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That's the same price as a Nintendo 2DS, which is about as cheap as mobile gaming comes. So I mean, you might have opinions about how good a value it is, but it
by chc 7y ago
That's the same price as a Nintendo 2DS, which is about as cheap as mobile gaming comes. So I mean, you might have opinions about how good a value it is, but it is not a very high price point for its market.
- crooked-v 7y agoUsed 2DSes or 3DSes are ubiquitous and around $110 or so.
- hombre_fatal 7y agoBut $20-40 for each game.
- frosted-flakes 7y agoA $40 game provides 20-100 hours of high quality gameplay, which I think is a good value.
- mortenjorck 7y agoPlaydate is not in the same market as the 2DS, or really anywhere near it. It's not trying to compete on any of the games-industry metrics, nor could it. It's like comparing the latest Avengers movie with a niche YouTube show. You can compare the price of a movie ticket with a Patreon subscription, but what are you even comparing?
- hombre_fatal 7y agoNo, it doesn't. It only might. You or your kids might play it for 10 minutes and never touch it again. How many people on HN have $100s spent on Steam games they haven't even installed once and probably never will? Or games they finally played but didn't like, yet too much time elapsed for a refund?
- jamesgeck0 7y agoYou could make the same argument about anything. No product is worth the money it costs if you never put it to use.