New XBLA games getting expensive

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#1 POJO_MOFO
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Officailly announced pricing on 2 of the better looking XBLA games we saw at E3, Braid and Castle Crashers. I think they look great, but Braid being 1200 spacebux ($15) is spendy. If you think that is bad, Castle Crasher will be 1800 points ($22.50)!!!! The most expensive XBLA game ever!!! I wish $10 was the cap on these dl games, I hope Sony doesnt follow suit. Source: http://kotaku.com/5030926/castle-crashers-and-braid-pricey-for-xbla-titles
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#2 CwlHeddwyn
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too expensive, its just not worth that much
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#3 Silosorz
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22 bucks? Wow, not even worth it.
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#4 bobbetybob
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22 bucks? That's mad, you could get Ninja Gaiden Black for cheaper than that! Castle Crashers doesn't even look like anything amazing either, it's basically just a flash game but a bit more elaborate.
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#5 Ninja-Hippo
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I'm sure they'll be more like full games though. I mean geometry wars is only like $5, right?
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#6 loco145
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$22? I just got WiC for $29 :(. I recomend WcIII over it, is $19 and the computer you are currently typing from can run it.
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#7 gamerfreak13
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What?! Castle Crashers is that much? I was excited for it, but now forget. I never play arcade games for very long, so that much would be a complete waste of money.
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#8 gamerfreak13
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$22? I just got WiC for $29 :(. I recomend WcIII over it, is $19 and the computer you are currently typing from can run it.loco145

Kinda got a little off topic there?

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[QUOTE="loco145"]$22? I just got WiC for $29 :(. I recomend WcIII over it, is $19 and the computer you are currently typing from can run it.gamerfreak13

Kinda got a little off topic there?

Huh? Games ike CC, Fat Princess and PJ:M are based on WcIII mods.

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Officailly announced pricing on 2 of the better looking XBLA games we saw at E3, Braid and Castle Crashers. I think they look great, but Braid being 1200 spacebux ($15) is spendy. If you think that is bad, Castle Crasher will be 1800 points ($22.50)!!!! The most expensive XBLA game ever!!! I wish $10 was the cap on these dl games, I hope Sony doesnt follow suit. Source: http://kotaku.com/5030926/castle-crashers-and-braid-pricey-for-xbla-titlesPOJO_MOFO

didnt sony charge 40$ for a demo?

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#11 gamerfreak13
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[QUOTE="gamerfreak13"]

[QUOTE="loco145"]$22? I just got WiC for $29 :(. I recomend WcIII over it, is $19 and the computer you are currently typing from can run it.loco145

Kinda got a little off topic there?

Huh? Games ike CC, Fat Princess and PJ:M are based on WcIII mods.

I thought you were just randomly recommending a different game. I didn't know they were mods of it. My bad.

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#12 mingo123
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Arcade games should be no more then 800 points
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#13 PBSnipes
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Well, if it's too expensive people won't buy it. Capitalism and such.
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#14 angelkimne
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Bu, bu Edge just gave a 9/10 to Braid.

Also it is entirely down to devs for pricing, not MS....

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Not that I agree with that much money for a Live Arcade title, but its not much different than Sony selling full retail titles on the PSN.

We don't know how large or small the game is, so its really hard to judge its relative worth accurately.

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Ah ****. I thought Castle Crashers would be 800. I was saving 1500 points for it and now that isn't enough? Wtf...
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#17 POJO_MOFO
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Bu, bu Edge just gave a 9/10 to Braid.

Also it is entirely down to devs for pricing, not MS....

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I dont think that is true, I actually think its MS that has the final say as to how much things cost.
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#18 Deactivation
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Sony charged $40 for a demo.

At this point; Nothing would suprise me.

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#19 jknight5422
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Yeah, those arcade games are pricey. I have to admit I haven't spent much cash on them. I usually just play the demo & that's about it. However, I was playing the Schizoid demo & I really liked that one. I also liked Chessmaster. My finger is still hovering over the trigger about buying them...I'm really wanting Talisman...that will be bought immediately at whatever price.

You know what I'd really love to see is a trading card game like ChronX come to the XBL. I've tried on their forums but they didn't take an interest in going there. *sigh*

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#20 POJO_MOFO
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Not that I agree with that much money for a Live Arcade title, but its not much different than Sony selling full retail titles on the PSN.

We don't know how large or small the game is, so its really hard to judge its relative worth accurately.

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Why is Sony selling full retail games on PSN a bad thing?? especailly when sometimes they are chaper than their retail counterpart
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[QUOTE="POJO_MOFO"]Officailly announced pricing on 2 of the better looking XBLA games we saw at E3, Braid and Castle Crashers. I think they look great, but Braid being 1200 spacebux ($15) is spendy. If you think that is bad, Castle Crasher will be 1800 points ($22.50)!!!! The most expensive XBLA game ever!!! I wish $10 was the cap on these dl games, I hope Sony doesnt follow suit. Source: http://kotaku.com/5030926/castle-crashers-and-braid-pricey-for-xbla-titlesParadiddleFill

didnt sony charge 40$ for a demo?

How soon we forget.
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#22 POJO_MOFO
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Sony charged $40 for a demo.

At this point; Nothing would suprise me.

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#23 SpruceCaboose
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[QUOTE="SpruceCaboose"]

Not that I agree with that much money for a Live Arcade title, but its not much different than Sony selling full retail titles on the PSN.

We don't know how large or small the game is, so its really hard to judge its relative worth accurately.

POJO_MOFO

Why is Sony selling full retail games on PSN a bad thing?? especailly when sometimes they are chaper than their retail counterpart

Not sure if you follow fair market price, but most of the games they are selling (PSP and PS3) are more expensive than you can find them at retail.

And I didn't say it was a bad thing, did I?