How much would you pay for creativity?

[assen]

The closing of Clover and the related thread - lots of booing there - made me think:

If games like Okami and Viewtiful Joe sold much, much more, this studio would still exist, right?
Well, how much more? 5x? 10x?
What about if it sold the same in terms of units, but much more expensive units?

How much are you prepared to spend for a truly creative game coming from a truly creative studio, the kinds of which you will mourn loudly in forums when it's closed?

If you pay $50 for Lost Planet (just guessing there), would you pay $150? $250? $500 even? for Okami?

 

[cthellis42]

Maybe not all in one swell foop, but I'd put Okami on layaway. They could charge me $10 a month and stop when it got to $100 or so. Hehe.

But frankly, I just buy those kinds of games new. Most other times I rent, borrow, or wait for price lowerings, which is my habit. Anything I really want to support, I pick up full priced. (Not to mention recommend it to everyone I know. ^_^ )

 

[Darkon]

No, what if I won't like the certain game despite the creativity and good reviews .


but if I’ll like the certain game and it's a niche game I’ll gladly buy another copy

 

[Nesh]

I am willing to pay $60 for a truelly creative game or a game that has lots of effort in it or something different.

Unfortunately I dont have the luxury to spend more for a game. It is very sad that Clover studios closed.
It was really bad news for me because they were among the few developers that went the route of something different than mass appeal.

Many developers get so much praise and enough revenues to continue when they offer the same games over and over again without anything special (I want to vomit with every new Need for Speed getting announced).

I sometimes feel offended as a gamer when devs offer me games that view me as a mindless gamer. And I get pissed when they become succesful when other works of art fail to get the reckognition they deserve

 

[cthellis42]

No, what if I won't like the certain game despite the creativity and good reviews .

Well he DID say were were talking about the kind you'd mourn loudly...

but if I’ll like the certain game and it's a niche game I’ll gladly buy another copy

Same here. They make great gifts. ^_^

 

[LunchBox]

Personally if it interests me enough I would pay for it's worth.
for example, I bought steel battalion...
It was great until I realized that if I died and forgot to use the eject button...
I would have to start over from scratch...
I would have prefered to have the option of keeping my toon via a save point...
But the creative factors to "stimulate" realism was enough for me to keep on playing the game...
until I broke it.

 

[assen]

Now, after the storm of real (read: financial) support for creative games expressed in this thread, will you be surprised when the next Clover is closed?

 

[fulcizombie]

The closing of Clover and the related thread - lots of booing there - made me think:

If games like Okami and Viewtiful Joe sold much, much more, this studio would still exist, right?
Well, how much more? 5x? 10x?
What about if it sold the same in terms of units, but much more expensive units?

How much are you prepared to spend for a truly creative game coming from a truly creative studio, the kinds of which you will mourn loudly in forums when it's closed?

If you pay $50 for Lost Planet (just guessing there), would you pay $150? $250? $500 even? for Okami?

If by "creativity" you mean a game like Okami then i would pay....0.

 

[PARANOiA]

I buy full-priced games expecting creativity by default - good examples are Panzer Dragoon Orta and Jet Set Radio Future.

What's depressing is that the same old crap is in the same price category. They've been releasing new Fifa titles every year now for what, twelve years? That's insane. And every year they're the same shocking expensive price.

But I'd pay a small premium for better games. If the game was that good (and looking at Okami I'd say it may be, if I owned a PS2) it would deserve it.

 

[Nesh]

I buy full-priced games expecting creativity by default - good examples are Panzer Dragoon Orta and Jet Set Radio Future.

What's depressing is that the same old crap is in the same price category. They've been releasing new Fifa titles every year now for what, twelve years? That's insane. And every year they're the same shocking expensive price.

But I'd pay a small premium for better games. If the game was that good (and looking at Okami I'd say it may be, if I owned a PS2) it would deserve it.

I feel exactly the same