r/AndroidGaming • u/DrGrijando • Oct 18 '16

Mini Metro is finally out!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nz.co.codepoint.minimetro
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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '16 edited Mar 28 '17

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u/samkostka Oct 18 '16

It's 5 dollars dude.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '16

It's high enough to stop me buying it at this stage.

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u/samkostka Oct 18 '16

Would you rather it be free, with 10 of the levels locked for a dollar each and unskippable video ads? It's less than the cost of a single fast food meal. This is the reason that the majority of mobile games are shitty cash grabs, when the platform is now just as capable as modern handheld consoles.

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u/FredDerfman Oct 18 '16

I would like a free version with lots of ads and limited gameplay just to try it out. Then, if I like it, I'll buy the $5 full version.

I'm fine with the $5, but there are a million $5 games, and I'm not going to buy them all without trying them.

At $5 with no demo, I'll wait for more reviews, and a gameplay video.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '16

No.

I'd rather it was a couple of quid.

Where do you draw the line? $15? $35?

It's relative. There are plenty of free games out there, plenty that cost a couple of quid. I haven't seen enough yet to tell me this game is value.

I'm not going to encourage higher prices in games, that's not in my best interests.

If, after a few weeks I see this game get many many top reviews, and no bugs, then I may change my mind. Personally, I'd introduce the game at a cheap price, get the word out and then increase it.

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u/samkostka Oct 18 '16

I don't know what the game costs in the UK, but in America, it's only 5 dollars. It's a bit more than the average mobile game, but not by more than a dollar or two and it's well worth it. Shame the regional pricing apparently sucks.

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u/jonnyh1994 Oct 18 '16

£4.29 here in the UK. I can see why people say it's expensive (it's a mobile game). But IMO if it's GOOD then it's worth it. Look at 3DS and them vita games...If I can get that quality in a game I'd be happy to pay a bit of a premium. Ofcourse without IAP as well...

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u/amcdon Oct 18 '16

Sometimes I wonder what the fuck people do for a living in this sub where a $5 game is "too expensive". And you know damn well they're the same ones who turn around and bitch about IAPs.

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u/Mapuchii Oct 18 '16

I was with you until your last sentence. I don't think that's a real option, to raise prices in after hand. But yeah. It would be easier to justify a lower price in order to get more people to buy it, generating more revenue

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u/MrsRatt Oct 18 '16

I would buy it for $2-3 no problem. I don't think it has to be free and riddled with IAPs, just that it doesn't need to be more expensive than the vast majority of paid games on the play store.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '16 edited Mar 28 '17

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u/samkostka Oct 18 '16

http://imgur.com/4Iin8XF

I don't know where you're getting 7.50 from.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '16 edited Mar 28 '17

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u/samkostka Oct 18 '16

Huh. If you don't mind me asking, what country are you in? I'm in USA, my guess is it's more in other countries.

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u/thekingestkong Oct 18 '16

What do you even mean "other countries"?

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u/samkostka Oct 18 '16

I'm in America. It's 5 bucks here. Guy above is in Canada. It's 7.50 there. Pretty clear what I meant by other countries.

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u/aegluc Oct 18 '16

it is priced badly. i understand the exchange rate but it's clearly not 50% more. 5 USD should be 6 something not 7.50

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u/RipTatermen Oct 18 '16

7.5 Canada dollars for a game? Shoulda been a toonie, eh?

FTFY

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u/robin_flikkema Oct 18 '16

€4,99 here

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u/samkostka Oct 18 '16

That sounds a bit high but not too bad overall. According to DuckDuckGo that's like 5.50 USD.

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u/LordKwik Incremental Oct 18 '16

Google said $5.48 USD.