Lunar DS to cost $39.99
-
- Iluk Crackpot
- Posts: 32
- jedwabna poszewka na poduszkę 70x80
- Joined: Mon Jun 27, 2005 11:46 pm
Lunar DS to cost $39.99
http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/256786.asp
Was 29.99 two days ago
I don't get it. Same price as Shadow of the Colossus(another game I'm really looking forward to). And DS is suppose to have one of the lowest development cost with the GBA. How can it be the same price as a PS2 game is beyond me.
Oh well I'm still gonna get it for sure, have it pre-ordered anyway. Still frustrating tho. Wish it was a mistake, but I seriously doubt it is.
Was 29.99 two days ago
I don't get it. Same price as Shadow of the Colossus(another game I'm really looking forward to). And DS is suppose to have one of the lowest development cost with the GBA. How can it be the same price as a PS2 game is beyond me.
Oh well I'm still gonna get it for sure, have it pre-ordered anyway. Still frustrating tho. Wish it was a mistake, but I seriously doubt it is.
- Spirit Icana
- Red Dragon Priest
- Posts: 136
- Joined: Sat Jul 02, 2005 3:56 pm
- Silver Phoenix
- Bromide Hunter
- Posts: 1677
- Joined: Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:57 am
- Location: Allentown, PA
- Contact:
Well I certainly hope the game doesn't sell for $39.99. Prices usually tend to be different as well, depending on what stores you go to. EBGames is pretty much never the cheapest.
I have to buy one for myself, and I'm buying one as a birthday present, for a friend. Hopefully I won't have to spend over $80 in total.
I have to buy one for myself, and I'm buying one as a birthday present, for a friend. Hopefully I won't have to spend over $80 in total.
- Apocalypse
- Lann Fisherman
- Posts: 20
- Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:15 am
- Rune Lai
- Bromide Hunter
- Posts: 1590
- Joined: Sat Dec 28, 2002 7:46 pm
- Location: Shrine to Ghaleon
- Contact:
$39.99 seems steep for a DS game, especially given that most games are $29.99-$34.99, but it's not unheard of. Alas, this probably means I won't rush out and buy it though. By the time I'm ready to play it, it'll probably have its first price drop.
You have taught us the pity to live.
But I will not forget the beauty of life itself.
--Hyuui Riin, Phantasy Star II
-- http://www.sabrecat.net/ --
But I will not forget the beauty of life itself.
--Hyuui Riin, Phantasy Star II
-- http://www.sabrecat.net/ --
- Silver Phoenix
- Bromide Hunter
- Posts: 1677
- Joined: Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:57 am
- Location: Allentown, PA
- Contact:
- GhaleonOne
- Ghost From The Past
- Posts: 9079
- Joined: Wed Dec 25, 2002 4:59 am
- Location: Not of this world...
- Rune Lai
- Bromide Hunter
- Posts: 1590
- Joined: Sat Dec 28, 2002 7:46 pm
- Location: Shrine to Ghaleon
- Contact:
Silver Phoenix wrote:This is the first new Lunar game in over ten years, and you're gonna put it off? I'll smack yo' ass with the Ghaleon Punching Puppet just for that.
Hey, hey... Don't make me chase you with my own punching puppet. As soon as this weekend is over I'm going back to crunch mode at my job and I barely get any time to play games as it is. A half hour every other night of the week is no way to play an RPG (and keep any sense of story), so I'm going to have wait anyway. I'm sure Dragon Song will still be fun when I get there.
You have taught us the pity to live.
But I will not forget the beauty of life itself.
--Hyuui Riin, Phantasy Star II
-- http://www.sabrecat.net/ --
But I will not forget the beauty of life itself.
--Hyuui Riin, Phantasy Star II
-- http://www.sabrecat.net/ --
- Silver Phoenix
- Bromide Hunter
- Posts: 1677
- Joined: Thu Jul 14, 2005 5:57 am
- Location: Allentown, PA
- Contact:
- Kizyr
- Keeper of Knowledge (probationary)
- Posts: 8320
- Joined: Wed Dec 25, 2002 7:36 am
- Location: Marius Zone
- Contact:
Well, prices in Japan for all entertainment is generally higher. So you're right that it's better to compare it with the average prices in the region. I mean, a new CD typically costs about 3000 yen, and let's not get started on DVDs...
Comparably, $30 is the price for most DS games out right now. It'd be a bad move if they priced it any higher than, say, Castlevania. KF
Comparably, $30 is the price for most DS games out right now. It'd be a bad move if they priced it any higher than, say, Castlevania. KF
~Kizyr (they|them)
- phyco126
- Dragonmaster
- Posts: 8136
- Joined: Fri Dec 27, 2002 3:06 am
- Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
You know, speaking of cost to buy something, why is it so inflated in Japan? Another thing I'm curious about, is why does it take 5000 yen to make 47 US dollars? I mean, that would put a normal US paycheck (based off of my old earnings) at about 212000ish yen.
- "Sometimes life smiles when it kicks you down. The trick is to smile back."
- HuBBsDoctor
- Reza Thief
- Posts: 39
- Joined: Wed May 25, 2005 5:49 am
- Contact:
- Kizyr
- Keeper of Knowledge (probationary)
- Posts: 8320
- Joined: Wed Dec 25, 2002 7:36 am
- Location: Marius Zone
- Contact:
phyco126 wrote:You know, speaking of cost to buy something, why is it so inflated in Japan? Another thing I'm curious about, is why does it take 5000 yen to make 47 US dollars? I mean, that would put a normal US paycheck (based off of my old earnings) at about 212000ish yen.
First question, it's not inflated, just certain things cost more. Entertainment in particular will cost more since Japan tends to produce the same quality material with about half the market of the US, for instance. So, to sell a CD in Japan that has about the same overhead cost as it would in the US, the price needs to be higher to accommodate a relatively smaller market. Video game prices don't have to be as high, though, since the market in Japan is still sizeable relative to the US.
Your second question doesn't really make sense. It's about as arbitrary as asking why we don't just say it costs 1300 cents to buy a CD, or why we don't call our Dollar the Credit instead. It's just names and numbers; that's all arbitrary. KF
~Kizyr (they|them)
- phyco126
- Dragonmaster
- Posts: 8136
- Joined: Fri Dec 27, 2002 3:06 am
- Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
But why such high numbers? I mean, I feel sorry for the chap who moves to Japan and thinks a million Yen makes him rich (Though I doubt that ever happens, for one, if you go to japan obviously your going to learn the exchange rate when you first get there.)
- "Sometimes life smiles when it kicks you down. The trick is to smile back."
- Kizyr
- Keeper of Knowledge (probationary)
- Posts: 8320
- Joined: Wed Dec 25, 2002 7:36 am
- Location: Marius Zone
- Contact:
phyco126 wrote:But why such high numbers? I mean, I feel sorry for the chap who moves to Japan and thinks a million Yen makes him rich (Though I doubt that ever happens, for one, if you go to japan obviously your going to learn the exchange rate when you first get there.)
...you're still getting hung up on the numbers. The numbers aren't 'high', they're just higher than those if they're denominated in dollars. I mean, why not just eliminate the cent and round everything off to the nearest dollar? Same difference, and just as silly reasoning.
Dollar-denominated things are high compared to Euros, Pounds Sterling, and Gold-Pressed Latinum. KF
~Kizyr (they|them)
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 25 guests