iPad Pangaea's risk

They're thining long term with this... Good move. Too much of a price increase though IMO

I applaud them still

 

I think it's genious. Good timing, considering searching the App Store on your device is limited to 100 games, and if they are in it that list, people will see them over and over again...
It looks like a high quality game and for those that don't read forums and reviews, will jump all over this...

 

For me Pangea is busted. Not because price changes, but because of their games. I like Enigmo, but it's hard to control and does the wrong things when I tap here or there. I hate Billy Frontier. I really don't like Cro Mag because of the non-existent kart feeling and missing storyline and "too free" control scheme. And from what I read about Nanosaur and Bugdom, all games have similar problems: They are ports. Nothing against ports, but levels which are 30 minutes long without save points for a device where you can get interrupted every time just shows, that Pangea made good Mac software, but has no approach to produce polished ports of the iPhone. Therefore, for me, they are busted.

And like in most of my postings this only has to do with game quality and polish, not with the price.

 

I disagree completely. I think that Pangea games are fantastic games (the ones that I have played), very polished, and well worth being in the higher tier of pricing on the app store. I'm not paying $8 for Bugdom because it doens't look like my type of game, but I bought Enigmo when it was $8 and feel that I got my money's worth.

 

Don't forget Bugdom has recently had an update allowing you to continue from the last checkpoint when re-starting the game. Your point still applies to Nanosaur though, which is why I haven't bought that one.

 

You would have to be so stupid to buy this game for 8 bucks honestly anyone who does is a complete and total loser. I would rather buy... um anything for 8 bucks that isn't bugdom

 

There's no need to insult people here. There are those that will like the look of the game and buy it- let's face it, from the screenshots it looks a very polished game. Some of these people will like it and be glad with their purchase. There will be people who may not like it as much as they were hoping, and I'd feel sorry for them. After all, it wouldn't be the first time someone has bought a game that disappoints them. I have bought many a dud app, DS, Wii game- does that make me a total loser?

 

I really don't feel like Bugdom is worth it. There is a lot of depth so I do believe they should charge more for it, however personally I did not like the game

 

I really enjoyed Bugdom.. there were some frustrating moments, but I spent at least 10 hours playing the game which is worth $8 to me. (Couple McDonald's stops.)

 

I liked, and still like, Enigmo. I don't play it daily but I play it regularly, and I enjoy working my way through the levels. It gave me enough gameplay (and will continue to do so because of the downloadable levels) in order to make it well worth the purchase ($2, it would have been worth more but I'm glad I have it at this price).

The other games - for as far as I would be interested in them, the reviews and comments here have made me steer away from them.

But somewhere I read/heard that their plan is to first earn money with the easy ports, and then use that for new, iPhone/iPod Touch specific games. So let's hope that one way or another they bring in that money. (And wether or not $2 per game or $8 per game brings them there earlier, I don't know)

 

Pangea is one of the best devs on the store at the moment! Bugdom is worth eight dollars now, so quit complaining. Also, Enigmo is the best game for iPhone so far. Read this:

http://theapper.wordpress.com/2008/10/13/exclusive-interview-pangea-software/

Brian Greenstone of Pangea Software talks about his future plans.

 

Its about time Pangea gets paid for their apps. I know they are just ports but bugdom 2 is a "real" game. It has plot, lots of game play and great grafics. The only down fall was the save issue which Pangea kindof fixed. I love enigmo as well. I ready to pay more for better high quality games. How about you?

 

Interesting move...

It's almost as if Bugdom 2 has gone through a complete video game product life-cycle in a matter of months -- It starts at the top new-release price, at some point drops into bargain-bin territory, then when a new generation of players comes along, it becomes a "classic" item that some are willing to pay a premium for.

Maybe Pangea believes it has gotten its expected return on the game and anything more is gravy, so they jack up the price. Or maybe they are just experimenting -- the game-price situation is still unstable, with the fact that Apple's listing scheme has a huge impact on sales.

Personally I think $8 is a good price for a game with real-time 3D graphics and 10 hours of gameplay. I didn't buy it for iPhone because I already played it. But I will definitely buy any iPhone-original 3D platformer Pangea releases in the future and $8-$10 seems right to me. Especially compared to the $50 I spent this weekend on a platformer for Wii that has maybe 25 hours of gameplay and a laughable number of gaming-design flaws .

 

Wow,
Not only did pangea raise the price of bugdom to 8 bucks, witch is maybe worth 1 or 2. but they have now not only raised the price or Nanosour and billy Frontier to 8 bucks, No im not lying they raised the price of billy frontier to 8 bucks. Complete Nonsense WOW

 

I think it's time we revisit my old "Pangea is the worst dev right now" thread. Seriously, pick a damn price on all ur crap and stick to it! It seems like their method for price-setting is picking a number between 1 and 10...

 

Yeaaa it is,
they really are the worst dev. right now
Pick a price and stick with it for g-d sake dont change it all the f***ing time

 

Incidentally, it looks like their risk did not pay off. Bugdom is now off the top 100 apps AND top 100 games list, and Nanosaur and Billy Frontier are quickly falling.

 

Heh, when choosing the prices, they probably put numbers 1-9 in a hat and pick one. This time it's 8.

 

i think we've already talked about this before, there's no way in hell they're the worst dev... have you seen AAApplications and DS Effects? If you think Pangea's worse than them, then there's a big problem right there

and there have been a lot of other devs abusing price drops/increases, though you might not have noticed them if you don't use appshopper... i don't want to say the name, but there is one developer who's changed their price drops and increases more than pangea