In todayās exciting episode of Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter Cupids_Hitman waits and waits for prices on first-party Nintendo games to drop, but they never do.
Whatās up with the pricing of Wii games? My family got a Wii this past Christmas, and so Iāve been looking to play some 1st party Nintendo games, but theyāre insanely overpriced. Super Smash Bros. Brawl came out three years ago and a copy of the game is an average of $45. Super Mario Galaxy, which came out about three and a half years ago, is $40. Twilight Princess, which came out four and a half years ago, is $40 dollars. Iām guessing the demand is still fairly high for these games, and so the best idea that I can come up with is that Nintendo is keeping the supply limited in order to jack up the prices, but why? These games have been out forever. Why canāt they let the people who waited this long and still want a copy their game buy it without paying nearly full price? Iām a broke college student. I donāt have the money to buy games new, so I usually wait until the price drops, but with Nintendo, that NEVER happens. Itās quite frustrating.
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