Animal Crossing: City Folk and Wii Speak to Retail for $70
By Chris on Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 at 3:31 PM PST In Game Companies, Game Consoles, Game Platforms, Gamer Life, Games, Nintendo, Nintendo
Word has leaked from the ongoing GameStop manager’s conference in Las Vegas that the Animal Crossing: City Folk and Wii Speak bundle will run you a pricey $70 — which cued an anonymous 1UP editor to say, “$70!? For that price it had better come with a white van for abducting kids you meet in your magical little animal town.”
This bundle is a cheaper alternative to buying the game and microphone separately, with a standalone Wii Speak running you $30. Even so, $70 is an exorbitant price for a game that by all appearances hasn’t evolved much since we knew the game as Animal Forest for N64.
At $70, is the price now too high to engage in emergent gameplay-like activities such as makeshift fishing tournaments? Check out our E3 preview of the game here and let us know what your thoughts are in the comments below.
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In the UK & Europe (Australia too I believe) we’re paying $80-$100 for a single game alone let alone a game bundle. Even then your paying for a game with an accessory so $70 to me sounds much better than having to pay £180 ($350) just to play Rock Band.
@Mark: We’re not paying that much for games.
Most Wii games are about £20-£30 (some are £40), which roughly translates to $40-$60 (in some cases $80).
$70 will roughly translate to about £35, but we all know we will have to pay at least £50 for the bundle.
I think ALL current gen (aka next gen) games are overpriced. Yeah yeah they put a lot of work into it and packaging, advertising– FUCK THAT. Sixty dollars (U.S.) for new games is bull fucking shit. $50 for the last generation was bad enough.
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