Bionic Commando Rearmed swings in next week; launching later on Euro PSN, $5 more on PC

It should be $5 -less- IMO to fight piracy. This is just giving people a reason to break the law. Not very smart.

I thought the same thing. Then i noticed that it's a "games for windows" thing, which i'm unsure whether or not Microsoft gets a cut as well.

Packaging, shipping, CD's, Manuals, ETC.

Games for Windows is a marketing campaign run by Microsoft, they don't get a cut of anything, they actually pay for it themselves.

And there's no "Packaging, shipping, CD's, Manuals" if the game only releases on Steam / D2D / Gamersgate...

"Packaging, shipping, CD's, Manuals, ETC."

Except that Bionic Commando Rearmed is on Steam and Direct2Drive, which are both digital distribution platforms. So there is no packaging, shipping, CD pressing, or manual printing.

Slightly off topic, but I don't see why they call selling things over the internet "digital distribution". Are CDs not digital?

do you like 1942? i bought it on the PSN and i am sorely disappointed with it. it's just so slow and the specials are boring. i used to play Aerofighters all the time in my local roller rink and have been hooked on vertical shmups ever since. this one just doesnt do it for me though.

Honestly! I might as well buy this:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/08/iphone-i-am-ric.html

That's the quickest I do believe I've ever seen someone go off the deep end.

Yup, achievements!

No trophies? Lame.

I care.
I was thinking about getting this, since it looked pretty cool, but now I don't think I will.

I'd gladly pay $15 for this game. I'm just happy that I only have to spend $10. Now I wish that Braid was also $10.

PSN version also supports remote play

PSP support for remote play allows you to play the game anywhere with an internet connection.

I can't see how anyone with both consoles would knowingly ignore that!

Also, the game features "Medals" for both the 360 and PS3 versions. The Medals will unlock achievements for the collective XBL gamerscore, while the PS3 will have it patched shortly.

Quote from developer:
"It was too late into development to add trophy support at this time, however, Ben assures me that we’ll have this feature for BCR in the near future!"

I don't have a PSP, so remote play is not a concern for me.

No, THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yaris was free so it’s forgiven.

"It's always nice to hear when PC users have to pay more. I hate that retail game are always cheaper for the PC."

They're cheaper because there's no licensing fee to pay to Microsoft / Sony / Nintendo...
And that 1st statement was just pathetic.

"retail games." I don't really care why they cost more on consoles. All I know is that it makes me angry. I guess I hurt your feelings with my good to hear PC having to pay more comment.

Just as I thought. They've gotta be adding $5 to the price because of piracy.

I don't know where to begin; that's so stupid of them. Do they honestly think the piracy rate is going to be unaffected by a price hike? It shoots up faster than the price does. Anyone can see that. Charge $150 for the game and not only will you see no sales at all, but you'll also see lots of people playing it.

And what are they thinking about covering a cost for? When someone torrents a copy of the game, Capcom's bank account doesn't get any smaller. If that pirate would've bought the game otherwise, then that's just a missed sale to a guy who isn't willing to ever buy the game at that price, just like the billions of people on the Earth who won't ever buy the game at all. You don't have to charge more for the game knowing you're not going to get a dime from the tribesmen in the Amazon rain forest; you've got customers and non-customers. Sell to every customer and you're successful.

In fact, lowering the price as much as you can can even turn non-customers into customers. The effort of pirating something gets easier and easier with each dollar you're saving by doing it. Don't give people any more reason to mess with exposing themselves to viruses, huge downloads, complex work-arounds, and having to wait for the hacking community to crack a new protection scheme; allow people to see a really low price, and they'll see a great reason not to pirate your game.

Am I crazy? Is this all a bunch of gibberish, or is the industry at large really as clueless about this as they seem?

Ok, that sounds better.

I can haz phree downloodz on mah tree60 two?

I checked the blog and didn't see any mention of that. Would you kindly provide a link?

Link? Sure!

http://bioniccommando.com/us/blog_entries/view/334

Here's the quote too...


“I can give you a song and dance about PC digital content being more expensive as a general rule... but nobody wants to hear that crap. I can say this: for the PC version we are planning on uploading some additional PC-only challenge rooms via a free patch so you will get more bang for your buck."

but then the strange factor dissipates when you notice that this is PSN Europe after all.....

PSN does not allow you to demo arcade titles????

Terrible

IIRC, the BC:R producer has fought long and hard with Capcom to get the $10 price point for on the consoles, basically sticking his neck out on this move. My thinking is that they compromised on $10 for consoles (where $15 would be a tougher sell), but $15 on PC where it might be more acceptable, and easier to drop the price if need be.

I fully intend to support the devs' efforts to release at the lower price by buying BC:R the consoles day one.