Super Mario 35, All-Stars Discontinuation is Nintendo Logic at its Worst

Nintendo makes great games, some of the best in fact. However, one shouldn't think that Nintendo is their friend just because the company makes excellent games. Nintendo is just like every other large game company out there, and their logic is based firmly upon what's best for Nintendo, not their customers.

[IMissJimRyan]

Why? Nintendo is a capitalist company, its only objective is to make money. If they please their costumers it is just a desireble side effect.

FOMO is powerful tool and Nintendo knows it works with fragile collectors mind.

The flaw is in the people that thinks they are the focal point. You can scream, write articles and do anything, while the gamer mob is buying 10+ million of emulated games for $60 within 6 months no capitalist is going to stop doing that.

[XbladeTeddy]

"FOMO is powerful tool". Yes, only to the weak-minded fool

[IMissJimRyan]

I can agree with you. But more than 10 million people is a lot.

[Neonridr]

yes but if the game was still for sale, more and more new Switch owners would buy it. It's not like they are pulling Mario Kart 8 off shelves, because people continue to buy it. So if their objective was to make money, they would keep selling everything.

[CrimsonWing69]

Um, I don’t think you understand the synergy between a company that provides a product to the consumer and the consumers that keep the company alive.

Pleasing their customers is what keeps Nintendo afloat.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with consumers being vocal about a particular practice a company is doing in order to let them know it isn’t something they want continued.

Loot boxes make billions, yet I don’t shrug my shoulders and say, “c’est la vie!” Some games are gutted and developed cookie-cutter-like to cater to making the game suck as much money out of a consumer as humanly possible.

I don’t want future games to be like that and you actually have foreign governments banning loot boxes and making the change.

My point in all this is regardless of how well something sells that doesn’t mean it’s right. I don’t like this FOMO approach Nintendo is taking and it sets a scary precedent for other companies to follow. I can’t buy every game Day 1or 3 months later. I actually wait for Black Friday to get a bunch of games, but Mario 3D All-Stars didn’t make it that far.

So, yes, companies are there to make money, but it’s us consumers that keep that company alive. Since we’re the ones that keep it alive I think it’s fair to voice opinions on what we like from them and what we don’t. And I ain’t liking this FOMO release approach they’re doing.

[Darkegg]

Nintendo makes the best games period. But yes they make a lot of anticonsumer decisions. Because Nintendo is run by the 80s mentality where games were equivalent to $90 (inflation index). Adoption of newer technology has been their biggest challenge. The biggest malpractice as far as I'm concerned is tying games to hardware rather than cloud. So consumers being forced to rebuy titles is most egregious. Right next to treating consumers as piracy criminals who want to transfer to another system consoles. I understand the need to keep some form of control but Nintendo could use an attitude adjustment as far as being consumer friendly. But they are the best 1st party designers to date with highest output per employee.

[ManMarmalade]

I think you missed the mark a bit. I was agreeing with you till a certain point lol

[Smok91]

Oh we hate capitalism today eh? Lmao

[ManMarmalade]

We hate that nintendo releases sub-par remasters, charge full price, and then discontinue the product which causes the value of the game to rise over time. Nintendo only cares about themselves in the end. Removing the virtual console and having terrible online services are the other big issues, with online service being an ongoing issue for several years.

[Smok91]

Why change when the demand remains where it is? I guess I don’t complain much about products I don’t like. I just don’t buy things I don’t like.

[IMissJimRyan]

I do.

[Pricey]

Then you don't know what it is

[CrimsonWing69]

I think we hate corporate greed...

I don’t think a single person in here is against giving Nintendo money, just sayin’. It’s just, we’d like to actually be able to buy a product and not be forced to purchase it immediately for fear of missing out.

[IMissJimRyan]

I do because I know. Only those who have capital or who do not understand what it is like capitalism.

[HeliosHex]

Only Nintendo knows why Nintendo does what Nintendo intended.

[ManMarmalade]

It be like that sometimes

[MetroidFREAK21]

I love Nintendo... but man they have some dumbass business practices

[Neonridr]

It's like they don't want free money. You got me. There is zero logic behind this move.

[Duke19]

Fanboys are absurd. Defending these huge software companies AT THE EXPENSE of the consumer.

It’s more scummy practices from game companies that only restrict options to buyers

[TakeTori]

No, it isn't bad logic. It made them a lot of money. It's anti-consumer as heck, and it shouldn't be happening, but people jumped on the band-wagon because of FOMO. It's evil, but effective for them. I don't even own a Switch and I considered buying the collection because of FOMO, because I might get a Switch someday and it seemed like a nice game collection to have. Glad I didn't. If you want Nintendo to stop doing this, don't buy games like these that are only available for a limited time. But saying this is like shouting into the wind. While "vote with your wallet" is sound advice, it's advice that most people don't abide by, sadly.

[whitbyfox]

You people don’t realise that Nintendo are purely a gaming business.

They don’t have the billions that Microsoft and Sony do in other areas, it’s purely games.

That’s why they make the best games too.

Think about it.

[iggsta3o5]

This is not an issue of Capitalism its an issue of consumers not acting in their own self interest. Capitalism requires that consumers act rationally and when companies misbehave they would be punished with boycotts. The problem lies with the consumer no longer caring enough to actively punish corporate greed. This is why Disney can get away with celebrating an authoritarian government that actively commits genocide against Uyghurs, or Nintendo pulling this crap, or loot boxes and rehashed games like in Madden and Fifa

[Gameseeker_Frampt]

"Nintendo would never create artificial supply. They are a business out to make money." The classic Nintendo fanboy excuse really hasn't aged well.