Game prices are still just Ridiculous!

I mean look at the apple or android game store! they charge many A+ games 1 or 2$ and then comes Nintendo wich still asks from us a 40 or 50 bucks for a game!!! This is 2012 ppl gameing on the GO has evolved and become cheaper! Charging this price for a single game and in this Economical crisis is just plain STUPID! And many many of the games are NOT even worth the super high price tag! And then some ppl still wonder why apple and android has taken over the gaming industry....its ALL about the FREE+CHEAP gaming ppl thats why! Atleast im happy coz i MOSTLY use my 3ds for 3d pics(wich i LOVE) and Videos.

You have to realize that games on Android phones and iOS are very short and are meant for quick plays. This is 2012; as technology advances, games will become much more bigger and expensive. Yes, there are some games that are not worth their original price tag, but there are many games that offers dozens or even hundreds of hours of gameplay. If you don't like the pricing of retail games, then stick to downloadable games. Video games were expensive back then and will continue to become expensive.

Are you kidding me, man? No comment. Your stupidity speaks for itself

You're comparing apples to oranges here.

I know many of the games are short...but there are some other games like Shadowgun or Asphalt 6 and now Many other A+ PC quality games are coming for the Android wich cost like 3-4 $!! those games are LONG n have amazing Graphics! what u have to say about this??...greekboy1981

Youre not looking hard enough for deals. Ive paid full price for maybe 3 outta my 18 3DS games. Sign up for some of those online survey sites and get Amazon credit and eventually its like getting free games. Also check thrift stores like Goodwill, Ive gotten 5 complete 3DS games for $5 apiece and Mario Kart 7 for $15 2 weeks after it was out!!!

Also I would rather have a $40 Super Mario 3D Land type game over 40 $1 app games ANYDAY!

There's a reason the games on app stores are priced what they are. People aren't going to spend any more money on them otherwise, because they aren't worth it. You honestly want to make the case that people would pay even $10 for Angry Birds? I guarantee most people wouldn't. Millions of people have proven time and time again that Mario Kart is worth the $40 or $50 it's asking for, however.

Tl;dr. Mobiles games are nothing compared to retail games. Don't argue otherwise.

Youre not looking hard enough for deals. Ive paid full price for maybe 3 outta my 18 3DS games. Sign up for some of those online survey sites and get Amazon credit and eventually its like getting free games. Also check thrift stores like Goodwill, Ive gotten 5 complete 3DS games for $5 apiece and Mario Kart 7 for $15 2 weeks after it was out!!!

Also I would rather have a $40 Super Mario 3D Land type game over 40 $1 app games ANYDAY!

JuanGrande386

[QUOTE="JuanGrande386"]

Youre not looking hard enough for deals. Ive paid full price for maybe 3 outta my 18 3DS games. Sign up for some of those online survey sites and get Amazon credit and eventually its like getting free games. Also check thrift stores like Goodwill, Ive gotten 5 complete 3DS games for $5 apiece and Mario Kart 7 for $15 2 weeks after it was out!!!

Also I would rather have a $40 Super Mario 3D Land type game over 40 $1 app games ANYDAY!

hydralisk86

[QUOTE="hydralisk86"][QUOTE="JuanGrande386"]

Youre not looking hard enough for deals. Ive paid full price for maybe 3 outta my 18 3DS games. Sign up for some of those online survey sites and get Amazon credit and eventually its like getting free games. Also check thrift stores like Goodwill, Ive gotten 5 complete 3DS games for $5 apiece and Mario Kart 7 for $15 2 weeks after it was out!!!

Also I would rather have a $40 Super Mario 3D Land type game over 40 $1 app games ANYDAY!

El_Zo1212o

I buy most of my games for $20 tops.Minishdriveby

[QUOTE="Minishdriveby"]I buy most of my games for $20 tops.hydralisk86

[QUOTE="hydralisk86"][QUOTE="Minishdriveby"]I buy most of my games for $20 tops.Minishdriveby

I completely agree with you here. I would never buy a game on launch day unless it is a game that I really want. Hold off until their prices drop.

