Joshua Kaufman (kaufmajs@EMAIL.UC.EDU)
Thu, 13 May 1999 08:39:57 -0700
X-Sender: kaufmajs@email.uc.edu X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Message-ID: <199905131230.IAA20848@newman.bch.uc.edu> Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 08:39:57 -0700 From: Joshua Kaufman <kaufmajs@EMAIL.UC.EDU> Subject: Re: OSV=... (+ more)At 11:58 PM 5/12/99 -0700, you wrote: >And, who was it, Joshua, ... $50 is "too much" for a 2CD set? You paid about >$50 for ST1 itself, and that's 2CDs, right? $30 actually. But a game is different, and IMO is worth more than a music CD, at least at the moment. I might change my mind in the future. > If a product is good, it's good, >no matter what it costs. I'd be highly willing to pay that much for >something like ... Final Fantasy 6 Piano Collections if I could only find >the damn thing (any help, anyone?) and that's only one CD. Oh I would too. But that also has a hardcover piano book...plus the extreme rarity of the thing, and even just being able to say I had it (yes, I have a big ego) >I nearly paid >that much for the soundtrack to Street Fighter III 2nd Impact, and I >consider that (singluar) CD to be an important CD of my collection. You >import games, so price really can't be that much of a factor to you, can it? Ahh, but it is, again at the moment. The only import game I've payed more than $50 is FF Collection, which is three different game, so... >My personal contention is that the only people who complain about the prices >of games are the Joe Sixpacks of this country who only play the latest >sports game from 989 Studios... .. I'm done bitching, it's late... > Well, I only make $60 a week. Even though I only spend almost all my spendings on games (and now game music), I'm still little worried. If I get a job over the summer (I need one), I might be a bit more lenient on myself. -Joshua