I was at the mall today, looking at all the fancy new games (and old ones) on the Wii. I found pretty ridiculous that some 3 year old games were at the same price as some of this year’s.
Back in high school and college, I used to “invest” in video games (both money and time), more than I did today. But even then, I don’t remember spending that much money. I have a Xbox at home – not the 360 one, the old brick. It sits in the basement, acting as a media center these days. I recall buying old games on it at ridiculously low prices – the lowest being 2$. But from the looks of thing, I don’t think I’ll be doing that on the Wii – unless I end up with some mini game compilation.
It makes me think of how much it costs to like Star Trek. I remember shopping for the Voyager series – about 60$ per season. And there are 7 of them. Let me say, at that price, the lure of torrents is very strong. I can resist, but for many, resistance is futile. I mean, it takes a lot of motivation to spend that much on a TV show that started in 1995, even if I loved it.
I instead turned my eyes on music – I got the soundtracks of The Elder Scrolls III and IV (Morrowind and Oblivion for the quick ones). For about 16 bucks, I’d say it was a pretty good deal. The music is just great – if you liked the game and its music, you’ll certainly love the soundtrack.
That being said, there seems to be some cool items in the linux.com store – I’ll have to check that back some day. People stopping by to ask you about fresh kernels? Priceless.
