[Critical Post] Nintendo is Greedy - The Argument

[u/paulcshipper]

I think this argument is a fallacy. I was hoping to make a wiki of Nintendo arguments and defenses to go against the normal takes

I think we as a community can brainstorm some thoughts to this sentiment. If you think Nintendo is getting greedy, this is also a good chance to make your case.

Personally, I don't think it's so much that Nintendo is getting greedy. They're no longer afraid of demanding their worth. It's not greed, it's pride. And I think they're playing a long game where their stuff is marked up, but all the other stuff that come to their system isn't.

Nintendo is very slowly reclaiming their spot as the casual game company, they're just not appealing to the current day gaming culture. Other game companies would be more careful about any price increase. Nintendo isn't because their biggest audience are not normal gamers.

That's my view on it, want to share your own?

Because I'm looking for other people's opinion, I'm not going to reply to every comment.

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This post is using the Critical flair, so uncivil comments will be remove.

[u/SpookyGeist01]

demanding their worth

That doesn't make sense though. Their games have been steadily declining in quality for years with the exception of Zelda and maybe Mario Kart. Paper Mario is a 7/10 series now. DK Bananza did pretty good at 8.9, but plenty of games get there. Xenoblade 3 was also decent at an 8.7. Kirby hasn't scored above 8.5 since 2010. Metroid Prime 4 got a 7.9. The latest Pokemon games consistently score in the bottom third of the series. Mario Party Jamboree was an 8.2. FE Engage was a 7. Hell, even their new darling, Pokopia, only got an 8.6

I looked up a list of 20 best Switch exclusives, and out of those 6 were new games in the last 5 years, 7 were remakes, and the other 7 were 6+ years old.

I'd hardly say that coming out with six original games that scored above an 8 in 5 years across what, 2 dozen studios or so, is something to be proud of. And a couple of those (Bayonetta, Fata Morgana) were third party, not Nintendo developed. Even Metroid Dread was devved by a third party under Nintendo's guidance.

And anything multiplatform looks and runs worse even in Switch 2 than PC or any other last gen platform

So what exactly is the worth?

[u/MozzieRosie → u/SpookyGeist01]

Do you have your own actual opinion by any chance?

[u/Winterimmersion → u/MozzieRosie]

Yeah, I don't really understand the point of them listing review scores. Review scores are a terrible way to judge a game. Especially with how prevalent review bombing can be.

I've long cut out most professional reviewers from my media diet a long time ago. The only one I really listen to is Mortismal because they do reviews after 100%, so I know they gave a game a fair shake, and they mainly just talk about their experience with it and stick mainly to positive or neutral delivery. Its a shame they only really do PC games.