why are new aes games so expensive?

[DEXTERPAWN]

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[ResO]

Because you don't want to do your research...


They are expensive because they display nicely, and there's some sort of odd mystique that comes with buying a brand new game for a 14 year old system.





edit: not to sound like an ass for the first comment, but the concept of collectibility is common sense.

 

[pyrokilla]

Because people have paid these prices in the PAST when this was state of the art hardware, and almost instantly these carts became collectable. The neo never had to compete with any ofther system (so no price wars) And as we all know, collectors will pay threw the nose. So why after 14 years for selling these carts with limited success at $300 per would they drop the price? They will stay this way till it is finally buried.

 

[Solidus Snake]

Because people have paid these prices in the PAST when this was state of the art hardware, and almost instantly these carts became collectable. The neo never had to compete with any ofther system (so no price wars) And as we all know, collectors will pay threw the nose. So why after 14 years for selling these carts with limited success at $300 per would they drop the price? They will stay this way till it is finally buried.

Yeah, go back in time and you'll be asking the same question. Why is Fatal Fury 2 and Samurai Shodown 299.99??

 

[pyrokilla]

Yeah, go back in time and you'll be asking the same question. Why is Fatal Fury 2 and Samurai Shodown 299.99??

That has already been answered in my post

 

[Solidus Snake]

That has already been answered in my post

I was supporting your quote.

 

[pyrokilla]

I was supporting your quote.

I appologize, I thought your emoticons where directed at me

 

[galfordo]

Hmmmm .... I'm not really positive whether keeping their carts' retail price around 330 is the best move for SNKP or not.

I'm sure they'll be that way forever, but I'm not sure that it's the most profitable for them.

Then again, I'm not really sure that marking them down is feasable for them. When the Neo Geo was first introduced, I think the cost of the hardware is what drove the prices up (I believe teh romz chipz were quite expensive back then).

Today, these chips are generally much cheaper, but then again the chips and boards used to make NGH games may be sort of a specialty item now.

So, if these games are really that expensive for SNKP to produce, well .... then they've got no choice and that's just the way it is.

On the other hand, if they're just trying to jack up the prices to see what the public will pay, then they might be losing money in the process by driving away tons of potential customers.

Selling tons of carts at 100 bucks a pop is usually better than selling a few at 300, provided they can still allow for a decent profit margin.

Anyway, just thinking out loud. They'll be 335 (or more) 'til the bitter end, I'm quite sure of that.

 

[Liquid Snake]

Yeah, go back in time and you'll be asking the same question. Why is Fatal Fury 2 and Samurai Shodown 299.99??

Fatal Fury 2 was $199.99
Samurai Shodown was $209.99

 

[Solidus Snake]

Fatal Fury 2 was $199.99
Samurai Shodown was $209.99

woops! I was kinda exaggerating.

 

[m_bish0p]

I wonder sometimes if they would make more money by re-releasing all thier games at 50$ and selling new units for 100$.

I think we're finally at the point where people just don't care how good the graphics are on the new systems. We're tired of having upgraded graphics with shitty game play.

If they mass produced the games, they could probably make some profit that way. I can't imagine anyone at SNK is getting rich right now, so it might not be a bad marketing idea. The hardest part is that to make a 100$ machine you have to produce many, many, many of them. That means you'll have to finance those fist machines and games.

I wonder if anyone is making any money from Rage of the Dragons at it's sub-50$ price? That might give us a hint as to how cheap these games could be if they were made in bulk. Only Shawn knows what it cost him to buy those carts.

 

[MistressDragon]

I wonder sometimes if they would make more money by re-releasing all thier games at 50$ and selling new units for 100$.

I think we're finally at the point where people just don't care how good the graphics are on the new systems. We're tired of having upgraded graphics with shitty game play.

If they mass produced the games, they could probably make some profit that way. I can't imagine anyone at SNK is getting rich right now, so it might not be a bad marketing idea. The hardest part is that to make a 100$ machine you have to produce many, many, many of them. That means you'll have to finance those fist machines and games.

I wonder if anyone is making any money from Rage of the Dragons at it's sub-50$ price? That might give us a hint as to how cheap these games could be if they were made in bulk. Only Shawn knows what it cost him to buy those carts.

I think you're on to something there. But, if there were lame graphics on the newer systems, a lot of people would be disapointed. that's just the generation right now. Our generation was about gameplay, and not so much the graphics. That's why we're obviously still clinging to the older systems. If we had some updated graphics on the older systems, but still kept the good gameplay, it wouldn't be the same. I don't know about you..but I do kind of enjoy the "lame" graphics. Maybe it's because that's not what it is all about. It adds to the experience..and the good memories.
And if they did try to re-release systems and games for less of a price, it probably wouldn't hold up in this generation that is used to fancy graphics. Even in our film industry, the lack of plot is beginning to fade, and it's all becoming big explosive special effects and graphics.

 

[tsukaesugi]

Fatal Fury 2 was $199.99
Samurai Shodown was $209.99

Don't forget inflation.

That was almost ten years ago.

 

[norton9478]

I think the graphics on the new games are beautiful...

With movies: SOme people like Animtroics and special effects, some peoplelike black and white, and some people like anime.

same thing with games.