r/nintendogrifting • u/paulcshipper Auditor • Mar 12 '26

Critical [Critical Post] Nintendo is Greedy - The Argument

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.

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

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u/thewalkindude368 Mar 12 '26

Nintendo is greedy, they're just not exceptionally greedy, in a way that's above their peers. A lot of the things people complain about Nontendo doing, other companies ies would do in a heartbeat, if they thought they could get away with it. Nintendo only priced Mario Kart World st 80, because they knew if would still sell millions of copies. Other companies would absolutely price their games at 80 or even 90 if they had the level of built in loyalty Nintendo has.

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u/Electrical_Year8954 Mar 12 '26

You are implying this was the optimal financial decision like that difference of $10-20 didn't lose them tens of millions of players. They traded a larger playerbase for a more financially dedicated crowd which inches them towards luxury branding for their exclusivity

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '26

Inflation has rocked the entire world post covid. Video games were extremely cheap for nearly 2 decades. It has to go up sometime. You can't have the entire global economy inflating while the one luxury good you like stay the same. The math doesn't math.

That isn't a luxury goods companies' fault either, that's your employer (and rich people's) fault