Saw these two games on sale on Amazon (though they are frequently on this price) -
CamelCamelCamel.
Could be because of the new tracks they have announced
Which come at an additional cost.
and here I was thinking it was likely on sale because of the new dlc announcement. Nintendo never drop their prices. It's been that way for decades
MK8 is on sale on the eshop at the moment
@soxinthebox: They do have the odd sale. A permanent reductions rare but. Even then on sale most of their titles will be over $50.
Mario Kart essentially never has more than 1 mainstream release per a console generation too so Nintendo doesn’t generally have to price older releases against a new version on the same hardware.
Was just thinking same. Must hold the record for staying at full price for so long. Has it been out 10 years yet? I had it and finished it on Wii U and refused to pay for it again thinking Kart 9 might eventually drop. Alas … No
pokemon games look to be $10 off each aswell
What's the cheapest price MK8 has ever been?
Not sure i trust the physical pricing history on there since every game i selected had the same low of $49 for physical
I got it for 49, it was in a lightning deal on Prime Day.
That's how most of those prices come about.
@HolyFosh: That makes sense then wonder when the next flash sale would occur. At $49 you could essentially resell for what you paid for the game in most cases
@Kamppinator: There was no $49 deal over the Black Friday/Cyber monday/prime day sale last year as i was watching a few games on amazon. Prices seem to be staying at $58 or so last year for any sale. I didn't end up buying any as i still have a backlog of games to play. It might be the global trend that everything is more expensive these days.
Amazon used to match Eshops digital pricing about 2 or 3 years ago, surprising they won't match the 54
Where all the people that bought it on Eshop for $5 less ?
I hope you enjoy your 0 resell value hehe :)
Also there are no refunds on eshop purchases.
If you get a dud game you're stuck with it.
Its Mario Kart, the #1 game to have on the console at all times
Unlimited pickup and play value
Buy physical, can resell later for very close to full price.
I sold Mario Kart Wii for $50 literally 13 years after purchase.
Agreed definately buy physical.
Although I will say You got very lucky and the buyer overpaid - was it during COVID when older game prices went whack for a bit? Mk Wii is probably worth $25-30 tops on the reseller market - there's literally 10s of millions of copies of it. I would expect popular switch games to end up similar price range in 10 years due to high volume sales.
Yep was during covid.
That said even $30 is a good price for something so old vs nothing vs digital.
I think the prevalence of large sales on digital will actually help physical keep a higher % of value in the future.
Thanks! Snagged one
They seem to be price matching Catch for all these markdowns. Clubbing it with this makes it sweeter than OP
Thanks. Extra $10 off with MAX10 on Amazon app.
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It’s crazy Mario kart 8 is still this highly priced…