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NuKedUFirst
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada3139 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-27 14:24:05
July 27 2010 13:56 GMT
#21
my Collectors edition is currently in my friends hands.. I need it noaw!! I'm going crazy haha That USB stick is the manliest USB stick I have ever seen.
FrostedMiniWeet wrote: I like winning because it validates all the bloody time I waste playing SC2.
dbizzle
Profile Joined May 2010
United States395 Posts
July 27 2010 14:31 GMT
#22
looks cool but 40 dollars for that extra stuff?? a little steep
Stratos_speAr
Profile Joined May 2009
United States6959 Posts
July 27 2010 14:32 GMT
#23
On July 27 2010 23:31 dbizzle wrote:
looks cool but 40 dollars for that extra stuff?? a little steep


Purely talking about monetary value it's actually worth quite a bit more than $40.
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.
Karliath
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States2214 Posts
July 27 2010 14:50 GMT
#24
May I ask where the CD key is found? I'm trying to do this:

"If you add a retail key to a battle.net account, it gives you the option to download the client from their website. It is usually very fast, however it will be ~12gb. It works the same way with any other blizzard game, if it is added to your battle.net account then you can download it anywhere as long as you log in"
EvilTeletubby
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Baltimore, USA22254 Posts
July 27 2010 18:42 GMT
#25
On July 27 2010 23:32 Stratos_speAr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 27 2010 23:31 dbizzle wrote:
looks cool but 40 dollars for that extra stuff?? a little steep


Purely talking about monetary value it's actually worth quite a bit more than $40.


...... how do you figure? It's for the coolness factor... speaking strictly about monetary cost it's actually worth quite a bit less than $40.
Moderatorhttp://carbonleaf.yuku.com/topic/408/t/So-I-proposed-at-a-Carbon-Leaf-concert.html ***** RIP Geoff
Stratos_speAr
Profile Joined May 2009
United States6959 Posts
July 27 2010 19:10 GMT
#26
On July 28 2010 03:42 EvilTeletubby wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 27 2010 23:32 Stratos_speAr wrote:
On July 27 2010 23:31 dbizzle wrote:
looks cool but 40 dollars for that extra stuff?? a little steep


Purely talking about monetary value it's actually worth quite a bit more than $40.


...... how do you figure? It's for the coolness factor... speaking strictly about monetary cost it's actually worth quite a bit less than $40.


The USB stick with SC+BW is over $20 just by itself.

Add on the artbook and the soundtrack and you're definitely up to $40.

And that's not even everything that's given.
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.
Kenpachi
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States9908 Posts
July 27 2010 19:15 GMT
#27
WEll im getting the CE now.
Nada's body is South Korea's greatest weapon.
EvilTeletubby
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Baltimore, USA22254 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-27 19:18:30
July 27 2010 19:17 GMT
#28
On July 28 2010 04:10 Stratos_speAr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 28 2010 03:42 EvilTeletubby wrote:
On July 27 2010 23:32 Stratos_speAr wrote:
On July 27 2010 23:31 dbizzle wrote:
looks cool but 40 dollars for that extra stuff?? a little steep


Purely talking about monetary value it's actually worth quite a bit more than $40.


...... how do you figure? It's for the coolness factor... speaking strictly about monetary cost it's actually worth quite a bit less than $40.


The USB stick with SC+BW is over $20 just by itself.

Add on the artbook and the soundtrack and you're definitely up to $40.

And that's not even everything that's given.


I'm talking about monetary cost to the company itself... You can find retail 2GB sticks for $6-7 online. Loading SC/BW obviously costs nothing. The soundtrack is a CD, costing pennies I'm sure. The cost of having the book printed is probably somewhat minimal too, although I'm not sure what. The other stuff doesn't have any cost to the company itself (trial versions, special avatars, etc.)

I think what he was trying to say, is it's overpriced compared to what you're physically getting. No one expects Blizzard to sell items at cost obviously, but $99 is a steep price tag for what you're actually getting (although I think obviously that the $59.99 for the game itself is far, far overpriced, but that seems to be a standard fare nowadays).

Back in my day, you could get a full NES game for $5-10 tops... /end old man rant
Moderatorhttp://carbonleaf.yuku.com/topic/408/t/So-I-proposed-at-a-Carbon-Leaf-concert.html ***** RIP Geoff
myopia
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2928 Posts
July 27 2010 19:23 GMT
#29
Just listened to the soundtrack, Blizzard gimped it. They didn't include half the in game tracks, just like the old SC soundtrack didn't include the BW in game music (but had the BW cutscene stuff) I didn't buy this for the incidental cutscene crap, I want the in game stuff!

That, and the Thor is locked to my bnet account, so I can't give it to my WoW playing friend, so I'm kinda bummed about this CE.
it's my first day
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32051 Posts
July 27 2010 19:25 GMT
#30
On July 28 2010 04:17 EvilTeletubby wrote:


Back in my day, you could get a full NES game for $5-10 tops... /end old man rant


Your vision is cloudy. I distinctly remember new NES games going for $40, pops!
PROFESSIONAL GAMER - SEND ME OFFERS TO JOIN YOUR TEAM - USA USA USA
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-27 19:31:29
July 27 2010 19:28 GMT
#31
On July 28 2010 04:25 Hawk wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 28 2010 04:17 EvilTeletubby wrote:


Back in my day, you could get a full NES game for $5-10 tops... /end old man rant


Your vision is cloudy. I distinctly remember new NES games going for $40, pops!

