nintendo has always been shit in some ways, but super mario bros 3 and super mario world were around the same age when the wii released as both mario galaxies are now.
you could get those games on the wii eshop for like 5-10$ each
even with inflation, that’s a far cry from what nintendo charges now
They really should keep older released games at a lower price. The only time I think the argument for a justifiable price is in a case like Ocarina of Time DS, where they remade the game. Most of the time that isn’t the case.
It used to be a lot better. For the SNES they made a collection of all super Mario games (literally all up to that point) as a single game for the SNES “Super Mario All Stars +”.
I think the biggest issue with the Mario galaxy bundle, is they had released the “3D All stars collection” a couple years back (which got flack for not containing Super Mario Galaxy 2). So if you bought that game, you now have to pay $70 ($100 CAD) just for Galaxy 2 (Making the re-release of the game more expensive than the original).
Just for fun I ran the Mario 3 release price through the Bureau of Labor and Statistics inflation calculator and it came back with $127 today for what 50 bucks was worth in 1990.
I’m not saying $100 for Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 is good and correct but I will say I always find people wanking on about game prices to be a bit short sighted. Gamers are the most spoiled price point consumers on the planet.
im not talking about the original 1990 release tho, im talking about the 5$ 2007 rerelease on the wii
that’s 8$ today
you see how the value of “15 year old game” increased a bit, huh!
and sure, mario galaxy is a game with much more content than super mario bros 3, that’s not super fair. but it has about the same content as super mario 64, and that was 10$ on the wii. that’s 15-16$ now.
and also, both galaxy games were rereleased on the wii u for 20$ each around 2016… so. there’s that too.
in the grand scheme of things, the price of video games increasing doesn’t matter much when compared to housing or food, but that doesn’t make it any less ridiculous that nintendo’s charging that much for old games
nintendo has always been shit in some ways, but super mario bros 3 and super mario world were around the same age when the wii released as both mario galaxies are now.
you could get those games on the wii eshop for like 5-10$ each
even with inflation, that’s a far cry from what nintendo charges now
They really should keep older released games at a lower price. The only time I think the argument for a justifiable price is in a case like Ocarina of Time DS, where they remade the game. Most of the time that isn’t the case.
It used to be a lot better. For the SNES they made a collection of all super Mario games (literally all up to that point) as a single game for the SNES “Super Mario All Stars +”.
I think the biggest issue with the Mario galaxy bundle, is they had released the “3D All stars collection” a couple years back (which got flack for not containing Super Mario Galaxy 2). So if you bought that game, you now have to pay $70 ($100 CAD) just for Galaxy 2 (Making the re-release of the game more expensive than the original).
with the fairness that nintendo doesn’t deserve, you can also buy the games separately
so if you don’t want to pay 100$ for two old games, you can also pay 55$ for one old game 🥲👍
Just for fun I ran the Mario 3 release price through the Bureau of Labor and Statistics inflation calculator and it came back with $127 today for what 50 bucks was worth in 1990.
I’m not saying $100 for Mario Galaxy 1 and 2 is good and correct but I will say I always find people wanking on about game prices to be a bit short sighted. Gamers are the most spoiled price point consumers on the planet.
im not talking about the original 1990 release tho, im talking about the 5$ 2007 rerelease on the wii
that’s 8$ today
you see how the value of “15 year old game” increased a bit, huh!
and sure, mario galaxy is a game with much more content than super mario bros 3, that’s not super fair. but it has about the same content as super mario 64, and that was 10$ on the wii. that’s 15-16$ now.
and also, both galaxy games were rereleased on the wii u for 20$ each around 2016… so. there’s that too.
in the grand scheme of things, the price of video games increasing doesn’t matter much when compared to housing or food, but that doesn’t make it any less ridiculous that nintendo’s charging that much for old games
Agreed. I think they should have different pricing structures. There isn’t much real new effort going into placing old games onto new carts.