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#126017 - 03/28/08 12:40 AM Re: How much should video games cost? [Re: colourmehappy]
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I think that $9.95 is a better price. I don't buy games very often, and it has to somehow prove to me that $19.95 is worth it. (That happened with Fish Tycoon over two years ago, so for me, LDW has a good track record.)

OTOH, if a game is $14.95 or $9.95, I'm more likely to buy it and take the chance, even if I end up being disappointed. So I think that a lower price will bring in enough buyers to make up the difference in cost. Especially for downloadable games where there isn't any packaging overhead.

OTOOH, IMHO, it would be nice if "loyalty" discounts would be given (maybe $5) off of the $19.95 price when people come back to buy additional games.
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#126099 - 03/28/08 03:42 PM Re: How much should video games cost? [Re: arnie]
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Originally Posted By: arnie
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#126100 - 03/28/08 04:01 PM Re: How much should video games cost? [Re: colourmehappy]
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Originally Posted By: colourmehappy
I don't know what the pound to the dollar is.

Roughly, two dollars = one pound at the moment. $19.95 is therefore about £10, although I think VAT has to be added on top for us in the UK.

EDIT: Hey! That was my 2,0000th post! \:D


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#126365 - 03/29/08 07:09 PM Re: How much should video games cost? [Re: arnie]
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Arnie, soup is always better the second day but I don't know how it tastes when its been left out overnight on hair. You called me sweet! OMG, I'm printing this out and showing my family and friends. \:\)

FYI for those who asked -- today's conversion rates (3/29/08)

$19.95USD =

12.63978 Euro
9.97450 British Pound
63.16050 Argentine Peso
21.69374 Australian Dollar
20.29952 Canadian Dollar
12.63978 French Franc
24,462.7 Iraqi Dinar
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#126367 - 03/29/08 07:20 PM Re: How much should video games cost? [Re: QuickStorm]
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Originally Posted By: QuickStorm
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12.63978 Euro
...
12.63978 French Franc
...
there is not French Franc any more, it's Euro. \:\)
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#126374 - 03/29/08 08:21 PM Re: How much should video games cost? [Re: laurence]
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I didn't pick that one up. Most of the countries using Euro were marked, I guess I need to get my eyes checked. \:\)
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#126596 - 03/31/08 12:12 AM Re: How much should video games cost? [Re: QuickStorm]
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Generally, I will buy a game depending on price and replayability. Such as I have no problem (ok yeah I do but I do it anyways) paying $30 for an expansion pack for the Sims2. Other games that are played and won fairly quickly I might pay the $20 for them if I've played them through a trial and really really liked it. For the games that either I've never played and unsure of or have played but didn't buy immediately I don't mind paying $10.

For the LDW games, I would pay the $20 for them. I play all kinds of games online and with the CD. I had never bought a game online even if I liked it I waited for it to come out retail. However, once I played the hour trial version of Virtual Villager I was hooked and had to have it right then I wasn't about to wait for it to come to the store. Virtual Villagers was my very first online game purchase. Since then I've purchase maybe four more, but I still tend to wait for them to come to retail.
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#126845 - 04/01/08 01:07 PM Re: How much should video games cost? [Re: JulieAnn]
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9$ is the best deal \:D

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#126967 - 04/02/08 12:56 AM Re: How much should video games cost? [Re: Chaitanya]
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Only $9, Chaitanya? There are going to be some very hungry artists, producers and designers. Heck, they need to eat too.
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#126986 - 04/02/08 03:40 AM Re: How much should video games cost? [Re: JulieAnn]
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This one is hard... I'd say either 14.95 or 19.95... but I'm not sure which I really think is best... \:\?
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