Okay, but there are many people out there that prefer to play many different games, and that's what today's market is like. It's pick up and play, and there are many apps that fulfill that need in the market at the moment. Imho NSMB U at 60$ doesn't fit the current state of the market.

No. It is a retail game that happens do be downloadable. Same for NSMBU. That's a small but important difference.

And how does that change anything to his point? It's downloadable at 60$, and Trine 2 is downloadable at 15. So what's the point?

They can sell their games for however much they want. No one is forced to buy them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoghH53xpmQ

Great, another post like this...

They are retail games available via a downloadable medium, quite a difference.

I also find it disapointing that you are attacking Nintendo, and Nintendo only in regards to video game pricing and not the industry as a whole. One might be inclined to say that you are shortsighted.

Great minds think alike.

The thread has nothing to do with me buying the game. It has to do with the viability of the practice and what effect it has on Nintendo on the long-term. Sadly this forum (apart from a few exceptions here) blocks before we can get to that point, as your excellent post demonstrates.

@bold. And how does that change anything to your point? It's downloadable at 60$, and Trine 2 is downloadable at 15. So what's the point?

I'm saying the hard truth about Nintendo because I want them to be better, because they mean so much to me. If I haven't talked about the others, it's because I don't care as much. There could be a case to make for them but it doesn't interest me atm. If you have a case, make it. One poster already mentioned LBP.

:) You could be right Rol, but seeing the potential of some of these games, and seeing the decreasing sales power of some of Nintendo's games, it's honestly my expectation for the near future, and Nintendo will be in trouble if they don't prepare in advance. You never fully see the threat before it arrives, but it's always good to prepare for it before it hits. imho.

People keep saying what is or is not value in this thread. So here, Value:

1: a fair return or equivalent in goods, services, or money for something exchanged
2: the monetary worth of something : market price
3: relative worth, utility, or importance

Notice that value is either market value, which is fair for these games according to the market, or relative value, which is subjective... so how can these games not hold "the correct value?"

How do you judge the market value of a game where one offering is sold for free or at 1$, and another is sold at 50$?

Also, how to judge whether a price is right or not? Who makes the decision of setting a price and how do they do it, if not by some heuristic or objective measure? And if they can do it, why is it so unfathomable that we as amateur business analysts can analyze that price?