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[LonelyGreyWolf]

Do you own a Wii U? They do sales all the time on the eShop.

No no no no no. Do you know the definition of "sale"? And the definition of "all the time"?

 

[Penguin]

A 3DS VC sale would be pretty nice, actually.

Surprised we haven't heard anything about an 8-Bit Summer II

 

[farscape82]

Well here in Europe Ocarina of Time 3D was 50% off earlier this year.

 

[WrenchNinja]

Nintendo has sales on their eShop platform. That is the topic of the post. It isn't "why does'nt Nintendo drop the prices on their first party games"

There are what, 3 first party games that have been released?

I was asking you a specific question since you have a Wii U and you seemed to know. It's the topic of my post.

So what? We're seven months away from launch, I was curious if they ever incentivised buying their download versions with a sale. Guess not.

 

[clav]

No.

Nintendo needs to make money by keeping prices high.

Since most of their games are first party, why should they?

 

[Oersted]

So Nintendo hasnt had sales for their own retail titles then, huh.

Just one on 3DS plus the automatic sale for WiiU premium bundles.

A 3DS VC sale would be pretty nice, actually.

Didn´t they drop a couple of 3DS VC prices?

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Nintendo and Sales in the same sentence, lol

A few that come to mind:

Ongoing

A year ago

Just this past May.

Also in May

May again

Next week

 

[olimpia84]

They have sales all the time, I don't see why not.

 

[cacildo]

$4 a game gear game

$8 a SNES game.

Really, they need more than a sale.

 

[onipex]

Nintendo has been hosting sales on their eshop just about every month. Do you even own a Nintendo system?

The Amazon sales has Wii U and 3DS games on sale anyway so why would matter if the platform holder did the sale or not.

 

[PhoenixDawn]

I'm sure we'll see a few sales on the eShop for various titles, but I doubt Nintendo will cut the price on any of their main Wii U games (perhaps VC games I guess). They like to release their 1st party games at a set price and keep it at that price for an infinitely long time until they release a "greatest hits" version of it.

 

[GulAtiCa]

They had sales last year I think on the 3DS eShop. I can see them doing another set of sales on the Wii U/3DS eShop

 

[Gannd]

Nintendo has been hosting sales on their eshop just about every month. Do you even own a Nintendo system?

The Amazon sales has Wii U and 3DS games on sale anyway so why would matter if the platform holder did the sale or not.

Those sales don't matter because Nintendo isn't cutting the price of their games. Which they don't do because they do not release copious amounts of sequels on the same platform. New Super Mario Brothers U will stay $60 because they want everyone who buys a Wii U to purchase it. There won't be a New Super Mario Brothers U 2 released on the Wii U.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Well here in Europe Ocarina of Time 3D was 50% off earlier this year.

There was also that time when the Denpa Men was 20% off...except someone at NOE typed the wrong price in for the UK. Just 11% off for us.

That is why there isn't a sale. Its not like Steam where there is a magic button they push and the games all automatically change price. The prices have to be typed by hand into several different currencies.

 

[WrenchNinja]

Those sales don't matter because Nintendo isn't cutting the price of their games. Which they don't do because they do not release copious amounts of sequels on the same platform. New Super Mario Brothers U will stay $60 because they want everyone who buys a Wii U to purchase it. There won't be a New Super Mario Brothers U 2 released on the Wii U.

Usually when an expansion comes out, a sale of the original title happens.

I dont know why youre so bothered by me asking if Nintendo has ever had a sale of their own titles. I didnt say those other sales dont count, Jesus Christ.

 

[Leezard]

No no no no no. Do you know the definition of "sale"? And the definition of "all the time"?

Steam has sales all the time (weekend sales, daily deals, etc). Even if you are treating it literally, "sales all the time" does not mean that every single game has a permanent "temporary" price drop.

 

[thekonamicode]

They're launch games sure would be nice at around the $20 mark.

Summer Sale!

 

[fabricated backlash]

30% off Dillons Rolling Western as a launch special
Discounts on the Game Gear Lineup on the 3DS VC
Permanent price drops of digital Versions of Ubisoft games on the WiiU
Numerous sales on Digital titles on WiiU including Trine2, Chasing Aurora, Little Inferno, of up to 30%


Obviously no sales.

 

[PKrockin]

Summer Sale!

And another.

