TheLegendofZeldaTearsoftheKingdom costs $70, but Nintendo tells Digital Trends it will decide game pricing on a case-by-case basis in the future.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will be Nintendo’s first Switch game to be priced at $70. News that Tears of the Kingdom, a sequel to one of the bestselling and most critically acclaimed titles on the system, will have an increased price compared to its predecessor came as a surprise over three-and-a-half years after its announcement.
Related The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Official Trailer #2 To get more insight into the price shift, I spoke to Omdia Principal Analyst George Jijiashvili, who explains what has caused the price of games to go up in recent years and how Tears of the Kingdom demonstrates that Nintendo will “remain flexible about first-party title pricing.
“If you are going to make a game $70, it’s going to be the follow-up to one of your most critically acclaimed and bestselling games ever,” Jijiashvili tells Digital Trends. “I don’t think that this means that $70 will become the standard price for all major Nintendo releases. It’s worth noting that Metroid Prime Remastered is priced at $40. It’s clear that Nintendo will remain flexible about first-party title pricing.
“The games industry has already been experiencing a lot of inflationary pressure,” he explains. “AAA games are much more expensive to make now than they used to be, but prices have actually been declining in inflation-adjusted terms — if prices had risen with inflation since 1990, they would now be over $90. On top of that, we’ve had a big burst of general inflation, meaning that publishers are looking at big increases in everything from salaries to tools.
The price of inflation After years of being able to resist increasing Switch game prices, Nintendo finally decided to sell a Switch game for $70. Although Nintendo claims it’s not as monumental of a shift as it may seem at first glance, it will still be a key point of discussion around Tears of the Kingdom and one of the things the Breath of the Wild sequel will be remembered for. Will it have any negative impact on game sales? Jijiashvili doesn’t think so.
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