Gaming How much would you pay for games?

[JDandy]

I would have paid 50 bucks for My Chinese Coach. That's simply because I want to encourage Ubisoft to continue making newer versions of that title in the future, whether that be for the DS or for its successor. I bought that at pretty much the normal price, though. Electroplankton is another that I would have bought for a somewhat high price (I'd say 30 USD, since it's not actually useful for anything), though I can't remember what I paid for that one. I ended up w/ a Chinese fake anyway. I'm not going to buy it twice, though, so off to the internet. But the principle is the same- supporting the developers, supporting the title, and (to a degree) supporting the underground.

For other good games, such as Grand Theft Auto or Mario titles, I think I would just download them regardless of cost, considering a trillion other people are financially supporting those titles anyway. So, if there is some revolutionary technology that is at risk of being discontinued, I will financially support it. If not, then fuck it.

Noble concept. To me, Electroplankton came across like something which is a slap in the face of anyone who pays any amount of currency for it, so I'd have never paid for that. You say you want to encourage developers to bring out a newer version by paying for it. This is a very optimistic(/naive) way of looking at things. I'd not buy it, because the current version is shit, instead of buying it so that maybe they'll use the money to make a version which is not shit.

Whereas for "big" titles which are bought by a lot of people are (hopefully) being bought because they're actually good and worth playing. Not buying such titles ends up creating bizarre situations as with GTA DS, where plenty (considering the truckload of threads on GBAtemp) of people pirate, and disappointingly few (according to "the news", as far as that is a credible source) buying.

On one hand you have let's support the underground/developer/title that's kind of a failure, but could turn out good, maybe, in the future sometime while on the other hand you have oh, this "proper" game is being bought by plenty of other people, so it's OK for me to pirate it, naturally.

Pretty optimistic way of going about things, imo. Anyhoo, that's just my 2 cents, whatever you do with your money is (naturally) your business.

 

[Daemon.nds]

Thanks for your reply. I haven't played Electroplankton yet, since I ended up w/ a fake and have been waiting for over a mth for my micro SD card to come in. But I do like games that create music, such as Rez for PS2. I hope that I do end up liking Electroplankton. Zero interest in a virtual synth for the DS, though (like that Korg emulator that's floating around), considering that I'd rather just use actual computer software for laying down tracks.

I do like My Chinese Coach a lot, though. My theory behind supporting the title is that if I like it so much, I should support it so that better versions will come out in the future.

 

[Daemon.nds]

And I had no idea that the GTA game for DS isn't selling well. It looks like you're keeping informed on things. It's quite shocking, considering the popularity of the DS. It's also bad in the sense that it could sway developers not to make mature games for the DS. Additionally, it could prevent GTA fans from getting what they really want. I know what you GTA fans here really want. You want a GTA game for a home console where you can roam freely in Tokyo.

 

[Rayder]

How much would I pay for games? Well, my ISP is $30 a month.

Last DS game I remember buying was Castlevania PoR......that was before I learned about flashcarts. I only bought 2 other DS games since then and those I bought for other reasons; Guitar Hero for the little button box accessory and one other game I won't mention to dump for the scene. (Hint: Green Banana kept bitching about it, so I bought it and dumped it

)

I've also bought a couple PC games for our brand new Vista PC simply because downloading them would have taken too long due to their size.

But for the most part, I don't bother actually buying games anymore. I don't give a rat's ass about the companies producing the games. Free is better than pay. If I can click on a link on the internet and get a game for free, why the hell would I even consider paying for it?

 

[ojsinnerz.]

Huzzah, I bought Advanced Wars Days of Ruins yesterday, after looooooonnngggg hours of searching.

I also happen to be crazy for Atlus games, as I pre-ordered Knights in the Nightmare and thinking of pre-ordering SMTevil survivor. I'll also be pre-ordering Blazblue, kof XII, Dissidia and Psp Persona. My wallet continues to burn.........

 

[SherlockHolmeboy]

If games were around AU$30 (about the cost of a new release DVD), and AU$70 for a REALLY (And I mean REALLY) good game, then I might stop pirating.

 

[Domination]

one other game I won't mention to dump for the scene. (Hint: Green Banana kept bitching about it, so I bought it and dumped it

)

Did it have anything to do with animals... the one that wasnt dumped even after one month?

 

[Rayder]

one other game I won't mention to dump for the scene. (Hint: Green Banana kept bitching about it, so I bought it and dumped it

)

Did it have anything to do with animals... the one that wasnt dumped even after one month?

Ding! Ding! Ding!

 

[Domination]

one other game I won't mention to dump for the scene. (Hint: Green Banana kept bitching about it, so I bought it and dumped it

)

Did it have anything to do with animals... the one that wasnt dumped even after one month?

Ding! Ding! Ding!

That game wasnt that good... do you regret spending your $ for Green Banana?

 

[Rayder]

Enh....not really. The game was budget-priced and now the scene has it, so I'm cool. I still have the game, BTW. It's sitting under a pile of pirated PC games. Heh.

 

[nagareboshi]

€25 (~$34) max.
That's why I mostly import games from Asia or the US. They're really much cheaper than here in Germany.

 

[ryukyus]

In my opinion I've supported the game industry enough, 3 years ago when I use to play ps2 and gamecube I spent 2,000 dollars total, every week when I would my allowance, I would save it , and buy games, even when I got a summer job, I've got about 30 ps2 games, and 40 gamecube games, and I've regretted buying most of them, expect Kingdom Hearts, and especially Kingdom Hearts 2, and the xenosaga series, now I don't even play consoles, except for handhelds, I pirate because most games nowadays are shit, and don't feel like wasting 30 to 40 dollars on them, especially for newer consoles like ps3 which the games are rediculously high price.let me guess, fir future consoles every game are going to be 100 dollars, then when they fail they're going to blame pirating as usual.