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theprof00 on 24 September 2009
Xoj said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
RCTjunkie said:
Japan probably won't care. Wii Fit was about the same price, and Japan ate that up.

But Wii Fit came with a peripheral.

FF13 cost was over 40 $ million.

my instincts say to agree to this, but my morality reminds me that this game will probably break 10m



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AlkamistStar on 24 September 2009
NicholasCage said:
All games in Japan brand new is $80+...

Dragon Quest 9 [DS] was released at $55 brand new...


If this is the case, then it's not that bad, but still...$90 bucks, it better be every bit as awesome as they hope.



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outlawauron on 24 September 2009

This isn't a surprise. MGS4 was well over $100 in Japan.

This is how the Japanese market is. You pay $80 for two episodes of anime on BluRay. That's life in Japan.



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Kenryoku_Maxis on 24 September 2009
Xoj said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
RCTjunkie said:
Japan probably won't care. Wii Fit was about the same price, and Japan ate that up.

But Wii Fit came with a peripheral.

FF13 cost was over 40 $ million.

A games development cost doesn't matter to the avg consumer.  They just care about their wallet.  If a game costs $90 (or the equivilant), some people are going to think twice about buying it, unless they REALLY want it.  This is another reason handheld games are doing 5-10x more business in Japan.



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theprof00 on 24 September 2009

@kenryoku

there's no shortage of people who want to buy ff13 in Japan, I'll tell you that much.



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outlawauron on 24 September 2009
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Xoj said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
RCTjunkie said:
Japan probably won't care. Wii Fit was about the same price, and Japan ate that up.

But Wii Fit came with a peripheral.

FF13 cost was over 40 $ million.

A games development cost doesn't matter to the avg consumer.  They just care about their wallet.  If a game costs $90 (or the equivilant), some people are going to think twice about buying it, unless they REALLY want it.  This is another reason handheld games are doing 5-10x more business in Japan.

Or they won't think twice, because all big Final Fantasy titles have costed this much or more. I believe FFVI was over 10,000 yen.



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gera4390 on 24 September 2009

do u think FF13 japan version comes with english subs?



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theprof00 on 24 September 2009
gera4390 said:
do u think FF13 japan version comes with english subs?

Highly doubt it.

But you never know. A fan might also release a sub somehow..



outlawauron on 24 September 2009
Soriku said:
outlawauron said:
This isn't a surprise. MGS4 was well over $100 in Japan.

This is how the Japanese market is. You pay $80 for two episodes of anime on BluRay. That's life in Japan.


$80 for 2 anime eps WTH??

@gera

They already said no.

Yep. DVDs are like $50-60 for just 2 episodes.



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Kenryoku_Maxis on 24 September 2009
outlawauron said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
Xoj said:
Kenryoku_Maxis said:
RCTjunkie said:
Japan probably won't care. Wii Fit was about the same price, and Japan ate that up.

But Wii Fit came with a peripheral.

FF13 cost was over 40 $ million.

A games development cost doesn't matter to the avg consumer.  They just care about their wallet.  If a game costs $90 (or the equivilant), some people are going to think twice about buying it, unless they REALLY want it.  This is another reason handheld games are doing 5-10x more business in Japan.

Or they won't think twice, because all big Final Fantasy titles have costed this much or more. I believe FFVI was over 10,000 yen.

How could FFVI have been that much?  It was over 12 years ago.



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