Spork3245 Posted June 11, 2019 Posted June 11, 2019 https://e3.nintendo.com/sale/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app Tempted to get Mario + Rabbids as I’ve been in a turn-based strategy mood lately. How is it? Quote
Derek Posted June 11, 2019 Posted June 11, 2019 Secret of Mana collection. Contra collection. Both available today. Nintendo is making me rock hard again. Quote
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted June 11, 2019 Posted June 11, 2019 I may go ahead and pick up Undertale. Been wanting that for Switch for a while. Quote
Keyser_Soze Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Paperclyp said: Nintendo's sales just suck ass. So you're saying you don't want to spend $40 on tropical freeze? 1 1 Quote
Paperclyp Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 22 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said: So you're saying you don't want to spend $40 on tropical freeze? Correct. Quote
Rodimus Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 I picked up Tropical Freeze on Wii U for $20 new years ago. $40 now is not a deal. Quote
Spork3245 Posted June 12, 2019 Author Posted June 12, 2019 $20 for Mario + Rabbids seems like a good deal, though...? Quote
crispy4000 Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 I'm going to pick up Torna. It's only a few bucks of savings off the XB2 season pass itself (which wasn't discounted, even though it's the exact same thing). But I needed an excuse. Quote
crispy4000 Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 2 hours ago, Spork3245 said: $20 for Mario + Rabbids seems like a good deal, though...? Get the Gold edition for $26. That's a good deal. Perfect portable game, good game anyways. Quote
TheLeon Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 Mario+Rabbids is good. Lame that the DLC isn’t on sale, but the game+DLC is. Kinda want the Donkey Kong pack. Quote
Spork3245 Posted June 12, 2019 Author Posted June 12, 2019 8 hours ago, crispy4000 said: Get the Gold edition for $26. That's a good deal. Perfect portable game, good game anyways. Is the DLC worth it or is it just characters/skins/weapons? Quote
crispy4000 Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 41 minutes ago, Spork3245 said: Is the DLC worth it or is it just characters/skins/weapons? DLC is a big expansion apparently. New DK themed levels, characters, etc. I haven’t gotten to it yet though. Quote
SaysWho? Posted June 12, 2019 Posted June 12, 2019 I could have sworn the sale price for Dead Cells wad the normal price I paid on the Quattro but maybe I'm remembering incorrectly. Quote
GameDadGrant Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 On 6/11/2019 at 9:50 PM, Paperclyp said: Correct. How much would you consider “fair” for Tropical Freeze? Quote
GameDadGrant Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 Lots of good deals on 3DS eShop, too! ...not that anyone cares, of course. Quote
Paperclyp Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 5 minutes ago, GameDadGrant said: How much would you consider “fair” for Tropical Freeze? I would pay $20 for it. Fair is a weird word because it’s so personal and subjective. But it’s a 5+ year old game. Spider-Man is $20 and it came out less than a year ago. I think Nintendo is absurd with their pricing models. I think they probably ignore objective information that guides your ideal pricing models likely due to some stubborn traditional old-school thinking. Quote
GameDadGrant Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 @Paperclyp Yeah, prices on stuff is always subjective, I think. What’s expensive to one person may be no big deal to another. Is Spider-Man as good of a game as Tropical Freeze? Both are with $20? Regardless of what year they are released? Honestly asking, I haven’t played either game yet. Quote
Paperclyp Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 22 minutes ago, GameDadGrant said: @Paperclyp Yeah, prices on stuff is always subjective, I think. What’s expensive to one person may be no big deal to another. Is Spider-Man as good of a game as Tropical Freeze? Both are with $20? Regardless of what year they are released? Honestly asking, I haven’t played either game yet. I haven’t played either, uhhh, either. Generally speaking though, games go down in price as time passes. Nowadays it’s not unusual to see games as old as tropical freeze routinely under $20. Certainly under $40 at a baseline price, let alone a sale. And that’s regardless of game quality. Games aren’t really priced according to how good they are. Quote
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 Spider-Man is fantastic, but that's not what justifies a price tag. Games typically go down in price over time. Quote
Spork3245 Posted June 13, 2019 Author Posted June 13, 2019 6 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: but that's not what justifies a price tag. Yea, that was a really weird metric to base pricing on. By this logic The Witcher 3 should have launched at $200 and still sell for that much 1 Quote
GameDadGrant Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 8 hours ago, Paperclyp said: Games aren’t really priced according to how good they are. You’re not wrong, just wondering about “bang for buck” ratio. Though it should be noted some games that aren’t good go down in price faster. Mostly because they don’t sell. Which I don’t think is an issue for Tropical Freeze, or, I assume, Spider-Man. Quote
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 19 minutes ago, GameDadGrant said: You’re not wrong, just wondering about “bang for buck” ratio. Though it should be noted some games that aren’t good go down in price faster. Mostly because they don’t sell. Which I don’t think is an issue for Tropical Freeze, or, I assume, Spider-Man. Well, Spider-Man is more of an open world game with plenty to do, so it's arguably more bang for your buck. But that's not what determines price. I've played and enjoyed both games, btw. 1 Quote
