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[–]bukbukbuklao 1802 points1803 points  (370 children)

I saw the new Zelda game at Walmart for full price, and breath of the wild was right next to it……for $10 cheaper

[–]trickman01 955 points956 points  (325 children)

To be fair that was BoTW's original price.

[–]Cantcomplainnn 428 points429 points  (318 children)

It's not fair, botw is old. Why is it still full price?

[–]snypesalot 1340 points1341 points  (69 children)

Thats literally the whole point of this post....that nintendo doesnt discount their games

[–]toutons 174 points175 points  (24 children)

I thought the point was that Nintendo would re-release it for more money.

[–]dfjdejulio 137 points138 points  (13 children)

They probably will, when new hardware with more power comes out.

[–]DatTF2 94 points95 points  (6 children)

And it won't have any enhancements.

[–]quiteUnskilled 61 points62 points  (3 children)

And the old version is still going to cost the same.

[–]basketball_curry 9 points10 points  (1 child)

If you're lucky! Try buying Twilight Princess for the Gamecube...

[–]ItsRainbowNew Horizons 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s actually insane that the original Mario Kart 8 without DLC was $60 until the eShop shut down.

[–]crdctr 31 points32 points  (0 children)

And they will make it a limited release with only so many copies made.

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    [–]metalmonstar 19 points20 points  (2 children)

    The price will go up because it becomes a high demand collectors item.

    [–]__ALF__ 7 points8 points  (1 child)

    It always makes me laugh when I see the OG NES Zelda cartridge marked up higher than the other ones. Like dude, there are more copies out there of that than basically anything on the NES besides Mario/Duck Hunt combo cartridge and Mario 3. It's the least rare game in the pile.

    [–]metalmonstar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    I think with some Nintendo games people just tend to keep them in order to replay or whatever, so technically there may be a lot of copies but often those copies aren't on the market.

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      [–]Zonure 9 points10 points  (0 children)

      You’re both right lmfao

      [–]Exeftw 5 points6 points  (1 child)

      You are correct.

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        [–]Blurgas 14 points15 points  (1 child)

        And will fight tooth and nail against anyone trying to save titles that haven't been available for decades

        [–]Ldenlord 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        I think this is also why totk sold so good in such a sort period. Cuz everyone knows it’s pointless to wait for sales anyway 🤣🤣

        [–]Mnawab 50 points51 points  (29 children)

        why would they? people keep buying them regardless. its the same reason gta 5 didn't go on sale much. it gives Nintendo that premium value.

        [–]Efaustus9 172 points173 points  (14 children)

        GTA V goes on sale all the time, it's on sale right now on steam, it's included in the game pass subscription and I got my PC copy for free from the Epic game store.

        [–]insane_contin 47 points48 points  (0 children)

        GTA V makes money via shark cards. The more people playing, the more money they make.

        [–]idontcare7284746 20 points21 points  (5 children)

        To be fair the epic store is passing money since people only hop on to get the free game.

        [–]PM_ME_YOUR_STOMACHS 27 points28 points  (4 children)

        They’re playing the long game. If a 14 year old with over 100 free games in the Epic store wants to buy a game, where’s he gonna look? The same store where all his games already are.

        [–]Rhysati 14 points15 points  (2 children)

        This. Steam did the same thing with massive sales. Most of us probably have hundreds of games we've never even played. So we like to collect them all on one account/service. When we have to open uplay, EA, etc for the one game we want to play, it's annoying.

        Epic will do really well in the future probably because people are amassing a game library on it for free.

        [–]xenapan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Epic MIGHT do really well in the future. Or their crappy storefront, crappy servers etc will kill it off in the short term and there won't be a future.

        GOG.com is the way to go. If I get a game there I can get the full installer. They can go out of business tomorrow and I still have full access to my game.

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            [–]NOAHMNIA 1 point2 points  (2 children)

            It was also free for PlayStation Plus members when they released the PS5/Xbox Series version last year.

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              [–]stellvia2016 20 points21 points  (1 child)

              What are you talking about? The whole reason they have "150 million copies sold" is because it was on sale constantly for like $10 or even given away free. They wanted you in the door to play GTAO and buy shark cards.

              [–]The-student- 5 points6 points  (0 children)

              GTA is always on sale, and has gone down well below 50% off.

              [–]xXYomoXx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

              Okay which goobers actually believe this guy? GTA v is cheaper now than it used to be before. It goes on sale pretty much all the time to the point i find it hard to not see it on sale. I literally can get the premium edition for 14$ rn, or for 8$ from CDkeys or g2A. Literally it's one of the most often discounted AAA games I've seen. Idk why people feel inclined to just say very easily disproven lies just to protect a multi million company that actually hate their fans.

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                [–]Educational_Shoober 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                People still want old Nintendo games in droves. And unlike many other game developers new games aren't a replacement for old ones.

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                  [–]jwplayer0 117 points118 points  (53 children)

                  Nintendo's stance is that a game doesn't have any less of an experience and isn't worth less just because it is old. Which I somewhat agreed with.

                  [–]HGZ_Productions 32 points33 points  (30 children)

                  Nintendo is the ferrari of gaming companies.

