The day I stopped worrying and learned to love the $6.99.

[Greyskull]

Originally Posted by drelbs

Pfft.

I've spent upwards to $19.99 a pop on some music apps and they've been complete bargains.

$0.99 is nothing. $6.99 for Slug 3 isn't much either. My MVS copy cost a LOT more than that.

No kidding. though music apps can set you back big time...on the other hand, how else can you purchase a 48 track recording studio for 50 bucks? (I forget the name of the app, it was just released yesterday or the day before for Ipad).

It cost a (teenage) fortune to record at a 32 track studio back when it was cheaper to press vinyl than burn cd's.

[LOLavi]

Dead Space was my first big purchase at $6.99 Don't regret a single cent out of it

[Tonyzorz]

Battle heart was my first purchased game for more than a buck. Spent at least 30 hours of game play

[Joltrabbit]

Dead Space is a good case for don't miss good games for the 99 cent (sale) price tag. That game has eye-opening impact for an iPhone game.

And I just bought Dungeon Hunter 2, Metal Slug 3 and FieldRunners 2. All three seem worth full price so far. Had I known how good Dead Space was, I'd have gotten it sooner.

Next on the list to buy when I'm done with the above games:
Elder Signs: Omen $4
Beat Sneak Bandit $3
Mage Gauntlet $3
Battleheart $3
The Dark Knight Rises $7

Can any one lead me to better upcoming games or other current options like them?

[Wizard_Mike]

I grew up when video games were more about pumping quarters at the arcade than something you do at home. Back then, $0.25 could get you as little as five minutes of game play depending on the game and your skill level. Some games you could get a decent 10-20 mins of play time on your quarter, if you knew what you were doing.

I still, to this very day, judge the price value of a game based on my arcade days of the 80's. If blowing $5 worth of quarters in less than an hour at the arcade was ok, then spending $5 on a game that you'll play more than an hour is definitely worth it.

[Joltrabbit]

I am in my late 30s so I understand where you're coming from Mike. My local Ballys used to sell 50 tokens for $10 and I would blow my allowance on that at least once a week.

[jaze]

i bought my ipad for adobe ideas and other art apps they were 5 or 10 pounds, they were the first apps i bought i think, but yes, as far as games, i think broken sword was the first non 99 cent ish game i bought. most expensive to date would be ff3 and ff tactics.

[psj3809]

When I was a kid in the 80s games for my ZX spectrum range from £1.99 to 9.95. Was on a small amount of pocket money back then

So now it's even more laughable when you hear people waiting for a 1.99 game to drop to 69p! Talk about cheapskates! People don't realise how lucky they are. Plus if we all waited for games to be free devs would leave ios gaming in droves

The more we buy early on, the more releases we'll get as companies will make more and want to develop more. Way too many cheapskates out there

[Platyrrhine]

Originally Posted by Greyskull

Holy hell...has it really been that long? So I remember having to "buy" an ios update from apple to enable the wifi store (among other things).

Those were the days. I remember I spent $9.99 on Scrabble because there were no alternatives. There was no online multi-player or anything at that point. The price later dropped to $.99, and I believe it's been free a few times.

The first game that I bought was Caissa Chess, which was also $9.99. I think it's been taken off the app store by now, but back in the day it was the best chess app IMO.

[backtothis]

Originally Posted by Greyskull

So I remember having to "buy" an ios update from apple to enable the wifi store (among other things).

I had almost forgotten. That's right, we had to pay for iOS updates too back then. Once again, imagine that. $15, was it?