Nintendo validates Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom will certainly set you back $69.99

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The rate walking for video clip games has actually lastly struck Nintendo. Nintendo validated that The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the extremely prepared for sequel to Breath of the Wild, will certainly set you back $69.99, as opposed to the basic $59.99 rate for first-party Nintendo games. After Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct, the brand-new rate of Tears of the Kingdom was reflected on Nintendo’s website.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is Nintendo’s initial significant launch to be influenced by the $10 rate walking. The rise does not show up to influence all upcoming Nintendo games, nonetheless. Pikmin 4, due in July, is priced at $59.99, as is Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp, which lastly shows up in April.

When asked if $69.99 will certainly come to be the market price factor for first-party Nintendo games, a speaker for Nintendo informed Polygon by means of e-mail, “No. We determine the suggested retail price for any Nintendo product on a case-by-case basis.”

Nintendo’s boosted rate on first-party games matches various other authors’ current-gen rates. Microsoft raised the prices of its first-party games from $59.99 to $69.99 in 2023. Other authors, consisting of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Ubisoft, and also Take-Two Interactive, have actually offered brand-new games like God of War Ragnarök, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, and also the NBA 2K collection, specifically, at the $69.99 rate factor.

 

Source: Polygon