US Sales: November 2025 (Circana)

[IcaroRibeiro]

Sephiran said:

IcaroRibeiro said:

Paying 70 USD for most of publishers is optional. For Nintendo is mandatory since their games almost never go on sale. I wouldn't mind Nintendo games prices if they decreased over time like any other publisher. Even the re-releases of their Wii U games released originally ~13 years ago are still 60 USD

Edit: You're also misunderstanding the statistics, because they are inflated by people who mostly play GaaS like Fortnite and spend all their money of them. Push for live services free to play games has a correlation with high entry prices for games. There are subscriptions like Game Pass and PS Plus to give away free games for a monthly fee

There are no similar option on Nintendo systems, hence pricing for gaming purchases are even more important for Nintendo than other consoles 

That is also just a myth, Nintendo games go on sell both digitally, but have bigger sales at retail 1-2 years after release. Sure, Nintendo games never go down to Steam or Ubisoft prices, but if you don't want to buy Nintendo games at 60-70, you can find retail deals that take the price down to 30 for Nintendo games. But core gamers generally lack the patience to wait for price drops, which is why they instead complain about 70 priced games because they can't wait to buy the game later down the line when the good retail deals start to happen.

This is no way, shape or form a myth. Nintendo games rarely go on sale, when they go it's often in special occasions with very light discounts of maybe 20 USD for selected titles

Other publishers put their games on sale periodically. Not only that, it’s common for their prices to permanently decrease 

If you can't see that I can only guess you only buy Nintendo games