                  [–]TheBlueSalamander 19 points20 points  (13 children)

                  Which is why including their execution and gatekeeping they keep demand for pirating perpetually sky high lol

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                    [–]bediaxenciJenD81gEEx 40 points41 points  (11 children)

                    Short answer, it’s full price because it economically works out for them. They make more money selling less games at full price than they do selling more games at a lower price

                    Long answer, because Nintendo is a very Japanese company, and the Japanese don’t really view discounts or price drops the same way as the west does. To them, they put in effort to make the product, and no amount of time passing takes away from the effort of the team or from the quality of the game. The fact that a decade might have passed doesn’t mean the game has become worse, and so it’s is valuable.

                    It’s also to do with brand identity and strength. They sell themselves as a premium company, so their products are premium. Premium things don’t really become cheaper as they age. A painting or sculpture doesn’t go down in value as the years go by. They don’t want to see bargain bins full of ¥2000 BotW copies, because that damages their brand.

                    I’m interested into why you think it’s not fair? I can get not being happy about it being full price, but you aren’t entitled to play their game at any price point you want. It is what it is. You don’t get to decide what a company does just because it’s products are old

                    [–]Theguest217 24 points25 points  (6 children)

                    The one issue with your answer here is that this is a relatively newer practice for Nintendo.

                    They used to sell player choice branded games, older titles sold at a discount. Huge games like Wind Waker or Super Smash Bros Melee were available for $20 a few years after release.

                    They used to price mobile games at $40 and console games at $60. With the switch they merged their mobile and home consoles, still releasing mobile quality games, but now charge $60 for them.

                    I agree with your info about their overall strategy, but attributing that to being a Japanese company comes off a bit weird. They clearly operated differently in the past. And they are a global company, how they decide to market and price their products in one region can (and should) be entirely different from another region.

                    [–]PM_ME_YOUR_STOMACHS 18 points19 points  (2 children)

                    Isn’t Sony a Japanese company too? I don’t really understand why you’re bringing nationality into this.

                    [–]Afgncap 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                    Because nationality can have a tremendous impact on how company operates. We can just ignore them like they don't exist but they do. The work culture is different, priorities are different, hierarchy is different. Sure the degree may vary but it is there.

                    I worked for Japanese and Korean companies, I still have contacts in both and in dozens of others all across Europe US Asia and even Africa due to the nature of my work. The initial culture shock can be huge and nationality plays a big role in it. It's not bad it's just different.

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                        [–]KidGold 13 points14 points  (12 children)

                        Tbf the idea that games should cost less if they are older is entirely arbitrary. We've just been trained to assume older media is less valuable.

                        Not that it's not less valuable - it's arbitrary either way.

                        [–]OvertlyCanadian 20 points21 points  (0 children)

                        It's because there is less demand so they lower the price to increase sales.

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                          [–]ECHOxLegend 16 points17 points  (0 children)

                          Because people pay the price because the game is worth that price.

                          [–]HHcougar 37 points38 points  (30 children)

                          Cause it's still 100% worth it and people still pay that price

                          [–]chubs11 10 points11 points  (14 children)

                          From software games are 100% worth it and they still discount their games regularly. Why do people shill for a massive company that's being greedy? I'll never understand it especially for how openly against their own community Nintendo often is.

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                            [–]AwTekker 17 points18 points  (46 children)

                            Because there are enough chumps out there who will still pay for it.

                            [–]Fmeson 40 points41 points  (42 children)

                            BOTW is still worth full price. I played it years after release and got a 100+ hours of incredibly fun game play and exploration out of it. Easily worth the 50 cents an hour. I'd happily buy it again, which is why TOTK was one of the few games I've ever preordered.

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                              [–]sublogic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                              If you think that's bad Tropical Freeze which is a Wii U port is still $55

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                                  [–]shadowsog95 24 points25 points  (8 children)

                                  Physical copies are starting to have collector value because of more limited releases. I’m honestly suspicious of any discs or carts even have games on them or just codes for automatic downloads.

                                  [–]Chukapiks 24 points25 points  (0 children)

                                  For what it's worth, most Nintendo games (not third party, just Nintendo ones) can be played by just putting the cart in an offline Switch. D1 patches on Nintendo games are small when there is one and rarely fix game breaking bugs.

                                  And before someone talks about Pokémon, no it's not an exception : it got a small D1 patch and was as playable at launch as it is now because most bugs are still in the game.

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                                    [–]Toastburrito 18 points19 points  (4 children)

                                    I never did get too far in BOTW, I kept getting stuck. I enjoy the new one so much more! Normally I don't like building modes in games that aren't centered around the building aspect but this one is very well done. My only complaint is the loss of the ability to summon round and square bombs. Those were so fun. I love the skydiving and the wingsuit!

                                    [–]whomad1215 20 points21 points  (0 children)

                                    As long as you get off the starting area you can just ignore whatever you're stuck on, unless it's the final fight.

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                                        [–]LimpyDan 711 points712 points  (76 children)

                                        N64 games were $70 before it was cool.

