I wish people would stop crying about the price

Ok I KNOW most of you are teens with no drive no ambition and no means of income (well to listen to a lot of the posts you make me think that).

Two average Nintendo DS games, plus tax are damn near 90 bucks, which is next door to a full 100 bucks eh.
Ok maybe you buy one on sale or perhaps it's a used copy. This all assumes you bought any of them at all.

Considering most of you play mostly downloads, you have nearly no decent justification to whine at all though.

For god's sake, you're getting a device that permits playing every friggin game Nintendo has made for the DS.

And you complain it might cost you more than what you'd pay for lunch at MacDonald's?

If your card died, if it is no longer 'the thing' if you need a new version, if it was lost, or stolen, or you just feel like getting another one, if you paid less than 100 bucks, you still got a great deal.

But considering they normally don't cost half that, in fact you can get them for about the price of lunch at MacDonald's, sometimes listening to the complaints about price becomes insufferable.

Ok I am done screaming.

I have a friend that's doing a nice bit o business though with Acekards. He sells them, plus the micro sd as well he loads em up full of games ready to go as well. In fact he even has custom mixes based on age and gender. His price is I think about 50 bucks. Not bad if you ask me. He only does local to himself though to my knowledge.

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[quote name='Panzer Tacticer' post='2638025' date='Mar 5 2010, 01:57 PM']I have a friend that's doing a nice bit o business though with Acekards. He sells them, plus the micro sd as well he loads em up full of games ready to go as well. In fact he even has custom mixes based on age and gender. His price is I think about 50 bucks. Not bad if you ask me. He only does local to himself though to my knowledge.[/quote]

that is a freaking rip of!! i got my AceKard for like um.. 13$ what a steal.

and yeah people do complain about flash cards being expensive.. i would know i do it to myself (no pun intended) like the Chinese sites are never expensive but take forever... but yeah i'm sick of it to.
 
Agreed, I remember my first GBA flash cart was well over $100, and I still thought it was a good deal.
But high price doesn't always mean better quality. Just look at the DS-X.
 
[quote name='ifish' post='2638034' date='Mar 5 2010, 02:06 PM'][quote name='Panzer Tacticer' post='2638025' date='Mar 5 2010, 01:57 PM']I have a friend that's doing a nice bit o business though with Acekards. He sells them, plus the micro sd as well he loads em up full of games ready to go as well. In fact he even has custom mixes based on age and gender. His price is I think about 50 bucks. Not bad if you ask me. He only does local to himself though to my knowledge.[/quote]

that is a freaking rip of!! i got my AceKard for like um.. 13$ what a steal.

and yeah people do complain about flash cards being expensive.. i would know i do it to myself (no pun intended) like the Chinese sites are never expensive but take forever... but yeah i'm sick of it to.
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Still not a bad price though, considering it comes with a microSD and loaded with games.

Yeah, I always thought it was funny when people whine about the cost of flashcarts too. They so quickly pay for themselves that they are way more practical to own than the retail carts.
 
I bought my cylods for 50 dollars 2 years ago and I don't regret it at all I'm actually glad I paid more since i almost bought an R4, dstt, or a edge.
 
We got our acekard's + micro sd card or a little under $20 all together, thats pretty cheap seeing as how a few years ago a lot of flashcards seemed really expensive. $20 is pretty damn cheap.
 
50 is a bit much, no...for the ak
i got mine for around 15 and its still running fine with no probs..
but i never seen people complaing that much for you to make a thread about the matter
 
As long as the cart plays games, you're getting a deal. Play one DS game and the cart already paid for itself pretty much. I've played probably hundreds of DS games even on my R4, so I can't complain. I've since upgraded to a Acekard though.

Not many people that I know of complain about prices. They see it the way I do.
 
Too many people complain about the price of the hardware which is more annoying considering that they are normally the cheapest of all the big names.
 
It amuses me, the old GBA carts were far more expensive than the prices these DS ones go for but they still paid for themselves.
 
The thing is these people have already bought a DS and then it's complaint about a little percentage more. Admitidly local prices here for Flash Cards are expensive so i import mine.
 
[quote name='Panzer Tacticer' post='2638025' date='Mar 5 2010, 10:57 AM']Ok I KNOW most of you are teens with no drive no ambition and no means of income (well to listen to a lot of the posts you make me think that).

