JRPGfan said:
HyrulianScrolls said:
To me the dead giveaway that the game prices are a matter of greed and not necessity is that Nintendo reps have actually been trying to justify charging money for Welcome Tour in the media. This is software that isn’t even a fraction as much of a “game” as something like Astro’s Playroom based on the gaming press who’ve gone hands on with it. And even Reggie is coming for them about this on Twitter now, pointing to why Wii Sports as a pack-in was necessary.
If they are greedy enough to charge $10 for a glorified system tutorial app, that tells me the game prices could stand to come down by a solid $10 or $15 as well. I think making Welcome Tour a free download and setting the standard first party game price to $65 (with $70 reserved for TOTK style epics) would turn things heavily back in their favor here. The console price isn’t as big of an issue considering the hardware looks worth a $450 price tag (though if the tariff crap comes back around in 90 days, then they’re back in a big problem situation). |
These little tech demos that showcase what the hardware can do, are also often what people show others, that visit.
Like "look at this cool thing, this system has" *puts on the tech demo* and asks friend to do x,y,z..
If every now and again, that tech demo sold someone else on getting a new system, that's money well spent making it.
They should view it as marketing spend, and have it be free for everyone instead. That is what everyone else does. |
I'm sure Nintendo views all types of software including the tech demos as a way to sale hardware. Doesn't seem like they are interested in bundling software for free though for whatever reason. What I find interesting is how we try to tell other businesses to do something based off what we see from others while ignoring these businesses all do things differently. There are things I wish both Sony and Nintendo would do because I see the other doing it.
