How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

[Cheerios]

You could always get a Vii and pay $5 for games (once you figure out where they go)

http://cn.engadget.com/2007/10/13/engad ... irst-shot/

[Kainstryder]

Jesus Christ, $71 for Final Fantasy III? It's like $30 in the states... and $90 for Zelda? Good lord, highway robbery in Australia...

IMO, anything above $60 is too much, wait a month or two and grab it at $40-50. Normally games in the states are anywhere from $30-60, $90 is like...SNES days...

[Mizango]

Holy Hell @ PS3 costing $970.

Two words; Fuck that.

[Lordwafik]

For whoever asked :

Xbox360 with 20GB HDD and wireless controller (this is the 'standard' model here) :

$529 AUD = $471.94 USD

PS3 standard edition

$999 AUD = $891.85 USD

Wii

$399 = $350~ USD


It's literally cheaper to get the consoles shipped from overseas, and in the PS3's case, 20 times better since games are region free so unlike XB/Wii , nothing's being missed.

Yeah, I kinda gave up console gaming since last year, the only times I buy a game is once in a blue moon when it's something big like FF12 or SSBB.

[evilbau]

ouch, the falling price of the USD rears its ugly head.

This is probably going to get worse as Bernanke isn't afraid of inflation. Makes me glad I have so much in AUD (don't ask me why lol). But since that obviously isn't the topic of the thread, I think at those prices you should just wait until they are cheaper. You may not be playing games as they come out but I don't think there are many games released these days that warrant a day 1 purchase at full price anyway.

I think importing will ultimately be frustrating when you do want to get a new game and you'll experience delays and added costs. Or you'll run into trouble from merchants like the guy in the other thread. Plus region-based sales determine whether games/systems are even released in your area. Games are still cost efficient $/hr of entertainment (most times) so I don't think its a big deal.

DVDs and games are the few things I spend my 'entertainment' dollars on so I don't mind paying a little extra for things I really enjoy. Those prices reflect the costs associated to bringing it to your market, so I say just deal.

edit: some of the above doesn't apply for region-free consoles

[Appie]

I guess it all depends how much shipping fees are from playasia.com (thanks sony for sealing lik-sang away, gj)

Afaik Liksang is now this:
http://www.games-asia.com/
Back to their former glory. Obviously don't let Sony know or they will go emo again.

[Lordwafik]

ouch, the falling price of the USD rears its ugly head.

This is probably going to get worse as Bernanke isn't afraid of inflation. Makes me glad I have so much in AUD (don't ask me why lol). But since that obviously isn't the topic of the thread, I think at those prices you should just wait until they are cheaper. You may not be playing games as they come out but I don't think there are many games released these days that warrant a day 1 purchase at full price anyway.

edit: some of the above doesn't apply for region-free consoles

Unlike when I was in USA, games don't get cheaper after a month, hell not even 6 months - 1 year, I can count a lot of last year PS2 titles still above 80 bucks. It's a very different gaming world down here unfortunately.


Thx appie! Gonna check that link out after work.

[evilbau]

ouch, the falling price of the USD rears its ugly head.

This is probably going to get worse as Bernanke isn't afraid of inflation. Makes me glad I have so much in AUD (don't ask me why lol). But since that obviously isn't the topic of the thread, I think at those prices you should just wait until they are cheaper. You may not be playing games as they come out but I don't think there are many games released these days that warrant a day 1 purchase at full price anyway.

edit: some of the above doesn't apply for region-free consoles

Unlike when I was in USA, games don't get cheaper after a month, hell not even 6 months - 1 year, I can count a lot of last year PS2 titles still above 80 bucks. It's a very different gaming world down here unfortunately.


Thx appie! Gonna check that link out after work.

wow, that sucks. I guess its good to be an american sometimes (i'm sorry lol)

[Shade]

Ouch.

I'm annoyed that games still cost $10-20 more here (in Canada) than they do in the states, even though our dollar is now on par, but you guys have got it worse.

[Cat]

Its okay though, the price of the 60GB PS3 has now been slashed to a bargin £350! ($700)

Aren't British people lucky.

[Po]

(Insert the entire lyrics of "Proud to be an American" here)

This is ourrr country

[Kaelan]

Meh. I don't have any trouble paying 8-12 bucks for a movie ticket, which is a measly 2-3 hours of entertainment; paying 90 bucks for 40+ hours still sounds like a bargain if you ask me :x

[Cheerios]

Meh. I don't have any trouble paying 8-12 bucks for a movie ticket, which is a measly 2-3 hours of entertainment; paying 90 bucks for 40+ hours still sounds like a bargain if you ask me

Getting the games for free is an even better bargain.

/queue bandwagon