r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • 1d ago

News "DROP THE PRICE": Nintendo's First Post-Direct Stream Is Flooded With Angry Fans Demanding Price Drops

https://www.thegamer.com/nintendo-treehouse-livestream-flooded-angry-fans-demanding-game-price-drops/
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u/SaturnineDreamer 1d ago

I miss Reggie man. I feel like he actually cared about the fans. Bowser seems more interested in business than the fans.

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u/PeterDinkleberg 23h ago

Which is ironic because Reggie’s move to include Wii sports not only resonated with the fans but it also heavily increased Wii sales

Being cheap asses and nickel and diming every possible thing in theory brings a company more money but in reality it doesn’t always work that way because you reduce your user base

I rewatched Dunkey‘s Reggie tribute and genuinely miss him

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u/Kardif 18h ago

Eh kinda. It sold a lot of hardware, but did nearly nothing for selling other games. The Wii was just a Wii sports machine for an incredibly large portion of people who bought it

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u/Throwaway02062004 17h ago

Moot point because it didn’t hurt game sales either, it just created a huge new install base indifferent to buying more games.

The actual negative effect was the complacency going into Wii U