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    How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    rant rant rant

    I went to pick up a few things today and skimmed past the nintendo section like I always do since I remembered that phoenix wright has a sequel, and while I had a feeling the prices were high on DS games here, I didn't realize exactly how high. Note that this shop is one of the more pricier stores, but when I say that it's only a 5-10 dollar difference so it's barely worth mentioning.

    I took pics with my camera phone which sucks major dick, so I couldn't get completely clear screens, but here's the best I could do with obvious price edits.

    Anyway I'll let the pictures do the talking.

    http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/5...ssoriesvm8.jpg

    http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/8...ermariodo9.jpg

    http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/3703/zeldaxw7.jpg
    (isn't this one a budget title for USA now?)

    http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1135/ripve8.jpg

    Don't worry Wii, you're not alone, DS is here to rip those of us who play portable.


    http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/4746/dsriprp7.jpg

    http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2717/ffripzt4.jpg



    Funny, with prices like these, you can only imagine why piracy skyrockets in Australia. It's not one of those "chicken or egg" debates either, because prices have always been overinflated like this since Atari. DVDs aren't nearly as horrible, I can find 10-30 dollar DVDs around (still a bit expensive but bearable).

    The current exchange rate -

    1 AUD = 0.891892 USD




    So the games listed for 100 , they are in fact 89.2091 USD. All console games here get released for 99.95 when new, only drop when there's a special or they've been out for a very very long time, and when they're dropped it's down to 80$.

    Would you feel ok paying 90 bucks for a wii game? Or what about 60-70 for a DS chip? I don't get why we have to pay so much. Sucks because I don't like to pirate, but with prices like this, why should I even pay?

    As for the question on how much would I pay? Well, I guess it all depends how much shipping fees are from playasia.com (thanks sony for sealing lik-sang away, gj)

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    relatively speaking, how much do you get paid for standard jobs? Is a low income job 10 dollars an hour there like it is here (in most place) or is a low income job for you like 16+ an hour. If i was making that much more I don't think i'd care since it'd be relative for you, if not relative to what we earn/pay.

    I think paying 50-60 dollars for a new game here is ridiculous, if i had my current salary and 100 dollar games, I would probably excercise more.

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    Quote Originally Posted by Skyylya
    relatively speaking, how much do you get paid for standard jobs? Is a low income job 10 dollars an hour there like it is here (in most place) or is a low income job for you like 16+ an hour. If i was making that much more I don't think i'd care since it'd be relative for you, if not relative to what we earn/pay.

    I think paying 50-60 dollars for a new game here is ridiculous, if i had my current salary and 100 dollar games, I would probably excercise more.
    I don't get paid much since I couldn't find a job anywhere better, 14/hour, some of my friends with better jobs get 20+.

    Even still, if you get paid a low income job of 10/hr , and a game is 30 there after it's been out a while, and I get 14/hour, and a game is still 100 here after it's been a while, i have to work way more not as relative as I'd want, otherwise I wouldn't be ranting.

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    Jesus christ thats ridiculous. How much are PS3 and 360 Games over there??

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    How much does it cost to ship a game from the US to Australia? Just a thought.

    Or is that not possible for some reason that I am not thinking of?

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    Quote Originally Posted by Quixon
    Jesus christ thats ridiculous. How much are PS3 and 360 Games over there??
    same lols


    How much does it cost to ship a game from the US to Australia? Just a thought.

    Or is that not possible for some reason that I am not thinking of?
    It's pricey, thats why if you wanna order from O/S it's better to buy multiple and ship at once to save shipping. Shipping from USA is pricey, but asia is cheap, hence why I hearted Lik Sang very much so.

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    Nintendo games are cheaper in the UK, £30-35 can't you import them cheaper???

    Thats £10 cheaper than 360 and £20 cheaper than PS3 games


    ( I presume you still use the same PAL as us? )

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    rofl wow..

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    Jesus shitting Christ, and I thought $35 DS games were annoying. I rarely buy games for their original price any more ($50 for PS2/Wii, think it's $60 for PS3/360, and $30-40 for DS, in the US), unless it's an important title of course. I went and got DQVIII probably 6 months ago and it was already only $20. PS2 game prices drop very quickly now, DS games don't drop at all it seems. It was $50 for Wii Play I remember, was a good enough deal considering a Wiimote was $40 alone.

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    With prices like that, I'd give up console gaming.

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    jesus, and here I am bitching about mario kart on the ds still being sold for $34.99 where i work.

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    European prices
    PS3 / Xbox 360 / Wii games = roughly 70 euros (~100 dollars)
    DS / PSP games = roughly 50 euros (~70 dollars)

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    Wow, how much are the actual consoles?

    If it was a ~10% markup I could kind of understand, but that's over a 50% markup in some cases... I might still be tempted to own maybe 1 system, but definately not more than that, and I would only pick up games that were considered "great".

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    Quote Originally Posted by djriceyes
    With prices like that, I'd pirate all my console gaming.
    Fixed. Speaking for myself, of course.

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    Quote Originally Posted by Ishido
    Wow, how much are the actual consoles?

    If it was a ~10% markup I could kind of understand, but that's over a 50% markup in some cases... I might still be tempted to own maybe 1 system, but definately not more than that, and I would only pick up games that were considered "great".
    Wii = 250 euros (350 dollars)
    Xbox 360 Premium = 370 euros (525 dollars)
    Xbox 360 Elite = 450 euros (640 dollars)
    PS3 40 GB = 480 euros (680 dollars)
    PS3 60 GB bundle with two controllers, Motorstorm and Resistance = 680 euros (970 dollars)

    /sigh

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    Well, that's outrageous price-wise. How much would I pay? I was hesitant to buy my 2 Wii games at US price, which is like 40-50$. I will only pay that price one more time for smash too, and probably not anymore.

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    That US price is pretty standard though, and has been since the SNES era. Especially for large and/or newish games. I blame Europe and Australia.

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

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

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    The most I can see myself paying for a Wii game would be $60 tops, and thats assuming its an omg-must-have new release that I've been anxiously waiting for. Anything else I'd prefer to wait around to see if I can get it cheaper, maybe on sale or use a discount for $40 or so.

    Those AU prices are insane

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    Re: How much would you pay? (Nintendo games)

    All those games cost a crowbar and a mask.

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