This is it, Stranger of Sword City Revisited, I know it!
I'm already bracing myself for the CE cost.
Some of us here are on a budget. Lol. Doesn't help when announcements are like a week before releases, giving a fair amount little time to prepare.
Nurse Love Addiction is $40 on PSN so prepare for the possibility of a $50 regular edition. Just Kero Blaster for me on Friday. Not really into visual novels and money's too tight for stuff I don't really really need. Kero Blaster I do need.
I'd be surprised if it's more than $39.99. It's so niche, not something like Dariusburst that was able to sell at a premium.
What bothers me is not knowing the price or contents of the Collector's Edition 4 days away.
I think it depends on if the game is selling well digitally or not. I mean if they are selling like next to no digital copies at that price, they should be happy to get a guaranteed few thousand copies sold physically, even if the price will be on par with the digital price.Niche or not (makes up most of the LRG catalog) they would be selling it at cost, doing it that way. That's bad business.
One game I've kind of forgotten to pester the good LRG boys about recently but really really still want is Jamestown+ on the PS4. I remember something along the lines of LRG having contacted them but been unable to reach them or something like that. Seems like the studio is more or less just 3-4 dudes so it's not like Vivendi's lawyers need to be negotiated with. They should want a few easy thousand bucks and the world desperately needs their great game on disc. Any chance of an update on that one? It feels like such a good fit for LRG.
Niche or not (makes up most of the LRG catalog) they would be selling it at cost, doing it that way. That's bad business.
I doubt that game is selling any copies on vita. LRG would be ambitious to sell it at 50, and a CE at like 80.
If LRG didnt wait till the last minute like they always do, people can plan for more expensive releases/CE
They don't work for free...
Are you sure it's LRG taking their time... or the original game's publishers waiting to get certified by the ESRB before they can officially announce a dste?
It'd need to get its rating way before the game went into manufacturing.
No way they're selling the game this Friday and it's not even in the middle of manufacturing.
(Although ideally the game should be ready before selling... yeah yeah yeah... I'm a broken record)
NLA was already rated for LRG release before. That's how we knew it was coming. Wario64 tweeted about it.
They don't work for free...
Are you sure it's LRG taking their time... or the original game's publishers waiting to get certified by the ESRB before they can officially announce a dste?
Wait, do you think if they release the game for 40, that the devs don't make any money? Lets say 3k normal copies, 2k CE edition copies, at 40 and 75, that is 270,000. A large percentage of that goes to the devs. I can't imagine the devs sold anywhere close to 5,000 copies on PSN
No, LRG makes $0 money is what I'm saying. There's a reason every release they put out is more expensive than PSN...
*paging Doug to explain simple company profits...*
Of course they make money, even if they sell NLA at 39.99. Jeez, some days I wish I was this ignorant. So you're saying the 10 dollar increase is just pure profit for LRG? So on a 5k run, they make 50 grand? Can't wait to see their new company Ferrari
5k of an extremely niche title is going to be a hard sell, especially if it is at 49.99. I guess we will see, but typical LRG fashion, no info is up on the website less than 3 days before it goes on sale.
the $10 on top of the prices is for production costs too so they probably make $2-3 per game and then they have 12 staff members to pay
They said in an interview that they would be "knocking it out of the park" which made me think Thimbleweed, but then they also said that it was a new, unannounced game.
I doubt that game is selling any copies on vita. LRG would be ambitious to sell it at 50, and a CE at like 80.
If LRG didnt wait till the last minute like they always do, people can plan for more expensive releases/CE
Honestly not trying to be a dick, but you probably shouldn't be buying these kind of things If you are living so close to the margins that a $10 - $20 swing in prices is cause for alarm.
except production costs isnt anywhere close to 10 dollars on top, but that is what companies want you to believe in the end. Like the 10 dollar switch tax.
except production costs isnt anywhere close to 10 dollars on top, but that is what companies want you to believe in the end. Like the 10 dollar switch tax.
I am interested to see how well NLA sells. I've only seen mild interest and some who are interested are turned off by a possible 50 dollar price tag. I guess we will find out the price 10 minutes before it goes on sale by the looks of it.
Of course they make money, even if they sell NLA at 39.99. Jeez, some days I wish I was this ignorant. So you're saying the 10 dollar increase is just pure profit for LRG? So on a 5k run, they make 50 grand? Can't wait to see their new company Ferrari
we have a resident business expert in the thread i see and before you say it i'm not claiming to be one but i just think that sony never bothered to try and lower production costs of the flash memory needed for Vita and on top of that the switch thing is probably right because it'll likely be 5-6x the cost of a disc even at batch level
it probably wasn't as big of a problem as it is on switch because 4gb was pretty cheap in 2012 whereas 16/32gb is still pretty high in comparison of priceAnd your explanation on the parity of vita physical and digital titles? The big vita titles are about 5x more the cost of a ps4 disc, but still manage to keep same price. I dont know.
it probably wasn't as big of a problem as it is on switch because 4gb was pretty cheap in 2012 whereas 16/32gb is still pretty high in comparison of price
probably gonna go up in price tooGuess they're still updating it, the NLA CE listing isn't complete.
$75 now.
This beautiful edition of Nurse Love Addiction comes packaged in an individually numbered high-gloss durable rigid-box with blue foil stamping and a magnetically sealed lid. Inside the box you'll find a set of high-gloss premium trading cards featuring art from the game, a physical soundtrack CD, a PlayStation Vita console skin and sticker sheet, five Nurse Love Addiction bandages, and a region free physical copy of the game for the PlayStation Vita.