Last month, Capcom asked its fans how much they’d be willing to pay for the downloadable HD remake of Bionic Commando. Apparently, 83% of respondents were willing to pay $10 – not surprising. The thing I can’t possibly understand is that 17% of those who responded were willing to pay $15 or more:
While the results may suggest that $10 is the sweet spot for most people (in the US the final tally was 83% in favor of the $10 price point and 17% in favor of the $15 price point), there is another side of the story which wasn’t represented by the poll results – and that is the huge number of user comments that we received, where a majority were suggesting they would pay $15 or even $20 for the game.
Really? So, when asked if they’d be willing to pay $10 for an XBLA or PSN game, 17% of people said, “Heck no! I want to give you $15! Please, take more of my money! I clearly have too much of it anyway.” Maybe these are the same people who think a baseline price of $60 for a console game is fair. I’m all for developers making money. They produce (generally) great content and hours of entertainment, for which I am very grateful. But if someone gives me the option of paying $15 or saving 5 bucks, common sense would tell me to save the 5 bucks. Maybe that’s just me. Thoughts?
I was also quite puzzled when I read this story. Beyond me why anyone would want to pay more for it.
I don’t get it either…. clearly that 17% is out of touch with a college budget.