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« Reply #45 on: June 28, 2006, 10:29:22 PM »
I buy about half of my games used, but I really hate the stickers that are slapped all over thecases... from certain unnamed places...
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« Reply #46 on: June 28, 2006, 10:40:57 PM »
Yeah, I buy some use, and I too hate those stickers. Especially seeing how you can never get the glue off.
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« Reply #47 on: June 28, 2006, 10:43:25 PM »
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I think mainly for the glorious smell inside a new game case. You know what I'm talking about.


Yes. I know what you are talking about. And I think it would be great to have that smell on the DS Dos. Muah hahahahahaha!?!@?!@?>@3e3l2jhrnui4gf

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There will still be $50 games and you could always just buy used games.


I rarely buy used games, just because I'm cautious about how others treat their games. I'm amazed that people will let their $50+ game laying around, exposed....not in a CD case...and let it get all scratched up. However, I do buy them...but I'd rather buy games that have become ancient and nobody wants (except for me) since they are about $6. I still think games should come out at $30....at tops $40....heck, Viewtiful Joe was a great game and it was $30.
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« Reply #48 on: June 28, 2006, 10:46:12 PM »
Well you can get new games for a little over $30.

For the DS and GBA.  :wink:

And yeah VJ was a great game that did come out at a budget price. But I'm sure Capcom was thinking of how much more they could have made had they put it at $50.
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« Reply #49 on: June 28, 2006, 10:51:33 PM »
If Capcom was thinking that, then screw Capcom too.

And I think $30 for the GBA and DS are nuts...and thats the reason why I don't want to get a DS, is because of the price of the games. They should be $20-$25.....its N64 graphics in a portable, and i know thats impressive for a portable....but still, these are graphics/power used before. Producers should know what they're doing then.  $20-$25....its only a game, not life.
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« Reply #50 on: June 28, 2006, 10:57:21 PM »
Yeah, I completely agree. But as long as people are willing to pay the price they'll continue to have that price. It's just the way business is.
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« Reply #51 on: June 28, 2006, 11:34:49 PM »
its just become tradition for the prices and people see it as normal, xbox and ps3 will break the norm trying to make more $ to make up for their more expensive consoles and bigger losses, nintendos losses are smaller with a better system so they could prolyl do less then $50 for every 1st party game if they wanted
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« Reply #52 on: August 03, 2006, 11:18:58 PM »
Sorry to bring up old posts but the price has appears to have been confirmed.

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With next gen development costs soaring, can Nintendo really offer gamers a cheaper alternative?

Nintendo UK has confirmed to online gaming publication Gamesindustry.biz that the price of software for its upcoming Wii console will be inline with current gen pricing. The reason why Nintendo can still afford to price games for the Wii at a similar price to current generation games is mainly due to the non-complexity of the hardware, which in turn offers developers cheaper development costs.

This information falls in line with a comment EA recently made in regards to Nintendo’s potential pricing for first party games, which the developer and publisher guessed would be priced at around $49.99. This is coincidently $10 less than an Xbox 360 title, which will certainly help put the console in good light in the eyes of consumers.

It has been long rumored that Nintendo would be pricing its games cheaper than its competitors, with Nintendo president Satoru Iwata stating to CNN Money back in March “I cannot imagine any first party title could be priced for more than $50.” This leads to speculation that other parties will be able to price their Wii titles differently, meaning we could see a slight increase in price in third party software.


http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=18701
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« Reply #53 on: August 04, 2006, 10:21:09 AM »
Well this is great news. It will really add up the savings once I start buying lots of Wii games.
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« Reply #54 on: August 20, 2006, 07:35:38 PM »
they are cmfirmed ? at what price?
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« Reply #55 on: August 20, 2006, 09:18:02 PM »
They are comfirmed at $49.99. Isn't that outragous. 8O
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« Reply #56 on: August 20, 2006, 09:49:08 PM »
Actually I still think $50 is too much for a game. I'd like to see more budget titles at $30 and $40.
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« Reply #57 on: August 21, 2006, 04:12:43 PM »
Puffdaddy was saying he thinks 30 dollars is too much for DS games, but in Britain they cost £30 to £25 but you can sometimes get them preowned or offline so it ain't that bad.
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« Reply #58 on: August 21, 2006, 06:12:40 PM »
$50 has been the standard for game prices for bascally ever.

around here its $35 for ds games, another standard in nintendos handheld market. every/almost every game launched at $34.99.

however they are overpriced in europe as i see $50usd games selling for 50euro/gbp which is about the same as $50usd+the shipping for the game from the US
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« Reply #59 on: August 21, 2006, 09:20:23 PM »
Yeah, but in the handheld market there is usually a lot more fluctuation. About 40% of the time they come out at $30 and 60% at $35, most of the time anyway. And then there are some great budget ones like Brain Age. Maybe the low prices is why I like handheld gaming so much.
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