                                        [–]Ocronus[🍰] 416 points417 points  (54 children)

                                        Approximately (1997) $130 today dollars. So they did lower prices!

                                        [–]ef344 245 points246 points  (45 children)

                                        It still blows me away at how expensive they were. $80 for a game in 1997.

                                        [–]Owobowos-Mowbius 104 points105 points  (5 children)

                                        Moreso blows my mind how cheap they are today.

                                        [–]avwitcher 11 points12 points  (0 children)

                                        It's because there's a significantly larger consumer base for videogames than there was in the 90s

                                        [–]monkeyhitman 11 points12 points  (0 children)

                                        Because they want to nickel and dime you after the purchase.

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                                          [–]LurkerOrHydralisk 18 points19 points  (29 children)

                                          What game was $80? I don’t remember that at all. All were $60

                                          [–]1gnominious 73 points74 points  (14 children)

                                          A lot of niche games like JRPGs on the SNES were. Limited production runs were a bitch. I had to call several stores in the city and drive 100 miles and pay $80 for games like Secret of Mana and Ogre Battle. Every few months I would devote an entire day to taking a shopping trip to the city and running all over town trying to track down games. This is back before GPS and smart phones so I would be lost on a literal quest with nothing but an outdated paper map looking for some hole in the wall game shop.

                                          It's my generation's version of uphill in the snow both ways. Fast forward to 2023 and I just bought a dozen games for less than $200 on the steam sale and tossed them on the mountain that is my backlog.

                                          [–]JeffWingrsDumbGayDad 6 points7 points  (2 children)

                                          Map Quest ftw

                                          [–]Elias_Fakanami 9 points10 points  (1 child)

                                          This was the before-time.

                                          Mapsco ftw.

                                          [–]AjaxxBlack 1 point2 points  (2 children)

                                          Its not a backlog! Its a collection!

                                          [–]1gnominious 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                          I think of it like a dragon sleeping on his hoard.

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                                              [–]ef344 23 points24 points  (3 children)

                                              I remember Star Wars Shadows of the Empire being $80. Not sure if many others were.

                                              [–]SonOfAhuraMazda 6 points7 points  (2 children)

                                              Bro that game was lit af. One friend figured out the debug menu and unlocked 2 players in the hoth level.

                                              The music was sweet as hell too.

                                              This game started my hate for sewer levels. Castlevania 64 started my hate for hedgemazes. Turok my hate for catacombs lol

                                              [–]motorboat_mcgee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                              Oh man, Turok and not being able to see more than 5 feet in front of you, then boom dinosaur

                                              So glad there's more viewing distance now lol

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                                                [–]Bitch_Muchannon 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                                                I paid the equivalent of 100 USD for the Street Fighter 2 SNES port in 92.

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                                                      [–]personalhale 46 points47 points  (1 child)

                                                      I mowed many lawns to buy Chrono Trigger for $80 when it came out in 95.

                                                      [–]KerryMeHome 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                                                      Such a great game.

                                                      [–]Notmymain2639 31 points32 points  (1 child)

                                                      Some were 80.

                                                      [–]hleba 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                                      Yeeep. I remember I bought Hexen for $80.

                                                      [–]Chunkymilkguzzler 12 points13 points  (0 children)

                                                      Yeah mostly due to the cartridge technology at the time being pretty cutting edge and spendy.

                                                      Loading times being instant was cool af

                                                      [–]Kanye_Testicle 6 points7 points  (1 child)

                                                      Many SNES games were also $70

                                                      [–]bikemandan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                                      I remember spending $60 on Earthbound for SNES. Was my entire kid savings. Worth it. Awesome game

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                                                        [–]Clayfool9 124 points125 points  (5 children)

                                                        We need Greatest Hits pricing back

                                                        [–]MrExtraKromosom 898 points899 points  (238 children)

                                                        I can't believe companies won't decrease the price of their old games.

                                                        [–]svenEsven 976 points977 points  (116 children)

                                                        Company* literally every other one lowers the price of their games.

                                                        [–]infamousDiego 489 points490 points  (82 children)

                                                        Black Ops 2 is still $60 on Steam. Black Ops 2.

                                                        [–]osgili4th 226 points227 points  (8 children)

                                                        Yeah Activision rather ask for 60$ and have online plague with cheats and even leaks of your IP if you want to try it.

                                                        [–]Exeftw 68 points69 points  (6 children)

                                                        And they shut down the community that was trying to keep the game in a healthy state and cheater free.

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                                                          [–]way2lazy2care 128 points129 points  (4 children)

                                                          I think they leave cod expensive so that you play the new one instead.

                                                          [–]Pyrimo 77 points78 points  (0 children)

                                                          This is literally why. If you know it will go down you might only choose to play the older ones, but a sense of FOMO is created because you know the new one will cost the same as the rest of them so they want you to buy the newest one as it’s the best investment and you might as well get it now while it’s active because it won’t go down.

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                                                            [–]kakokapolei 100 points101 points  (10 children)

                                                            It’s funny cuz every COD’s lifespan ends when the multiplayer gets infested with cheaters, pretty much rendering that mode unplayable. They’re basically charging you full price for 2/3 of the game.