Yea Nintendo isn't a good example. Do you remember the price of the N64 games ???
That was soooooo expensive ( well at least in France, i don't know about the US )
~60-80 euros in the late 90's damn that was harsh. On the other hand PS games were around ~ 40 euros max.
fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
Stratos_speAr
Profile Joined May 2009
United States6959 Posts
July 27 2010 19:31 GMT
#32
On July 28 2010 04:17 EvilTeletubby wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 28 2010 04:10 Stratos_speAr wrote:
On July 28 2010 03:42 EvilTeletubby wrote:
On July 27 2010 23:32 Stratos_speAr wrote:
On July 27 2010 23:31 dbizzle wrote:
looks cool but 40 dollars for that extra stuff?? a little steep


Purely talking about monetary value it's actually worth quite a bit more than $40.


...... how do you figure? It's for the coolness factor... speaking strictly about monetary cost it's actually worth quite a bit less than $40.


The USB stick with SC+BW is over $20 just by itself.

Add on the artbook and the soundtrack and you're definitely up to $40.

And that's not even everything that's given.


I'm talking about monetary cost to the company itself... You can find retail 2GB sticks for $6-7 online. Loading SC/BW obviously costs nothing. The soundtrack is a CD, costing pennies I'm sure. The cost of having the book printed is probably somewhat minimal too, although I'm not sure what. The other stuff doesn't have any cost to the company itself (trial versions, special avatars, etc.)

I think what he was trying to say, is it's overpriced compared to what you're physically getting. No one expects Blizzard to sell items at cost obviously, but $99 is a steep price tag for what you're actually getting (although I think obviously that the $59.99 for the game itself is far, far overpriced, but that seems to be a standard fare nowadays).

Back in my day, you could get a full NES game for $5-10 tops... /end old man rant


You're ignoring intellectual property. Talking about purely physical value is basically lying about the cost. SC+BW do in fact cost money ($20), even if they're easy to pirate. Artwork and music definitely cost money as well, and the artists and composers/performers definitely deserve money for all of the work they put into it, so ignoring that is essentially theft.
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else.
myopia
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United States2928 Posts
July 27 2010 19:33 GMT
#33
Late era SNES games were priced in the funny money ranges, I remember Secret of Evermore cost me $80 plus tax (my entire birthday).
it's my first day
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32051 Posts
July 27 2010 20:16 GMT
#34
I remember NES games being in the $40 ballpark (but I just saw something online that said they went as low as $25 but that was probably for games no one wanted)

After that, everything fell between $40 and $60 for consoles.
PROFESSIONAL GAMER - SEND ME OFFERS TO JOIN YOUR TEAM - USA USA USA
EvilTeletubby
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Baltimore, USA22254 Posts
July 27 2010 21:43 GMT
#35
On July 28 2010 04:31 Stratos_speAr wrote:
Show nested quote +
On July 28 2010 04:17 EvilTeletubby wrote:
On July 28 2010 04:10 Stratos_speAr wrote:
On July 28 2010 03:42 EvilTeletubby wrote:
On July 27 2010 23:32 Stratos_speAr wrote:
On July 27 2010 23:31 dbizzle wrote:
looks cool but 40 dollars for that extra stuff?? a little steep


Purely talking about monetary value it's actually worth quite a bit more than $40.


...... how do you figure? It's for the coolness factor... speaking strictly about monetary cost it's actually worth quite a bit less than $40.


The USB stick with SC+BW is over $20 just by itself.

Add on the artbook and the soundtrack and you're definitely up to $40.

And that's not even everything that's given.


I'm talking about monetary cost to the company itself... You can find retail 2GB sticks for $6-7 online. Loading SC/BW obviously costs nothing. The soundtrack is a CD, costing pennies I'm sure. The cost of having the book printed is probably somewhat minimal too, although I'm not sure what. The other stuff doesn't have any cost to the company itself (trial versions, special avatars, etc.)

I think what he was trying to say, is it's overpriced compared to what you're physically getting. No one expects Blizzard to sell items at cost obviously, but $99 is a steep price tag for what you're actually getting (although I think obviously that the $59.99 for the game itself is far, far overpriced, but that seems to be a standard fare nowadays).

Back in my day, you could get a full NES game for $5-10 tops... /end old man rant


You're ignoring intellectual property. Talking about purely physical value is basically lying about the cost. SC+BW do in fact cost money ($20), even if they're easy to pirate. Artwork and music definitely cost money as well, and the artists and composers/performers definitely deserve money for all of the work they put into it, so ignoring that is essentially theft.


I full well understand the concept of intellectual property -_-

Although your example is a bit bad IMO - citing SC/BW when many of the people who originally worked on it don't even work for Blizzard anymore; they'll never see a dime.

But to the point at hand; the cost of the physical items are virtually non-existant. $59.99 for a couple CD's or DVD and some cardboard? We all know the price is in the IP. That doesn't mean the IP portion of it can't be overpriced either, you know.

As for the NES prices - Yeah, ok, so my $5-10 estimate might have been for the Toys-R-Us bargin bins ^_^, but I remember new games actually going in the $19.99 - 29.99 range. I don't think I had ever paid more than that for an NES game (early/mid 90's at the latest).
Moderatorhttp://carbonleaf.yuku.com/topic/408/t/So-I-proposed-at-a-Carbon-Leaf-concert.html ***** RIP Geoff
Zlasher
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States9129 Posts
July 28 2010 00:04 GMT
#36
I got the CE too. It's not like 40 bucks is going to make or break whether or not I have food on the table, and I know this game will last me years to come, so I bought it, and I am extremely happy with it.
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