I'm still getting Tulin. It stinks that prices are going up, but I'd rather them raise optional, high-margin stuff like accessories vs. raising the price of the console itself (which they might still have to do once they exhaust their pre-launch supply...)
@Saints I'm not defending anything haha, but it's a free market and they can price their products how they want. Let's see, maybe Switch 2 crashes and burns... but if it's a wild success, you kinda have admit that they are pricing according to market trends, by definition. They are the market, or a big chunk of it.
As for consumer-friendliness, that's something you do as a business when the chips are down and you need to attract new consumers. Companies aren't your friends, and they're not obligated to be friendly; if it ever seems like they are, it's because they're trying to get something out of you.
@Saints Yeah but how much of a break though? If Nintendo priced Mario Kart at $70 rather than $80, and if we're being incredibly pessimistic and say World sells only a TENTH of what MK8 did, they'd still be leaving $60 million on the table.
And if World sells half of what MK8 sold (again, being pessimistic), they'd be leaving $300 mill on the table. That's too big of a "break" to be considered a good business decision imo.
Some of this comes down to basic economics. If customers are willing to pay $80, why not charge $80? Just to be nice? My econ teacher might've actually slapped me if I tried making that argument.
@arkanjo29 When I got my first job, I started putting $50 of my paycheck in savings every month. Some months I could only do $20, sometimes $10. But the point is, that's not that much money every month, and I've never not been able to afford a console since.
Switch 2 is the cheapest flagship console in this generation, so I dunno why everyone's saying it's all of a sudden prohibitively expensive. If you could afford a PS5, you could afford a Switch 2.
@Pat_trick For as long as I've been alive, there have been people less fortunate than me, including many billions who will NEVER play a Nintendo game in their lives.
It hasn't ever made me consider not buying a console or a game. I'm just grateful for what I'm able to afford and experience.
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Re: Walmart Joins GameStop With Higher amiibo Price Listings For Switch 2 (US)
I'm still getting Tulin. It stinks that prices are going up, but I'd rather them raise optional, high-margin stuff like accessories vs. raising the price of the console itself (which they might still have to do once they exhaust their pre-launch supply...)
Re: Mailbox: Switch 2 Price Drops, Remake Replacements, Pokémon Acquisitions - Nintendo Life Letters
@Saints I'm not defending anything haha, but it's a free market and they can price their products how they want. Let's see, maybe Switch 2 crashes and burns... but if it's a wild success, you kinda have admit that they are pricing according to market trends, by definition. They are the market, or a big chunk of it.
As for consumer-friendliness, that's something you do as a business when the chips are down and you need to attract new consumers. Companies aren't your friends, and they're not obligated to be friendly; if it ever seems like they are, it's because they're trying to get something out of you.
Re: Mailbox: Switch 2 Price Drops, Remake Replacements, Pokémon Acquisitions - Nintendo Life Letters
@Saints Yeah but how much of a break though? If Nintendo priced Mario Kart at $70 rather than $80, and if we're being incredibly pessimistic and say World sells only a TENTH of what MK8 did, they'd still be leaving $60 million on the table.
And if World sells half of what MK8 sold (again, being pessimistic), they'd be leaving $300 mill on the table. That's too big of a "break" to be considered a good business decision imo.
Some of this comes down to basic economics. If customers are willing to pay $80, why not charge $80? Just to be nice? My econ teacher might've actually slapped me if I tried making that argument.
Re: Mailbox: Switch 2 Price Drops, Remake Replacements, Pokémon Acquisitions - Nintendo Life Letters
@arkanjo29 When I got my first job, I started putting $50 of my paycheck in savings every month. Some months I could only do $20, sometimes $10. But the point is, that's not that much money every month, and I've never not been able to afford a console since.
Switch 2 is the cheapest flagship console in this generation, so I dunno why everyone's saying it's all of a sudden prohibitively expensive. If you could afford a PS5, you could afford a Switch 2.
Re: Mailbox: Switch 2 Price Drops, Remake Replacements, Pokémon Acquisitions - Nintendo Life Letters
@Pat_trick For as long as I've been alive, there have been people less fortunate than me, including many billions who will NEVER play a Nintendo game in their lives.
It hasn't ever made me consider not buying a console or a game. I'm just grateful for what I'm able to afford and experience.