Why are items so expensive?!

[Hsn97]

I’ve recently noticed that for God knows reasons - none special, run of the mill items are SUPER expensive to buy.

Take the harp for example. In all previous titles it can be brought for 1,700 bells. In NH it’s priced up at 130,000 bells!!! That’s 76x the original price in other games.

But why?! And how?! Why do Nintendo do this to us!!

 

[Jam86]

bruh ikr
my sister wanted a piano for her birthday party coming up and it finally showed up in her shop for like 200,000 bells

 

[Lavulin98]

I also hate this. D: I hate forking over loads of bells. hahaha

 

[sunshinesnekdeceit]

And the issue is, the bells you can get for selling normal stuff hasn't really gone up

 

[Spooky.]

I noticed a lot of people saying some of the items were super high priced but I've never encountered this?

 

[Romaki]

I haven't noticed something like that, but I lose a lot of money when I buy clothing.

 

[Burumun]

I assume it's to make the item prices more realistic. Bells are equivalent to yen, and ¥130.000 is equivalent $1.300, which seems to be a normal price for a harp.

Then again, the comparison doesn't work very well for the construction projects, I guess.

 

[axo]

I just got my first super-expensive furniture in stock... the system kitchen priced at a modest 130,000 bells. Why would I want that when I could just buy a gas range and craft myself an ironwood kitchenette? it makes no sense, but I guess they wanted to make the price more realistic to real life (if bells can be set equal to yen)

 

[Fuzzysaurus Rex]

I saw the kitchen island at 173k! That food covered lazy-susan table is 70k-ish! WHY!? I hate that they did this.

 

[Hsn97]

I assume it's to make the item prices more realistic. Bells are equivalent to yen, and ¥130.000 is equivalent $1.300, which seems to be a normal price for a harp.

Then again, the comparison doesn't work very well for the construction projects, I guess.

I just got my first super-expensive furniture in stock... the system kitchen priced at a modest 130,000 bells. Why would I want that when I could just buy a gas range and craft myself an ironwood kitchenette? it makes no sense, but I guess they wanted to make the price more realistic to real life (if bells can be set equal to yen)

I understand them wanting realistic prices but at the same this is a game where you have talking animals as villagers and you have a mortgage debt to a Tanuki and money literally grows on trees.

 

[cainhurst]

I wouldn't mind if the jump wasn't so incredibly dramatic as it is now. It's odd to be buying most things at 10k bells or less, then suddenly a musical instrument is over 100k, or a washing machine (of all things) is like 70k or what have you. I wonder if maybe they were trying to account for the inevitable inflation where so many people have millions upon millions of bells... but at the same time, it boggles my mind a little.

 

[Deca]

Money is ridiculous easy to come by this time around, especially with hot items and super high turnip prices that seem way more common in NH compared to older games

 

[thegunpowderincident]

I like the premium/high-priced items. It makes sense that certain instruments, appliances, or things like arcade machines would be expensive. And, once your mortgage is paid, you end up with a lot of bells. The high priced items give you something to buy with a price that feels proportionate to the amount of bells you have.

 

[Darkwing]

I’m at a point now where I have 6mil bells in savings and my house fully upgraded and paid off. The expensive items are gonna be a welcome change, all the current items in Nook’s are under 10k each, and, in the end, even if I buy all of it, I’m able to earn back all of that money almost immediately by just catching a few bugs/fish and selling fruit. High priced items will help to balance the late game economy, in my opinion!

 

[Vanillite]

I'm wondering if it's because we're technically on a deserted island; These items would be very hard to get/come by, which is why they are very expensive. Same reason as to why we can (annoyingly) only order like 5 items per day from the nook shopping app-- No postal service!

 

[skogkyst]

I've noticed this, and I think it makes the game a little more realistic but also I understand why some people are frustrated.

 

[Underneath The Stars]

i honestly don't know. even the kitchen counter is crazy. they're not the gracie that they think they are.

 

[Lio]

i honestly don't know. even the kitchen counter is crazy. they're not the gracie that they think they are.

I think I would be okay with the kitchen counter's price if the tap in the sink actually turned on, like it does in the ironwood kitchenette. It's kind of weird that it... just does nothing for 170k bells (?).

 

[Underneath The Stars]

I think I would be okay with the kitchen counter's price if the tap in the sink actually turned on, like it does in the ironwood kitchenette. It's kind of weird that it... just does nothing for 170k bells (?).

oh yeah, i remember it doesn't.... in new leaf i just got the furniture from pippy's house when she invited me lol i got it to catalog and i bought it for her again as a gift. i guess you could say i'm a good friend.

 

[LunarMako]

I do find it kinda pricey, because you can't make bells as easily as you could in New Leaf. Unless you sell TBT or NMT tickets on here for IGB. Lol. I used to be able to go to the islands in NL and make at least $300-350k. Now in NH when I go to the island and come back with may 30K worth of stuff. Maybe more if I fish to. I don't always fish on the island because for the most part it is the same darn fish I can get on my own island.

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To be honest. I get play games to get into another world. Not a realistic world. I feel more broke in AC then I do in real life. I work a minimum wage job, you all.