Propaganda: You Shouldn't buy a Switch now
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Yeah Nintendo games tend to hold their value. Best bet for a discount is to buy used a little bit after release. For FE awakening I ended up paying full price used with no case.
I wouldn't even call it holding value. Its entirely inflated by Nintendo's staunch refusal to discount anything, which means secondary markets never lower the price beyond a token handful of dollars.
Of course this then gives the future market an absurd idea of what a game's value actually is, well above anything in reality. Especially as Nintendo games are probably the easiest of all consoles ever to emulate.
If Nintendo can get away with not lowering their prices it is exactly that. I mean, as you said these games even have high prices on the secondary market. This wouldn't happen if people weren't ready to pay these prices.
Also: They have every right to demand any amount of money they deem reasonable. It's up to the customer to accept the proposal. As I always say: I will never blame the one that asks for ridiculous amounts of money for worthless garbage.
I think we are using two different definitions of value. I am talking about intrinsic value, as in the game is worth that dollar amount. Whereas you are using just raw dollar amount as the value.
And you decide what the game is worth?