Pho-Zoon wrote: What bit of they've been £39.99 'since launch' did you not quite get? |
O_o €80 for Wii games? • Page 2
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morriss 71,293 posts
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For my sterling brethren, £50 = €75 roughly, so this price for Paddies and other Europeans is an extra €5 worth of unwanted anal penetration. I demand sympathy!!! -
morriss 71,293 posts
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Registered 17 years agoPS3 games are £50 too.
They'll probably price them the same as 360 titles when they are actually released. No big deal really.
Can anyone remember if Play listed 360 games at £49.99 before launch?
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Sorry. I was mislead by Play's big shiny banners.
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Daryoon 5,912 posts
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Registered 20 years agomorriss wrote:
PS3 games are £50 too.
They'll probably price them the same as 360 titles when they are actually released. No big deal really.
Can anyone remember if Play listed 360 games at £49.99 before launch?
Edited by morriss at 23:30:52 24-07-2006
Yeah, I mentioned that on the first page
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jozz wrote:: If they're going for a cheap console I doubt they wouldn't follow through with the games too. Just my opinion of course but I'd say it's just a poorly hazarded guess by Play.
I totally agree.
I hope. 
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morriss 71,293 posts
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Registered 17 years agoDaryoon wrote:
morriss wrote:
PS3 games are £50 too.
They'll probably price them the same as 360 titles when they are actually released. No big deal really.
Can anyone remember if Play listed 360 games at £49.99 before launch?
Edited by morriss at 23:30:52 24-07-2006
Yeah, I mentioned that on the first page
So you did..gif)
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morriss 71,293 posts
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Registered 17 years agofrod wrote:
If Nintendo try to match 360 RRPs I think they will struggle here. It's my perception that MS have used hi-def as the excuse to ramp up the RRP with good effect.
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frod wrote: If Nintendo try to match 360 RRPs I think they will struggle here. It's my perception that MS have used hi-def as the excuse to ramp up the RRP with good effect.
Yup. I think that by creating this thread I have inadvertently spread panic. My own fleeting panic that is. This is obviously an over-sight, Nintendo could never justify that price. Not even to a dyed-in-the-wool Nintendo fan like myself, who's already sold. -
So then... how much are the 'motes going to cost? -
morriss 71,293 posts
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BartonFink 35,268 posts
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Registered 20 years agoSorry but somebody has to be takin the piss here.
€50 I can understand but €80 are Ninty out of their minds? -
Games will be no more than £45 retail and cheaper online. That is fine. Move along please.... -
InfanticideRules wrote: Bah. I could get Wiiwand on a street corner for cheaper than €80, if 'twere my wish. It's not though.
The price of the Wiimote is irrelevant here. It is the games that cost €79.99, not the wiimotes. -
BartonFink wrote: Sorry but somebody has to be takin' the piss here. €60 I can understand but €80 are Ninty out of their minds?
Fixed.
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Guy-Gin wrote: The price of the Wiimote is irrelevant here. It is the games that cost €79.99, not the wiimotes.
InfanticideRules wrote: O..k, there's one wasted effort at crude innuendo I'll never get back..*irked tongue flick*. I'll be sure to annotate my reflexively faglike postulations in future, TY for the critique.
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Guy-Gin wrote:
Pah, I'm pretty sure the price of the controller will affect one's perception of whether or not Nintendo are expecting too much income from games.
InfanticideRules wrote: Bah. I could get Wiiwand on a street corner for cheaper than €80, if 'twere my wish. It's not though.
The price of the Wiimote is irrelevant here. It is the games that cost €79.99, not the wiimotes.
An expensive-to-manufacture motion-sensing controller sold for cheap as 'owt will force the price of games up, surely? -
That's why I was asking!
Also, that was a hypothetical situation, due to my lack of knowledge. I meant that should the Wiimote be costly to produce, Nintendo might have to find a way to recoup its losses.
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BartonFink 35,268 posts
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Registered 20 years agoGuy-Gin wrote:
Yea fair enough maybe
BartonFink wrote: Sorry but somebody has to be takin' the piss here. €60 I can understand but €80 are Ninty out of their minds?
Fixed.
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Freek 7,682 posts
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Registered 18 years agoPlay is not Nintendo (duh) and since they haven't made any official price anouncment that 80 euro is just Play talking out of it's arse/covering it.
Nintendo have said the prices would not be over the top. Along the lines of not going over 50 dollars.
Nintendo are not out of their minds, Play is (possible price jacking due to high demand?).
So we can all relax, move along, nothing to see here.
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Pho-Zoon wrote: That's why I was asking! Also, that was a hypothetical situation, due to my lack of knowledge. I meant that should the Wiimote be costly to produce, Nintendo might have to find a way to recoup its losses.
And you think that adding €20 on to each game justifies that? Don't be ridiculous... -
Sid-Nice 15,848 posts
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Registered 18 years agoI was prepared to pay the extra cost for solid state games; the development cost of a cartridge was said to be about £13, while a CD/DVD game cost pennies to make. Yet when the Cube was launched the games weren't £13 cheaper than the N64 carts. To be honest I think many of the early Wii games will be shallow; with the emphasis based purely on game-play. It won't be long before little Jimmy is pissed off; sitting in his bedroom with a console and games that were meant for multi-player. -
We have already established that Play-pricing is to be taken with a pinch of salt, Gin, but should Wii games be priced a tad higher than expected (this possible scenario is now the only reason for this thread to exist) the Wiimote could be a reason for that.
frod says different, and I'm hardly knowledgeable on the subject, but at least now you know where I'm coming from. -
Freek 7,682 posts
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Registered 18 years agodravenclarke wrote:
Since when did play.com decide the RRP of nitendo games o_O?
The same time Amazon decided the release dates for games. -
morriss 71,293 posts
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Registered 17 years agoSid Nice wrote:
I was prepared to pay the extra cost for solid state games; the development cost of a cartridge was said to be about £13, while a CD/DVD game cost pennies to make. Yet when the Cube was launched the games weren't £13 cheaper than the N64 carts. To be honest I think many of the early Wii games will be shallow; with the emphasis based purely on game-play. It won't be long before little Jimmy is pissed off; sitting in his bedroom with a console and games that were meant for multi-player.
Good point. Although MP and Red Whateverit'scalled is scheduled for release with Zelda in tow. That's enough single player action from the get-go no? -
Khanivor 44,800 posts
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Registered 20 years agoWell it's not like DS games are exceedingly well priced is it? -
They are.
£30 and £20 price points. -
Khanivor 44,800 posts
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Registered 20 years agoWell I don't think 30 quid for a game that is so simplistic in comparrison to one on a full sized console or PC is great value for money. -
Khanivor wrote:
€38 = £26ish? I agree, it should be cheaper, but it's acceptable. €80 would not be for a Wii game.
Well it's not like DS games are exceedingly well priced is it?
I hope. 
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