Nintendo is hosting one of its Nintendo Direct online events. This should be an opportunity for the manufacturer to increase the price of its games to 80 euros. A strategy increase at a convenient time.
After Sony and Microsoft, it would have been Nintendo’s turn. The successful Nintendo Switch maker is the last of the three that has yet to formalize a price increase for its games. The first rays point to an official increase that would take place today, on the occasion of the next Nintendo Direct.
As in the case of Xbox, Nintendo would have simply waited until a highly anticipated game was released.
80 euros for the next The Legend of Zelda?
A listing on Nintendo’s very official eShop in the United States, since it was removed, as well as the cessation of pre-orders at GameStop, Best Buy, and Amazon suggests that the asking price would have been underestimated by The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Nintendo’s next blockbuster, scheduled for release on May 12, 2023, would be the company’s first game to retail for $69.99 in the United States compared to the usual $59.99. . In France, this would translate into a price of 79.99 euros instead of 69.99 euros.
An announcement on the sidelines of the Nintendo Direct
The coincidence with the next Nintendo event seems too good. Precisely the manufacturer has announced one of its famous Nintendo Direct for this Wednesday, February 8 from 11:00 p.m. It would be an opportunity to discover the games that are expected for the first half of the year, including the famous upcoming Zelda game.
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If we can hardly imagine Nintendo formalizing the price of its new title during the event, we can at least expect a formal opening of pre-orders, which should allow us to confirm this new price list.
the right moment
It may surprise us to see that Nintendo hasn’t wanted to wait for its next-gen console to justify this price increase. In fact, the rest of the market has favored the switch to the PS5 generation to pass the pill, arguing in favor of increased development costs. It should be remembered that the price of 70 euros for a new big-budget game is a price that started when the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 was launched in 2007, more than 15 years ago.
Taking only the inflation rate into account, an updated price of 70 euros in 2023 should give close to 90 euros. And this is without taking into account the increase in development costs between a 2007 game and a 2023 game. However, the video game market has also been a market that has grown very rapidly since 2007 with many new revenue levers. . A Zelda game at the time didn’t offer DLC when the episode did. breath of the wild.
However, what determines the trade price of a game is also the price at which it can be successfully sold. Given the success of the previous episode and his game console, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom seems the ideal candidate to test a price rise. For its part, Microsoft has made this change tie in with the release of red dropalso planned for May, but this is the release of star field who should act as justice of the peace.
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