ShreddieMercury Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 10 hours ago, GameDadGrant said: @Paperclyp Yeah, prices on stuff is always subjective, I think. What’s expensive to one person may be no big deal to another. Is Spider-Man as good of a game as Tropical Freeze? Both are with $20? Regardless of what year they are released? Honestly asking, I haven’t played either game yet. Spider-Man is a bunch of games you've already played but with Spider-Man in it. Tropical Freeze is one of the best platformers ever made, and is a complete audio/visual/aesthetic triumph. If I didn't still have it on Wii-U, I would buy it again for $60 on Switch without batting an eye. 1 Quote
Keyser_Soze Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 1 hour ago, GameDadGrant said: You’re not wrong, just wondering about “bang for buck” ratio. Though it should be noted some games that aren’t good go down in price faster. Mostly because they don’t sell. Which I don’t think is an issue for Tropical Freeze, or, I assume, Spider-Man. Bad games drop in price very fast. Good games also drop in price, not as fast but they should come down to a reasonable level after a year, especially if it's just a port of a 5 year old game. God of War came out last year (a month before Tropical Freeze) and is $19.99 Quote
mo1518 Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 You guys are comparing Spiderman and donkey Kong when there's a better comparison - doom 2016 is $20 on PSN right now, and $40 on the eshop. What justifies Nintendo charging twice as much? That they didn't get a port until more recently? That the game runs worse and at a lower resolution than on ps4? This stuff has never made sense. They've gotten so much better with their sales since the switch launched, but they have to understand their prices are dumb. I would have taken doom for another rip and tear if it were $20 just for the portability novelty. At $40? No. Quote
Slug Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 Looking at the list reminds me that I still haven't bought FFIX on Switch. Will fix that today. Quote
Hurdyb1 Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 15 hours ago, GameDadGrant said: Lots of good deals on 3DS eShop, too! ...not that anyone cares, of course. Thank you. Waiting for someone to say something. Will check it out! 1 Quote
GameDadGrant Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 9 hours ago, Keyser_Soze said: Bad games drop in price very fast. Good games also drop in price, not as fast but they should come down to a reasonable level after a year, especially if it's just a port of a 5 year old game. God of War came out last year (a month before Tropical Freeze) and is $19.99 Holy crap for real?!? ....why would anyone ever pay full price for any of Sony's games? A little bit of patience can save someone a bunch of cash, it seems. 8 hours ago, mo1518 said: What justifies Nintendo charging twice as much? For DOOM, is it really Sony or Nintendo that sets the price for that game on their respective platforms? Or is it the publisher's call on that? I assumed it was up to the publisher, but I'm realizing I know less and less about modern video games lately. Quote
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 1 minute ago, GameDadGrant said: Holy crap for real?!? ....why would anyone ever pay full price for any of Sony's games? A little bit of patience can save someone a bunch of cash, it seems. Because they make some awesome games and a lot of people don't want to wait months or a year to save a few bucks? Quote
Jason Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 1 minute ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Because they make some awesome games and a lot of people don't want to wait months or a year to save a few bucks? Quote
GameDadGrant Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 9 minutes ago, CastlevaniaNut18 said: Because they make some awesome games and a lot of people don't want to wait months or a year to save a few bucks? Ha ha, fair enough! Yeah, gotta admit...sometimes there is just something "special" about playing the new hotness when it first comes out, and the hype level is through the roof. Especially so if it's a game your friends are also playing either at the same time, or with you. Still though! Think of the savings! The savings! Quote
CastlevaniaNut18 Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 Just now, GameDadGrant said: Ha ha, fair enough! Yeah, gotta admit...sometimes there is just something "special" about playing the new hotness when it first comes out, and the hype level is through the roof. Especially so if it's a game your friends are also playing either at the same time, or with you. Still though! Think of the savings! The savings! It's all about priorities. There are many games I most certainly wait for a price drop on. But something that I really love, that I've been excited for years about, I'm not going to wait a year or more to play it so I can save a few bucks. That'd be a miserable way to be a gamer. Quote
Spork3245 Posted June 13, 2019 Author Posted June 13, 2019 25 minutes ago, GameDadGrant said: Holy crap for real?!? ....why would anyone ever pay full price for any of Sony's games? A little bit of patience can save someone a bunch of cash, it seems. So, you never buy any game at/near release and wait for a price-drop/sale on all games? JFC. Quote
Guest Posted June 13, 2019 Posted June 13, 2019 13 minutes ago, Spork3245 said: So, you never buy any game at/near release and wait for a price-drop/sale on all games? JFC. I generally only buy 1 or 2 games at release per year, generally instead buying the base game + DLC for $10-$20 the following year. I also take quite a bit of time going through games as I tend to play most games in about 30 minute sessions. Quote
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