1. Why are you comparing the billionaire creator of a social network to a video game company that's been here for decades now. 2. What the hell do you know about Zuckerberg besides the bullshit you've probably seen in the news articles that you consider mainstream? Oh better yet, did you get that mindset from watching The Social Network? Spare me.
The price is higher than most games we have seen on the AppStore, get the f*ck over it and stop bitching. If you can't afford it than don't buy it. Simple as that. Sheeeiiittt.
Maybe you should learn to read or work on your comprehension. For the 100th time, this is not an "I can't afford it" thread. Everybody who chats in this forum blows tons of money on apps, myself included. I will eventually buy it, when it is at a price I consider not to be a ripoff. Coming from a guy named "iphoneprogrammer" I am sure you provide an objective opinion. Nice "The Wire" reference at the end though, you gained some "cool points" back
Uh... bye! P.S. This thread was put here in an attempt to contain all the BS. It's simpler for the mods to redirect people into this than tackle each petty pricing argument that pops up in the game topics.
According to your logic, all iPhone gamers should just blindly accept the $16 price tag on an old game. Well, Based on my hundreds of game purchases i have a strong sense of how games are priced and this is the first major release that I feel is a ripoff. We have the right to voice our dislike of the price. You don't have to agree, you can call it B.S but u are the one coming back to this thread with nothing of value to add to the discussion. Next, I've been in this forum for quite awhile now and the price complaint threads are few and far between. Also, the thread wasn't "put here," it was just renamed. Lastly the mods aren't here to "tackle" pricing arguments, they are here to enforce the forum rules.
There might not be threads but there are certainly enough comments within threads that it gets annoying. And if they don't complain directly about the price it is a comment somewhere along the lines of - I will wait for the sale - I will wait for it to go free. And that is on the 2 and 3 dollar apps. And yes the thread WAS just put here - it was comprised originally of all the price whining posts in the Final Fantasy thread (just look at the first post - does that look like a thread starter?) It had one name back then and then the thread changed names the more ridiculous it became. People just don't seem to realize that this has become the price whining garbage dump as complaints on other games land up here and the thread has no rhyme nor reason. The mods move posts here rather than delete them. So this is in no way a serious thread! It makes people's debates and the constant digging the heels in to prove their arguments quite laughable to be honest.
What logic was that? That games should be priced according to their worth? Sounds good to me. If you don't like a game, you don't buy it. If you don't think it's worth the money, you don't buy it. It's not rocket science. The only reason most of these people complain in the first place is because the existence of a few $0.99 apps gives them the impression they have the right to judge a games value. Most of the price complaint posts get deleted by mods, but they occur in practically every major iOS release topic.
This is a port, not a repackaging. They had to recode everything, probably redraw some of their assets, and who knows what else. Does that justify the game going for half the price of what it used to? Only God knows, but I and the masses of people who bought it say it does. SE too, apparently.
But how is worth determined? I know this much: of all the major games released on the iPhone/touch, a $16 price tag was unprecedented. Thats what drew me into this discussion. To a huge fan, $16 is no big deal. But from my viewpoint, the price is inflated since it is an average entry in the FF series. I wonder what they are going to charge for the classic FF6!? And You can try to justify the high price by comparing to the price of the DS version but it's apples and oranges. On DS it was a tangible product for a system that has a dual screen capability and a standard pricing range from $30-$40 per game. Should the developers of myst have released the iOS version for a large portion of the PC price?
It's as always. The pricing is set by the demand of the product. Obviously, there is a high demand of Final Fantasy games, so the price is set accordingly. Obviously, a lot people pay this price. I paid my 16 bucks for a graphically improved port gladly. It's way better for me than just paying 9 bucks for an original DS port with superblurry gfx. I saw a big bunch of ports to the iOS 'til now. Most ports are simply sh!t, no wonder that these games are priced so low. Look at DMC4 for example... yuck. Or Rayman 2. There are enough examples for bad ports over in the AppStore. S/E has put a lot of work into FFIII, it's better than just a port - and they have all rights to demand a premium price for it.
People can decide for themselves if its worth a dollor or 16 bucks with the help of game impressions from those who actually bought the game. No need to be the Savior of their Appstore Credit especially when you didnt even bother to buy and play the game before announcing the verdict. Everyone is capable of doing that on their own. Every frigging body (atleast the ones who are reading these forums) knows how much rest of the apps in appstore costs and what other games cost on other platforms. These posts dont help anyone. All it does is makes finding game impressions more difficult. Feel free to spam this thread with your expert opinion on how much some frigging game should cost. Just leave the the game threads for actual gameplay discussion only. This thread was created just to keep you experts busy whining about what some game should/shouldnt cost while the real interested gamers can try to decide for themselves without needing to bother with such useless posts.
For a start, you should clear away all preconceptions about how much App Store games should cost, because that's what throws people off. There is no "correct" amount for an iOS game, but from your post it seems you think there is and so seeing $16 slapped on FF3 sent your mind into a spin. $0.99 is not a normal or standard price in the games industry, it's a bargain that can only be found on the App Store. Be grateful you can buy games for less than a dollar but stop taking it for granted. Unless of course you'd like to see another market crash.
The comparison to cost of a value meal IS relevant and always will be. Every dollar you spend is ultimately related to how you earn said dollars (or how much money is your time worth). If something you bought for 30 minutes of earned money gets you 5 hours of entertainment, then it is absolutely a great value for your money. All this talk about past games... they are PAST games. They provided their money's worth and are finished. That $5 may have been well spent on say RR a year ago, but honestly who cares now (unless you are a child/poor, or would really rather keep replaying an old game than get something new.) Products this cheap are meant to be bought and enjoyed in a short period, the. You move on to the next new thing. Like food, like movies, etc. Both of which cost more than most iOS games. It's like saying "yeah well, I saw Spider-Man 1 last year, so convince me why I should bother with Spider-Man 2?"
Just my opinion but how anyone could complain about 5 dollar or less pricing on a polished game like this is to me absurd. I realize some of you are young and have limited funds so in that case I understand being leery but this same exact experience on the DS or PSP would be 20 to 30 bucks. Not that I would compare a mobile phone game to a regular handheld console with proper controls and such but seriously this is a great deal at 5 bucks.
