$60.. Yeah... Cause next time it will be $70, then $80. Nintendo games were that price, and now they are picking up scraps in the US Market. Maybe media had something to do with it, but I know more than a couple ppl must have balked at paying $10 more for the N64 version of a game they could also get on the PSX.
How many non-hardcore gamers are going to buy games for that?
How many moms and dads are going to be cool with that?
I seriously doubt many casual gamers are going to go for the $60 per game price tag. $50 Controllers... $400 systems... MS and Sony may end up pricing themselves out of the casual gaming market.
I believe Nintendo's lack of an online plan killed them this generation. Think about how many online games were taken offline for the cube, and how many of Nintendo's own franchises could have been online.
Offline: Mortal Kombat Deception, NFL 2k series, NBA 2K series, Madden, NBA Live, Fight Night, Golden eye: rogue agent, NBA street volume 3, Need for Speed, Tony Hawk, XIII, etc.
Potentials: Super Smash Brothers, Mario Kart, Mario Party, Mario Golf, Pokemon RPG, Metriod, Wario Ware, Mario Baseball, Mario Strikers, Cruisin USA/World, NBA Courtside, Punchout, etc.
People always talk about Nintendo having a kiddie system, but that wasn't what hurt them with sports games or online enhanced games. It was the fact that you could get the same game on a different system with better multiplayer modes. Why play split screen on a Gamecube when I can play my brother two states away on a Playstation 2? What's more, why buy a sports game on the Gamecube when I can't even download current rosters?
Only 10% of console buyers play online, right? Well, none of them are playing on the Cube, and Ninendo could have had a higher saturation point with their many franchises. Think about how HUGE a Pokemon RPG be if done correctly.
As far as the Revolution goes, it needs to be cheaper, and the games need to be inexpensive as well, cause we are basically playing for Gamecube V1.25, an innovative controller, downloadable online content, and Free Internet games.
PS3 titles listed for Oct. 1st and ready for pre-order
Feb 2nd 2006 5:00PM (Joystiq)How many non-hardcore gamers are going to buy games for that?
How many moms and dads are going to be cool with that?
PS3 titles listed for Oct. 1st and ready for pre-order
Feb 2nd 2006 3:32PM (Joystiq)Japanese development for 360 going slowly but surely
Jan 30th 2006 8:01PM (Joystiq)The Engadget Interview: Peter Moore, corporate vice president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business in the Entertainment and Devices Division
Jan 23rd 2006 4:31PM (Engadget)Nintendo confirms Revolution will debut for less than $300
Dec 31st 2005 9:51AM (Engadget)Offline: Mortal Kombat Deception, NFL 2k series, NBA 2K series, Madden, NBA Live, Fight Night, Golden eye: rogue agent, NBA street volume 3, Need for Speed, Tony Hawk, XIII, etc.
Potentials: Super Smash Brothers, Mario Kart, Mario Party, Mario Golf, Pokemon RPG, Metriod, Wario Ware, Mario Baseball, Mario Strikers, Cruisin USA/World, NBA Courtside, Punchout, etc.
People always talk about Nintendo having a kiddie system, but that wasn't what hurt them with sports games or online enhanced games. It was the fact that you could get the same game on a different system with better multiplayer modes. Why play split screen on a Gamecube when I can play my brother two states away on a Playstation 2? What's more, why buy a sports game on the Gamecube when I can't even download current rosters?
Only 10% of console buyers play online, right? Well, none of them are playing on the Cube, and Ninendo could have had a higher saturation point with their many franchises. Think about how HUGE a Pokemon RPG be if done correctly.
As far as the Revolution goes, it needs to be cheaper, and the games need to be inexpensive as well, cause we are basically playing for Gamecube V1.25, an innovative controller, downloadable online content, and Free Internet games.