also in before "Johnathon blow my cock" or so variation >.>

@naia-the-gamer -- rabbling deserved, if you ask me. Microsoft was dumb about this one.

Um... I'm still gonna buy it. Even after buying Geometry Wars 2. (Which is awesome!)

At least if you download the demo, you get entered into that sweepstakes for 100,000,000,000 MS points. All you gotta do is win, then you can buy it without feeling iffy.

This is why people shouldn't say "It's so good I'd pay full price for it"

They probably decided after reading all the morons saying "I'd pay this much or even full retail" to make it 1,200 points anyway.

Congratulations, I hope you'll all be happy when every game is a different price depending on the perceived value or quality, starting at $10.00 for an 'average' game.

Crap...I said I'd buy Castle Crashers even if it was 1800 points.

I take it back! I take it baaaaaaaack!!

I think we can all blame Colette for this.

Thank you Ms. Bennett, you have ruined our lives.

Portal, which is $20 dollars, only provides three hours of gameplay. So, why can't a five to ten hour game cost fifteen dollars if it is good?

I dunno, 1200 still sounds reasonable, just don't make it the standard price or I won't buy shit.

Edge magazine (uk) gave this game 9 out of 10.

Hey Zero: its $5 whole dollars. To some people that is a lot. meh, why even bother. Have fun with your new game that your mom bought you.

If this game has any length or "replay value" to it, $15 doesn't seem so bad to me at all. However, I'm slightly disappointed only because Microsoft claimed that wasn't going to be the final price.

$15 bucks is pretty much the limit of what I consider reasonable for most XBLA games, but $10 is the sweet spot. Although it looks interesting, I'm not intrigued enough by this particular title to fork over that much. I'll check out the demo and make my decision then. Now Bionic Commando Rearmed would definitely get 1200 points out of me...

Zero,

You only make twice what your mom makes? Fucking loser.
j/k

If MS starts pricing their XBLA games too high, then people will stop buying them. If people stop buying them, MS will have to lower prices back to a reasonable level. It's that simple. There's no magic formula that says "if game has X hours of gameplay then it's worth exactly Y dollars". Games are worth whatever consumers are willing to pay for them. If you're unhappy with the price point for Braid or any other titles, don't buy it. If enough people feel the same and it's reflected by poor sales, then the message will be sent.

Zero sounds angry...and insecure... I hope all that extra fucking job money can pay for counsiling. By the way i don't think the argument was " can't afford 5$ more so I'm pissed boo boo" It's more the principal of the thing and XBLA constantly raising prices with no explanations or their previous standards in mind.

@Yojimbo

There's only one problem with that, otherwise perfect, logic: In the case of Braid we have a unique circumstance. While not paying $15 for Braid could signal that gamers are resisting increased XBLA prices, it's just as likely that Microsoft will take it as meaning gamers are not interested in unique, indie titles like Braid. As a gamer, I now have to wonder if promoting quality indie gaming is more or less important than standing against constantly increasing XBLA prices -- a decision I don't want to make.

If this was some above average port or two-stick shooter, I would have no problem refusing to buy the game because Microsoft knows that those products typically sell and my message would be clear. But, the fact that Braid is such a unique title really muddles the expressed intent of my actions.

Yeah, I shouldn't have let free touch get under my skin, even if he was being patronizing. "Have fun with your new game that your mom bought you" ignored any actual points I initially made in favor of the sort of childish put-downs that are becoming all too common here, and what do I do? Respond in kind.
Exceptionally lame of me.

from everything i've heard about this game, isn't it once you figure out the key to beating a level, you pretty much have no reason to go back to it? so why the fuck would i pay $15 for a game that has no replay value (i smell a monthly musing coming on!) ???

If this game didnt get the praise it got before its release it would have been 800 points. There actually jacking up the price because we like it so much. So please lets start "smashing" Caste Crashers now cause I aint paying 1800 for it.

I will not pay 1800 MS points for Castle Crashers, because $22.50 is a stupid number. 1600 or 2000 would be fine.

I kinda feel like we have been spoiled. I'm pretty sure MS actually forced many Devs early on to price their games low and I think this is biting them now.They really even said this when asked if they would ever do anything like Sony's downloads and they said they preferred those to to be retail. But look around online for the PC and you will see many games even ones that are live as well are 20 bucks a pop(They still want 20 bucks for Zuma for pocket PC). From my observations around 20 dollars seems to be a common price for many small studio games. I bought Peggle Deluxe for 20 dollars after playing Peggle Extreme and its a fun addictive game.

The fact of the matter is this many of the games we get on Live,WiiWare, and PSN(the bargain titles not warhawk etc) are just as much quality game as the games we paid 30 to 50 dollars on last gen or even some handheld games now(some borderline better than some 60 dollar games now). I have no issue with the premium downloads on PSN so I am not at all adverse to the thought of premium games on Live. And it sort of bothers me people don't think these game can be made and be worth that sort of money that is sort of an insult to the devs. I really don't think this is a ploy by MS to make more money I imagine pricing is a two way street here that is agreed upon by both parties. Penny Arcade Advernture was 20 dollars on the PC and I'm pretty sure why that was why it was 20 dollars on live and will be 20 dollars on PSN.

Like Mxy said, this is the limit of what an XBL game should cost. Kinda dumb, but at least the game looks like it's worth it.