Super Mario Run: 25 million downloads, not that many purchases. Nintendo explains why it decided on $10 pricing

A couple of days ago, we heard that, despite being downloaded quite a lot, Super Mario Run is getting a lot of negative reviews and consumer backlash, which, in turn, caused Nintendo's stocks to drop by 11%. Today, we have some actual numbers on how many people decided to spend the rather steep $10 on Mario's first mobile game, and a rather curious explanation by Nintendo on why it chose that price.

So, Super Mario Run was downloaded more than 25 million times just four days after release — that's something! As you probably know, you can get the game for free and ...