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[DeuceGamer]

Oh, I get it and I often wait myself.
But surely you'd prefer to have discounts on the Nintendo games you don't pick up immediately vs paying full price 6 months later?

Sure, I would love to get games cheaper. On the flip side though I also don't want to pick up a game and see it in the discount bin the next week.

I guess I see it both ways and I feel like in terms of sales, it works differently for different publishers. I do have concerns that conditioning consumers to expect price drops is not healthy for the industry.

 

[nampad]

Meanwhile, at Nintendo.

Nintendo's fans will buy their games regardless of discounts or not, even years after release. Their fanbase is trained to accept that.

 

[Scrawnton]

Nintendo's fans will buy their games regardless of discounts or not, even years after release. Their fanbase is trained to accept that.

And because of this, I’m more likely to buy a Nintendo game at launch because I know it won’t drop any time soon if ever.

 

[Deleted member 284]

The earlier poster pointed out Nintendo's relative lack of discounts in the eshop in their post. They are correct.

Nobody asked about why Nintendo is in position to keep their prices at original levels because it's not hard to understand why:
-If you want Nintendo characters/franchises/Nintendo "magic" there is no actual alternative

Respectfully, this is a thread where EEDAR is advising publishers when and why they should lower prices in order to improve sales. Nintendo was brought up. You brought up the consumer side.