tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post1359060009537000437..comments2024-03-21T19:59:49.407-04:00Comments on KoopaTV: Gaming on a Budget on the eShopLudwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-80067313062165284652016-03-30T00:57:30.392-04:002016-03-30T00:57:30.392-04:00Trying to 100% it a second time?Trying to 100% it a second time?Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-3278482793966277072016-03-29T19:40:59.946-04:002016-03-29T19:40:59.946-04:00Games SHOULD be more expensive. However, game pric...Games SHOULD be more expensive. However, game prices tend not to rise with inflation. At least, historically.<br /><br />PlayStation 2 games were $49.99, as were GameCube games. Now PlayStation 4 games and Wii U games are $59.99.<br /><br />However, $49.99 in 2001 is supposed to be $66.97 right now. So games are under-priced.<br /><br />This is not accounting for the fact that BUDGETS for AAA games have risen FASTER than inflation.<br /><br />What does THAT mean?<br /><br />It means that games are much cheaper to buy and much more expensive to make than 15 years ago.<br /><br />This is why the game industry pricing model is broken, and why so many developers are looking to micro-transactions and DLC. Games SHOULD be costing $69.99 now, or even more. But those prices don't look attractive to consumers because most consumers don't even know inflation is going on, or don't think about it.<br /><br />So they keep the prices at $59.99 and then nickel & dime you after you buy the game to get the rest of the money they should be charging.<br /><br />Consider inflation to be a hidden tax.<br /><br />If you want to go way back, the MSRP of many NES games was also $49.99. $49.99 in 1985 money is $110.16 in today's money, just to demonstrate how static game prices tend to be and how they do not reflect the true costs.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-49621641392124834882016-03-29T18:30:50.723-04:002016-03-29T18:30:50.723-04:00"If you can make it through playing that virt..."If you can make it through playing that virtual casino without being convinced to spend money, then you've developed some kind of financial self-control!"<br /><br />I didn't realize how prepared I was for the digital economy until reading this sentence!<br /><br />Also, I kind of realized something when reading the section between the Resident Evil and financial interest screenshots: Since the dollar would be more common by 2020, wouldn't games also be more expensive (to properly fund the game developers)? For example, in 2020, a game would cost $80, which would make the $35 in the account to cost less than 50% for a new game instead of around 66%, like right now.<br /><br />Finance is confusing (however, I don't find it all that boring...). Anyway, thanks for this thought-provoking article, I actually bought an eShop card at the moment because of this! https://twitter.com/lilfruini/status/714942708587081729Nandin Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09186285507912182255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-43288628940979718882016-03-29T15:24:23.606-04:002016-03-29T15:24:23.606-04:00Yeah, I've been trying to do that. I finished ...Yeah, I've been trying to do that. I finished Azure Striker Gunvolt and Affordable Space Adventures recently... but now I'm stuck trying to 100% Hyrule Warriors again. ;-;Harman Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17585362592090974660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-1679680400069324312016-03-29T07:48:09.452-04:002016-03-29T07:48:09.452-04:00Woah, it's Inkling Girl!
You can also try wri...Woah, it's Inkling Girl!<br /><br />You can also try writing a check to Intelligent Systems with Advance Wars in the memo!Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-23789738997337403062016-03-28T23:51:48.402-04:002016-03-28T23:51:48.402-04:00I have the whole humanoid Inkling plush set now.
...I have the whole humanoid Inkling plush set now.<br /><br />Well it would invest for a future for the AW series.ShinyGirafarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785034081374840420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-15699833966432341102016-03-28T23:47:23.084-04:002016-03-28T23:47:23.084-04:00Woah it's Inkling Boy.
It may be a worthy pur...Woah it's Inkling Boy.<br /><br />It may be a worthy purchase, but not a good investment.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-9683820300893438132016-03-28T23:36:17.823-04:002016-03-28T23:36:17.823-04:00Advance Wars is a worthy purchase no matter when i...Advance Wars is a worthy purchase no matter when it is bought or how much its price was in either the past or the future.ShinyGirafarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785034081374840420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-64977845187571304782016-03-28T23:28:45.117-04:002016-03-28T23:28:45.117-04:00Is this true?
Advance Wars right now is $8 on the...Is this true?<br /><br /><i>Advance Wars</i> right now is $8 on the Wii U, out 2014. When it came out on the Game Boy Advance in 2001, it was $30, right?<br /><br />http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/<br /><br />If I put in 2001 you purchased an item for $30, then in 2014 it would cost $40.12.<br /><br />BUT it's now only costing $8.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-22397279019276697952016-03-28T23:19:53.004-04:002016-03-28T23:19:53.004-04:00You're probably not as bad as WaluigiBag.
I t...You're probably not as bad as WaluigiBag.<br /><br />I think he has an endless supply of money. He's always buying new games and I have no idea how many of them he actually plays.<br />https://miiverse.nintendo.net/users/WaluigiBag/posts<br /><br />That's another thing: If you don't buy new games until you finish the ones you already have, you'll save a lot of money.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-35976485555660972172016-03-28T23:02:54.640-04:002016-03-28T23:02:54.640-04:00Buying an Advance Wars game right away is always a...Buying an Advance Wars game right away is always a good investment.ShinyGirafarighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01785034081374840420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-3271245518804191682016-03-28T22:59:26.853-04:002016-03-28T22:59:26.853-04:00... I just buy everything on the eshop...
I think...... I just buy everything on the eshop...<br /><br />I think I may have a problem... Harman Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17585362592090974660noreply@blogger.com