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Superchop:
No, so far it's not and that's why I haven't picked it up yet, but the closer to closing that it gets the higher the discount. The last blockbuster that closed down they were selling blu ray movies at 2 bucks each and everything else was like 80-90 percent off. If the game is still around at that time I may pick it up. Especially considering that like UncleBob said, Nintendo likes to keep their games high up in price for a long time, so I doubt that NSMBU will go down anytime soon.

UncleBob:
The issues I have with the "small fee to activate" is that A) it requires outside servers to stay operational and B) there always seems to be limits.

I have 7 GameCubes. I want to be able to play any GCN disc I own on any one of these GameCubes whenever I want.

Any kind of authorization program would prevent that. Even more so if down the road Nintendo is all "Well, no one plays GameCube games anymore, so let's close this server..."

larryinc64:

--- Quote from: UncleBob on March 12, 2013, 07:17:19 PM ---A lot of what you're talking about is something that actually ends up with me not buying titles at all.

One good example is LEGO Batman. I was really interested in that title. Planned to get it Day 1. But, when I was holding it in my hand, I sat it back and couldn't bite - because I *knew* it was going to drop. It's now $20 (or less) and I just can't bring myself to pick it up because there are so many newer titles out now (and they grab all the headlines and stay in my mind).

Meanwhile, Nintendo releases New Super Mario Bros U and I buy it day one, no questions asked because I know that it's going to be a cold day in hell before I can find it cheap (outside of a universal "buy one, get one" type sale).

Publishers need to release their game at a singular price point and leave them there (except for annualized sports titles, which should be recalled once the new version hits). If that means releasing the new Call of Duty at $40 instead of $60, but not dropping it to $30 or $20, then do it. The lack of a price drop in first party Nintendo titles is why I pick them up at release. The frequency of price drops on third party titles is why I don't buy them at release (with very few exceptions).

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That price drop thing does piss me of when I do buy new games. I got The Sims 3 Pets for Xbox 360 as a X-Mas gift to my sister, I got it for $50. A week or month or something later I'm in the same GS and it $30.

larryinc64:
As I said earlier, I'm ok wit the unlock codes within a reasonable amount of time after a games launch, but It should be drooped after it, especially when the game is no longer published, and used copies are the only ones available.

Zalovar:
For me the problem is twofold. First, I'm sick of developers whining about people buying their game used, and thus them losing money. Make a game worth buying at release and I'll buy it at release. Secondly, I think its just a matter of numbers. We are all inundated with new games every single week. Not to mention all the older games many of us still play and want to play. I think its partly just a matter of saturation. I would imagine most of us are not filthy rich and have to make limited choices with our limited budgets. All I can say is, woo me developers, woo me good.

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