Posted March 27, 2012
Leroux: If you think indies are so inferior to the classic that it's not worth to pay more than $10 dollars for them, just don't buy them. Or wait for a sale or the time when they will count as "old" games, too, in a few years and hopefully lower the prices then. Keep in mind these are newer games and part of the profit still goes to the actual developers, not just the publishers holding the license.
Personally, I'm willing to pay (a little) more than $10 for a new game, but it depends. I think $12 for a completely new release like Grimrock is awesome, as for Trine, most people probably already got it for less, but $10 is still a fair price, The Whispered World for $15 might be a little overpriced by now, especially considering the lack of multi-language support (you can get the original retail for less), but not by much. Anything up to $15 is still a fair price for a decent game with several hours of gameplay in my book, even or sometimes particularly if it's an indie game.
This is all very well, but if we don't CLEARLY make our opinions felt then who knows what kind of crap is going to be foisted on us at $14.99 in future. Personally, I'm willing to pay (a little) more than $10 for a new game, but it depends. I think $12 for a completely new release like Grimrock is awesome, as for Trine, most people probably already got it for less, but $10 is still a fair price, The Whispered World for $15 might be a little overpriced by now, especially considering the lack of multi-language support (you can get the original retail for less), but not by much. Anything up to $15 is still a fair price for a decent game with several hours of gameplay in my book, even or sometimes particularly if it's an indie game.
This price range for this particular kind of product... been available and cheaper elsewhere, sets a 'dangerous' precedent as to what we think is acceptable and not acceptable.
And in all honesty.. $14.99 for this simply isn't worth it.