Technology Tell writes, "Another interesting element is just how invested people already are in these figures. Skylanders are already collectible and sell for astonishing amounts on eBay. People are going to want to use the figures they’ve spent so much money on for as long as reasonably possible. I’m also willing to bet that their shelves are looking cooler and cooler as more of these figures role out."
A new amiibo has its release date from Nintendo, and pre-orders have started revealing the price and how it's the most expensive figure ever.
NE: "Nowadays, amiibo cost more than ever, and they don't offer many more in-game bonuses than before. Should Nintendo switch to cards instead?"
Everything Nintendo doesis expensive these days. This company loves to gouge pockets. What’s sad, people willing to pay for it.
I used to collect amiibos, especially the Smash Brothers ones. Ended up with nearly 100 of them. Eventually sold them all to a collector. I pick and choose which Amiibos to purchase nowadays, but usually it's the Zelda ones.
Upcoming amiibo figures from Nintendo appear to have received an official price cut - here are the new prices.
Nintendo gets away with murder when it comes to its game prices . They're still selling some of their last gen games for full price.
Not just full price, but $80 when last gen it was $60… and $70… which, don’t get me started on that.
£74.99 ($100) Switch 2 games didn't last long in the UK and games on key cards are annoying. Amiibo has been problematic from the start, prices a bit high, then the scalpers get hold of them, not forgetting stupid regional exclusives. On top of that, the content you get is fairly poor, then you have a figure gathering dust. For us poor gamers (me), Nintendo should've released Amiibo without the figures, just the bases showing who was who. I paid into a few of them during the Wii U era, but not Switch. With all of this, why would Nintendo be bothered?
Some of them look great quality and others look terrible/cheap. Really disappointing.
At first I thought the title was being used in the negative sense, but after reading, it's the opposite.
The author feels that NFC figures have staying power and that they'll be a part of gaming for a while yet.
I gotta agree with that; for better or worse, they're gonna be popular, and depending on how they're handled, they could also be a great way of introducing much more free content to users to make the purchases of their games and the figures associated with them feel even more rewarding.
They're already doing this by allowing Amiibos to unlock content in various different games with just the one-time purchase of the figures, actually.
I hope we see Nintendo continue that trend; getting tons of extra content across many games, just for purchasing one little figurine is an awesome bonus.