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[Shard]

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/01/12/news_6116240.html

Well, it seems that somebody other then Sega/Take 2 has clued in onto this whole "Giving the consumer a bargin for thier money" concept as Midway has announced that their remake of NARC is going to be slashed in price by a good 30 dollars.

 

[.hacked]

all games should be $20.00, they would sell more and I would buy more.

 

[aoi tsuki]

Despite what many other game executives will probably tell you, there is absolutely downward pressure on pricing right now. This Christmas, the battle between EA and Sega Sports shows that [to be the case] in the sports segment, but you can look at pricing history of all recent games: when they start at $49, they take a hit faster than they used to in the last couple of years. NARC was originally planned to be a $49 game, but the world has changed a lot.

i think it's a smart move really. $19.99 is a "magic price" that a lot of people will jump on, especially once they see the content. If NARC does well and makes a name for itself, i could see the sequel demanding a higher MSRP.

 

[DaCocoBrova]

Is the game any good tho?

 

[aoi tsuki]

Is the game any good tho?

Hasn't been released yet. It was developed by VIS, who also devved State of Emergency. It looks like a mix between that and True Crime, and it'll probably turn out to be yet another pseudo free-roaming game where you can choose between doing good and evil.

 

[Wario64]

CHEAPASSGAMERS WIN

 

[kard]

This model only works if the released game is preceived to be high quality. Tons of $19.99 games that fail to sell because they are precieved as low quality. $19.99 needs word of mouth that gamers are actually getting a bargain for their money.

Activision's Kotick worst nightmare might be coming true. I think he was bitching about the ESPN pricing few days ago because he probably feared companies will start lowering prices and his fat profit margins will be squeezed.

 

[Random_Hajile]

Midway updated the game page today:

http://www.narcgame.com

 

[Azih]

One other thing this does is cut deeply into the used games market. If a consumer is faced with a 15 dollar used game and a 20 buck new game, they'll spring for the new one for more often then when faced with a 35/40 dollar decision. EB has been pretty evil with the way they push used games in store.

 

[bishoptl]

This is great news.

 

[Patrick Klepek]

i see this more as midway realizing NARC is probably a pile of shit, and at $20 they're certain to sell at least a few copies, especially based on name

 

[border]

People still have their head in the clouds, thinking that good first-run games can really be sold for twenty bucks. Midway probably just got tired of delaying and re-tooling this piece of crap. "Ehhhh, it sucks but let's just get it out the door..."

 

[lochnesssnowman]

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[KiNeSiS]

Vis sucks They burned me once when I bought state of emergancy the first day for 50!