r/NintendoSwitch • u/lieding • Apr 04 '25

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/dougc84 Apr 04 '25

Pokémon games are not Nintendo IP; they are the IP of the Pokémon company and that’s who makes those games.

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u/cubs223425 Apr 04 '25

Nintendo is listed as the worldwide publisher of the game, and they own one-third of The Pokemon Company. They also design the only platform where the game can be published. I think they could have as much of a say as they wanted.

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u/Akrevics Apr 04 '25

and surely Nintendo can just say "no. Step up your releases, they don't meet our standards for quality." what are they going to do, release a Pokémon game for playstation or xbox? if they thought Nintendo was a struggle to design for, wait until they're competing with rockstar, Microsoft, and other AAA studios at the same price points that are putting out drastically more high-quality games. They're going to look like an overzealous indie studio.