“We set the suggested retail price for each Nintendo product on a case-by-case basis,” a company spokesman said told game informant in an opinion. When asked if this was part of a new trend for Switch games, Nintendo simply replied, “No.”
Pikmin 4 is a clear example of this. Set it to start after Tears of the Kingdom On July 21, it will be offered again at the standard price of $60. In the meantime, Metroid Prime Remastered
When Nintendo first broke the news of a $70 price tag zelda slip in an early update of the pre-order pages, some balked. On the one hand, it runs on the same hardware as that breath of the wild six years ago, which is what publishers usually point to to justify price increases. On the other hand, it would probably be better if companies experimented more with pricing rather than trying to make it up to the backend with tons of paid DLC, season passes, and expansions.
Nintendo is hardly alone in its search for higher prices, especially as many countries face record inflation. Current gen versions of most games recently hit the $70 price point
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Time will tell if Nintendo decides to take a similar stance when the Switch 2, or whatever its successor is called, is announced in the years to come. For now, however, it sounds like it The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be the exception rather than the rule.