Not $20 though if that's your magic price point.

 

[zruben]

30% off Dillons Rolling Western as a launch special
Discounts on the Game Gear Lineup on the 3DS VC
Permanent price drops of digital Versions of Ubisoft games on the WiiU
Numerous sales on Digital titles on WiiU including Trine2, Chasing Aurora, Little Inferno, of up to 30%


Obviously no sales.

those doesn't count because... reasons...

 

[fabricated backlash]

those doesn't count because... reasons...

Probably because there are no games.

 

[PKrockin]

Probably because there are no games.

3DS has no games?

 

[NeoRausch]

uhhh...

people living in the past?

3DS and Wiiu eshop had really nice sale over the month.
get your shit straight GAF members!

edit:
that doesn't mean that standard stuff isn't overpriced

 

[Oersted]

Usually when an expansion comes out, a sale of the original title happens.

I dont know why youre so bothered by me asking if Nintendo has ever had a sale of their own titles. I didnt say those other sales dont count, Jesus Christ.

Like others pointed out, Pikmin 3 sale is incoming, including Wonderful 101 and Lego City Undercover.

 

[Shig]

Nintendo has sales every now and then, this is true.

But there's a world of difference between sales that mark $8 games down to $5 and the sales the OP mentioned.

 

[Pancakes R Us]

Guys, I saw this on Tony Cartridge the other day:

Notable deals and discounts:

Animal Crossing: New Leaf - $34.99, Buy
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D - $34.99 $28.72, Buy
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon - $39.99 $30.85, Buy
Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir - $39.99 $9.20, Buy
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - Soul Hackers - $39.99 $29.69, Buy
Style Savvy: Trendsetters - $39.99 $15.65, Buy
Super Mario 3D Land - $39.99 $29.65, Buy
Mario Kart 7 - $39.99 $30.12, Buy
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask - $39.99 $25.69, Buy
New Super Mario Bros. 2 - $39.99 $29.78, Buy
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D - $39.99 $29.96, Buy
Paper Mario: Sticker Star - $39.99 $29.34, Buy
The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia (Book) - $34.99 $20.99, Buy
Tiny Cartridge sticker pack (3DS/DS) - $5, Buy

Link: http://tinycartridge.com/releases

Looks like a numbe of 3DS retail downloads have been discounted. Or are going to be? I can't check right now, can someone check?

 

[bronson]

Well new 3DS games have been coming out at 34.99 price point instead of 39.99....thats something.

Nah they're back up to 40 with the new Mario + Luigi.

 

[Shig]

Guys, I saw this on Tony Cartridge the other day:

Notable deals and discounts:

Animal Crossing: New Leaf - $34.99, Buy
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D - $34.99 $28.72, Buy
Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon - $39.99 $30.85, Buy
Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir - $39.99 $9.20, Buy
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - Soul Hackers - $39.99 $29.69, Buy
Style Savvy: Trendsetters - $39.99 $15.65, Buy
Super Mario 3D Land - $39.99 $29.65, Buy
Mario Kart 7 - $39.99 $30.12, Buy
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask - $39.99 $25.69, Buy
New Super Mario Bros. 2 - $39.99 $29.78, Buy
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D - $39.99 $29.96, Buy
Paper Mario: Sticker Star - $39.99 $29.34, Buy
The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia (Book) - $34.99 $20.99, Buy
Tiny Cartridge sticker pack (3DS/DS) - $5, Buy

Link: http://tinycartridge.com/releases

Looks like a numbe of 3DS retail downloads have been discounted. Or are going to be? I can't check right now, can someone check?

Those are links to Amazon with their current prices there. Nothing to do with eShop pricing.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

A few that come to mind:

Ongoing

A year ago

Just this past May.

Also in May

May again

Next week

Most of those are laughable sales, merely promotions or things that are very common on steam and other sites (10% on new releases)

So thanks for confirming Nintendo sucks at sales.

 

[Mass Effect]

I'd just like them to do sales all across the 3DS VC. That would be good enough for me.

 

[-Horizon-]

3DS has no games?

Nintendoomed?

Spoiler

 

[Deleted member 125677]

Funny thing is they have eshop sales all the time, both on the 3DS and the Wii U, but I guess you wouldn't know that if you know jack about those systems.

