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potato_hamster on 09 February 2017
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RolStoppable said:
potato_hamster said:

Just so we're clear here, because I'm not willing to spend $50 on 1-2 Switch, I'm not being open minded about it. It's not because I watched the unveiling at the Switch reveal, it's not because I watched a bunch of preview videos, including all of the official mini game videos, it's not because I saw Greg Miller and Hideo Kojima play it at an event. It's not because I own and have played a "videoless video game" in the form of "Johann Sebastian Joust" and wasn't a fan of it. None of that is enough. I have to spend money on it in order to be able to determine whether or not the game is personally worth $50 to me. The game is worth $50 because you are willing to spend $50 on it to try it out. Anyone who disagrees or refuses to do so like you are obviously closed-minded.

Let's apply that logic to other media:
See a trailer for movie and decide you'd rather not see it in theatre, or buy it on Blu-ray? Closed minded.
Read the back of a book and decide you'd rather not buy it? Closed minded.
See a poster for a theatrical production and decide you'd rather not see it? Closed minded.

There you go. That means that literally everyone on the planet that doesn't have taste and isn't willing to consume any other type of media is closed minded based on your flawed opinion on open-mindedness.  But thanks for gracing us once again with your poorly though out wisdom.

You completely missed the point. Here's what I was talking about: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8294538

potato_hamster said:

Back in reality, 1-2 Swich will launch, not sell well, and everyone here will be right in saying that 1-2 Switch isn't worth $50.

You have to wait for the market response in order to make the definitive claim that 1-2-Switch isn't worth $50, because it isn't a game like any other. You yourself even made the point that the market ultimately determines if a price was justified, but that's contradicted by the post I linked. Preorder numbers for 1-2-Switch look solid, at least in Japan which is about the only place where we have a reliable enough source.

The next thing is that you don't have to buy a game or console to determine if the price is okay for yourself; I've never said otherwise. What my point is and always was, is that you (general you) don't determine what games and consoles are worth to other people. I've also never made a statement about whether or not I will buy 1-2-Switch.

I didn't contradict myself. In my opinion, that game isn't worth $50. It doesn't matter if it sells 100 million copies at $50 each, that game will never be worth $50 to me. But you could say that it would be worth $50 to the Switch user base if that turned out to be the case, but that still won't ever compel me to spend $50 on it.

You're right, I don't determine what games and consoles are worth to other people. But, the same applies to you! Your entire thread is about shitting on people because you don't like that other people have determined that the switch console and/or 1-2 Switch aren't worth the price TO THEM. People are expressing their personal opinions about their thoughts and feelings, and you acting as if they're pretending to represent the entire video game market. They're not.

P.S. Pretty hilarious if you're chastizing everyone for not thinking 1-2 Switch is worth $50 if you're not willing to spend $50 on it yourself. But you're right, that was an assumption I made considering how you're going to bat for it.