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Do you really think people will buy it? I've played most of the GTAs, but I'm not about to spend 100 dollars on a video game.
You're clearly not the target audience. Every slightly popular game has its whales. Something as popular as GTA? They'll sell it at $100 and laugh all the way to the bank.
Something to consider. With conversion, new games are usually $80-$100 in Canada.
People still buy them.
Meaning this game will be MORE THAN $100 Canadian and still sell like hotcakes.
Look at Pokémon games, they sell like pancakes with barely an attempt at a story, minor gameplay improvements and barely running in their native hardware, their target audience will spend whatever they are told and defend the price no matter what.
Same thing here.
Yeah but they don't cost $100
Not yet, might follow after this stunt faces no lash back and results in profits.
I don't know though you've got to consider your target audience and their income method. The income method for the target audience of pokemon games is asking their parents.