the silly thing is that they would have no trouble seeing a return on their investments in soundtracks, particularly if they did fairly limited print runs. Nintendo are in a far stronger position than most developers in that regard, but other developers are able to make soundtrack releases happen. it probably is that they can't be bothered to arrange it all... maybe it isn't enough of a financial reward to them for it to be considered worth the bother. it certainly is strange... you'd think they'd do it for the fans, but i guess nintendo is a big player and they are interested in figures, ultimately.
the only official spiel i've seen on this said that they thought it was a labour of love and that CD sales were pretty low. i think nintendo OSTs would sell like hotcakes personally, so i think they're missing a trick.
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