If you thought the Final Fantasy ports were pricey, Dragon Quest VIII raises the bar and will be sold for 2,800 yen ($27).

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You go SE! show the world how to make money!

LOL what a bunch of greedy assholes.

Wow. No way it will remain that price when it comes to the US (Im calling 30 bucks here folks!)

NOW I can see their reason to go mobile. To rip off another market. Great.

Now why don't you release Bravely Default on mobile as well, can't stop killing your franchises at this pace.

So that's why they went mobile. Port an old game, release it for close to the same price you'd release a single HD rerelease on consoles for. Profit!

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Sad they don't realize this, but instead of releasing it at a ridiculous price and having 12 people purchase the game, releasing it at a reasonable price would probably get them more money.  Because by the time they drop the price to a reasonable cost, most people will have moved on to newer releases.

but if they do that they will never be able to charge 60 dollars for Final Fantasy 7 Mobile..

Awful price for an awful game. Fitting, I guess

If this fantastic game was coming to vita, I'd have buy it for 40€/$/£ without any thinking. And I think I am not the only one thinking this way.

But 27 on a smartphone ? Oh no, no. No. Who would be dumb enough to buy it at this price ? On a smartphone ?

Square enix never cease to impress me with their level of stupidity. This is harsh, but this is fucking true. They're stupid.

At that price I will have no problem pirating it.

So they are testing how far they can go before people say no way