If this game was 12,00o point id still be buying the fucker! I think ill slap a small child in the face to celebrate this news!

Still going to wait till some reviews are out but the price isn't that bad. If people say it is worth I will buy it.

Can't wait for this to come for PC.

*positions itself in his unmovable waiting position*

I really don't care. I will buy it if my fucking xbox ever returns from repairs...

I can't help but wonder if the 1600 price was leaked on purpose. Now everybody will be relieved it's not 1600 instead of being slightly annoyed it's above the 800 average.

If anyone in the US is bitching about it being 15 bucks. Go to Target 14.99 for a 1600 point card. Then its "ALMOST" like you paid 800 points for it. I picked up 2 already.

I finally DL Braid last night. After Rearmed I think I'm down with downloading games for the year.

Why was Bionic Commando 800 and this 1200?

Anyways, I find it hard to spend 800 on a game since I rarely play XBLA titles, so the more I spend on XBLA game, the more I feel I wasted.

for us PS3 users, how much is 1200 in real money?

About $15, or £10.

Fuck knows why everyone is whinging. The MS points system is sucky and retarded, but £10/$15 for one game is nothing.

I will gladly pay 5 dollars for better (err err some of the best) ORIGINAL content. Games like Braid (and possibly Castle Crashes) make my soul feel good to be a gamer again. That to me is worth 5 dollars any day. No 60 dollar game in the past 4 years or so has even done that for me.

It's called heart. 99% of games don't have them.

$15?! Oh noooes!

Why are people bitching after two games are priced at 15 bucks? Its not a standard- there are still a shitload of games that are 800. Actually, I'm pretty sure they're the only two that are 15 bucks.

It doesn't necessarily set a standard for pricing.

That said, I'm buying this game, fuck yeah. 15 bucks isn't a bad price, and anyone who is complaining is a bit unjustified.

Plus, there's that whole Target MS Points thing going on this week.

truthfully i'm in the camp of BC is almost TOO cheap compared to what you get with it. i'd have gladly paid 1200 pts for BC, and I damn sure will be paying 1200 for Castle Crashers.

Now I just need to find some people to play co-op with XD!

1200 points is a fucking steal for this game.

1200 points is a fucking steal for this game. I'd pay $60 for it.

@Heretic

People who buy CC and not Braid or not hypocrits. That's like saying someone who complaing about Super Mario Galaxy's price and then they bought Mad World. They aren't necessarily hypocrits, could be that they like certain types of games more than others.

Professor Pew and Hitogoroshi are part of the problem, while Ujn Hunter is helping more than the rest of us, but depriving himself for the trouble. The key is to pay whatever they ask, but to be vocally unhappy about it.

Even though I think its still kinda silly paying so much for a newgrounds game, 1200 does make it better. And to be honest, Beat-em ups have massive replayability. I still pullout final fight on Sega CD and Streets of rage every couple months.

i dont have a problem paying $15 for a game like this, I bought Braid and didnt regret it. what annoys me is that i have to buy more than 1200 points insuring that i spend more money than i want to.

You know...I was considering not buying Castle Crashers....now I'm really considering not buying Castle Crashers

@ Gynecologist Cobra

I'm just guessing here, but I imagine that it might have something to do with how having a physical copy tends to make people feel like they actually own something.

I dunno.

Copy pasta time.

Ever since the pricing was announced for Braid, the internet has been buzzing with shouts of protest and anger, because for some reason, paying more than 10 dollars for quality is just absurd (And yet, people bought Two Worlds for 60 bucks.) But honestly- I would have payed 20 bucks for Braid if Microsoft had made the pricing so. I’ve said it plenty of times before, but Braid is a quality game, with a thought-provoking story and challenging platforming. Plus, the gameplay is between 4 and 10 hours (depending on whether or not you go for the stars) for all of those who have a time-to-money pricing ratio.

There’s another reason that people are getting upset, namely because its not the pricing they’re used to. People are afraid that if enough people buy a game above the average price, Microsoft will make it the new standard. Luckily for us, there’s a few things that Microsoft do well, and one of them is fair Arcade title pricing. They’ve always had the same pricing tier for games, with prices ranging from 400 to 1600, in increments of 400 points ($5.) 400 has always been for retro revivals/coin-op classics, (eg: Time Pilot, Ms. Pac-Man, Joust, Astropop, etc) and 800 has usually been for new games, or updated versions of classics (eg: Geometry Wars, Alien Hominid, Bionic Commando: Rearmed, Aces of the Galaxy, Assault Heroes, etc.)

1200 points has never been a standard for anything, but that’s because it has only been used for 3 games- RoboBlitz, Braid, and Castle Crashers. Penny Arcade had the highest XBLA sales ever with 1600 points, and no one complained as much because it was a really good game (Not to mention that it’s episodic- 3 episodes at 20 bucks each equals the same price & content as the average disc-based game). I assume that the only reason that these prices have been used accordingly is because Braid & RoboBlitz have been two of Xbox Live Arcade’s longest titles. Knowing this, we can guess that Castle Crashers will either be really long, or just have huge replay value as XBLA’s first original 4-player beat ‘em up.

The last (and only legitimate) reason people have bothered to complain is because they don’t know whether or not the game will be good. But hey- that’s why every XBLA game is required to have a trial. Try it out for yourself before judging it. Or, if you really value others’ opnions, then read a review. The Penny Arcade game, RoboBlitz, and even Braid are amongst the highest rated XBLA games to date, and have done exceptionally well as far as sales go. Castle Crashers has also been one of the highest-anticipated Arcade games coming out this year, and had amazing reception coming out of Comic-Con. I think it’s safe to say that Castle Crashers, just as Braid, RoboBlitz, and Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode One before it, will be worth every penny that Microsoft pulls out of your wallet.

Plus, at least its not Yaris.

ehh couldnt give a flying shit about a newgrounds game on a console. at least braid was a somewhat original thought (but still wouldnt bother buying that one since i was bored to tears by it).