system. And with this landmark success of Tears of the Kingdom, we might see more pricing like this on the Switch. If Mario Kart 9 is cross-gen, they still might price it at $70 on the Switch, despite inferior specs.

I really don't think we'll see $70 become normal. They knew they could do it with TotK because it was pretty much the most anticipated title in the industry of the past half decade. And they obviously put in a huge amount of time and work to improve upon a revolutionary game.

I think this will be the only $70 game we see on the Switch. Though I think we could see a few next gen - the next Zelda, maybe 3D Mario, maybe Mario Kart, maybe Smash Bros. That's probably about it. Just AAA games that they know everyone is going to be and people may gripe about paying a bit extra but they are gonna buy it anyway cuz its Zelda or Mario or Mario Kart or Smash and you gotta have those games.