Late Night Consoling
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Sony Confirms $59.99 PS3 Games?
[ps3]Third party PlayStation 3 games have long been widely assumed to be priced in the same range as Xbox 360 games in North America, and various publishing executives have made statements to that effect. Now, it appears that Sony itself has confirmed this assumption, with a listing of seven PS3 games, all but one of which are from third party publishers, priced at $59.99. With a notable few exceptions such as Epic's Gears of War, Microsoft prices standard editions of its own first party published software for $49.99, $10 below the third party price point. Sony does not appear to be taking the same strategy, with Sony Online Entertainment's launch title Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom coming in at $59.99. However, Sony has yet to comment officially on pricing in any capacity, and these price points, while likely to be an accurate predictor of the final pricing scheme, do not come with a formal announcement.
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Opera Wii Release Schedule Confirmed
[nintendo]This month, Nintendo stated that the Opera-developed web browser for Wii would be freely downloadable until June 2007, after which users wishing to download the software would have to pay an unspecified fee. Today, Opera confirmed this plan worldwide, with the browser remaining a free download until June 30, 2007. Opera has still yet to announce a price for the software.
The browser supports Flash and AJAX content, and contains the full range of features present in the desktop PC version of Opera. Mouse gestures are adapted to operate with the Wii's motion-sensitive remote controller. Opera also developed a web browser for Nintendo DS, which was released in Japan earlier this year and is set for release in Europe on October 6.
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Microsoft Brings LEGO Star Wars II Home
[xbox360]Microsoft's Bringing it Home program continues, with new trailers and a new playable demo now available on Xbox Live Marketplace. Today's demo is Traveller's Tales' LEGO Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (a PC demo is also available on FileShack), which comes in at 516MB.
New video content includes trailers for Turn 10's Forza Motorsport 2 (FileShack), Visual Concepts' NBA 2K7, Sonic Team's Sonic the Hedgehog (FileShack), Activision's Shrek 3, Avalanche's Just Cause, Kush Games' NHL 2K7, and Starbreeze's The Darkness.
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Kameo Gets Skinned
[xbox360]Earlier this year, Kameo: Elements of Power (X360) developer Rare held an open contest to design the best new skin for heroine Kameo and each of her ten Warrior forms. Entrants submitted a new concept design for a particular character, and Rare has chosen one design per character as the winning entries. The eleven winners, hailing from five countries, have had their designs converted to in-game skins by the development team. Today, publisher Microsoft announced that these skins are available for free download via Xbox Live Marketplace.
The winning designs for Pummelweed and Ash can be seen on Rare's official site.
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Capcom and Nintendo Clean up in Tokyo
[ps2] [ps3] [xbox360] [gamecube] [nintendo] [ds] [psp]Japan's Computer Entertainment Software Association has announced the winners of the 2006 Japan Game Awards, handed out during the recently concluded Tokyo Game Show. Following the ceremony, Capcom, which by most gamers' accounts has been in fine form across nearly all platforms recently, announced that it was the recipient of more 2006 Japan Game Awards than any other third party publisher, with five awards. Among all publishers, Nintendo took the lead with seven awards, despite not maintaining a presence at the show.
All of the categories apply to games that have been released in the last year, with the exception of the Future Division, which is determined by the general public and is given to the games with the best TGS showing. The Indies Division applies to any games produced non-commercially. Check out the full list of winners here.
Console Game Of The Evening [Submit Yours!]
Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors 2 for the NES. "Holy jesus this game was hard. At least part one let you have unlimited continues. This game is another shining example of the term "NES hard"." (submitted by famine101)
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reply60 dollars a game is still way too much, your never gooing to buy games you find interesting for 60 bucks, your only going to buy the ones you know are good, makes crap for trying new things.
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ummm, how much were nes games when the nes was first released? also you cant just rent?
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That sounds like the opposite of the average person I know. If someone is equally into movies and video games, they tend to play a decent game 10-20 hours, and watch a decent movie 1-2 times. People have DVDs they've never watched, so they can watch something when friends come over. In my DVD collection, they average 1.0x watches. In my Games collection, they average 10 hours. I have about 40 DVDs and 50 games.
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I dunno, while I do hate the idea of spending more for games, I can't help but feel like the fact that I've been paying $50 for games since 1989 or so should make me feel better, and just deal with it.
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$50 hasn't been "impulse" level for me for a long time.
Things below $50 though, tend to be. -
The only PS2 games I've bought at retail prices are Onimusha, Grand Theft Auto and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. I picked up Dragonball Z: Budokai 2, God Of War and Dragon Quest VIII for $20 (Greatest Hits re-releases).
I'll probably pick up Okami at retail pretty soon, though... seems like that game is getting way to much love across-the-board to ignore. $60 isn't a huge jump from $50, but it's not going to make me any less picky about the titles I spend my cash on.
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Agreed, I see first hand that people are really selective of games now. A good thing for consumers. Bad thing for game companies. Alot of developers games are gonna sit right there on the shelf. People are renting and buying used. The people in this thread saying we been paying $49.99 - $69.99 for games dont realise they are minority of buyers. Casuals arent gonna spend money like that. Especially when you have TWO high cost systems and PLENTY of games. When N64 and neo geo were out they had maybe 1 game a month to buy. Even Cliffy B feels games should be no more than $29.99 - $39.99 because its more of an impulse buy. At $29.99 id possibly buy 3 new games when they come out. Now i buy none.
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It's not good for consumers, it's bad for consumers, because they just buy the tried and true stuff and are much less likely to take a risk on something they may have enjoyed quite a bit. This is what kills a lot of good games.
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