Silver Phoenix wrote:You would think Digital Downloads would make games cost less but it won't. You can see full game prices for digital downloads are the same as the actual manufactured game prices.
Cartridges were more expensive to manufacture than cds, so that was a big reason for the technology to shift. Of course I'm not a fan of paying $60 for every damn PS3 game either.
I remember Virtua Racing for the Genesis was $100 when it released.
Bleh. A friend of mine had Virtua Racing, and I felt sorry for his parents, shelling out all that money for such a boring game. But I ascribe to the Mario Kart philosophy of racing games. I fail to see how they're fun unless you can shoot things at or otherwise screw with the other racers.
It was more of an arcade racer done in an entirely new style, that's what made it interesting. Of course after a while it does get boring, but it's certainly not a bad game.
I just downloaded the demo for Sonic and SEGA All-Stars Racing. I haven't played it yet, but if you like Mario Kart people are saying it's actually good. It plays similarly, but the gameplay uses drifting in a different way. I actually already pre-paid for the game because it looks polished and it plays well from reviews and previews. I bought it for PS3.