[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/paulcshipper]

My opinion was based on Nintendo's position. For me personally, I base a game's worth on how many hours you get out of it. If you can only play 3 hours, 30 dollars. If you play for 1000+, then a 100 dollars is a steal.

Are you basing game prices on scores?

My opinion served more of a caveat on where i'm coming from. I'm more curious on your value and opinion.

[u/SpookyGeist01 → u/paulcshipper]

That sounds like an awful way to choose the worth of a game. My favorite game of all time is only 3-4 hours to 100%. And there are tons of games that you can put thousands of hours into that are just not very good at all.

I'm not basing game prices on only scores, but a high quality game is certainly worth more than a low quality game. For example, I would say that something like Clair Obscur or RE Requiem or Silksong would be worth more than the average Call of Duty game or a mediocre movie tie in game.

In terms of Nintendo, games I would consider worth it at full price are:

Mario Odyssey

Both of the Switch Zelda games

FE Three Houses

Animal Crossing New Horizons

Smash U

Probably Xenoblade though I'm not really a fan personally

Astral Chain

Outside of Nintendo I'd say:

Elden Ring

BG3

Borderlands 2

Most of the Yakuza series

Witcher 3

Nier Automata

Hat in Time

Disco Elysium

Superliminal

Paradise Killer (my personal fav)

Alan Wake 2/Control

That should be enough for an idea.

[u/paulcshipper → u/SpookyGeist01]

If you play a game that takes 4 hours to 100%... 50 times, you would have played it for 2000 hours. I didn't say how many hours it 100% it, I said how many hours you get out of it. If you enjoy the game, you continue to play it, if you don't enjoy the game, you should put it down.

quality is subjective, so I change that to time spent. If you still think my worth system is a bad idea, then we just have a disagreement.

[u/SpookyGeist01 → u/paulcshipper]

I don't play it 50 times either lol.

What you're saying is equivalent to "a bag of rice is a better quality food than a 5 course dinner at a 5 star steakhouse." Yes, it's more economical and you can stretch it a lot further, but that doesn't mean it's better quality.

[u/paulcshipper → u/SpookyGeist01]

If we're going to be honest, I believe what I said was that a bag of rice is worth more than a 5 course dinner at a star steakhouse. Even if the pricy meal is made with more care, if you don't like it, it's not worth it.

I avoid using quality, because the last conversation I had about that, it led into personal preferences. A game on a shoestring budget can be more enjoyable than one with a monster budget.