Dear JRPG Developers; You’ve made your bed, now lie in it. (HONEST article)

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Bitmap Frogs said:

Loud_Hot_White_Box said:

In Japan, and to a lesser extent in Europe, people prefer to think the goods they buy are of high quality.  And low price is not as much of a selling point as it is in America: it tends to connote shoddy quality.

 

Yeah, that's why el cheapo nokia phones massively outsell the n-series. 

That's why LCDs outsell plasmas.

Etc...

Look at you, trying to score cheap shots distorting the facts. 

 

Look at you missing my point.  It's not that price doesn't matter, it's that it matters less there.  I'm also not denying that companies like Nokia can score marketing wins even if they're 'cheapo'.

No, no.  The explanation is consistent when discussing US vs Japan and EU sales.  Don't muddy the waters by discussing different products in different industries in EU only.  The question might be, do cheap phones outsell expensive ones in the US by and even greater margin.  The answer is probably yes.