I am curious to see what people would pay for a console title on the iPhone. I hope that devs look at this poll (if the results are on the high end) and decide that the market should be raised in price. I'm dying to see games like Gears of War, Red Dead Redemption, Infamous, etc. on the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad. Maybe if a lot of people are willing to pay more and developers know it, we won't have to buy the NGP by Playstation, because we will be able to play the same games and more (ahem, Xbox 360) on our Apple devices. Please vote on this poll and you may make a change in mobile gaming!
This, but I may be willing to pay higher for a completely original console-quality game (not clones, but original titles in a console franchise).
Agreed but only because the hardware aint good enough at the minute to actually give us a console quality game but when it does i would pay more
Actually I think it is good enough, as games like Dead Space and Infinity Blade have proved. The only problem is open-world games might not work yet, as proved by Aralon (way too buggy IMO). And BTW for anyone who's wondering, they don't just have to be ports from consoles, they can be original too.
$30-$40 would probably be the most I'd pay. It's funny how I've bought $1 iPhone games which have been better than some PSP games I've bought for £39.99 ($65).
Would you pay more than 20 for a DS or PSP game? Neither device has hardware good enough "to actually give us a console quality game," either.
I have never paid more than twenty dollars for a portable game console game, and I don't plan to. As for the poll, I won't go over 10 bucks for a game I don't have a hard copy of.
LOL the devs got rid of the 'Important Poll' from the title. I guess they just want to have half ass games forever.
TouchArcade is no way an indication of your average iDevice owner. Appstore reviews are an indication of your average iDevice owner. The results are already in, with or without this poll, and the results are not good. There is no such thing as a mobile console game, if by using the word "mobile" you are indicating a cell phone/smartphone, and by using the word "console game" you are referring to the notion of a true console-quality experience. Smartphones are still phones and owners of smartphones are more interested in their phone then in the quality of gaming provided by their phone. I would pay $40 for iOS Gears of War or iOS Call of Duty (fully featured), but I ain't exactly holding my breath for that to happen. The market sets itself and is exactly where it needs to be. $4.99-$9.99 for premium titles. 0.99c-2.99 for everything else.
Yes, it's true that most games that make it to the top are at the lowest price. However, some games have shown us otherwise. As long as it's a well known corporation, the game will have potential to make it to the top. The most expensive game I've bought to date is Chaos Rings (12.99). If I'm not mistaken, it was at the number 1 spot for a while. 12.99..It's just pure speculation, but if GoW was indeed ported over for $40, I'd put my bets on it making it to the top 10 with no problem.
Not happening, ever, unfortunately. The NPG exists, or will exist, solely because of this reason. To provide a service that Apple either cannot or will not provide. I voted for $40. Only 3 people voted above $20 when I had voted. That's about right. If the game were a massive, MASSIVE exception to standard iOS fare, I think a decent amount of people would go as high as $20 and no higher. Gears of War for the iOS could sell for $20. Too bad the game would have to sell for twice that price in order for it to stand any legitimate chance of turning a profit. On NPG, they would be able to sell it for $50. People bring up Chaos Rings a lot. Chaos Rings is the only game that has ever successful sold for more than 9.99. Out of hundreds of thousands of apps, only one successful example exists. They did try to sell that one Flight Simulator game for 19.99, the iPhone 4 edition. Can't say how well that worked out, but obviously the game never charted in the top 50.
The thing is developers generally have not tried incredibly high prices. Gameloft and EA sell their games for a max of 6.99 these days, and I guess that's people have come to know as an 'expensive' game on the iOS. Chaos Rings might fit that description, but it's honestly the only decently known game that has dared to go beyond the 9.99 price point.
I brought deadspace and it was console quality. The only thing it lacked was 10 hours of gameplay and it needed 3-4 more selectable guns. Other than that it was a perfect $15 dollar game that was sold at half price. If Dead space does its number then maybe bigger companies will invest. I love ipod touch but honestly most games are not as fun as DS games or PSP on high levels. Not because the games are bad , but because people dont want to spend money. Dead space was great example of ipod touch power and what developers can do. I think we all very lucky to get games for so cheap.
For a normal console port, I'd probably be willing to pay around $20 for it. If its a game that I know and love, I'll probably go up to $40. So anywhere from $20-$40.
because i could pay the same price for a much better 360 game. one of the advantages of the iOS is its cheapness.