                                                            [–]RusticPath 54 points55 points  (6 children)

                                                            Even trying to play Zombie's is kind of a pain. Hell, some cheaters even disable your pause menu so you cannot quit. It makes trying to play online zombies a bit of a pain if you want the classic experience. Sure, they're not being absolute assholes. But I don't want to sit around while some guy floats in the sky exploding zombies with infinite ammo Mustang and Sally.

                                                            [–]konq 17 points18 points  (2 children)

                                                            I just... can't understand how that's fun for people. I mean, I get trying it out once or twice. But there are clearly people that cheat/hack in their games and that's all they do. How is it fun for more than 5 minutes when you realize there's no challenge to anything?

                                                            [–]RusticPath 12 points13 points  (0 children)

                                                            I literally had that same experience. I actually used to cheat in local play zombies with my brother. At first, it was pretty fun spawning in miniguns and nuking George with a fully automatic explosives. But after playing around with it for about an hour, we ended up getting so bored we stopped playing around with them. However, I was an idiot and a friend of mine online wanted to experience cheats, so I used them again to only get instantly banned. You win some, you lose some.

                                                            Of course, I never used this against people online. It was always just kind of pathetic to use cheats against others online. There really is no fun in it.

                                                            [–]soenottelling 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                                                            Some ppl just enjoy seeing things without investing time. Others are bad at the games they play, but don't like admitting it, so they effectively "break" it so they can say "ha! Skill doesn't matter! look at what I'm doing! And you think it matters that you are "more skilled than me?"!!! This is meaningless!" Others are children and just like seeing other people annoyed at them because it lets them have attention they lack elsewhere in life. More recently, some do it as a business strat to get ppl to buy their product or put eyes on something. Others are dumb and think ppl will find them amazing, the way they found someone else amazing the first time they found the cheat...constantly cheating in the hope that someone gives them accolades and praise that never or rarely comes.

                                                            Plenty of reasons... just, most of them don't come from a positive place. At least not past those first 5 min or whatever.

                                                            [–]Tandran 8 points9 points  (2 children)

                                                            Hell, some cheaters even disable your pause menu so you cannot quit.

                                                            That’s some GTA level shit

                                                            [–]BigVentEnergy 11 points12 points  (0 children)

                                                            With Plutonium Launcher you can play WaW-BO2 with no hackers or anything bad but you have to have it on PC and it is a mod technically.

                                                            [–]DiligentHelicopter70 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                                            It’s so funny being in the single player minority on all those games. I just bought a used copy off the folks who also did the campaigns and then just sold immediately after. Get the game for $40-$50 or whatever, not bad at all.

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                                                              [–]Tara_is_a_Potato 34 points35 points  (10 children)

                                                              Nintendo and Call of Duty are the only games I've found that rarely come down in price.

                                                              [–]Liimbo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                                              CoD does leave the retail price high, but their old games do have frequent (pretty large) sales where you can get them for like $20 or less. Nintendo keeps the price and also doesn't have sales.

                                                              [–]ChimpanzeeChalupas 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                                                              Ah yes, my favourite game, Nintendo.

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                                                                [–]Sea_Perspective6891 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                                                                Its on sale for $19.79 now. That's the price it should just stay at though.

                                                                [–]shadyelf 5 points6 points  (1 child)

                                                                I really wish there was a "CoD Campaign Bundle" with all of the campaigns together for a discount.

                                                                Some of them seem really fun (especially Infinite Warfare) but as I don't care at all for multiplayer it'd be a waste.

                                                                [–]infamousDiego 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                                                I'd easily hand over $100 for every campaign wrapped in one, including the remasters. Hell, include a World at War remake and I'd pay an extra $40

                                                                [–]PM_Best_Porn_Pls 1 point2 points  (1 child)

                                                                It's literally on big sale right this moment.

                                                                [–]CarsonDama 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                                it's on sale constantly tho. Hell it's on sale right now for 20 bucks with the summer sale...

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                                                                  [–]Deldris 19 points20 points  (6 children)

                                                                  Dragon Quest Builders (it's a spinoff and got a sequel like 5 years ago) is $60.

                                                                  [–]uselessflailing 6 points7 points  (2 children)

                                                                  It's a great game, but holy hell it hasn't gone down at all?

                                                                  [–]mon_chunk 8 points9 points  (1 child)

                                                                  Shame too because it's REALLY fun. Both of them are.

                                                                  [–]Stephenrudolf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                                                  Can't find the OG but the sequel frequently goes on sale. As low as 24$

                                                                  [–]byramike 1 point2 points  (2 children)

                                                                  This has been constantly part of bundles, game pass, psn pass, sales for absurdly dirt cheap. Odd choice of example. This is like every game on Steam nowadays.

                                                                  [–]Maalunar 23 points24 points  (5 children)

                                                                  Not Wube Software for Factorio

                                                                  2016: $20
                                                                  2018: $29.99
                                                                  2023: $35.00

                                                                  [–]portgasdluigi 9 points10 points  (0 children)

                                                                  https://youtu.be/TP5-pfBmZss

                                                                  Video from The Escapist on Factorio.

