by Brian Nettey
Editor-in-Chief
Neo Geo was a system ahead of it's time and so was it's price tag
Everyone has a limit. There are some things people aren’t willing to take. In the gaming industry I could talk about a lot of different “limits” but today I’m going to talk about money. There is a price limit that video game consumers aren’t wiling to pay for games. The limit is different for different people but it exists. Game companies are trying to find a way to maximize profits. So their goal is to get as close to that line as possible. They use DLC to push up the price of games, consoles are getting more and more expensive, they’re doing what business do, making money.
I’m not stupid, I know people are thinking “This is obvious, where’s the conspiracy?”. The answer should be pretty obvious from the title of this story, one company is going to push it too far. One of the big three are going to do what Neo Geo did back in the 90′s.
Wario is greedy, bad things happen to him...If video game companies get greedy, then bad things will happen them too
It’s already begun, some companies have already pushed a little too hard. There was the Neo Geo in the early 90′s which came out on consoles for $649.99 with two controllers, a memory card and a game. Adjusting for inflation that’ll be like $400,000 today (something like that), and people weren’t willing to spend that much money. In more recent times, Nintendo had to drastically slash the price of Nintendo 3DS to save a lackluster launch.
Which company will produce the next Neo Geo? When will that line be crossed? I have a pretty good idea, but I’ll keep that to myself for now.
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