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Great post Jim. No AP Style errors. I only question the following.
"but one brave man even asking $156 for the thing!"
Should there be an "is" between "even" and "asking"?
"but one brave man even asking $156 for the thing!"
Should there be an "is" between "even" and "asking"?
@The AP Stylist
"Should there be an "is" between "even" and "asking"?"
No, it should go between man and even.
"Should there be an "is" between "even" and "asking"?"
No, it should go between man and even.
@The AP Stylist. Jim isn't using his "but" in that way. Hm, I didn't like the way that sentence sounded. Anyway, he's using it to qualify, not append. He might have used "but for", but "is" would have changed the meaning.
@ The AP Strlist
who cares. when it comes down to it, can you understand what Jim is saying?
I take it this is the American version of deal or no deal. the UK version looks a lot better.
who cares. when it comes down to it, can you understand what Jim is saying?
I take it this is the American version of deal or no deal. the UK version looks a lot better.
As someone who buys way too many games from Amazon.com I see this all the time, especially from Hitgaming. I usually laugh at it unless it is a rare game that i was looking for and cannot find elsewhere. luckily they have only gotten me once and it was just the games new price, not 10 times over.
I hate deal or no deal. It's blatant guessing, there is no choice, strategy, anything! Just random guessing. (I know I'm missing the point but still)
Hitgaming is notorious for this. Check out their storefront. They apparently think they can make a profit by selling unopened copies of five-year-old out-of-print games that no one would ever want.
For those who havn't seen it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxysFE2_kDs&feature=PlayList&p=A14D2432F94CCBA1&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=6
This guy's funnier than AVGN and he show's everything that's wrong with this game.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxysFE2_kDs&feature=PlayList&p=A14D2432F94CCBA1&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=6
This guy's funnier than AVGN and he show's everything that's wrong with this game.
I suspect this price oddity is related to damaged rarity, like mis-sewn Beanie Babies. Here's why.
The GBA version had an extremely limited random number generator, making the gameplay very predictable. It's very ironic for a game based entirely on random chance.
"...the case amounts vary only by a few predetermined sequences. That’s right, there is no randomization involved in this game! If you start to realize a pattern in the cases you’re choosing, this is not a coincidence, you’ve seen this order before."
More here - http://www.www.forum.digitalchumps.com/game-reviews/38-ds/773-deal-or-no-deal-gba.html
The GBA version had an extremely limited random number generator, making the gameplay very predictable. It's very ironic for a game based entirely on random chance.
"...the case amounts vary only by a few predetermined sequences. That’s right, there is no randomization involved in this game! If you start to realize a pattern in the cases you’re choosing, this is not a coincidence, you’ve seen this order before."
More here - http://www.www.forum.digitalchumps.com/game-reviews/38-ds/773-deal-or-no-deal-gba.html
There are lots of GBA games like this. Look up any of the Metroids or Zelda: Minnish Cap. They all are super-expensive, which is odd, because you can get them for like $10 on ebay.
http://doperoms.com/roms/gameboy_advance_gba/Deal or No Deal by Robert Durbin (PD).zip.html/156135/Deal or No Deal by Robert
Well I found the thing for free.
Of course, downloading that would be bad.
Well I found the thing for free.
Of course, downloading that would be bad.
they were selling street fighter 4 colector's edition with a fight stick i believe on GAME.CO.UK for 5.99, its sold out due to this error
I'm a merchant on Amazon and while I doubt anyone is actually going to pay that, this is nothing unusual. Individual merchants can set whatever price they want and it doesn't always make sense.
On Halo: 2, for example, the lowest price for a new copy is $19. Yet other merchants are selling theirs for $30, $40, or even $199. No one is ever going to pick the $200 copy over the $20 one, so who knows why they set it that high.
The Deal or no Deal game stands out because it's obviously not worth that much and, since the $128 price is the lowest, it gets featured on the main page for that game. It it were buried beneath more reasonable prices, like Halo 2, then it would have gone unnoticed.
If someone really just has to have a wrapped copy of Deal or no Deal for Gameboy Advance then they can find copies on other sites for less than $20.
On Halo: 2, for example, the lowest price for a new copy is $19. Yet other merchants are selling theirs for $30, $40, or even $199. No one is ever going to pick the $200 copy over the $20 one, so who knows why they set it that high.
The Deal or no Deal game stands out because it's obviously not worth that much and, since the $128 price is the lowest, it gets featured on the main page for that game. It it were buried beneath more reasonable prices, like Halo 2, then it would have gone unnoticed.
If someone really just has to have a wrapped copy of Deal or no Deal for Gameboy Advance then they can find copies on other sites for less than $20.
While this is infinitly stupid, I will say the Deal or No Deal arcade game is surprisingly fun. I guess it the podium like shape and the awesome giant buttons.
This is far from limited to this game, or even games in general, tons of stuff on Amazon is listed like this - way over the RRP, even when there are others there selling a new copy at the RRP. I work for a company who supply music for jukeboxes, we buy some items off Amazon and we see this on CDs all the time.
I guess they're hoping someone will just hit the "Add to cart" button without looking at the price, or not realise that these are independent sellers and assume that it's a legitimate price.
I guess they're hoping someone will just hit the "Add to cart" button without looking at the price, or not realise that these are independent sellers and assume that it's a legitimate price.
It reminds me of that one time when Activision were trying to sell their special edition DJ Hero for £170. How silly huh!
Yeah, as many others have said, they're are tons of people on Amazon selling poor titles for over $100. I think they have an automated system which takes care of it for them, and just type in a number. Also, tits.
Most of the games from that seller, Hitgaming Video Game, on Amazon.com are overpriced even for new games and they're a $100+. That seller is an idiot, then again the bigger idiots are the people that actually buy them at that price.
The gameboy turns into your own personal weird science style sex slave and starts blowing you right after you boot up the game ? Just a guess :))))
Well its so expensive because you can actually win cash by playing. It's true. Not a lie. It's how I earn my income. Just me, my GBA, and Howie Mandel all day long, every day, raking in the dollars.
sure i'll deal... oh wait, i have a working, fully functional, above 2 digit IQ brain, no deal then.
I'm pretty sure Amazon prices games based on their stocks, regardless of how popular a game it is. I once saw a copy of Morrowind for the Xbox going for around $300 on Amazon.
It's probably a mistake. Because the DS version is $12.82 and this is $128.26. They probably had to divide the price or some shit like that to make it $12.82 and Amazon or whoever did something wrong and listed it as $128, because that price is very similar to the DS version's price.
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