[quote name='SaraAB']I really just don't think Nintendo games are that great to justify the price, all the other games drop in price but certain Nintendo games do not, we just saw a deal for Mario Kart Wii for $35, really that is a deal for a game that came out years ago? There are many other good games I can play for $10 or less and those games do not have frustrating rubberband AI. This is CAG after all, so I should be looking for the game I can get the most hours out of for the least amount of cost to me and those are not Mario games. Yes some Nintendo games do drop in price, but not all of them, its kind of hit or miss on that.
Especially since Nintendo puts rubberband AI in all their games, the games that are good like Pokemon and Animal crossing get their economy's ruined by hacking, and if you aren't a hacker no one wants to play with you, so the multiplayer is out. I don't see Nintendo doing anything about the hacking, except producing less Pokemon games. The DS Animal crossing was ruined by hacking, was an amazingly fun game otherwise. Pokemon is no fun when every single player has supercharged perfect IV pokemon, if you have anything less you don't even stand a chance so what is the point in playing when you have to use hacks? Try going into the battle tower in Pokemon, the AI trainer knows exactly which move you are going to make when, even if you have supercharged perfectly trained EV and IV trained Pokemon. I have tried it, you literately cannot win. If you are a normal trainer just playing the game and you use your Pokemon you went through the game with then forget it, you don't even stand one eon of a chance against another player in an online battle. The story mode of Pokemon only lasts so long, but yes its long and good while it lasts so there is still something good about Pokemon. Local players for these games are nonexistent especially at my age, and even if I was a kid, no one plays Pokemon in my area, everyone plays COD and Halo. Someone tried to set up a Pokemon league here, it failed quickly.
I would rather play Skyrim or Mass effect than Mario anyday, still can't get past the first level in NSMB Wii, don't really care, but I beat Mass Effect 1 no problem. Oblivion is no problem with the difficulty, haven't bought Skyrim yet because it will be a long time before I even get through Oblivion, by that time there will be a GOTY of Skyrim with all the DLC included.[/QUOTE]
I think your points on their terrible pricing structure are spot on. The fact is, they think of themselves as a premium brand and maybe they are but the way they stubbornly hold prices up reminds me of Apple. The difference is that Apple actually has sales to justify their behavior. They can easily sell 30 million iPhone in a 3 MONTHS (quarter) period. Nintendo will be lucky if the sell that many Wii U's in the next 3 YEARS. The fact is, the only way to get Nintendo games cheap is often to get lucky with a store clearancing them out like Sears selling Skyward Sword for $9.97 right now.