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Otter said:

I bought Metroid Prime 4 just this morning. Found it funny how different the prices were for the physical versions of this game (£30) versus Kirby (£45)...

Particularly because in the UK (and everywhere bar Japan from my understanding) Kirby has objectively sold worse. Metroid debuted high in NPD and UK charts and remained in the charts for longer. Curious what the cause of the difference in price is. Over shipping of Metroid whereas Kirby got limited shipments? Nintendo being more protective of the Kirby brand etc?

Metroid is niche and has never sold particularly well so Nintendo may have figured it needed all the help it could get, while Kirby sells better so they probably reasoned there was more demand for it, hence a higher price.