                                                                  [–]GoArray 10 points11 points  (0 children)

                                                                  To be fair....

                                                                  Factorio '23 (or rather '20) is not the same game as it was in '16. Granted, in '16 it probably should've been like $5 and 20 now.

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                                                                      [–]FunctionBuilt 20 points21 points  (1 child)

                                                                      People buy switches to play Mario games/Animal Crossing/Zelda. They will always make money on these games at their current prices.

                                                                      [–]BridgemanBridgeman 77 points78 points  (13 children)

                                                                      I can, it’s always worked for them. And for better or worse, it ensured that Nintendo properties never had the “budget bin” image.

                                                                      People also exaggerate a lot tho. Nintendo games do go on sale every now and then. Check the eShop or Deku Deals regularly and you’ll see. Sure, you’ll never see Mario games on sale for $10 bucks, but they do sometimes go for 30% off.

                                                                      [–]JDeegs 16 points17 points  (13 children)

                                                                      inflation is decreasing the price for them.
                                                                      $60 today is worth less than $60 10 years ago

                                                                      [–]b_lett 46 points47 points  (14 children)

                                                                      Except there are a lot of Nintendo games on sale from $20-40 right now through Target Circle week and Amazon for Prime week.

                                                                      Can see a comprehensive list of all of these deals for Switch games going on at DekuDeals.

                                                                      [–]dubshooter 31 points32 points  (9 children)

                                                                      thats a sale not a decrease in box price. most games that are old are permanently discounted, nintendo will give you a sale and then charge 60 immediately after it ends.

                                                                      [–]pooppuffin 1 point2 points  (1 child)

                                                                      Are any of those still active? I checked a couple and they're apparently sold out of digital codes...

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                                                                        [–]Tao626 18 points19 points  (0 children)

                                                                        As much as it annoys me, they're under no obligation to.

                                                                        They keep their prices high and people keep paying it. There's no law saying they have to lower their prices. We don't expect this from pretty much any other product.

                                                                        Other companies do if with certain games. GTAV and your latest Call of Duty keep their prices for a long time because sales stay high for a long time. Same with Nintendo games. Mario Kart 8 keeps entering the charts what, near 10 years later and you want them to lower the price? Where's the sense in that?

                                                                        "Sorry, Nintendo, it has been a month, you're morally obligated to knock some cash off of Zelda because that's what other publishers do"

                                                                        Not all Nintendo games stay full price, just the ones people want. That's how business works. You don't just lower the price on your product that's still selling well at an arbitrary 6 month point just because your competition is dropping the price of their games. That's just stupid.

                                                                        And if it isn't selling well and they don't drop the price...Well, they're entitled to do that too. I might give a game I otherwise had no interest in a chance if a year later it's £20. If it has stopped selling though and they're still insisting on full price, well, it isn't my problem that they're losing out on £20 because they're hoping for £60.

                                                                        [–]Damianos97 17 points18 points  (13 children)

                                                                        Why not? People are still buying them so they have no reason to lower the price.

                                                                        [–]ArchDuckyX-Box 23 points24 points  (32 children)

                                                                        Why would they when people will pay for it. For example, if tomorrow Nintendo announced a partnership with Xbox and had Super Metroid on Series systems for $100. I would buy it right then. I wouldn't even think twice about it. Same goes for about 20 other games.

                                                                        [–]gray_mare 65 points66 points  (25 children)

                                                                        that's why people pirate stuff

                                                                        [–]GentlemanlyOctopus 15 points16 points  (23 children)

                                                                        People who pirate games they can easily buy are just looking for a reason.

                                                                        [–]ThePurpularOne 17 points18 points  (19 children)

                                                                        saving money's a good reason

                                                                        [–]GentlemanlyOctopus 8 points9 points  (18 children)

                                                                        It's not saving money if you were never going to buy it.

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                                                                              [–]blade944 388 points389 points  (83 children)

                                                                              Accounting for inflation, the later price is cheaper than the 2011 price.

                                                                              [–]ImAlwaysFidgeting 32 points33 points  (0 children)

                                                                              https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/2013?amount=60

                                                                              [–]canehdian_guy 30 points31 points  (9 children)

                                                                              Average salaries in my industry haven't increased since 2011, so it doesn't really feel cheaper. Just less expensive than everything else comparatively lol

                                                                              [–]timoumd 13 points14 points  (7 children)

                                                                              That just means your industry has seen a pay cut

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                                                                                [–]Lord_Peura 4 points5 points  (2 children)

                                                                                Depends if your purchasing power has kept up with inflation.

                                                                                [–]Performance_Fancy 69 points70 points  (12 children)

                                                                                Yeah I’m amazed that the concept of inflation is lost on so many people.

                                                                                [–]reagstersPlayStation 36 points37 points  (4 children)

                                                                                BUT 7 IS BIGGER THAN 6

                                                                                [–]stygger 15 points16 points  (3 children)

                                                                                Quarter pounder is bigger than third pounder!

                                                                                [–]RickAdtley 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                                                                Steel's heavier than feathers.

