Ultimate Ghosts 'n Goblins (PSP)

[Yoshi]

Anyone who bought Ghouls N Ghosts or Super Ghouls N Ghosts paid more over a decade ago than the $37 it cost me to get UG&G today, even if you ignore inflation. Get a grip, people.

[Bacon McShig]

Well, okay, you guys sort of win. I just got a $5 Best Buy gift card and there's a coupon for 10% off games for this weekend there. That brings it down to $31, I can live with that.

Still, I think Capcom's really limiting their sales going with a $40 MSRP. At $30 a lot more people would give it a shot, and even those already interested would buy it sooner than they may end up doing now (which means more retailer reorders, which means more copies and longer shelf life). I'm not just against the price because I'm cheap, I'm against it because it's setting the game up for failure.

Is SMB3 a "straightforward new coat of paint" on Super Mario Bros?

Was SMB3 15 years and numerous hardware generations removed from SMB? The more apt comparison would be New Super Mario Bros., and HEY LOOK I could find that quite easily for under $30 as soon as it was released.

[Compass]

Anyone who is in favor of, or defends in any way, $40 portable games loses -- period.

Well, okay, you guys sort of win. I just got a $5 Best Buy gift card and there's a coupon for 10% off games for this weekend there. That brings it down to $31, I can live with that.

You can't combine those two coupons. It's one or the other.

[Yoshi]

Anyone who is in favor of, or defends in any way, $35 portable games that could have been done on a console two generations ago except for a shitty stylus gimmick loses -- period.

Fixed.

[Bacon McShig]

DS games are quite easily available for under $30 around release. If they're not, I usually don't buy them.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

Still, I think Capcom's really limiting their sales going with a $40 MSRP. At $30 a lot more people would give it a shot.

IDBTN
Only a small percentage of the population have any sort of interest in this kind of game/series. I think casualgamerX would put that $30 to any number of other PSP titles before even thinking about GnG.

[Yoshi]

DS games are quite easily available for under $30 around release. If they're not, I usually don't buy them.

And that has what to do with MSRP? PSP games are easily available under $40 around release, but that hasn't stopped the bitching in this thread.

[Rumpy]

You can't combine those two coupons. It's one or the other.

A gift card isn't a coupon. You can use them both.

[sleeve]

Anyone who is in favor of, or defends in any way, $40 portable games loses -- period.

I don't understand this line of reasoning. Why are portable games intrinsically less valuable than non-portable games, especially in our modern era of gaming?

And in response to Bacon's comparison to Okami, why should development time/costs dictate a game's worth? Surely you wouldn't expect to pay $20 to see Lord of the Rings just because the movies cost $300 million to make.

Anyone who is in favor of, or defends in any way, $35 portable games that could have been done on a console two generations ago except for a shitty stylus gimmick loses -- period.

burn

[Yoshi]

sleeveboy has laid the smack down on Bacon twice on one page of one thread.