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Nintendo Announces 'Super Mario Run' Will Launch on December 15 for $9.99
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The first phone game in ye....well wait, the first phone game I've EVER been eagerly anticipating.
Hopefully shows the industry how you can make a proper mobile experience without nickel and diming your customers to death.
Hopefully shows the industry how you can make a proper mobile experience without nickel and diming your customers to death.
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Remember, the more people who buy this, the more likely Nintendo will continue to bring more of their lovable characters to iOS!
The Square Enix games are complete story driven RPGs, that are usual console ports, or console quality new IP. This Mario game is a fairly simple endless runner. It's 99 cent - 2.99 mobile game being sold at a premium because of the brand. The two are hardly comparable.
I got one Friday morning. I can't believe how much they are going for now lol
Edit figure I would take a pic for the post
How dare you cut that.. Gibson? (nevermind if it's an epiphone)
Disney loves milking Mickey Mouse.
Android loves milking Bugdroid, the Android Robot.
Kelloggs loves milking Tony the Tiger.
Geico loves milking that Gecko.
KFC loves milking Colonel Sanders.
Yeah, all that makes no sense, too. /s
It's not a conspiracy, any developer can exclude their app from family sharing without having to jump through hoops like this. If they were just trying to avoid family share they'd simply flag it "no."
They continue to dilute their brand. Keep it up, and Mario will end up like Sonic.
Fun fact: Nintendo characters were actually licensed and used briefly in games for the Phillips CD-i. Nintendo has tried to erase that from history. The Zelda encyclopedia makes no mention of the three CD-i Zelda games The Wand of Gamelon, Faces of Evil, and Zelda's Adventure.
Fun fact: Nintendo characters were actually licensed and used briefly in games for the Phillips CD-i. Nintendo has tried to erase that from history. The Zelda encyclopedia makes no mention of the three CD-i Zelda games The Wand of Gamelon, Faces of Evil, and Zelda's Adventure.
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Wait, are you saying that because it's an in app purchase, it's not like the per app pricing and family sharing? Deal breaker if true.
The price is OK, the problem is that it's an endless running game, not really Super Mario
Exactly what I was thinking, what other possible reason is there for doing it that way?
I have two boys each with their own iPad so thats $20, plus me, so $30. Apple really should allow families to share IAPs or else more and more developers will take advantage of this 'loop hole'.
Not so, I'll happily pay $10 for a good game - I just don't like being ripped off, and selling a premium priced game as an IAP so family members cannot take advantage of Family Sharing irks me to be honest. Nor is it in the spirit of the Family Sharing Apple envisaged.
This non-sense complaining about the pricing is exactly what's wrong with what Apple has done to the App Store and what's scaring developers away from it.
Many of those complaining fail to notice (rather deliberately I think) that developing an app cost time and money, and those involved need to get paid for it just in the same way that you get paid for your work.
Many of those complaining fail to notice (rather deliberately I think) that developing an app cost time and money, and those involved need to get paid for it just in the same way that you get paid for your work.
I'm a developer and I'm complaining.
This is no different then players complaining over a 70 dollar console game because the amount of content it provides is not worth it. People have always complained if the price isn't justified.
In this case, you're paying a premium price (in mobile gaming pricing) for a not so premium gaming experience. It's 10 dollars for an endless runner game. That's insane! I'm sure people would be fine with paying 10 dollars (or more) for a complete mario game. But this is just Nintendo charing a high price for a game purely because of the brand.
Now this is assuming that what they showed at WWDC is it. If there's more to it, then my opinion will change.
Metroid!I got one Friday morning. I can't believe how much they are going for now lol
Edit figure I would take a pic for the post
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Pfffff. I'd rather play Gauntlet on iOS ... is there such a true rendition?
Fair point.
And just to clarify, my post wasn't directed directly to people complaining about this particular game as opposed to the trend that apps should be free or $0.99 that's been plaguing the App Store for years now. I should've been more specific.
I'm not an app developer myself (just a web developer) but I've got plenty of friends and acquaintances that are, and many of them are very unsatisfied and find hard to work as hard as they do in exchange for next to nothing.
Oh I totally understand that part. We recently made our app free (from 4.99), and since going free we have noticed that there are more negative comments and the "free" users are more demanding and less thankful. It's weird that the free users have a sense of entitlement to them compared to paying users who are more understanding and helpful to the rest of our community.
