Hi, I'm just curious what's the highest price you'll comfortably pay for a game. I used to have a hard time paying more than $1, but after buying a $50 iTunes card for $40, I've been more charitable. I think $2.99 is where it caps and I seriously consider whether the game is something I really really want. Maybe some of you will pay $5 and not even think twice. Maybe some go for only the freebies. I'm just curious. Please vote. I bought the Quest for full price and think it was worth it. Same thing for DDR. I will generally fork out 99 cents and be glad as long as the game interested me for at least 20 minutes. Thanks for voting!
Depends on the game, but I'd be willing to go as high as a DS or PSP game. Even though it should be cheaper because of manufacturing costs as such, I'd still pay full price for say....The World Ends With You.
Voted But yeah I'd comfortably pay full price for TWEWY. Wouldn't even think about it. Of course that's one of my favorite games of all time. Now for your everyday, but still quality game, similar to Soosiz or Meteor Blitz I'd comfortably pay 4.99, or even 5.99.
Oh man, I must be a cheapo. I should've gone up to $15-$20 on the poll range! I mean, I'm waiting for Dungeon Hunter to go below $5.99 so I can buy it. Then again, I'm a student working almost full-time and having to afford rent and school and food and all. And a cat.
I'm working full time supporting my family. So if TWEWY ever came out that would probably be my only purchase for that month(or two) lol.
I usually only buy .99 games. Its not that more expensive games arent worth the $$ its just there are so many brilliant .99 games on the app store which provide just as much entertainment as the higher-priced games.
Depends completely on the game. Wont pay even 99cents for those crap load of games. Never thought twice before buying games like Doom Resurrection, Rolando 2, Real Racing, NFSU, Modern Combat, Blades of Fury and lots more at their full price of 6.99 - 9.99
I'd pay 50 bucks or more for a quality game. I'd have to be damn sure it was a quality game, though. It would need a lot of content, incredible production values, loaded with features.
Same here, if SE ever decided to port TWEWY (Or FFIV-2!!!!), I'd pay the full $40 without a second thought.
I'd pay around 15 quid for a quality game. This is considering it has no case, no instruction booklet, no physical disk or cartridge, low cost to start developing for the iPhone/iPod touch, quick and easy to publish.
you know whats weird? I feel more comfortable buying a $0.99 and $4.99 as opposed to anything in between ($1.99-3.99). weird.
For some reason, I'm only comfortable paying around a buck or so for the AppStore while I'm comfortable playing $30+ for a regular console/handheld game.
I chose $4.99 but I wouldn't mind paying up to $9.99 for good games like Tiger Woods, Real Racing, NFSU to name a few. But $10 is my maximum limit. I've never owned a console or hand held gaming device; iPod Touch is my first gaming device (if we can call it that). So paying $40-$50 for one game, no matter how good, is a completely foreign concept to me.
I put $4.99. Don't get me wrong, if a games company releases a full fledged title with the same amount of quality and depth of games on other handheld games consoles then yes, they'll be worth the full asking price $20, 30, 40... whatever. However I won't be buying them simply because that's not the sort of game I want to play on my iPod... I have other devices for games like that, so when I sit back and browse the App Store for cheap games, it's not because I'm being cheap, it's because those are the games I enjoy most on the iPod/Phone.
I would pay up to $50 for the right game (deep playability). The app store prices make for shorter games. For example, Civilization on the iPhone is a great game, but it's not anywhere near as deep as Civilization on the desktop is. If it were I'd happily pay $30+ for it. FIFA 10 on the iPhone is a great phone game, but the manager mode is nothing like a real football manager. If it were, I'd happily pay $30+ for it. $0.99 games are nice and cheap, but are often not worth playing for more than a day or two. I want real gaming experiences on the iphone and I'm willing to pay for it.
Thanks everybody for voting and replying! I wish I put a $15-20, then $20 and up range. I agree that I would pay $20-$25 for a DS-quality Final Fantasy game and definitely if Yu-Gi-Oh World Championship came out (I love card games). Would it make sense for the developers to do that since there's no hardware, packaging, and distribution involved and there seems to be a large number of iPhone and iTouch devices out there? I hope it's profitable for them at that level because I'd love to have some really high quality games come out. Then it's a win-win situation. I also don't think it would hurt small developers too much since they're filling a niche themselves with the .99 - 5.99 range, right? Ah, Final Fantasy Tactics on the iTouch....droooool...