And they announced summer launch sales yesterday on the japanese direct for Pikmin, W101 and Lego City U. Hopefully there'll be something of the sort in NA/EU as well?

 

[Jaded Alyx]

Most of those are laughable sales, merely promotions or things that are very common on steam and other sites (10% on new releases)

So thanks for confirming Nintendo sucks at sales.

The post I quoted implied that Nintendo has no sales. They do have sales. That's all my comment was meant to prove.

Secondly these are only Nintendo first party sales/deals that I posted. There are many more sales that happen on both eShops with other Publisher's software.

 

[dreamghost]

I have bought quite a few games on sale on the eshop on both 3ds/wiiu. It's not steam but it's a start. I hope they have a summer sale but if they dont then oh well.

 

[Silver_DNA]

Have they ever had a summer sale?

They had one last year.

 

[kswiston]

There are a number of 3DS retail titles on the eShop that I would consider getting if they went on sale for $10-20 off.

 

[LostAnkh]

To them, a sale only has around 4-5 items.

 

[Jotamide]

To them, a sale only has around 4-5 items.

And on the 3DS they're tops discounted by $3.

 

[LSauchelli]

I think they will, only because they're pushing digital. But I don't think they will see the level of success they hope until the account system debacle is solved.

 

[fabricated backlash]

And on the 3DS they're tops discounted by $3.

With the exception of Resident Evil Mercenaries, which is permanently reduced to 9.99€ from 40€
or Ghost Recon which also is permanently reduced to 19.99€ from 40...

 

[Jaded Alyx]

With the exception of Resident Evil Mercenaries, which is permanently reduced to 9.99€ from 40€
or Ghost Recon which also is permanently reduced to 19.99€ from 40...

Allow me *ahem*

Neither of those are Nintendo games. There.

I accept PayPal.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

The post I quoted implied that Nintendo has no sales. They do have sales. That's all my comment was meant to prove.

Secondly these are only Nintendo first party sales/deals that I posted. There are many more sales that happen on both eShops with other Publisher's software.

I thought he meant big sales, like Summer sales or the recent GOG sales, I mean when you put into sale more than a bunch of games. Wii U catalogue is small, but 3DS has quite a bunch of titles and we never saw more than a few games at most.

 

[Interceptor]

those doesn't count because... reasons...

Most of those are laughable sales, merely promotions or things that are very common on steam and other sites (10% on new releases)

So thanks for confirming Nintendo sucks at sales.

Expected.



As already mentioned, they do sales all the time. On top of that i have 10% off on all my digital purchases. And additionaly Nintendo is the only company providing retail download tickets - so even your local store could do a "sale" in the eshop. Magic.

But i guess these don´t count as well.

 

[The Boat]

The amount of people with their heads buried in the sand and moving goal posts here is absolutely ridiculous.

 

[Stumpokapow]

The amount of people with their heads buried in the sand and moving goal posts here is absolutely ridiculous.

Where's the goalpost moving?

DS/Wii era Nintendo: We don't believe in sales

3DS/Wii U era Nintendo: We believe in letting partners put things on sale, and we'll occasionally put our own things on sale but typically 30-50% is about the highest we want to go for a discount. We don't believe in store-wide massive sales, nor do we think sales should be events organized by us or promoted by us--on the Wii U side this is at least partially because there's not enough content yet, but still not much room on discounting full-game retail titles.

PSN/360 era competitors: We believe in weekly sales organized and promoted by us, discounts 30-75% but primarily on the lower end, we aggressively discount our own stuff or give it away for free.

PC standard (Steam, GOG, Amazon, Origin, GMG, whatever): Pre-order discounts, including massive discounts like paying $35 for a $50/60 game before release, daily sales and weekly sales of 50-75%+, publisher events with whole catalogue discounts, and frequent sale events where everything on the store goes on deep discount 50-75% or more, aggressive bundling of titles to get prices even lower, insofar as Valve is a platform owner they are very aggressive with discounting their own content.

Nintendo has clearly improved. They're also clearly not where everyone else is. Maybe they'll get there. Maybe they won't. But they aren't there now. People who pay close attention to them admit this. People who don't pay close attention to them are not going to magically be aware that they've shifted from the first category to the second category. The better they get, the more coverage they'll get for getting better, and the more people will know. It's hardly head-buried-in-sand for someone to not have picked up on it yet.