VGC's consensus: is Ground Zeroes worth $30?

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Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

I whole heartidely disagree.

Their are few if any games that could get away with this.

I believe the price is justified because of the 1.(time since the last MSG), not counting rising, and the time till the next official one. Not to mention that it was requested by fans, and uses an entirely new engine.

Gamers just need something to complain about. 2.(4th gen and lower games where hella expensive), people still bought them. Practically any other series that would try this would fail,  and honestly I would prefer this to waiting 7 years for this next game, FFXV was announced in 2006, we aren't even expecting it till 2015, thats eight nine years, I think thats a worse trend, then selling a game for 30 dollars.

If you go into the game with a demo mentality of course you feel like your going to get ripped off, you already decided that it was a rip off before you played the game. When I played it on my friends PS3 3.(I knew it was going to be short), but when I was playing the game I didn't even notice the time, I spent 2 hours on the first mission cause I took my time.

And if it increases the chance that the game won't go into development hell, I hope that this becomes a trend.

MGS PP was announced last year at e3, I got a taste of it in Q1 2014, FFXV was announced in 2006, I've gotten a rebranding, a bunch of trailers, an exclusivity loss, a please be excited, and not so much as a fcking release window. Tell me all about how MGS:GZ is setting a dangerous precedent. 

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1. By that logic, the Thief reboot, and Deus Ex: Human Revolution should've been way more expensive
2. This is a different age, and manufacturing costs aren't as high for each unit.
3. Like what Joe Vargas aka Angry Joe said: If I told you I was going to go to your house and commit robbery before hand, does it make it okay? answer is no.

edit: Your post made me hate the internet for the day