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Micro_Explosion 25 Jul 2006 00:36:20 9,692 posts
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Sid Nice wrote:
To be honest I think many of the early Wii games will be shallow; with the emphasis based purely on game-play

I....eh?

morriss 25 Jul 2006 00:36:49 71,293 posts
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ecureuil wrote:
Oh my fucking god, WAIT FOR OFFICIAL NEWS BEFORE CRYING AND BITCHING. Am I the only one sick of reading "The Inquirer says PS3 is x times slower than 360 and x times more expensive" then having a bunch of whining and moaning about how Sony are arrogant twats.

No.

BartonFink 25 Jul 2006 00:37:45 35,268 posts
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Micro_Explosion wrote:

Sid Nice wrote:
To be honest I think many of the early Wii games will be shallow; with the emphasis based purely on game-play

I....eh?

That had me a little confuzzeled too.

Khanivor 25 Jul 2006 00:39:02 44,800 posts
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HE probably meaqns things along the lines of Tetris, or a fishing game

morriss 25 Jul 2006 00:39:50 71,293 posts
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BartonFink wrote:

Micro_Explosion wrote:

Sid Nice wrote:
To be honest I think many of the early Wii games will be shallow; with the emphasis based purely on game-play

I....eh?
That had me a little confuzzeled too.

I think he means without depth, asin a simple game-mechanic with not a lot of variation: a one-trick pony.

I could be wrong, but that's how I understood it.

Edited by morriss at 00:41:48 25-07-2006

Micro_Explosion 25 Jul 2006 00:40:47 9,692 posts
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So he may mean based on simple gameplay...?

That would make more sense.

Deleted user 25 July 2006 00:42:14

Khanivor wrote:
Well 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.

Mario Kart, Animal Crossing and NSMB are all worth the money.

Especially with online modes in some games.

Deleted user 25 July 2006 00:45:36

I concur.

Khanivor 25 Jul 2006 00:45:49 44,800 posts
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Pho-Zoon wrote:

Khanivor wrote:
Well 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.
Mario Kart, Animal Crossing and NSMB are all worth the money.

Especially with online modes in some games.

Well imo Civ IV or WoW are worht over 100 quid but that don't mean every PC game is worht the same...

Deleted user 25 July 2006 00:47:31

I know, I know, I see what you mean.

But it is hard to compare PC pricing to other markets, particularly the handheld market.

yiannis 25 Jul 2006 00:49:50 308 posts
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that price is just crap .. i'll write to nintendo and inform them that someone is doing bad to their business.

SirScratchalot 25 Jul 2006 00:58:40 7,921 posts
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Khanivor wrote:

Pho-Zoon wrote:

Khanivor wrote:
Well 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.
Mario Kart, Animal Crossing and NSMB are all worth the money.

Especially with online modes in some games.

Well imo Civ IV or WoW are worht over 100 quid but that don't mean every PC game is worht the same...

Of course value is a very subjective thing. I find NSMB to be worth a bazquillion Preys for instance.

Deleted user 25 July 2006 01:50:43

I'm not sure whether this is a good or bad thing!

Could mean that:

a) Games are prices differently based on content (like Brain Training compared to NSMB)

which I agree with

b) Some games may be cheaper but all will stay the same price for ever and ever and ever...

and the trouble with this is that it presumes that the quality of a game is constant, whereas often games become surpassed later on in a 'generation'. So it does seem silly to be asking the same for an old game.

yiannis 25 Jul 2006 02:27:48 308 posts
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i posted in NOE official forums about it and i sent a message to marketing. Someone reminded me that nintendo said that 1st party prices will remain the same.

so there you have it.

brokenkey 25 Jul 2006 08:50:22 11,128 posts
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Stickman wrote:
How are little kiddies meant to afford that much?

I remember when ET came out on the Atari VCS - that was £50. Back in 1982! Kids today don't know they are born.

Genji 25 Jul 2006 08:53:27 19,682 posts
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Um, have Nintendo even released the console and games prices yet?

Shinji 25 Jul 2006 09:15:59 5,902 posts
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Iwata has said on a bunch of different occasions that Wii games will not be any more expensive than last-generation games, and that they're trying to push software prices down rather than up. Play is just slapping down the standard arse-covering next-gen software price, they have no more idea of what these games will cost than anyone else does. End of story.

bigbadbeasty 25 Jul 2006 13:33:27 126 posts
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ecureuil wrote:
Oh my fucking god, WAIT FOR OFFICIAL NEWS BEFORE CRYING AND BITCHING. Am I the only one sick of reading "The Inquirer says PS3 is x times slower than 360 and x times more expensive" then having a bunch of whining and moaning about how Sony are arrogant twats. Wii games WILL NOT be 50 pounds, we know that - Nintendo have said so, so why are people bursting blood vessels over an unofficial Play.com placeholder?

Your absolutely right! Nintendo have already said the price will be lower than the current games on the market.

I really cannot belive so many of you think that Play.com is the final word with prices.

Kami 25 Jul 2006 15:39:56 2,711 posts
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This is Play we're talking about.

From the Zelda text:

"Eschewing the cel-shaded cuteness of Windtalker, Twilight Princess marks a return to dark guise of the Nintendo 64's Ocarina of Time."

Let us argue this no further.

yiannis 25 Jul 2006 16:14:00 308 posts
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grayson wrote:
chin up

Edited by grayson at 15:44:40 25-07-2006

i'm not a sony fanboi

so i really don't need this link m8

Taero 27 Jul 2006 02:39:11 8 posts
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I don't believe you people sometimes T_T Places like game HAVE to put in a large placeholder price to take preorders when they start, you cant take an order for a low price and then when the game comes out say "Oh by the way that's another £20 please" the customer will just go mad and argue s/he wasn't told, this way when you preorder you pay the high money and when they get the REAL price and you get the game you get a kind of rebate on the excess you gave them.

Some stores are doing preorders on the console, do they know how much it's going to cost? Do they buggery, they're over £200 when noone ever knows the official price. Why are they doing this? So that when they find the real price they refund the difference.

Lets look at it logically, the Wii is based loosely around the architecture of the GC agreed? Thus making it easier to code for than developers have to do with the PS3 or 360. This means that the games CAN NOT BE MORE THAN A 360 GAME. Nintendo have officially stated the price will probably not exceed $50 for a game so what's this BS and people taking it seriously.

Game are covering their asses, 'nuff said.

P.S Feel free to take this and pick quotes completely out of context and then rip into them without considering the following import, I expect it, honestly.

Deleted user 27 July 2006 03:09:45

I started this thread originally while the shock was still fresh. I feel quite embarrassed now. It's obvious to me in retrospect that the games won't be more than €60. I think it was to me when I started the thread too, but I saw fit to feed on my own emotions. :'(

Carrybagma 27 Jul 2006 03:23:44 3,904 posts
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Ahhhh who cares.

Deleted user 27 July 2006 03:29:48

Carrybagma wrote: Ahhhh who cares.

Nobody.

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