Update: It should be mentioned that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is eligible for the Nintendo Switch Online voucher scheme, bringing the price down. Thanks, CFG.
One unfortunate downside to today’s Nintendo Direct news is that, sadly, it has been officially confirmed that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be $70. Game Informer wanted to get more information on the reasoning for this, so they reached out to Nintendo.
Nintendo has responded to GameStop, saying that the new Zelda game is $70 because “we determine the suggested retail price for any Nintendo product on a case-by-case basis”. As for whether this will be the trend for their games going forward, they confirmed that it won’t be, and repeated that “we determine the suggested retail price for any Nintendo product on a case-by-case basis.
Thank God.
Thank goodness you finally said something it’s always rare when you respond lol 😆.
This is how it starts…
I’m very glad they didn’t went through the 70$ price point for there gaming product because that would be a unethical decision for them to make for the console market. At least now people will pray and breathe that Nintendo didn’t go through this.
I mean, I want games to stay cheap too but we honestly have been spoiled. The price of buying video games has stayed relatively the same despite inflation and higher production costs.
I’d actually be fine if prices were raised across the board if it got rid of f2p, subscriptions, etc and went back into making complete games.
Same here. I want them to stick to the cheapest price point for there Nintendo Switch games and for there upcoming future titles. I like games to be cheap as 40 to 60$. 70$ is not the best taste to fit in my budget honestly and I know people who has been a longtime Nintendo fan feel the same way. I mean, Nintendo sure trying to make us spoiled for that kind of price.
Well Free to play isn’t going away and they are still going to raise the prices.
Breath of the wild sold 25 million copies (or something like that) I think they could have stuck to 60$ dollars for the price of the sequel
Except in the 90s there was like 400k gamers and now there are almost 4billion gamers. Nothing expands consumer base that fast. This is why it has stayed as dl cheap and honestly there is no reason to raise the price now.
Why don’t you compare the staff sizes of games made in the 90s vs today.
That still doesn’t answer why TOTK is being sold at such a high price.
BOTW wasn’t $70 when it came out, so I don’t see what makes TOTK need such a high price.
Possibly because the eShop listing confirms it’ll be on a 32GB cartridge, as it’s listed at 18.1 GB. Those things are still supposed to be really pricey
I’d pay up to £100 for this game! 😁 At this point in time it matters little to me.
You’re an example of why companies can get away with making anti-consumer decisions.
Hey, I noticed that Tears of the Kingdom is on the list of eligible digital voucher games. Since you can buy 2 vouchers for $100, you can save $20 if you use one on TOTK
You’re an example of why companies can get away with making anti-consumser decisions.
You’re an example of someone who’d trade their body parts for a Nintendo game, apparently.
I don’t believe you.
@SazerLite
I’m not sure if you’re replying to me or just commenting on the article, but I’ll post the link just in case.
https://www.nintendo.com/store/products/nintendo-switch-game-vouchers/
A lot of the games shown today are on there. I’m kinda surprised. I figured the voucher program was only going to be for older Switch games.
No the voucher will work but most people will want Zelda physically like me.
I was replying to the article.
I don’t believe Nintendo when they say this won’t be a trend going forward.
70 DOLLARS?!?! Get out of here.
Buy the vouchers and then you only have to pay 50. I bought them and then pre-ordered Pikmin and Zelda.
And people think retro collecting is too expensive.
Nintendo is the only company that offers vouchers or discounts on their new games now. That alone puts them ahead of everyone. They realize a digital game is not worth as much as a physical one.