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In other completely unrelated news, Square-Enix revealed today that the retail price of Final Fantasy XIII will be 12,800 Yen...
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Square Enix President Concerned About Health of Japanese Game Industry
According to Square Enix President Yoichi Wada (right) the Japanese video game industry is currently "at a crossroads." In an new interview, Wada shares his disappointment over the fact that there aren't enough IT specialists or standards in place in the land of the rising sun.
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In other completely unrelated news, Square-Enix revealed today that the retail price of Final Fantasy XIII will be 12,800 Yen...
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If games over here weren't so goddamn expensive then things would be better.
FFIII cost me 5300 yen. So around 50 bucks... for a freaking DS game.
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I hope your major wasn't economics.
If "jump-starting" the market was as simple as lowering the price then they would've lowered the price.
Of course it's possible every company is just retarded and keeps the price high because of inertia, but considering they move lots of units at lower US prices I'd say that's unlikely.
My whole point was that Wada's going on about how the problem is due to lack of IT people or standards, while turning a completely blind eye to the quality of products that he puts out and the prices he charges for them.
Naturally it isn't one single element that's causing the drought.
Nope, definitely not an economice major.
And yeah I know that alone won't do it... but it'd probably help.
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XIII is going to be about $100?
Square can eat a dick if that's true. I won't be buying it.
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I wouldn't buy XIII if it were 20$ but hey that's just me.
This has to be some sort of fucking joke. While I can see an RPG like FF XIII going for a larger price, that's almost $110. While I care little for RPGs, I hope other games aren't going to be close to this range (i.e. $70-90).
Neo-Geo AES 2, anyone?PS3. A system that will surely have its adherents, but may fail to gain mass market acceptance due to obscene prices. $600 to get the system itself is too much, and honestly I'm hoping the PS3 catches 3DO syndrome at first until it's lowered to something more sane. I could bear paying $400 for it.
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