You do realize that almost all iOS and Android games are nigh-obsolete, right? The only enjoyable games they had ... I couldn't see through my thumbs. iOS and Android games are the kind anyone can knock up in a few days while some 3DS games spend years in development. YEARS. Just compare the iOS version of Resident Evil 4 (awful, even for an iOS game - and Resident Evil 4 is my favourite game in the series) and Resident Evil Revelations. :(

It's definitely true that 3DS games are overpriced. They're only about 10 bucks cheaper than console games, when for what you're actually getting, they should be more like half the cost of a PS3/Xb360 game at the very most.

Maybe you can make exceptions for A-level games, but most games I see for 3DS are overpriced.

Many E-shop titles are overpriced too. You'll see this in titles like Rayman that you can get on PSN for less.

05-29-2012

WHAT??????!!!! Are u pp all blind??? Look at all of those A+ Gameloft titles on Android! look at Shadowgun wich has AMAZING graphics and gameplay! Look at Asphalt 6! Also there is DEAD SPACE! for BOTH ios and Droid wich costs less than 5$!!! There are SOOO many MORE PC quality games that cost :ess than 5 bucks! Are u kidding me?!

It's definitely true that 3DS games are overpriced. They're only about 10 bucks cheaper than console games, when for what you're actually getting, they should be more like half the cost of a PS3/Xb360 game at the very most.

Maybe you can make exceptions for A-level games, but most games I see for 3DS are overpriced.

Many E-shop titles are overpriced too. You'll see this in titles like Rayman that you can get on PSN for less.

Audacitron

05-29-2012

WHAT??????!!!! Are u pp all blind??? Look at all of those A+ Gameloft titles on Android! look at Shadowgun wich has AMAZING graphics and gameplay! Look at Asphalt 6! Also there is DEAD SPACE! for BOTH ios and Droid wich costs less than 5$!!! There are SOOO many MORE PC quality games that cost :ess than 5 bucks! Are u kidding me?!

greekboy1981

Have you ever, EVER even played either versions of the games? The graphics of all these barely surpass the level of full-3D GBA games (except for Dead Space, which was somewhat good-looking, but anyway... ) . And the gameplay is just... doesn't bear thinking about. No puzzling, no messing about, no wondering whether this or that will knock old geezers sideways or not in the mobile versions. They're pathetic. :(

05-29-2012

WHAT??????!!!! Are u pp all blind??? Look at all of those A+ Gameloft titles on Android! look at Shadowgun wich has AMAZING graphics and gameplay! Look at Asphalt 6! Also there is DEAD SPACE! for BOTH ios and Droid wich costs less than 5$!!! There are SOOO many MORE PC quality games that cost :ess than 5 bucks! Are u kidding me?!

greekboy1981

[QUOTE="greekboy1981"]

05-29-2012

WHAT??????!!!! Are u pp all blind??? Look at all of those A+ Gameloft titles on Android! look at Shadowgun wich has AMAZING graphics and gameplay! Look at Asphalt 6! Also there is DEAD SPACE! for BOTH ios and Droid wich costs less than 5$!!! There are SOOO many MORE PC quality games that cost :ess than 5 bucks! Are u kidding me?!

Heirren

Well take his first example, Shadowgun.

72% on Metacritic. That's pretty decent.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/shadowgun

and graphics are top notch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhA0cbu1BxI

You think they're able to do all this and not pay all their designers and devs? You think they're doing this as a charity?

Meanwhile Nintendo think spit-shining some dusty old N64 titles is worth 40 bucks?

The only game I find myself playing on my Android is Pokemon yellow! :D

I just cant stand touch controls and the games are essentially broken.

yeah! ppl WAKE UP and STOP paying 40$ for Mario 1.0000 or Mario Kart 456! it's Stupid! They take advantage of us! WAKE UP or else they will NEVER drop the games prices! greekboy1981

It's definitely true that 3DS games are overpriced. They're only about 10 bucks cheaper than console games, Audacitron

[QUOTE="El_Zo1212o"][QUOTE="hydralisk86"] Those survey sites you just mentioned, they sound too good to be true...hydralisk86

Sorry for late response, been working. Im actually signed up for like 10 survey sites so my credit builds up real fast if Im actually not lazy and do surveys. Swagbucks, MySurvey, and Valued Opinions could easily get me $50 of Amazon credit a month if I actually do the surveys. My favorite thing is when I paid $6 of my real money for a Kindle Fire cus I didnt use my Amazon credit for like 2 months (I was in a survey zone where I was doing almost all, or attempting too.)

yeah! ppl WAKE UP and STOP paying 40$ for Mario 1.0000 or Mario Kart 456! it's Stupid! They take advantage of us! WAKE UP or else they will NEVER drop the games prices! greekboy1981

Companies need to pay their workers and make a profit. Nintendo would not have been so successful if their games were dirt cheap.
If $5 per copy of Shadowgun is sufficient to make a profit, then good for them, but it's obviously not enough for every other video game developer.

