Like Nintendo is being unfair. Entertain your brain with the coolest news from streaming to superheroes, memes to video games. But Nintendo isn't being unfair. It's just following our lead -- because as much as we'd like to pay less for the Nintendo Switch versions of reissued Wii U games, we don't.
We pay full price, and continue to pay full price, no matter how old the games are. As usual, math and economics ruin everything. According to Nintendo's latest fiscal earnings report , Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has sold over 33 million copies since launch -- earning Nintendo a potentially staggering windfall. And the game is still a top seller: It's still the fifth-best-selling game on the Nintendo Switch eShop and to this day is Amazon's ninth-best-selling Nintendo Switch game.
To put that in perspective, one of the PlayStation 4's best-selling games, God of War, had sold an estimated 12 million copies by June , and is Amazon's 23rd best-selling PS4 game. PlayStation had to cut its price to keep buyers interested in Kratos; meanwhile, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has been selling in record numbers at full price since launch. Nintendo games are expensive. Also, Why are switch games so expensive? Is it cheaper to buy Nintendo Switch games online?
Tags: nintendo switch taiwan release. Share Tweet Pin Previous Post Is Minfilia dead? Next Post Is Chibi-Robo a boy or a girl? Related Posts. Why was Gotham Cancelled? Do water collectors work in the snow The Forest? Why was rude removal banned? Next Post. Discussion about this post. Trending Comments Latest. Who is the weakest avenger? Quelle est la meilleure plateforme pour fortnite? Borderlands 3. Gaming Section Magazine. The NES Classic Edition is a prominent example of Nintendo only releasing a limited number of systems to the market in order to drum up interest in the console.
Nintendo had only ever intended to release a short run of the NES Classic Edition and it was mainly due to fan demand that more were made. If the NES Classic Edition had tanked, then Nintendo would have taken less of a financial hit in the beginning, yet they played it safe and had fans clamoring for more.
Nintendo has pulled similar tricks with its video games and its due to these limited supplies that the price can remain high for years after their initial release. Next: A Super Mario Bros. Aloy's cheeks have been the subject of a lot of mockery from gamers online in the past few days because they're a bit bigger.
Scott has been writing for The Gamer since it launched in and also regularly contributes to Screen Rant. He has been gaming since the days of the ZX Spectrum, when it used to take 40 minutes to load a game from a tape cassette player to a black and white TV set. Quality Via wccftech.
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