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| Easy Mode #2 by Matt |  | | PALGN Feature: Warning: Easy Mode Volume 2 may contain violence, horror, course language, nudity, pictures of washed up 80's celebrities, and/or a rant on the games industry. | | [View Article] |
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I completely agree on the SOR issue.
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Everyone is returning to the Cash Cows of their day, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles have a TV series and a video game again, prince of persia is back, shinobi and ninja gaiden are back - yet they won't create Streets of Rage again? If they did a poll or something like that, they would be amazed by the numbers, or even produce a 1 level mock-up of the game and have focus groups view\play it. It's really disappointing to see a good thing slide away. </rant>
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| Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2004 7:15 am Post subject: |
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| merlingt wrote: | I completely agree on the SOR issue.
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Everyone is returning to the Cash Cows of their day, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles have a TV series and a video game again, prince of persia is back, shinobi and ninja gaiden are back - yet they won't create Streets of Rage again? If they did a poll or something like that, they would be amazed by the numbers, or even produce a 1 level mock-up of the game and have focus groups view\play it. It's really disappointing to see a good thing slide away. </rant>
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theres a street rage game  for pc its a minigame thought with 3d graphics and its called RAGE  ive played the trial
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| Quote: | | ...Everyone is returning to the Cash Cows of their day... |
I guess it is a safe move for a company to develop a sequel or a game based of a series - they come with an automatic fanbase, meaning easy sales.
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Nintendo are a distant third because they don't listen to their fan base. If they had just of made a SNES 2 we would all be better off, but no they had to go 3D. 
Importing rocks, quite frankly I am going to stop buying PAL consoles, only thing stopping me now is those damn linked up games. Ah well next gen.
GBA market does indeed seem to suck in Aus, luckily I can either import or just go with the cheapest seller (usually go with Amazon since their prices aren't bad and they are pretty reliable).
Magazine exclusives are stopping us from seeing RE4...what magazine? They must be destroyed.
Meh reviews are just opinions, I don't tend to care about the score.
Man that DC Streets of Rage looks amazing, why are Sega of America so retarded? Merlingt's proof that it isn't some nationwide thing (new avatar kicks ass). Beats of Rage looks cool, have to get a CD to try it out on the DC, is the editor for all versions though? And uh omg yes they need to make one so bad.
Rocky...never liked the movies, didn't play the game.
I'm glad they are far away, gives me time to catch up on stuff I want to buy, but for those who get pay checks they don't know what to do with, I guess it does suck.
Hey I don't want no blood test everytime I go to the arcade to kick some ass at Street Fighter (or get my ass kicked as it usually is on the odd occasion I go somewhere where there is an arcade). But it's a fair point, why not just give them some regulation like you're allowed x amount of caffeine before/during play. But then I think it's a fair balancing technique when used in moderation, much like getting constant winners drunk.
Hey if there wasn't room for hyping games I'm not sure they would sustain my interest as much as they do. I mean I would play a game until I got bored with it and do something else until I got a new one. Games would be out of mind much more.
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| Quote: | 2. Importing is great
Two weeks ago I walked into my local EB with a wad of cash and a desire for a new game to play. Though I found some decent deals in the second hand section, I find the price of new games in this country to be obscene.
Since the great rise of the Australian dollar versus the Greenback, there hasn't been a better time for importing. Just consider this for a second. A US Gamecube costs $US99. That's $130, as opposed to the going rate of $199.95 for a PAL Gamecube. A Gamecube game in the US ranges from $US19.99 to $US49.99. That's $26.30 to $65.80. A Gamecube game in Australia costs $49.95 to $99.95. Are you beginning to see a pattern emerge? Importing is loads cheaper, even after shipping expenses. (XE.com's Universal Currency Converter provides the conversions)
Personally, I think it's time we sent a message to publishers and distributors in Australia. I will be doing my darndest to avoid paying more than $70 for a game this year, and most of you should too. Keep your eyes on the Australian Gaming Bargains article, and look for bargains wherever you can, and don't be afraid to share them with your fellow humans. |
That's such a great point. If importing is cheaper, why aren't we paying equivalent prices?
I've pretty much learnt to look for bargains when it comes to games as I'm sick of paying $100 for each one. And it's harder paying $70 for GBA software...
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Because I think we get our prices from Europe and not America. I dont know the excahnge rate between the Euro and Aussie dollar, but that could be a reason. Also a psychological factor. People want to believe they are paying for quality. Imagine games dropping to $70 tommorrow. Unless the stores say they are having a sale for a LONG time, people will eventually see the prices and think that they arent very good games until we are used to seeing $70 as standard. We as consumers do it all the time. If we see two things next to each other (say TV's) and we look at the price first. If one is cheaper than the other then the cheaper one must be worse.
GBA games are expensive because again the public is happy to pay that price because of the perceived quality. When they lanuched, games were that price because of the higher capacity format. Now that consumers are used to paying $70 it wont stop. What's the bet that DS and PSP games are about $80-$90 here on release?
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| Magnus wrote: | | What's the bet that DS and PSP games are about $80-$90 here on release? |
If they do that they'd be shooting themselves in the foot. Think about it, if Nintendo's still charging $70-$90 for a new game, and the PSP comes in with $50 games, which one would you go for? And more importantly, which one would little Timmy's parents go for?
Although, if that happened, it might just be the jolt Nintendo needs to lower GBA game prices.
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| Ghazrat wrote: | | Magnus wrote: | | What's the bet that DS and PSP games are about $80-$90 here on release? |
If they do that they'd be shooting themselves in the foot. Think about it, if Nintendo's still charging $70-$90 for a new game, and the PSP comes in with $50 games, which one would you go for? And more importantly, which one would little Timmy's parents go for?
Although, if that happened, it might just be the jolt Nintendo needs to lower GBA game prices. |
Traditionally Hardware prices drive the sale with game prices not really a factor. If you saw the PSP for $350(say with a memory stick included to save) and the GBASP for $200, which would you buy or which would an ill informed consumer buy? Thats 2 games in the difference of price there. Most people wouldnt care that the prices are higher because they get more initially for the same price.
As for GBA prices lowering. Not a chance unless manufactoring costs for the carts drop. As it is, hardly any money is made for anyone on GBA games. Not even Nintendo makes that much on them. Thats why the DS is using Semi-conductor chips rather than ROM chips for the DS.
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