The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be Nintendo’s first $70 game, but it doesn’t sound like it’s going to have much company any time soon. Rather than being a game changer for future premium Switch games, the publisher says the $70 price point will be reserved for certain titles.
“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 RemasteredShadow Droped during this week’s Nitnendo Direct costs just $40 (although some fans had previously hoped the entire trilogy would be available as part of a single $60 collection).
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 pointa move Sony has taken for its first-party releases back when the PS5 first debuted. Microsoft, who bucked this trend early in the Xbox Series X/S life cycle, also announced upcoming price increases late last year. While Halo infinity And ForzaHorizon 5 Were both $60 redfall And starfield will both be $70.
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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.