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                                                                                  [–]Euphoriapleas 17 points18 points  (0 children)

                                                                                  It's a decade old product. Like, yeah inflation exists, but the decade old items margin is non existent. They don't have to sell you a physical product, or pay any more engineers.

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                                                                                    [–]Biquet 36 points37 points  (8 children)

                                                                                    Well akshually

                                                                                    [–]babobabobabo5 37 points38 points  (4 children)

                                                                                    That's really not even a "well actually", it's just a basic fact that people can't wrap their head around. Base game prices are significantly cheaper than they were in the 90s or 2000s but people still bitch to high heavens about it. Complaining about DLC that should just be base game or micro transactions is fair, but base game prices are extremely reasonable.

                                                                                    [–]shewy92 9 points10 points  (1 child)

                                                                                    but people still bitch to high heavens about it

                                                                                    Probably because everything else is more expensive which leaves us with less disposable income to buy $70 games.

                                                                                    [–]IronBatman 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                                                                                    Also that's not how inflation works. Inflation takes into account a lot of things, but doesn't mean you apply it evenly across the board. In reality, SD cards and cartridges are actually cheaper than ever for example. I paid 125 dollars for 125 gb 10 years ago when I was building a gaming PC. I just paid about 100 dollars for 2tb SSD that is significantly faster last month.

                                                                                    Just because inflation exists doesn't mean it applies to everything across the board. Hell, Japan where Nintendo is operating has been struggling with DEFLATION. On top of that, it is cheaper than ever to make highly graphical games, and Nintendo really isn't pushing any limits with their games. They are, in my opinion, the most fun, but nothing going into them requires inflationary price adjustment. They are literally just doing it because they know most people will just accept it.

                                                                                    [–]yodobaggins 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                                                    Move over Costco Hotdog

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                                                                                          [–]LokiLunatic 114 points115 points  (26 children)

                                                                                          Or better yet, pay a monthly subscriprion instead of owning a copy. : D (Mario 64)

                                                                                          [–]hfutrell 64 points65 points  (12 children)

                                                                                          to be fair there's actually one other legal way to play Mario 64 on a Switch. Unfortunately it's Super Mario 3D All-Stars, a compilation which Nintendo sold for a period of only 6 months and which now costs three times as much used.

                                                                                          [–]ShadowsK9Fury 28 points29 points  (6 children)

                                                                                          Holy shit, you’re not kidding! I bought it back when it was available and played it for a few minutes but it’s just been sitting ever since. Had no idea it was only available for a short time or that its price skyrocketed. Crazy

                                                                                          [–]hfutrell 19 points20 points  (4 children)

                                                                                          The funny thing to me is that at the time people said the limited availability was a gimmick to spur sales. Well, yes, it was a gimmick, but the value of this thing has skyrocketed regardless (rarely happens with artificially scarce products but happened here)

                                                                                          [–]SuuLoliForm 3 points4 points  (3 children)

                                                                                          What's funny to me is that, I still see it at walmart for fifty dollars.

                                                                                          [–]hfutrell 3 points4 points  (2 children)

                                                                                          Where? When I looked it up on Walmart it was $128.99 …

                                                                                          [–]SuuLoliForm 2 points3 points  (1 child)

                                                                                          Horseheads Supercenterin in NY.

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                                                                                            [–]SkyAdditional4963 4 points5 points  (1 child)

                                                                                            a compilation which Nintendo sold for a period of only 6 months and which now costs three times as much used.

                                                                                            which is dumb because there's a bajillion copies out there

                                                                                            [–]hfutrell 6 points7 points  (0 children)

                                                                                            Yeah it’s kind of strange because it did sell something like 9 million copies (or so I’ve read).

                                                                                            I think the explanation is that unlike other titles they removed it from the eShop.

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                                                                                              [–]MaxPayne4life 2 points3 points  (2 children)

                                                                                              Ah yes, pay just to own nothing.

                                                                                              [–]snorlz 1 point2 points  (1 child)

                                                                                              for the vast majority of people and games, its way cheaper to pay like $15 and beat the game in a month instead of paying $60 to own it when youll just play the campaign once anyway

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                                                                                                [–]new_main_character 99 points100 points  (5 children)

                                                                                                Posting new meme (/)

                                                                                                Posting same meme from 10 yrs ago (°¬°)

                                                                                                [–]kafelta 13 points14 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                and there's literally a sale on Mario games today.

                                                                                                They're like $30

                                                                                                [–]-Hope 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                where?

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                                                                                                  [–]nikstick22 61 points62 points  (6 children)

                                                                                                  According to an inflation calculator, $50 in 2011 USD is $60.23 in 2021 USD, so you saved 21 cents :)

                                                                                                  [–]smile_politely 6 points7 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                  And that’s, my friend, 0.21 cents per annum!

                                                                                                  [–]Euphoriapleas 4 points5 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                  On a product that cost them next to nothing. Development was well paid for and there is no physical product.

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                                                                                                    [–]dummy_thicc_spice 36 points37 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                    That's why you pirate Nintendo games for $0.

