ps3-sales! said:
naruball said:
I'm sorry, man, but seriously, what kind of question is that? Why did anyone buy God of War 3 or Darksiders or Heavenly Sword or Dante's Inferno? If we've reached the point where multiplayer is a must for a day one purchase/full price game, then count me out.
Most of us grew up playing single player games which were significantly shorter than DMC. I played Castlevania on nes a year ago and managed to beat it in like 2 hours. Were we getting ripped off all along? |
I was using Dmc as an example but the game question goes for any of those short, single player only games. And you're leaving out a major thing here. Where any of those games you grew up on $60???? Didn't think so. Not everyone is made of money to buy launch games for $60 that only give you a limited amount of playing time. The game doesn't have to have include multiplayer. But when you have the option of buying Dmc or Ni no Kuni for $60, one offering 12 hours vs 45+ hours of entertainment, I'm going with Ni No kuni. Same thing goes with most games vs Cod/Skyrim.
But again, Nes games were not $60 when they launched. I doubt they were more than $40.
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This will suprise you.
July 27 1992 purchased Street Fighter 2 for the Super Nintendo. Price $64.97, tax $4.87, total price $69.84. Store purchased from Kmart.
October 1989 purchased Ghouls N Ghosts for the Sega Genesis. Price $57.95, tax $4.65 shipping .20 cents total price $62.80. Purchased Sears.
April 25 1990 purchased Phantasy Star II for the Sega Genesis. Price 79.99, tax 5.99, total price $85.98. Store purchased from Toys"R"Us.
Most of my Genesis and Super Nintendo games were over $60 with tax. The Nintendo 64 was even worse. Super Mario 64 was $69.95 before tax and so was Pilot Wings. Many stores had them above retail at $79.99.
After living through these high prices I no longer buy any games at launch. I always wanted a Neo Geo but those games were over $250 each.
