@damien33ad Limited availability is still a very anti-consumer practice regardless. It was bad enough when Nintendo decided to repackage Super Mario All Stars on Wii for Mario's 25th with no new content added, but at least there were still some nice physical goodies that came with the physical release
This is completely different. It's a barebones collection of 3D Mario titles sans one game with very minor adjustments being sold like any other regular retail game at full price, except they feel inclined to delist it later probably so they could just sell the games again individually as download-only titles
It's unwarranted artificial scarcity and you can't defend that
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It's called releasing a product. You release it, sell some, then move on. Or are we going to say that publishing houses create an artificial scarcity of books because they don't continually print them 30 years later, as well? Mcdonald's creates an artificial scarcity of McRib? There's nothing artificial about a promotion or limited quantity item.
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@damien33ad I doubt it, if there's another Mario game for a Nov release then they would have announced it in the Direct and they announced Mario games post Nov already.
@HobbitGamer The difference is that building a house requires time, resources, manpower, equipment, etc. Making a game available on the eShop is just a line or two of code. The only thing making it scarce is Nintendo exercising its monopoly power (granted by copyright law). So yes, it is artificial scarcity.
@HobbitGamer Of course it is. Nintendo is the only (legal) supplier of Super Mario Bros, just as Disney is the only (legal) supplier of Mickey Mouse movies. Legal barriers (copyrights) prevent anyone else from offering digital downloads or increasing the supply in circulation, giving Nintendo complete control over the availability.
They'd host a Mario-themed direct and announce a (rehashed) Mario game for February but not a brand new Mario game coming out in November or December all after a lengthy news drought? C'mon people, use your brains.
@Euler Nintendo is not a monopoly of video games. Disney is not a monopoly of movies. They each produce their own products within their market space. This is like saying I have a monopoly of signatures, just based on the fact that I have my own signature.
Yes, IP laws prevent another company from making money selling goods using the IP of Nintendo without their permission. That's not a monopoly. Just because Nintendo isn't continuously producing the product someone may desire does not mean Nintendo is at fault.
I understand what you're saying; You wish Nintendo would make their old and/or out of print titles more readily available. That's completely relatable, I think we can all agree on that. Where my opinion differs is the idea that Nintendo has some responsibility to make these titles available on demand.
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@damien33ad I think you misunderstand me. I never said it was terrible. In fact, I've pre-ordered it. I'm only saying that it isn't an ''amazing'' collection for that price. It's just alright, the bare minimum. I'm buying it because 3D Mario games are among my favourites. However, comparing to other collections by other companies, this is nothing to be proud of.
Also, I'm 100% certain there is no new content in this collection. They would've said so otherwise.
I honestly hope the holiday title is Wind Waker HD, I mean Nintendo's gone so far to recreate 2013 this year they may as well go the full distance and fill in the gap between Pikmin 3 and 3D World with Wind Waker HD.
The Switch doesn't need another Wiiu port. It has already gotten so many. But, the way this year has gone for the Switch, I wouldn't be surprised.
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@Euler Nintendo is not a monopoly of video games. Disney is not a monopoly of movies. They each produce their own products within their market space. This is like saying I have a monopoly of signatures, just based on the fact that I have my own signature.
Yes, IP laws prevent another company from making money selling goods using the IP of Nintendo without their permission. That's not a monopoly. Just because Nintendo isn't continuously producing the product someone may desire does not mean Nintendo is at fault.
I understand what you're saying; You wish Nintendo would make their old and/or out of print titles more readily available. That's completely relatable, I think we can all agree on that. Where my opinion differs is the idea that Nintendo has some responsibility to make these titles available on demand.
But both Nintendo and Disney sell at least one unique product that nobody else can make (no direct substitutes available). Thus they have monopolies over the respective products. The harm to consumers and society obviously isn't as severe as a monopoly over an entire industry (which is why governments sanction them in the first place), but they still behave very much as monopolies (the power to limit supply to consumers at will being a critical one). And yes, if you had a unique brand logo you could trademark it and attain monopoly power.
Nobody is saying that they have a "responsibility" to make their old games available, only that not doing so is anti-consumer and oftentimes a dumb business decision.
@jump they could add Fawful from the Mario e Luigi franchise or King Boo, or Dixie Kong for Donkey Kong as the new Fighter for Mario Franchise for Smash Bros Ultimate.
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