Fuck this bullshit logic. I live in Hachioji and have for years. I’m telling you now, as I’ve already told too many other people, this kind of pricing is NORMAL in Japan right now. Ever since the taxes were raised years ago, businesses weren’t obligated to include the new price total. Instead, they are just obligated…

“prices are usually listed that way in Japan.”

As I’ve told numerous others, majority of Japanese companies do this. It’s not subject to just Nintendo, which is what this article is trying to convey. It’s not a dick move. In fact, it’s a normal move.

Here’s the dumb thing, I don’t hear any Japanese people complaining about this right now, and on this thread, it’s mostly people who don’t even live here complaining about it.

Because just about every company/business does this in Japan. This is where the ignorance of the masses comes into play. We’ve got an article trying to shit all over Nintendo, but the writer doesn’t really go into detail that tons of Japanese businesses do this and have been doing it for years, ever since the taxes…

In reality, Nintendo games ARE cheaper than the competition with or without taxes. Who cares how Nintendo advertises their own games? They aren’t lying, like you clearly stated yourself. The grocery store right by my home here in Hachioji sells bananas without taxes and oranges with taxes labeled. Is that seriously…

Umm... except this is a very normal tactic that MANY Japanese companies typically do, especially in the past few years since it has been legal to advertise your products with or without tax since they raised the taxes here.

I gotta see it again... NO MAN’S SKY!! Give it to me!!

It’s not strange at all. The entirety of Japan has been doing this for the past few years. At my local grocery store here in Hachioji, bananas do not include taxes while the oranges do include. Is that sketchy? No. Not really, because at the moment, they are allowed to do it. Because of this, Japanese shoppers are…

It’s not weird in Japan. For the past few years, Japanese companies have had the choice to display their products before or after tax to their own liking, they just need to label on the price whether it includes tax or not.

For a person who can READ, it’s fine. Period.

For God’s sake, no it’s not a big deal. If you could read Japanese at all, you could see that this is obvious to the naked eye. There is NO deception here. It’s plainly clear that it says “WITHOUT TAX” and “TAX INCLUDED” next to the prices. Only a person who can’t read Japanese will have this problem, and considering…

You’re making a big deal out of this shit, too? Jeebus. It would look just like this in English:

They are displaying their own games (1st party/2nd party) without taxes and 3rd party games with taxes. What’s the trickery behind this? Do you think that I, the consumer, am really going to be so stupid to not read the simple kanji next to the price that informs me whether or not it’s with tax?

Same goes for Japan. Many stores list their games before tax, and many stores list their games after tax. The question of the matter is only HOW they do it. Each time they tell you which case it is, therefore it is not deceiving in the slightest.

Umm... is this seriously a big deal? It literally says right next to the price whether or not it includes taxes. Nintendo might be using that “without tax” on their own games because they have more control of them. I know for a fact that Xenoblade X is significantly cheaper than ¥8316 at Geo and Yamada Denki, and Geo…

I know it’s different, but these names are just stupid. The Strange Coin is not strange at all anymore when everyone in the Destiny game world has hundreds of them. That seems more like a normal/common coin than “strange”.

Strange coins? Hidden coins? Are they really that strange and hidden when people literally have tons of them and don’t know what to do with them all?

I love Xenoblade X’s music, but I still think it’s just not quite up to Xenoblade’s music. Not that that is a bad thing at all, but trying to match the beauty of the first game’s soundtrack did feel like an impossible feat.

Whaaaaaaaat?! Cleaning the rice cooker is so easy. We usually leave rice in there over night and finish it off in the morning for breakfast, and it’s just as easy to clean the next day than the night of.