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But the value that the customer can extract from the game is almost the same whether they got the Wii or Switch version. It doesn't make sense to charge double
by shawnz 10y ago
But the value that the customer can extract from the game is almost the same whether they got the Wii or Switch version. It doesn't make sense to charge double the price for two different licenses when the value gained by being able to use either console is small.
- pjmlp 10y agoWhy not, most likely they weren't even written by the same developers, who pays the salaries of the Zelda Switch team, when one adopts take two pay one?
- shawnz 10y agoWho pays the salaries of the Zelda Wii team? The publisher, obviously, who also published Zelda for Switch. It's true Nintendo had to spend effort creating a port of Zelda. But they didn't do it for the sake of customers who have both consoles. They did it for the sake of customers who only have a Switch. For customers that have both consoles, the effort of porting the game was already wasted. So they are not losing value by offering those customers a new license, except the minor value gained by being able to use either console and having access to any minor improvements in the newer edition of the game. That is not worth the price of the full game.