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Ka-pi96 said:
Angelus said:
If anything is a Nintendo cash grab, it's the fact they they constantly release two different versions of all their pokemon games to force completionists to spend more money lol

This! So many times Nintendo have coerced me into buying 2 separate Pokemon games

And even more if you want ot collect all the pokemon that you have to evolve with special stones you only get one of. Or you could just trade with your friend and this is completely a non issue.... Which ever.



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bigtakilla said:

Lol, do you really think that is the same thing? A remake from one platform to another is marketed to people who already have the game by the way of saying "it's remastered, so you'll be missing out if you don't buy it". A GOTY edition is only targeted at the people who don't own a game to give them the ability to buy the entire game (dlc included) at a discounted price. One is a value to gamers, and the other is a cash grab. I think you're capable of figuring out which is which.

I really do, and here's why: I haven't perceived the advertising to be targeted to past owners at all. I see it as a, if you missed out on the original, you are missing out even more on this one, because it is better. I'd love to see charts indicating % of people buying it who never owned the original. I'd say the %'s are in favor of new owners than upgraders.

You have to understand that I simply can't grasp when people complain over and over about "cash grabs" or any other such thing where a company is "only trying to get our money". A company is in business...to make money. So where exactly has the whole mentality came where we, as people, are entitled to a company not trying to make money off of us, and if they do, they are a bad company. The exact same thing happens with most electronics (quite notoriously, really). Look at phones. You buy your phone, and 12 months later (even faster time frame than this game), they come out with a very similar, but upgraded version of the phone that is even better than the one you have. And if you don't buy this one, you are "missing out". A Galaxy S5 is nothing more than a remaster of my Galaxy S4.

So please explain to me, why as videogamers are we entitled to companies treating us differently than companies are expected to operate in their financial environment?



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Angelus said:
If anything is a Nintendo cash grab, it's the fact they they constantly release two different versions of all their pokemon games to force completionists to spend more money lol


Especially Pokemon Black 2 and White 2. What was the point of that?..



Angelus said:
If anything is a Nintendo cash grab, it's the fact they they constantly release two different versions of all their pokemon games to force completionists to spend more money lol

There are actually three different versions if you count games like Emerald and Platinum!



                
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Ka-pi96 said:
bigtakilla said:
Ka-pi96 said:
Angelus said:
If anything is a Nintendo cash grab, it's the fact they they constantly release two different versions of all their pokemon games to force completionists to spend more money lol

This! So many times Nintendo have coerced me into buying 2 separate Pokemon games

And even more if you want ot collect all the pokemon that you have to evolve with special stones you only get one of. Or you could just trade with your friend and this is completely a non issue.... Which ever.

Trading with friends isn't enough! There is only 1 save file, I don't want to only play through the game with 1 of the starters, I want to try them all.

GT... effing S, seriously. 



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outlawauron said:
kljesta64 said:
Wind Waker HD isnt just a port with high resolution its the first of its kind on home consoles a full remaster.

This is so funny and completely not true.


how ?



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Ka-pi96 said:
bigtakilla said:
Ka-pi96 said:
Angelus said:
If anything is a Nintendo cash grab, it's the fact they they constantly release two different versions of all their pokemon games to force completionists to spend more money lol

This! So many times Nintendo have coerced me into buying 2 separate Pokemon games

And even more if you want ot collect all the pokemon that you have to evolve with special stones you only get one of. Or you could just trade with your friend and this is completely a non issue.... Which ever.

Trading with friends isn't enough! There is only 1 save file, I don't want to only play through the game with 1 of the starters, I want to try them all.

So, buy 3 Pokémon X's and 3 Pokémon Y's. I don't see the problem .



Baalzamon said:

So please explain to me, why as videogamers are we entitled to companies treating us differently than companies are expected to operate in their financial environment?

Nobody is entitled to anything. That doesn't mean one mustn't complain about business policies of certain companies, and even choose not to support such companies. That is how competitive markets (even the oligopoly of the video game industry) work. One's williness to pay, which in turn creates the demand curve for a game is somewhat dependent on one's like or dislike for the corporate policies of a company, and consequently the company has a certain PR image to maintain. It is no different from giving Microsoft flak for their DRM methods and anti-used game policies with the Xbox One. Microsoft was only working in their own interest, but they make their product less desirable in the process. 



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Baalzamon said:
bigtakilla said:

Lol, do you really think that is the same thing? A remake from one platform to another is marketed to people who already have the game by the way of saying "it's remastered, so you'll be missing out if you don't buy it". A GOTY edition is only targeted at the people who don't own a game to give them the ability to buy the entire game (dlc included) at a discounted price. One is a value to gamers, and the other is a cash grab. I think you're capable of figuring out which is which.

I really do, and here's why: I haven't perceived the advertising to be targeted to past owners at all. I see it as a, if you missed out on the original, you are missing out even more on this one, because it is better. I'd love to see charts indicating % of people buying it who never owned the original. I'd say the %'s are in favor of new owners than upgraders.

You have to understand that I simply can't grasp when people complain over and over about "cash grabs" or any other such thing where a company is "only trying to get our money". A company is in business...to make money. So where exactly has the whole mentality came where we, as people, are entitled to a company not trying to make money off of us, and if they do, they are a bad company. The exact same thing happens with most electronics (quite notoriously, really). Look at phones. You buy your phone, and 12 months later (even faster time frame than this game), they come out with a very similar, but upgraded version of the phone that is even better than the one you have. And if you don't buy this one, you are "missing out". A Galaxy S5 is nothing more than a remaster of my Galaxy S4.

So please explain to me, why as videogamers are we entitled to companies treating us differently than companies are expected to operate in their financial environment?

If this is how you expect game developers to operate, you're keeping your expectations very low.

Also, I expect convicted rapists to rape again, but I would appreciate if neither tried to fuck me.