Postby feilong801 » June 1st, 2007, 4:33 pm
Heh, interesting thread.
Yes, Koopa is an alright sort. We are a close knit (well, for a bunch of people I've never physically met, anyway) group of folks and sometimes it is like a fraternity here... meaning some of us get a bit banged on.
But, I will say this: sometimes it is darn well deserved. Like when someone makes an opinion, and someone else chimes in with this intelligent riposte:
That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard person X say!
Speaking of the comment on this thread that inspired that, I'm not sure it costs all that much to make a very basic shelf product. Anyone can take about $1100 and get a professionally done replicated DVD (silverdisc, not DVD R) and a DVD case (not a box, but I don't think Calling All Cars would need a box) with pro artwork and get 1000 copies.
Obviously, Sony would be making more than 1000, so the price would go down. So you are looking at a manufacturing cost of less than a buck a disc (for a product that is in a DVD case, which is perfectly acceptable for a Calling All Cars product).
Point being: Dave is right. Sony, if they wanted to, could make a product that would sell for about $12.99 in the store. It would not be hard. It would not be costly.
The problem is, however, is that Dave is in a minority position. Maybe even an extreme minority. Even people that are NOT regular online gamers have largely accepted that their console is, and they are OK with purchasing games from an online service. I see no real problem here, especially if said service is free, such as Sony and Nintendo's.
That said, I think it would be a great idea if Sony would follow Microsoft's lead and come out with an "unplugged" collection of their better casual games.
-Rob