Two average Nintendo DS games, plus tax are damn near 90 bucks, which is next door to a full 100 bucks eh.
Ok maybe you buy one on sale or perhaps it's a used copy. This all assumes you bought any of them at all.

Considering most of you play mostly downloads, you have nearly no decent justification to whine at all though.

For god's sake, you're getting a device that permits playing every friggin game Nintendo has made for the DS.

And you complain it might cost you more than what you'd pay for lunch at MacDonald's?

If your card died, if it is no longer 'the thing' if you need a new version, if it was lost, or stolen, or you just feel like getting another one, if you paid less than 100 bucks, you still got a great deal.

But considering they normally don't cost half that, in fact you can get them for about the price of lunch at MacDonald's, sometimes listening to the complaints about price becomes insufferable.

Ok I am done screaming.

I have a friend that's doing a nice bit o business though with Acekards. He sells them, plus the micro sd as well he loads em up full of games ready to go as well. In fact he even has custom mixes based on age and gender. His price is I think about 50 bucks. Not bad if you ask me. He only does local to himself though to my knowledge.[/quote]

Lol. I was thinking of doing the same with wholesale priced acekards - since most people don't understand flashcarts to save their lives.

I don't complain about the cash flow - I love my acekard and even my r4 (yes, I had one, when it was the newest thing), and I rather have my flashcart than pay for other games. Of course I still buy the occassional one, but that's it.
 
[quote name='Panzer Tacticer' post='2638025' date='Mar 6 2010, 05:57 AM']I have a friend that's doing a nice bit o business though with Acekards. He sells them, plus the micro sd as well he loads em up full of games ready to go as well. In fact he even has custom mixes based on age and gender. His price is I think about 50 bucks. Not bad if you ask me. He only does local to himself though to my knowledge.[/quote]


That is so illegal it is not funny. It breaches copyright... and he can get sued for it...

I hate people who sell roms... at least have some respect for the game makers. Selling cards is legal. Selling roms is illegal.
 
[quote name='Psyfira' post='2638186' date='Mar 5 2010, 03:54 PM']It amuses me, the old GBA carts were far more expensive than the prices these DS ones go for but they still paid for themselves.[/quote]

Yeah! Like Snes & N64 flash carts. Those things are hella expensive.

And i concur with everyone that's said about them "paying for themselves." I, too, spent $50 on my cyclo a couple of years ago, and regret nothing. If it dies, i'll drop another $50 (or whatever it costs at that point :P) to get another one.

PS- Panzer, i love your oldman rants. Basically because i completely, totally and utterly agree with you (99% of the time heh). Keep on keepin' them kids off your lawn! And i'll keep applauding :grog:
 
[quote name='Schizoanalysis' post='2638464' date='Mar 5 2010, 06:02 PM']Selling cards is legal.[/quote]
tell that to nintendo
 
[quote name='Joe88' post='2638474' date='Mar 6 2010, 12:04 AM'][quote name='Schizoanalysis' post='2638464' date='Mar 5 2010, 06:02 PM']Selling cards is legal.[/quote]
tell that to nintendo
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I got bored night, and took pictures of my flash cart, pictures of me using my flash cart, made a list of all the games I had on the micro SD card, and sent that in an email to Nintendo's anti-piracy dept. along with my name, address, phone number, and email. I practically gave then all the info they needed to sue me/arrest me/harass me, and they didn't do squat. this was one year ago.
 
Yep, if anyone is willing to complain about a one-payment ticket to never buying a DS game ever again, then they obviously have no brains to call their own.


[quote name='Panzer Tacticer' post='2638025' date='Mar 6 2010, 05:57 AM']I have a friend that's doing a nice bit o business though with Acekards. He sells them, plus the micro sd as well he loads em up full of games ready to go as well. In fact he even has custom mixes based on age and gender. His price is I think about 50 bucks. Not bad if you ask me. He only does local to himself though to my knowledge.[/quote]

Wow, a double offense. This guy would get fined out the wazoo if he was ever caught.
 
I agree, people are whiners, but I'm sorry, what 2 DS games cost $40? DS games in America are $30-35 max...
 
Pretty much paying itself off was my point for the 50 euro cyclo purchase... same goes for DSi and Acekard.

Ranty rant but it IS a rant... point of rant would not be rant if it would not rant, wouldn't it?
 

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