The Switch 2 Prices Wouldn't Sting So Much If Nintendo Games Ever Went On Sale

By 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Eric Switzer

Published Apr 19, 2025

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It sounds pretty impressive on its own that 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has sold nearly 70 million copies. But when you remember t💫hat virtually every single one of those copies sold for full price, it’s not just impressive, it’s practically unbelievable.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe released eight years ago this month, while the original Mario Kart 8 will celebrate its 11th birthday in May. All these years later, on the cusp of 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:a new Nintendo console release, with a brand new Mario Kart announced to go with it, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe still costꦏs $60. Nintendo will simply never reduce the price of its best-selling games.

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I’ve been thinking a lot about that while everyone has been getting so worked up over the price of the Switch 2. $450 is a lot compared to $350 you’d pay for a Switch OLED, but it’s pretty much in line with the PS5 and Xbox Series X at $400, and way cheaper than a PS5 Pro. $80 for 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Mario Kart World and $70 for 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Donkey Kong Bananza is also pretty shocking, but🍸 we’ve had $70 games for half a decade now, and d🥃eluxe editions of new games are routinely priced at $100 or more.

I’m not making excuses for Nintendo here, but the intensity of the backla⛎sh it's getting right now is interesting, and I think it has a lot to do with the fact that an $80 Mari🍸o Kart is still going to be $80 a decade from now, and there’s just no way to get around it.

The Price Is The Price

Artwork of the Koopalings over an image from Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.

I understand Nintendo’s strategy, even if, as a customer, I resent it. Through consistency, Nintendo has trained players to buy all of its games at full price right away rather than waiting for a sale. If you know 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Super Mario Odyssey is going to be $60 no matter what, there’s no point in waiting to buy it. Nintendo probably sells more games because they never go on sale.

Consider how different Ubisoft’s strategy is. It was one of the first publishers to price new games at $70 back in 2020, but we all know that if you just give it a few months, you’ll be able to snag 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:the most recent Assassin’s Creed or Far Cry f♏or half off, maybe even less. Ubisoft fans are conditioned to wait for a disco🎃unt rather than buy new games for full price because Ubisoft sales are inevitable.

Nintendo thinks discounting games devalues them, and when you look at Ubisoft, it’s easy to understand why. I would never pay $70 for an Assassin’s Creed game because to me, those are $30 games that I always buy around Christmas time. Is Super Marioꦐ Party Jamboree a better game than Star Wars Outlaws? I don’t know, but they came out around the same time last year and Outlaws is already marked down to $33, so it can’t be that go🐟od.

Please Sir, Spare A Coupon Code For A Weary Gamer

nintendo switch game vouchers. — via Nintendo

The best you’re ever going to get from Nintendo is one of those 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:2-for-$100 vouchers, but given the price hike for Switch 2 games, I wouldn’t expect to see a deal like that again. Maybe if you’re extremely lucky, you’ll find the occasional $10 discount on some of Nꦛintendo’s B-tier titles like Super Mario Maker 2 or Yoshi’s Crafted World, but even those deals are few and far between. I waited two years for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 to go down to $40 before I bought it, and guess what? It never happened. You’ll find that game on the eShop for $60 today, nearly six years after its initial launch and middling reviews.

Nintendo doesn’t have to stick to this strategy just because that’s what it's always done. The Switch 2 is an opportunity for growth and, dare I say it? A little bit of customer appreciation? The extreme backlash to the price of the new console makes me wonder if the Switch 2 is going to be as successful as Nintendo expects it to be - it certa🌸inlyꦚ won’t be as successful as the original Switch anyway.

Maybe Nintendo will find itself in a position where salജes and discounts are warranted, but probably not. If , I don’t have a lot of faith in Nintendo’s ability to read the room.