In a business move that has blown my mind, a number of merchants on Amazon are selling a Game Boy Advance version of the Deal or No Deal game for $128. While the DS version of the same title sells for a paltry twelve bucks, the GBA alternative will cost more than two PS3 games taped together.
Three different sellers are trying to shift this game for over $100, but one brave man is even asking $156 for the thing! We can only assume this is some sort of meta experiment, in which the Amazon sellers are trying to recreate the hit game show by putting us in a real-life "deal or no deal" situation.
Will you deal for $128? That is the question Amazon asks of you. It is a question that has truly shaken my perception of reality to its very core.
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10:00 AM on 03.21.2010
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"but one brave man even asking $156 for the thing!"
Should there be an "is" between "even" and "asking"?
"Should there be an "is" between "even" and "asking"?"
No, it should go between man and even.
Some people are retards!
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.
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.
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
Well I found the thing for free.
Of course, downloading that would be bad.
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.
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.