Gaming Why are Nintendo games so expensive?

[Vipera]

Price lists never drop for any console. What you see is the discount price.
As for Nintendo games, they always sell a lot so they don't even bother to give discounts out. But if they flop, the sellers are going to sell them in order to avoid tons of unsold copies. I got Other M one year after release for 10Eur. That's a Nintendo game, and a heavily criticized one.

 

[loco365]

your asking why games are so expensive here when you live in Australia? cmon mate you should know by now we get ripped off left right and center on EVERYTHING!

Here's a good one: If you live in any Southern Canadian city that has close access to the border, most 3DS/Wii U games are $5 cheaper in the US. We pay $64.99 + tax for MK8, while the US gets it for $59.99 + tax. Literally the difference of a border is $5, but that also has to do with the failing Canadian dollar I'd think, although this trend has been about for a while.

I was in EB games the other day and saw Mario Kart DS for its original full price. And that game is over 10 years old!!!!

When I was working at Target, MKDS was $5 more than MK7. I always wondered why that was. As well, at the local WalMart, Metroid Other M is almost $80 for some reason. I literally had to take a double take on that price tag when I first saw it.

 

[Deleted User]

Price lists never drop for any console. What you see is the discount price.
As for Nintendo games, they always sell a lot so they don't even bother to give discounts out. But if they flop, the sellers are going to sell them in order to avoid tons of unsold copies. I got Other M one year after release for 10Eur. That's a Nintendo game, and a heavily criticized one.

I got Other M last year for $9NZD XD It ain't even all that bad, one of few Wii games I actually enjoy.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

I got Other M last year for $9NZD XD It ain't even all that bad, one of few Wii games I actually enjoy.

Yeah, the Wii also suffered from having a shortage of quality games during its lifetime.

Nintendo needs to make sure that this doesn't happen again for a third time.

 

[Clydefrosch]

i got all my pre-wiiu era games for rather cheap prices.

 

[Deleted User]

Yeah, the Wii also suffered from having a shortage of quality games during its lifetime.

Nintendo needs to make sure that this doesn't happen again for a third time.

Third time? You mean on the NX?

 

[WiiCube_2013]

Third time? You mean on the NX?

Yeah, NX/whatever the next Nintendo home console is going to be titled.

Enough of Nintendo home consoles with a low catalogue of games to play.