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  1. Re:What a whiner. by lysergic.acid · · Score: 2, Insightful · on iPhone App Pricing Limits Developers

    i don't think he ever said $15 was high priced. he's simply referring to the "more complex" software referred to in the letter using the author's own terminology. and if you look at the graph in TFA, $15 is relatively high priced for the average App Store application.

    and what is a "high" price is largely relative. while $100 might be a high price for a stick of gum, it wouldn't be a high price for a Ferrari. so whether a price is high or not depends on the value of the product. games for other handheld consoles might start at $15-20, but they're also much more complex and thus more costly to make.

    just because $30 is a reasonable price for titles like: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Rengou vs. Z.A.F.T., Burnout Legends, Killzone: Liberation or Warhammer 40k: Squad Command does not mean it's a reasonable price for the average iPhone game.

    i'm not saying that there aren't games for the iPhone worth $20~30, or games for the PSP worth much less, but the vast majority of games for the iPhone simply do not justify a price higher than $10 IMO. they might still be fun games, but so far Flash games that are freely available on the internet. so it's unreasonable to charge PSP prices for iPhone titles.

  2. Re:A change is nice once in a while by Dogtanian · · Score: 4, Insightful · on Nintendo May Retire Game Boy Name

    Every once in a while, it's nice to develop a totally new idea that doesn't leverage the same brand for eternity. It shows a willingness to innovate IMO. Well, I've heard it stated or implied in more than one place that the DS wasn't a guaranteed success, and that not calling it "Game Boy" also reduced the risk to the brand. Of course, since the DS did succeed and overshadowed the Game Boy-branded devices, it has ultimately left the Game Boy brand stranded.

    Personally, I wouldn't want to see the name associated with the DS anyway (as some have suggested and/or hinted that Nintendo would do). The DS really did take things in a new direction, and I've always associated the Game Boy with children and early-teens. The original DS's childish appearance (and possibly the child-associated legacy of Nintendo's name) slightly turned me off the thing. It wasn't until the Lite came out that I saw the ligh... um, sense ;-) It looks great, and coupled with the range of more adult/universal (*) games that had been released, it overcame my prejudices. DS is now more than a kids console, and using the Game Boy name again would be a step backwards.

    Nintendo have stated that they don't intend using it again anyway.

    (*) That's "adult" as in games adults of all ages would play- Kawashima, Big Brain, 42 All Time Classics (AKA Clubhouse games). Not as in "lots of soft porn to get 14 year olds' attention".
  3. Re:What should I get besides Elektroplankton? by aliquis · · Score: 1 · on DS Has 2 Million Wi-Fi Users Play 70 Million Times

    Maybe "Daigasso! Band Brothers" is for you? You can read some about it over at modojo. It's a music sequencer which you can upload over wifi to 7 more DS players and then each one can use an instrument (don't know if you can but together tunes with many instruments on one DS, I would guess you can.) and you can make music together.

    Also if you like music games maybe "Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan" is for you aswell.

  4. Opera for the Nintendo DS by cgenman · · Score: 1 · on Nintendo DS Hurts The Children!

    Actually, they may soon have something to worry about.

    Opera for the DS.

    Japan only, I'm afraid. We'll see if it can run on this side of the pond.