                                                                                                    [–]Renkusami 16 points17 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                    It is always morally correct to steal from billion dollar companies :)

                                                                                                    [–]ittimjones 12 points13 points  (3 children)

                                                                                                    I have original copies of both Metroid games for the GameCube. I'm willing to part with them for $300 each. 😂

                                                                                                    [–]RockmanVolnutt 3 points4 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                    Those games are not super expensive, I got prime for like $25 not long ago, prime 2 is a bit more around $50. There are expensive GC games but those aren’t them.

                                                                                                    [–]Temelios 2 points3 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                    Those ones don’t sell for too much, but you’re welcome to buy my original Fire Emblem Path of Radiance or Radiant Dawn for that price.

                                                                                                    [–]b_lett 42 points43 points  (20 children)

                                                                                                    The same day this is posted, New Super Mario Bros U Deluxe and Super Mario Party for Switch are $20 through Target for Circle Week. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Mario Odyssey is selling for $30 on Amazon right now. Metroid Dread, Triangle Strategy, Pokemon Arceus are within a year old and are at $39. Fire Emblem Engage at $44.

                                                                                                    I know people hate Nintendo having titles that are more or less evergreen, but they do go on sale a few times a year if you pay attention. There's a lot of active sales that started today, which makes this post ironic.

                                                                                                    Just check DekuDeals, wishlist games and get email notifications. Nintendo games do go on sales at times.

                                                                                                    [–]Snt1_ 9 points10 points  (3 children)

                                                                                                    Yeah, these games dont lose value through time, but they are cheaper at certain moments. Every once in a while you'll see the Eshop say "33% of Mario Kart and Donkey Kong" and that might work to some(to me its too much space to not use cartridges but its still there). Add on the offers the shops themselves can make and yeah, you can get it cheaper

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                                                                                                      [–]Vigo_Von_Homburg 52 points53 points  (27 children)

                                                                                                      Or you can play it on pc via emulation with better resolution and framerate.

                                                                                                      [–]TheNerdFromThatPlace 24 points25 points  (17 children)

                                                                                                      Unless you're like me and can't afford an updated computer, I can't even get DS games to run well.

                                                                                                      [–]kuriboharmy 18 points19 points  (12 children)

                                                                                                      Idk DS is such a weird emulation situation some games are just designed with the touchpad and just feels better to play on real hardware.

                                                                                                      [–]TSMKFailPC 5 points6 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                      The funniest thing to me atm is that the Android DS emulator is far superior to any PC one in terms of performance.

                                                                                                      My old Galaxy S4 could run MKDS with significant upscaling perfectly fine, where as my old laptop (2016 model with an i5 6th gen and GeForce 940MX) would struggle to do the same.

                                                                                                      [–]TheNerdFromThatPlace 1 point2 points  (8 children)

                                                                                                      Which I would love to if I could find the damn things at a decent price anywhere.

                                                                                                      [–]DaLegendaryNewb 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                      If you plan on modding it anyway (which I would recommend since the E-shop is dead and pretty much all online game servers are too) you can get a japanese one on ebay for half the price and there's tons of resellers with absolutely pristine consoles available. The ui is still japanese but everything has icons attached so it's easy enough to use and with a little modding you can play english games just fine. Bought a special edition monster hunter 3ds LL on ebay for like 180 shipped when locally the standard black 3ds was like 200 on facebook marketplace (with a scratched screen and thumb pad) and the model I got would have been like 300. It showed up perfectly clean inside and out with a spare usb charger. I bought a new battery for like $15, a pack of new styluses, and an old sd card, and now I can play 3ds, ds, and even gba games in native resolution as they were made to be played. Look for one of the bigger resellers that have lots of pictures and handle their consoles while wearing gloves and I guarantee you it'll be nicer than 90% of the stuff you can get in the states. It is a small pain to set up and break the region lock, and a tiny bit scary, but with proper research it's not hard and it's so worth it to have all your games on board plus full gba capability. Seriously the 3ds can just play gba natively, there's no emulation, nintendo just never let you.

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                                                                                                          [–]tamal4444 1 point2 points  (2 children)

                                                                                                          You can play those on your phone.

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                                                                                                              [–]nysraved 15 points16 points  (7 children)

                                                                                                              Next level: Buying a Steam Deck for $500 so I can emulate Wind Waker

                                                                                                              [–]The_Celtic_Chemist 5 points6 points  (4 children)

                                                                                                              Sounds like people seem to like the Steam Deck more than the ROG Ally but I'm curious if anyone here has any thoughts.

                                                                                                              [–]Galilleon 1 point2 points  (3 children)

                                                                                                              (TLDR: Both are good, there are some current technical problems with the Ally, but I still prefer it over the Deck even in its current state. They are very comparable but for me Windows is necessary and non-negotiable)

                                                                                                              RoG Ally

                                                                                                              If you want the freedom of playing all sorts of games, getting the RoG Ally is almost necessary (over the Steam Deck). I'm talking things like games with anti-cheat like Fortnite, Destiny 2, Valorant, etc; some games with launchers, certain brand new AAA games, and a heck of a lot more.

