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The hell are you talking about? When the game only exists on DD the price can be as high as they want ti to be. If anything, having a retail version should ensure its cheaper.
Publishers having their own individual stores like EA or Ubisoft is not going to pay dividends for them I don't think. But having just one DD store (Steam) is also bad for the consumer in the long run.
Personally, I wouldn't mind if we had Impulse become a bigger platform. There are deals to be found there and Steam is already overcharging my European ass.
On the other hand, I can find no fault at all with Steam, other than IE integration or the extremely fickle patching system for some games.
No.
This is not true.
Have you ever even been on Steam or XBLA? They have sales all the damn time because they are the only format selling those particular games.
Now try Games on Demand on 360, the one that sells retail 360 games. They stay at full price because they don't want to undercut retailers.
Or stuff not unlocking on time or unlocking on time stopping you ever finding stuff early.
Really? Should Chrysler sell the a perfectly working Minivan for peanuts because they've "made plenty of money" already? Those new Beatles remasters? Hell, I've spent a lot of money on bread as is, a loaf of Wonderwhite should be two cents, AT BEST.
And the "better games" sold at a premium slides down a slippery slope. Mario 3 and Total Recall (I hated that game as a kid, you see) both took the same amount of effort to port over, so where's the difference in price reflected?
Silly argument is silly. Use your voodoo magic and buy NES games for your NES at the same rock bottom prices your get your 360 games for your 360. Or should Burnout Paradise and Fable be free because I can get them at really low prices for the physical disc?
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A car requires money to break even. They dont appear for free out of thin air ready to be sold. I imaigne those NES games are running on an emulator and took very little effort to 'port' over.
Silly response is silly. Did I say they should be free because I can obtain them cheap? Or did I suggest they should probably be priced more reasonably in line with what they can be obtained physically with extras (manual, case, nice cover)?
Man I'll be in class for the big NPD reveal.
Oh well. Probably better than I avoid the swarm of posts for the initial few hours.
Everyone get their PS3 party hats on!
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Otherwise I am moving to Caspiar.
PS3 491.8K (+87.4%)
Wii 462.8K (+33.5%)
360 352.6K (+31%)
PSP 190.4K (+8.6%)
PS2 146.0K (-1%)
HALO 3: ODST 360 MICROSOFT (CORP) Sep-09 1.52M 1
WII SPORTS RESORT W/ WII MOTION PLUS WII NINTENDO OF AMERICA Jul-09 442.9K
MADDEN NFL 10 360 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-09 289.6K
MARIO & LUIGI:BOWSER'S INSIDE STORY NDS NINTENDO OF AMERICA Sep-09 258.1K
THE BEATLES:ROCK BAND* 360 MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS Sep-09 254.0K
MADDEN NFL 10 PS3 ELECTRONIC ARTS Aug-09 246.5K
MARVEL:ULTIMATE ALLIANCE 2 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) Sep-09 236.0K
BATMAN:ARKHAM ASYLUM* PS3 SQUARE ENIX INC (CORP) Aug-09 212.5K
GUITAR HERO 5* 360 ACTIVISION BLIZZARD (CORP) Sep-09 210.8K
THE BEATLES:ROCK BAND* WII MTV GAMES/ELECTRONIC ARTS Sep-09 208.6K
*Includes limited, collectors', instrument bundles
Beatles Wii: 208.6k
Scribblenauts: 194k
Beatles PS3: 132.4k
GH5 Wii+PS3+PS2: 289k
Batman: Arkham Asylum - 202,034 (Xbox 360) (DOES NOT INCLUDE LE/CE, the above list does)
Wii Fit W/ Balance Board - 133,930 (Wii)
From creamsugar, the infamous NPD leaker:
MURAMASA > 35K
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days > 201K
GT > 18K
GT PSN cards > 1k
Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny > 26K
Dead Space Extraction > 9K
Motorstorm Arctic Edge < 3k
Spyborgs < 1k
http://games.ign.com/articles/103/1036545p1.html
http://ds.ign.com/articles/103/1036643p1.html
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Probably true but in terms of revenue (includes SE units) it'll be enough to make Viacom happy.
PiT wasn't nearly as good of a game though either.
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I'm guessing those are software only. I'm sure quite a few of the giant bundles were sold.
I'm surprised, though. Despite 360 being the lead platform, I was certain that B:RB would sell better on the Wii.
I agree with this sentiment.
Fab 5 indeed.
I don't think Bowser's Inside Story being better is the reason it sold so well.
360 didn't benefit a hell of a lot from the price drop, such as it was.
Oh holy shit, I didn't even notice.
That's definitely odd, especially considering ODST hit that month and sold so well.
Ah the ol' top 10 fallacy.
Your argument wasn't about costs, it was about money made. But I'll humor you anyways. CD's cost less than a dollar to package and produce, and that loaf of bread isn't expensive either. Hell, on to vidja games; Mario Kart DS has sold tonnes of copies, easily recouping what ever was spent on development, producing, shipping and made a very tidy profit. It's sold more most NES games. Should it be two pounds, AT BEST?
So Digitally Distributed software shouldn't sell at the MRSP, but rather the cheapest available price because you have the option of buying elsewhere? Shopping online for the best deal is an outlier market that's always going to beat your price, whereas as long as you're inline with the MRSP you're providing the same content for the same price. NES games can be had without buying them on the VC, just like [most] DD'd games. Shop around if you want to.
Arcades must make up the lion's share of 360 sales, I guess?
I mean, I finally got one, but I picked up one of the pricedropped Pros.
I imagine the kind of person who'd buy ODST had already bought a 360 for Halo 3.
No it sold well because the DS has a much larger install base now than it did then.
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I'm talking Wii Play, Mario Kart Wii and DS, Wii Fit...
Or was it just a pretty big month and we should be back on schedule next time?
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This is flat out true. There's no need for it to be either or, and getting a good deal is always in my best interest. :P
What fallacy?
Batman for PS3 was right below the 360 version last month.
Now only the PS3 version is in the top 10.
The second one.
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The other thing to consider is this stuff doesn't happen in a vacuum. Looking at just the top 10 because that's all we have so far, 360 owners seem a little preoccupied buying Halo 3 and band games.