‘Frogger’ Slashed to $5.99
posted September 3rd, 2008 8:20 PM EDT by arn in $5.99, iPhone games, iPod touch games
Konami has dropped the price of their Frogger [App Store] game from $7.99 to $5.99. The $7.99 price had already represented a price cut from its original price point of $9.99 at launch.
We had found the iPhone version of Frogger to be, well, Frogger — no more, no less. If you’re a longtime fan of the game, you might find it more tempting at the the $5.99 price.
The iPhone version offers both accelerometer and two types of touchscreen controls. As with other classic arcade games, we found the swipe technique to be the most precise.
Konami has plans to bring other titles to the iPhone in the near future.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:59 pm
LOL…..still way overpriced for some retro game. companies that price these types of games at 4.99 and up don’t deserve my $
September 4th, 2008 at 12:54 am
Still $5 too much. This is a rather poor port, too primitive by todays standards, and they don’t capture the fun of the old game. Pass.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:47 am
This is the kind of game that suffers poorly with no hard buttons.
September 4th, 2008 at 6:13 am
@Kevin Crossman: I find the swipe method (akin to that available in Ms. PAC-MAC) to be rather effective.
September 4th, 2008 at 8:51 am
I think this is still too much for Frogger (and I would greatly prefer the option to have the original graphics instead of this alleged “update”), but I have to give them credit for moving in the right direction. If Namco dropped Pac-Man and/or Ms. Pac-Man to $6, I’d probably pick one or both of them up. Obviously I’d like a collection of games even more, though some games just wouldn’t translate well to the iPhone’s control options.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:44 pm
Stop whining about the price, you stupid tossbags. These games take time to develop. You’ve already paid a lot of money for the pleasure of owning an iPhone, so cough up for the software. All this price whining is akin to the idiots who buy cars they can’t afford, then whine about the price of fueling it. Buy it or don’t, but stop in incessant price whinging. The developers would like paying for their work, I’m sure.
September 4th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
@Twaz: For me, it’s less about the actual price, and more about a game’s “worth.” I’d be happy to pay $10 or more for a really high-quality game on my iPhone. I’ve paid quite a lot already for games much more than this. For Frogger… well, I’m not really interested in Frogger to begin with. But even if I was, I just don’t think it’s a game that’s worth more than $5. $4 would be the price *I* set it at, if I was the developer — because I know most people wouldn’t want to pay more than that for just Frogger.
September 4th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
At this rate, I’ll just wait until it’s down at $3.99. That’s about how much this game is worth to me, and I’ve got more than enough actually good games to keep me busy, so it’s not like I’m in any kind of hurry to own this. This is probably the type of game I’ll play once every couple months for a few minutes at a time. It’s not that $6 is a lot of money; it’s just that for $6, there are vastly more entertaining titles available on the App store.
September 6th, 2008 at 8:13 am
I’m sorry I find it offensive when people complain about… people complaining about high prices (it’s not whining!). You can review a games controls, graphics, sound, and gameplay - all of which are completely subjective - but when it comes to the question: “Is the game worth it?” THAT should be off limits??? Give me a break!
September 7th, 2008 at 5:44 pm
COME ON ITS FROGGER!!! The game at most is worth $2.99 maybe 3.99. You cant justify $10 for FROGGER get real
September 8th, 2008 at 12:23 am
I say 2.99 would be fair! Let’s all wait.