Lode Runner reloaded to 1200 MS Points [update]

Yeah Live pricing is really screwed up when you think about the fact that Geometry Wars was $5 and look how much infinite replay value that game has.

Where's all the sales on Live Arcade games that they were talking about a year ago? I figured there'd be sales on a weekly basis, but as it is - they've had a few, but by and large they're picking the wrong prices and the wrong discounts on the wrong games. What was the last sale, like $1.50 off an 800 point title? Thanks but no thanks.

Vote with your dollars people.

Does anyone here that's complaining about the price of the game have any idea how much this game cost to make? I sure don't.

You can download the trial and decide for yourselves whether or not it is worth your hard-earned $15 - that's fine. But to spew all this BS about price-gouging and "MS really screwed us" is ludicrous. This game was announced (to my knowledge) around Jan 2008. So it's theoretically been in the works for that long or longer.

How much does it cost to have a staff of developers, copy writers, testers, artists, audo engineers, etc, do all that work for that long? Were there licensing fees that needed to be paid to Broderbund or Doug E. Smith (original creator)? How much is the rent in the studio where this game is made? I don't know, and I'll bet none of YOU know either.

Yes, somebody fucked up and some people got a deal. Yes, it would be nice if it was 800 points, or 400 points, or even FREE! But are any of those numbers realistic? Based on sales projections, development costs, and other factors - maybe, just MAYBE, 1200 is the price it needs to sell for in order for Tozai, et al to make the money they set out to make.

Sorry to inject logic and reason into this thread.

Flame on.

Bad Joystiq! Thanks for making them realize their mistake!

1. Downloaded trial, noted 800 price point, wasn't sure about game so decided to give it another go later.
2. Came back later, noted 1200 price point, deleted game.

For a little while I thought MS may have gotten sensible after the poor show of Galactrix and the failure of Flock to even breach the top ten. How naive of me.

I loved Lode Runner but had no intention of spending 1200 points. When I saw the 800 point price I thought Joystiq must have been mistaken (or they changed their minds) and bought it. I would not have bought it at 1200 points.

Was going to buy Lode Runner for 800.....for 1200............naaa.

I'll put my 1200 to the best game coming on XBLA...........Marvel V.S. Capcom 2.

Hahah Thats the only game I want on XBLA now......at least until they re-release Shining Force 3.

Major Nelson is giving away some codes for Lode Runner in a few minutes through Twitter if anyone is still trying to get the game for under $15.

Because sh*t is so much easier to spell than terrible. :-)

This growing trend of pricing Live Arcade titles at 1200 points is taking the piss.

I don't care if it's MS, or a 3rd party dev who chose the price point, there's no way I'm forking out 1200 points for Lode Runner. Same went for Death Tank. (I'd have snapped them both up if they were 800!)

I used to buy quite a few Arcade titles, but that stopped when the pricing became exorbitant.

Don't know if an answer's been given already, but how can we register our displeasure directly to MS? Steps need to be taken to nip this shit in the bud.