Well, you can make anyone say anything with a catchphrase change.

I remember one of my favorite magazine articles as a kid told how difficult and expensive it was (at the time) to film the “video game” scene from Superman III and that it wasn’t actually even full motion.  I don’t think it was close to millions though.

Oooohhh, look at Mr. Moneybags over here!

That analogy only really works here if you wait a few more months until more gold is made and then the price of gold drops because of it.

Ebay should not consider selling a preorder as an actual item and not allow them to be listed. The person preordering doesn’t get charged until the day the item ships, but the person buying the preorder from that person on Ebay pays immediately.  Easy to scam that way as well.

Sometimes yes, sometimes no for Nintendo.  They obviously had no idea the Wii was going to sell the way it did at launch after the failure of the GameCube.  But after that, they certainly knew what would happen if they made fewer Wiis and trickled them out.

NES days preorders? When was this? I starting working in gaming retail the year the NES became super popular in the US, and throughout the rest of its lifecycle, when Wario’s Woods was released for it, and there were not game preorders ever.

I really wish people would not buy the consoles at scalped prices so that these people who buy so many of them will be stuck, but it just doesn’t happen at Christmas time when a parent stupidly promises something without checking if it’s easy to get first.  Not everyone is savvy I suppose.

I always wait 6 months to a year to buy new consoles because I can get one when I want, and they actually have games I want at that point. I can’t even think of any launch day games that were really worth it for the last few console generations.

This soundtrack (and Tetris soundtrack) were so good at the time of release, because it was the first time playing a gaming console with some earbuds in. So you were getting the full stereo effect and as loud as you wanted while playing.

He was the boyfriend of one of the white ladies, and he is law enforcement adjacent, so what’s your point? Also, lots of white people have Spanish origin names, many people in Spain are white, and many Spanish descended people are white. While this man does not look white, it’s juvenile to assume race from name alone.

I don’t think there’s any real collectibility concern for the re-release of old games where the original copies are what people want to collect, but I think the OP has a point. These games are to celebrate the 35th anniversary of SMB. 6 months may be too short, maybe they should do a year, but in the digital-only age…

That article says those movies likely left D+ because of other licensing deals probably in place pre-D+ and pre-Fox merger.  It’s not like the movies mentioned are even Disney Vault material.

My guess is, in 2021, they’ll announce a SMB 35 themed Switch with these games pre-installed after they stop selling them separately.

But you give that 30% to one company because they provided the storefront, advertising in some cases, and packaging.  If Walmart offered a service where they boxed your product, shipped it, put it on shelves, and advertised it for sale, I imagine you’d pay them a percentage of your sales for the service.  I imagine…

Vendors in shopping malls and shopping centers in the US pay a percentage of sales, in some cases, in addition to their monthly storefront lease.  So I wouldn’t put it past a theme parking charging a percentage of sales for the space as well.

We’ve come back around to Microsoft saying that Edge browser cannot be uninstalled from Windows 10 now. :/

Exactly. If the app makers had to make their own storefront and run their own servers or hire an outside company to do it, or make a physical product and sell in stores, how much do we think they’d be paying for that? Would it be a 30% cut from their retail price? More?

Is it fair when a retail store puts a manufacturer’s products in their stores, sometimes advertises them, displays them prominently as to sell, and sells them for a profit?  Why is the App Store any different than a retail front end?  App makers must build in a profit to their price just like any manufacturer. 

I don’t see how this is different from Walmart selling other companies’ items for a profit in their stores. Apple makes the phone, the store is on their phone, they make a profit from sales through their store. App makers price accordingly.