Nintendo Boss Reveals Why Zelda Tears Of The Kingdom Is $70 And Talks Next-Gen Switch Plans
Well, don't look to Nintendo of America head Doug Bowser's interview over at the Associated Press for a good explanation. Bowser talks to the AP on a variety of topics, and to the agency's credit, it directly inquires about the relatively high price of the upcoming game. While $70 has become a somewhat-common price point for AAA games by now, this will be Nintendo's first $70 game.
That implies that Tears of the Kingdom will be an especially large and content-filled game. That'll actually be a change from Breath of the Wild, which was extremely large, but not particularly deep. Indeed, the crux of the only common real complaint about the game has to do with the relative emptiness of its enormous open world. If Tears of the Kingdom addresses this quibble, it may well be an absolutely enormous game. It will be the largest first-party Nintendo game by file size, after all.
Above and top: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
The AP interview touches on a few other key questions for Bowser, but the most interesting of the other prompts is regarding "the next Switch." Unsurprisingly, the Nintendo executive says that there's nothing to announce on the topic of new hardware. However, he does go on to say some pretty interesting things about what he "would like to see in a new Switch."
Bowser says that he feels the reason behind the Switch's success even going into its 7th year is that it offers a unique play experience that you can enjoy anywhere. He notes that Nintendo's emphasis when designing new products is to look at how it can "surprise and delight," and "introduce new unique ways of playing." Judging from those comments, it sounds like Nintendo's next console will likely be a device that straddles the line between portable and traditional consoles, and may include new gimmicks beyond motion controls.
