04-03-2007, 03:19 PM
04-03-2007, 03:50 PM
Sakura Wrote:
Move'd to the VC area. 
.... Well... you got it half right. 
Move'd.
:O
I didn't know I could do that. I thought it wouldn't allow me but I tried it anyway.
04-03-2007, 03:59 PM
*merged*
04-03-2007, 06:03 PM
Harmonica Wrote:
Mr.luben Wrote:
Stop balling!!
I decided to do a little price check. 1 VC game V.S. 1 Live game V.S. 1 real game
VC games-The VC has a rate of 100 point per dollar. You can a game for $10 and under.
Live games-Microsoft points cost $1.25 per 100. Games range from 400 points to 1200. There are 2 free games though. Most games are 800 with a hand full of 1200 and then some others are 400.
Real games-I found most eBay Star Fox games to be 10 or 12 dollars. I even found one that was 30. The Teenage mutant ninja turtles game on eBay was ranging from 40 to 25 dollars!!
So as you can see. Nintendo is not coming even close to riping you off! They are giving you a good deal when they put these prices up!
I am now done with my rant......
I decided to do a little price check. 1 VC game V.S. 1 Live game V.S. 1 real game
VC games-The VC has a rate of 100 point per dollar. You can a game for $10 and under.
Live games-Microsoft points cost $1.25 per 100. Games range from 400 points to 1200. There are 2 free games though. Most games are 800 with a hand full of 1200 and then some others are 400.
Real games-I found most eBay Star Fox games to be 10 or 12 dollars. I even found one that was 30. The Teenage mutant ninja turtles game on eBay was ranging from 40 to 25 dollars!!
So as you can see. Nintendo is not coming even close to riping you off! They are giving you a good deal when they put these prices up!
I am now done with my rant......
(neglecting shipping)
http://cgi.ebay.com/TMNT-Turtles-1-Nes-O...dZViewItem
$.99
http://cgi.ebay.com/Teenage-Mutant-Ninja...dZViewItem
$2 (buy it now)
Go to a game store, you can easily find it under $5. If they jack up this game by a dollar, what's stopping them from putting a $10 tag on Castlevania III or charging $20 for FFIII? After all, those would be bargains. I'm saying keep it consistent, the industry already puts the screws to gamers enough as it is.
Microtransactions on the 360 are the absolute devil when it comes to the industry. You pay $90 already for a game like guitar hero II, then they'll release songs at an additional $4-X dollars. You pay $60 for Marvel Ultimate Alliance, now it's an additional $5 or whatever for some added characters? I don't like where the industry heading. It's possible that soon we'll be buying games that resemble TV shows more than movies. We'll be paying $10-20 for a level rather than a game.
Ya, i see were you are comeing from but its called industry. If nintendo, microsft or any company for that matter can't make money then they get screwed over. So the only reson we are geting screwed over is because they need to make money. The VC is a great way for nintendo to make money because it takes no money to make the VC games or distribute the games. So, as long as nintendo has money, we will get higher quality games!
The other thing is, companys can't make money if people don't want to buy there product because it costs to much (Example--Wii sells good because of little price. PS3 sells little because of hudge price.). So, i would say that a video game will never go past 55 dollars.
04-04-2007, 08:03 AM
Mr.luben Wrote:
So, i would say that a video game will never go past 55 dollars.
It's already happening everyday. New 360 and PS3 games are MSRP'd at $60+ tax. Guitar Hero II on the 360 is $90+ tax. In the Super Nintendo and N64 era, some of those games were sold anywhere from $60 to $90+ dollars new, for a cart only (no additional controllers or bonuses).
I realize they need to make money, but $5 for an NES ROM is seriously raping the consumer. Sure they aren't effortless to put together, but they sure as heck aren't as costly as building a game from the ground up. It could be due to licensing fees, my only legit excuse the gaming industry has.
04-04-2007, 05:05 PM
The only reson that 360 games are that high a price are because they have to support HD and suround sound. That takes alot of money to put on one disc. I just hope nintendo dosen'at follow that trend......
(Great argument by the way!)
(Great argument by the way!)
04-05-2007, 08:10 AM
I guess one crazy-bearded man standing on a virtual street corner holding signs saying the "end is near" can't sway the general population. lol
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