so why isn't there a like button on these forums again?

The relationship between price and demand.



Why am I having to say this again?

*brofist*

Outrageous! I hate this attitude of Nintendo, I mean they are selling old shit at premium price. Look at the Wii U that's like 20 year old technology and they have the courage to ask more than current gen consoles.

On a more serious point, it appears that Galaki has officially taken Rol's spot? Not the same style, but well, people are falling.

Nope. I have memory of a gold fish.

Have you not heard of supply and demand?

Obviously the game sells at $50 because people still BUY it at $50..

A grasp of basic economics is not exactly one of the things for which people on message boards--and the Internet at large--are generally known.

Supply and demand. Is this why Nintendo lowers the price so quickly on titles that don't sell 30 million+? All Nintendo games remain expensive for a long time, its always been like that, even slow movers in the N64 era cost full price for at least a couple of years. The simple fact is; Nintendo live solely off of their gaming division since they are in effect simply a gaming division while MS and Sony have other divisions as well and thus are quicker to release Classics and Platinum titles after a certain amount of sales to keep the games momentum going. Only makes sense, selling games cheaper will net you a bigger customer base, you sell more DLC, more people play online and more people potentially buy your sequels. Your attach rate also goes up greatly, the HD consoles have better attach rates despite the hardware being more costly throughout the generation. Its a perfectly sound strategy.

Selling 5 million units at 40-50%% retail price nets a bigger overall profit than selling 1 million at 90% retail price, that is also basic economics (just as an example). Its kind of the same as Nintendo refusing to lower the price of the Wii when the sales started declining, claiming that "price doesn't matter", as did some of their staunchest defenders. Yet they were forced to in order to halt the decline after a while and face the facts; price does matter. All Nintendo titles would sell more if they cost less, a lower price increases the demand even more, this is also very basic economics, even for people on internet boards.

Personally, I find it atrocious that Nintendo wants to force me to pay almost full price for aging titles if I decide to purchase a Wii and get some of the backlog and greatest hits. Its not a very consumer friendly policy in my humble opinion.

Galaki said: source: http://thetracktor.com/ Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel Gran Turismo 5 PS3 Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition MKWii is currently selling for over $50! Injustice!! GT5 is the best racing game ever made and yet people let Nintendo get away with charging a premium on its casual Mario Kart Wii. Why are you not outraged as a gamer?

How is anyone being robbed blind?!?  No one is putting a gun to anyones head to purchase the game.  As for GT games, I would rather play MK as they are much more fun to play with multiple people.  I also love the Burnout games for two players...

I could be wrong, but I think most nintendo games are not story driven but gameplay driven. So there is no need to sell the game when you finish as it still offers great split screen play and great game mechanics. I dont ever replay my pc or 360 games but my wii games come out when ever i have people over, mario cart being one of them. They also dont kill their games with sequels. there is no MKWii2 to cut the sales of the first short nor is it expected from nintendo like it is from all other devs.