                                                                                                              Its performance is just as stellar as the deck if not a bit more in most situations. Shouldn't matter too much because they're generally very comparable.

                                                                                                              The Ally is going through some hitches right now. The SD Card Reader can kill SD cards if you put one in, but it's being investigated right now. There's a deadzone issue for the sticks if you try to set it at 0 but apparently you can fix it yourself through some steps you can search up.

                                                                                                              IMO these issues aren't deal breakers but I'd totally wait to see how they shape up before committing. I'm also fine with getting it right now but I think it's better to see how it all develops.

                                                                                                              Steam Deck

                                                                                                              If you (for now and the foreseeable future) want to only play games that are available on Linux anyways, Steam Deck is a good option as well. The Steam Deck has a great team behind it that will keep supporting it, and it's openness enables a ton of alterations and attachments.

                                                                                                              Even though you can download and run Windows on the Steam Deck, the experience is imo much worse because of the lack of support etc, I'd just get the Ally at that point.

                                                                                                              Conclusion

                                                                                                              Both are great, I heavily prefer the Ally for its Windows, and all the access therein. There are some issues, but I'd wait it out. If one plays only Linux compatible games, I'd get the Deck but otherwise it's a huge deal breaker for me.

                                                                                                              [–]SoWhereisMyduck 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              My god, that's genius. I think I love you

                                                                                                              [–]TSMKFailPC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              I just use my Xbox for that. Works great with MKWii Ultimate as well.

                                                                                                              [–]urnburnturnchurn 15 points16 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              All these people bitching about the games being too expensive are showing exactly why they haven't gone down in price. There's a significant enough market that will/wants to purchase these games 10+ years after release.

                                                                                                              [–]ChurroBear 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              Funny, I got super Mario 3d land and super Mario Odyssey for under 60 bucks for both because me and my friend "played" the system

                                                                                                              [–]propolizer 4 points5 points  (2 children)

                                                                                                              They did very right recently IMO with the Metroid Prime remaster. Shadow release with very short announcement before release. Thirty bucks for an older but nicely polished beloved game. Felt good buying it.

                                                                                                              [–]The-student- 3 points4 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                              $40. Pikmin 1 and 2 were $30 though.

                                                                                                              [–]BCProgramming 7 points8 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                              Which Nintendo games from 2011 are $60 now?

                                                                                                              Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 are like, 10 dollars.

                                                                                                              [–]GensouEU 2 points3 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              There are a few DS games that are pretty expensive now like Chrono Trigger, the Final Fantasy Remakes or TWEWY. They are a bit more recent but the HD Zelda ports are both like 50% more expensive than MSRP, I payed 130€ for the TP Collectors Edition and that was on the cheaper side

                                                                                                              [–]Neoxite23 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              They don't see a point because people buy it. I don't blame them either.

                                                                                                              [–]MesmerizerLIVE 9 points10 points  (10 children)

                                                                                                              Because of inflation technically they are cheaper.

                                                                                                              [–]adequately_punctual 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              These dudes think I'm going to pay $60 for Octopath Traveler in 2023 are smoking that crack.

                                                                                                              [–]bootylover81 7 points8 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              Nintendo: "fuck you"

                                                                                                              [–]Green__lightning 8 points9 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              Sorry I cant hear you over the sound of my PC fans, emulators can be quite resource intensive.

                                                                                                              [–]RonanCornstarch 5 points6 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              i got it for $40

                                                                                                              [–]slabby 7 points8 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                              Fuck Nintendo

                                                                                                              [–]OXidize_0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              Truly a Nintendo experience

                                                                                                              [–]fffan9391 1 point2 points  (1 child)

                                                                                                              Didn’t they used to do a greatest hits series on Wii and GameCube where you could get their best sellers for $20?

                                                                                                              [–]TechnoTyrannosaurus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              The amount of hours I put into a nintendo game is probably worth hundreds compared to a shitty third party COD game or similar

                                                                                                              [–]ITS_SPECTER 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              There's a saying in the market where for cheap people no matter how cheap companies make there products its always gonna be too expensive

                                                                                                              [–]AIC_333 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              I recently bought a switch and said I’ll just get two games to start. Then like half of the Mario games dropped to $30 at Target and I basically bought them all. I guess I just had good timing.

                                                                                                              Plenty of old ass games cost way too much on the PlayStation Store too, which is why I’m going to eventually build a PC and abuse the hell out of the sales on steam.

                                                                                                              [–]rasvial 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              Relative to inflation, you're saving money

                                                                                                              [–]Pfyrr 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              Just download it for free and play it on a steam deck with an improved experience.

                                                                                                              [–]AshLTR 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              Big brain move. It's cheaper, after accounting for the inflation

                                                                                                              [–]eNomineZerum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              Really part of why my switch collects dust. Nintendo has some great games, but when I have a Steam Deck collecting games at steep discounts and an Xbox with Game Pass, I can't be bothered to spend even $100/year on games.

                                                                                                              • I get Game Pass for free by doing all the Microsoft Rewards and use surplus points for Amazon gift cards.

                                                                                                              [–]Qegixar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

                                                                                                              With inflation where it is, it's a good deal.

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