Post by: joeamis on April 28, 2004, 02:56:50 PM
they be released at the $20 or $10 price point.
They usually surface about a year after the console's
debut and then come up like hotcakes when the console
is on its way out. The amount of people who buy these
games when the console is on it's way out is a very small number.
My suggestion is to release budget titles when a console
launches. When people lay down $200-$300 for a new console
they have little money left over for games priced at $50 each.
Now wouldn't more people buy budget games if they were released
when a console launched? Say you pay $300 at launch, and
you buy 1 game for $50, wouldn't you be willing to spend another
mere 20 bucks for a game that is decent. I know I would.
I would much rather have a low-brow game for a brand
new console than the same for a console that is 5 years old...
So it might not be great but it's better than alot of games on
a console from the previous generation.
The only problem is that development is more costly at
launch, but even so they could release budget games
at $25-$35 in that case. What are your thoughts and opinions?
Post by: KDR_11k on April 28, 2004, 08:02:52 PM
Post by: Ian Sane on April 28, 2004, 08:18:10 PM
Konami: Gradius Collection or a Castlevania comp that comes with the never-released in North America Rondo of Blood.
Square Enix: Anything that included FF3 or DW5 or 6 would sell quite well in North America.
Capcom: How about a comp of all of Capcom's arcade beat-em-ups like Final Fight and Captain Commando?
Another possibility is to re-release obscure titles like Shinging Force III or Radiant Silvergun. For $20-30 those titles would be a steal and if they're released at launch they would get noticed more than if they were released in the middle of a large game library.
Post by: joeamis on April 29, 2004, 01:03:04 PM
they incorporated some of the new console's
features into the games. like adding online play,
dvd quality music, etc.
ports would be good, but remakes better.
as long as it uses the console to do things
that previous generation consoles could not.
Post by: Shift Key on April 29, 2004, 06:29:25 PM
You guys are bitching over $50 games? Man, you DO have it easy.
When the GC came out, it had already been reduced to $250-odd, and then throw another controller for $50, memory card for $45, and then Burnout and Rogue Leader at $100 each and thats almost $550. I can't even remember where I got the money together from. I've now got about 20 games, a silver PS2 and multiple controllers as well! I'd hate to think how much money I've spent over the years on computer games and the like!?!?!?!
I'd support any kind of Budget game release, but I guess publishers are going to want to get the maximum income from the games, so there's little chance of it happening in any real situation.
Post by: joeamis on April 29, 2004, 06:42:18 PM
for you having to pay such outrageous prices.
Could you import games or does Australia use a different format?
Yes the bigtime publishers like EA are out for the almighty dollar
but some publishers only release budget games
and just about every publisher releases games for 10 to 20 dollars
cheaper quite a bit. Therefor it's possible.
The added benefit for the publisher would be that tons of
people would pick up a budget game at launch because
they want more than 1 game for their brand new system
and launches usually have a very small library of games
and many aren't worth the $50 (AU $100) price point.
Post by: KDR_11k on April 29, 2004, 08:36:05 PM
Post by: Ian Sane on April 29, 2004, 08:37:23 PM
SHUT UP.
Anyway new games are $70 here in Canada and I think Can and Aus dollars are pretty close in value.
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on April 29, 2004, 11:49:37 PM
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
Anyway new games are $70 here in Canada and I think Can and Aus dollars are pretty close in value.
CAD$70 = AUD$70.77
And we Aussies pay $100 for a game.
Close in value? Yeah right.......
Post by: Ian Sane on April 30, 2004, 07:20:25 AM
Yes they are if $70 CAD = $70.77 AUD. You just confirmed what I said. I didn't say the game prices were comparible just the value of currency in the world market.
Post by: KDR_11k on April 30, 2004, 07:23:26 AM
Post by: Uncle Rich AiAi on April 30, 2004, 09:22:59 PM
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Originally posted by: Ian Sane
"Close in value? Yeah right....."
Yes they are if $70 CAD = $70.77 AUD. You just confirmed what I said. I didn't say the game prices were comparible just the value of currency in the world market.
Opps. I should have read your above post more carefully. My bad.
