Try replying to my post instead of a strawman.
The rest of your point was:
- GTA V goes on sale more often than MK8
- GTA V goes on sale for 50% off vs. MK8's 30%
When Nintendo said that they would no longer do price drops like they used to - and let's be frank, they've never gone to the levels of price drop extremity that we see with other companies - that decision did not do any good for fans. Not only did it mean that the games would never become cheaper until they decided to reinstate Player's Choice, it ultimately resulted in a drought, partly due to a lack of localization.
I mean, citation needed? I don't think Nintendo failing to do discounts had anything to do with their decisions to localize anything. Those decisions were based on a perceived lack of demand for certain titles.
Not only that, but plenty of games became cheaper despite never getting Player's Choice releases. (Hint: they were the ones that didn't have a lot of demand.)
Also, are you suggesting that GTAV represents a race-to-the-bottom shitfest, since that's the comparison being drawn?
By "race-to-the-bottom shitfest," I mean the expectation for deep discounts comes with a mentality ingrained by publishers and platform holders that games will be sold for a small fraction of the original price down the line. But this ultimately hurts the long-term value of games, which leads to the industry finding more ways to extract dollars from consumers, be it DLC, microtransactions, expensive GOTY editions, subscription fees, annual sequels, etc.
This isn't a condemnation of GTAV, but the way this behavior has influenced purchasing habits and pricing schemes and led to (IMO) games becoming more "industry" and less "game."
I'm happy to pay lots of money for a product that's reliably good. I'm less happy to pay money for a product that's put out with the expectation that it'll snap up lots of money from early adopters, then sell for $20 in six months. These are the experiences that have burned me the most. I have better luck buying games I know will be worth full price, or waiting 5-7 years like I did for most of PS3's library.