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The Bulbagarden Conversational Chat Thread Vol 4

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Haven't played any Madden or Borderlands games
 

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It amazes me that Madden is literally the exact same game every year but with slightly different characters, and yet people still spend like $60 on it time and time again, and are like excited to do so.
 

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I guess it's fun if you keep track of players and whatnot. I probably can't really talk seeing as how I bought both Black and White even though they're basically the same game, but DS games are a lot less expensive than PS3 or Xbox games.
 

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Hmmm, the problem with DS games is (at least over here) that they mostly keep the same price ages after they're released. Then again, I don't really care about other consoles, PC all day, erry day
 

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Some of them do, like the Pokemon games. I guess they do that because they know people will buy them anyway.
 

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It amazes me that Madden is literally the exact same game every year but with slightly different characters, and yet people still spend like $60 on it time and time again, and are like excited to do so.
Add in Call of Duty too. They're fundamentallly the same game becaue it would be risky to change the game too much, if word gets round to consumers that the multiplayer function has changed too much then they won't the game.
Replace Madden with Fifa and you got Europe.
ergo, gae franchises remain similar to ensure that their core fan base won't be out off buying a new game in the series due to new controls or completely new storyline etc
I guess it's fun if you keep track of players and whatnot. I probably can't really talk seeing as how I bought both Black and White even though they're basically the same game, but DS games are a lot less expensive than PS3 or Xbox games.
brand new games are expensive either way.
Even though they're still not cheap.
I agree, I think new games are far too expensive. Besides, I prefer spending my money on CDs or plane tickets
Hmmm, the problem with DS games is (at least over here) that they mostly keep the same price ages after they're released. Then again, I don't really care about other consoles, PC all day, erry day
I'm pretty sure i can still find Mario Kart DS for a slight reduction of its original price
 

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A brand new DS game is $35. That's not that expensive.

Only a Sith deals in absolutes. Expensive means different things to different people, some of us don't work, some of us are set for life. For me games are generally too expensive to buy new, I haven't bought a game since January.
 

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For someone who grew up buying $60-65 N64 games brand new, $35 for a brand new game is really cheap.
For someone that couldn't afford a N64, $35 is money wasted on games that could be better spent on food or whatever.
 

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A brand new DS game is 35$? Retail prices for new releases are probably between 50-70$ here. Hell, I've seen plenty of stores selling used DS games for 60$.

(I'm not saying you probably couldn't get it cheaper, but if you go to a store and buy a brand new DS game, 70$ by the current exchange rate is the standard)
 

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That sucks. Nintendo pretty much standardized their pricing in Gen 7 making all new DS games $35 and all new Wii games $50. I thought that was really cool, but I guess it was like a USA only thing or something.

The only DS game that I saw for more than $35 new was HGSS, which was $40 because they included the pokewalker.
 

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I know that DS games are around the same pricing in New Zealand, it's like $69.99 for a new game :/ crazy stuff.
 

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You know, the person I VC'd on Skype the other day. We were talking about BW2 and she told me about the game pricing over there, I was pretty shocked.
 
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