HappySqurriel said:
oniyide said:
HappySqurriel said:
oniyide said:
Xxain said:
HappySqurriel said:
I have no problem with downloadable content that costs money as long as the value of what you get vs. the price you pay is reasonable ...
Often the games I see the most potential for this are the games that fall into the interactive entertainment realm. These games regularly are a form of educational product and adding content after it has been released is of high value. For a game like Wii Fit adding additional exercises for $1 a piece would be ideal, or a game like Art Academy adding an additional series of lessons for $5 would be fantastic. |
Correct .. now step out of fantasy land. When has this industry acted responsibly in regards to DLC? on average the industry as a whole gets a F on DLC. I know it's Nintendo but will they resist the greed? |
Considering Ninty's pricing strategy?? Im going with greed.
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I typically find Nintendo's pricing strategy pretty fair but based on a different evaluation process to other companies ...
As a result of this I wouldn't be surprised to see the downloadable content to be more expensive than many publishers but also contain much more value for the dollar. Using Mario Kart as an example, Nintendo might end up releasing additional content in $10 bundles but for that bundle you get an entire new circuit and several additional characters and carts while many other publishers would charge you $5 per track and $2 per character/cart.
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expensive ass VC games, having games sell full retail for years after release, not allowing any promo price drops on any WiiWare games is fair pricing??? OK, im glad I have more than a Wii
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While you don't see the value of a $5 to $10 classic game (often) with 20 to 40 hours of gameplay many people do; when you consider that Nintendo can still sell multiple millions of copies of many of these games for (nearly) full price decades after their initial release (See 25th aniversary of Mario & The Legend of Zelda for the 3DS) Nintendo selling them for $5 to $10 through digital distribution is hardly exploitative.
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Good for those people that buy those re releases, dont really care about them and I wasnt talking about those games anyway. 5-10 bucks is not horrible but its not great either. Especially when the competition is doing the same thing for cheaper and most of the VC games I really want I have an emulator for anyway. SO why would I want to spend the money on WiiWare?? BUt im not knocking people who do it, more power to them
