>"You're only complaining about Nintendo because their decisions don't suit you!"
>Omits the part of the paragraph you quoted where I'm exclusively talking about the bigger picture
>Ignores the people defending Nintendo because they're Nintendo and Nintendo is a sensitive child with feelings that must be protected
Oh girl, here we go.
Dude, MK8DX would "suit me" at €20, max, and that's without trading against it. I'm suggesting it be €40-€45, which is more reasonable than the price they are charging and would most likely make them a larger profit because this game was very low budget.
I'm not upset that I can't get MK8DX. I could get it if I really wanted and chances are I'll get it down the line, maybe when I have excess cash or it goes on sale somehow. Hell, if I wanted, I could sell my Wii U copy and pirate the Wii U game to still have access to it if I really wanted to. Much of the new content is of little significance for me too, so really it's impossible for them to sell this at a price that completely suits me in it's current state as a result, I'm acknowledging that. Going by what suits me - I main Rosalina and might play as Link every now and then (and I have the DLC on Wii U), so I don't care about the addition of Koopa Kid #8, "please buy Splatoon 2" the character (I mean I plan to already), and a fifth Mario. Don't play as Mii all that often and when I do, I already have plenty of Mii costumes and the new Splatoon one doesn't even look like something from Splatoon. Battle Mode is nice but it should have been this way in the initial release like every other Mario Kart. And I don't need the mode where the game plays itself. And there is no guarantee I will have people to play with regularly (I didn't on Wii U). So yeah, being transparent - even at the price I'm suggesting, I wouldn't pick it up so soon. But it would have been a better business move at that price.
>Claims I ignored the bigger picture
>Spends an entire paragraph proving my point
The one point you made, that the game was very low budget, I can't currently correlate. Kind of wish they released development costs for video games the same way they do movies; it'd make this kind of statement much easier to clarify.
What we can assume is that: at least some of the MK8 team was involved, and the familiarity probably helped development, although the minimum 19 month gap in development makes it unlikely they were able to get the entire original team involved; the Wii U iteration of MK8 pushed the Wii U to its limits but presumably the Switch handles it with better margins, so there may have been less need for optimization, if it wasn't used to enhance the graphics; and new additions to the game primarily came in the form of quality of life upgrades, although new items, the ability to hold two items, and an overhaul of Battle Mode were all part of these.
I'm willing to concede the possibility that MK8D cost them a great deal less than did MK8. I'd even wager you might well be right that at €40-€45 they may still be able to make a profit. I just like my accusations to have more numbers behind them.
Numbers like their current stock prices, which I linked. Like their fiscal year earnings release,
set to release tomorrow. Numbers that show how they're doing as a company.
You want to talk about a big picture, that's fine. Here's another way to look at that picture: if you're going to make someone pay full price for a game,
having it jump its Metacritic six points to a 94 shows they actually gave a damn about the product they're having you buy, and therefore people who
do purchase it should be happy with their purchase,
at once drawing certain crowds who may not have been enticed by the Wii U or BotW into their ecosystem, rewarding relatively early adopters, and garnering goodwill and repeat business.
And for those who might be concerned on the price, there was a sale on the game
literally yesterday and there will be more, so pick it up when the price is right
. And price drops and deals garner further goodwill. You could argue that they don't
need them in the same way as above noted, but I already broke down their price for you, and at least by comparison to MK8 it's fair.
Great games are what people care about at the end of the day. Period. And the game is great. Period. And it didn't hurt their financials. Period. Therefore there is no misstep. Period. Could it have been better? Sure. They could have sweetened the pot with additional characters, tracks, modes, or karts. But they didn't
need to
. It was already fair. Whether they sell you or not, or ever will.
That's your big picture.
In the meantime, general consensus is that for people who currently own it on Wii U, it may not be enough to jump ship, but for the rest of us, it's worth every penny. So 8.26 million people, including you, have a question on their hands.
Meanwhile I do not, and will be purchasing the game.
Oh and one more thing:
And you are very easy to please if you think that content is worth $20. Most of it is, by your own words, "flicking a switch".
Bull****.
Battle mode is a full mechanical rework, even if the assets are essentially unchanged. New characters and karts requires new geometry assets and animations for everyone not named Gold Mario, and balance testing for the lot. Any optimization is a massive pain in the ****, and at least some would've been necessary to jack the 720p up to 1080p, more than just throwing it on a more powerful system.
I'm not gonna knock their work just because they polished things. It's at least the equivalent of another DLC pack, even if it could be noted as a smaller one due to the lack of tracks (I'd disgree, but sake of argument). So let's call it DLC Pack 3. DLC packs on MK8 ran $9.99 apiece or $12.99 for the bundle. I'd price this
very fairly at an additional $4.99-$6.99 for the DLC and increase the full bundle to probably $15.99.
I already broke down that MK8D is consistent pricing with MK8 plus all DLC. Now you're telling me they're adding free **** on top of that, and it's not a good deal.
Again, for you this may be correct. Me, I'm sold. We can agree to disagree if you'd like.