If you do not agree with the current pricing of retail games, then don't buy it or wait for sales/price drops. Playing video games is completely optional. :|

[QUOTE="Heirren"][QUOTE="greekboy1981"]

05-29-2012

WHAT??????!!!! Are u pp all blind??? Look at all of those A+ Gameloft titles on Android! look at Shadowgun wich has AMAZING graphics and gameplay! Look at Asphalt 6! Also there is DEAD SPACE! for BOTH ios and Droid wich costs less than 5$!!! There are SOOO many MORE PC quality games that cost :ess than 5 bucks! Are u kidding me?!

Audacitron

Well take his first example, Shadowgun.

72% on Metacritic. That's pretty decent.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/ios/shadowgun

and graphics are top notch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhA0cbu1BxI

You think they're able to do all this and not pay all their designers and devs? You think they're doing this as a charity?

Meanwhile Nintendo think spit-shining some dusty old N64 titles is worth 40 bucks?

[QUOTE="hydralisk86"][QUOTE="Minishdriveby"]I buy most of my games for $20 tops.Minishdriveby

I'm mostly irritated that Nintendo is still selling New Super Mario Bros. Mario 64 DS, and Mario Kart DS for $29.99-$34.99. Talk about a middle finger to your fanbase. Two of those games are 6 years old!

I'm mostly irritated that Nintendo is still selling New Super Mario Bros. Mario 64 DS, and Mario Kart DS for $29.99-$34.99. Talk about a middle finger to your fanbase. Two of those games are 6 years old!

ItsEvolution

yeah! ppl WAKE UP and STOP paying 40$ for Mario 1.0000 or Mario Kart 456! it's Stupid! They take advantage of us! WAKE UP or else they will NEVER drop the games prices! greekboy1981

Like I said, iOS games can be knocked up in a week while 3DS games spend quite a while and hundreds of people (spend people, geddit?) in development.

*starts snoring again*

yeah! ppl WAKE UP and STOP paying 40$ for Mario 1.0000 or Mario Kart 456! it's Stupid! They take advantage of us! WAKE UP or else they will NEVER drop the games prices! greekboy1981

I'm mostly irritated that Nintendo is still selling New Super Mario Bros. Mario 64 DS, and Mario Kart DS for $29.99-$34.99. Talk about a middle finger to your fanbase. Two of those games are 6 years old!

ItsEvolution

[QUOTE="ItsEvolution"]

I'm mostly irritated that Nintendo is still selling New Super Mario Bros. Mario 64 DS, and Mario Kart DS for $29.99-$34.99. Talk about a middle finger to your fanbase. Two of those games are 6 years old!

Heirren

[QUOTE="Minishdriveby"][QUOTE="hydralisk86"] There is the issue you might be buying a used knockoff from amazon.com, and have to return it...If it were gamestop and it didn't work, you could just return it. At the same time, i will see if i can follow your route and buy from amazon.com.hydralisk86

[QUOTE="ItsEvolution"]

I'm mostly irritated that Nintendo is still selling New Super Mario Bros. Mario 64 DS, and Mario Kart DS for $29.99-$34.99. Talk about a middle finger to your fanbase. Two of those games are 6 years old!

Heirren

What business model is that ... Extortion?

[QUOTE="Heirren"][QUOTE="ItsEvolution"]

I'm mostly irritated that Nintendo is still selling New Super Mario Bros. Mario 64 DS, and Mario Kart DS for $29.99-$34.99. Talk about a middle finger to your fanbase. Two of those games are 6 years old!

Audacitron

What business model is that ... Extortion?

[QUOTE="Audacitron"]

[QUOTE="Heirren"] They work on a different business model. Heirren

What business model is that ... Extortion?

You don't think other companies do that?

Mario 64 DS is a dusty, ancient game at this stage, and they've made their money back several times over by now. The reason they still charge so much has nothing to do with any extra value they've added, the only reason they charge so much is because they think they can get away with it.