- Mar 14, 2012
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I'm a cheap bastard. I want what I want at the cheapest price possible. There are few games I buy at release, because I have no problem waiting 9 months to a year down the road and getting it at 'Greatest Hits' prices. FYI, I'm talking PS3 gaming here. I've said it before, but I'll go ahead and repeat myself...when I bought the initial TPA 4 pack and then each release after, I ceased to play any other game for a solid 9 months. The only other game that has ever come close to taking that kind of hold on me was Guitar Hero/Rock Band. So I fall in the camp of saying TPA is absolutely worth it, problems and all.
Now my time with TPA has dwindled. You might say it's having too much of a good thing. I simply haven't kept up with playing each and every release, and next thing I know, I have 5 tables that I have barely touched. Part of that is I still enjoy the hell out of earlier tables, part of it is I've started playing other games again. That being said, I know I want it all, so buying Seasons is a no brainer for me.
Here's where my cheapness comes into play though...
Buying on one platform I'm all good with. In buying a season, I'm essentially doing what many people do with sports titles, buying the annual release. At $30 (I'm too cheap to justify Pro mode), that's half what said sports titles run new. Buying on an additional platform, well that's where I get a bit dodgy. I absolutely want to buy the game on Steam, but I have no problem waiting it out until a sale comes up (or somebody mysteriously gifts me it *wink wink, nudge nudge*). I would also like the game for my newly acquired iPhone, but at what cost? For me, the level of enjoyment the game offers does not increase 100 fold for each platform purchased on. It's the same game (in a general sense of things) just now mobile, or on my PC. The skeleton of the game does not change, only the skin. For myself, after a while I cease to see the skin, the glamor wears off, and it simply comes down to having fun.
Well, I already have the fun on my platform of choice, the PS3. Playing on the PC is more of a convenience thing, but until the DX 11 lighting comes into play, I have a better experience on PlayStation. I don't like touch controls on the iPhone, on top of the game being tiny. So buying at full price a 2nd and 3rd copy of the game is really really hard for me to justify.
Which brings me right back to the start. For one platform, whatever the platform you may choose, I think TPA is totally worth it. Do I think FS should discount other platforms on the basis I already purchased on a different platform? No. It is not up to them to reward my stingy nature. Would I jump for joy if there suddenly was a nice sale? You betcha, and I'll wait patiently for just that. That's on me. This is precisely how Zen has gotten me to buy for a second platform, killer sales.
My point is (geez, about time!), if you hated TPA with your first purchase, or were only mildly amused, then saying it isn't worth the asking price is a valid statement. If you bought and fell in love with the game, but months later started becoming disillusioned because things you wanted to see happen didn't, rumors and speculations in the forum didn't come true, or even statements being rewritten for the purposes of spin ticked you off...well the game hasn't changed, has it? What you thought was worth the money at one time, is still the same product. If you think future purchases are no longer going to sit well with you, so be it. I for one am not going to stop buying just because a new UI isn't out yet, that online hasn't happened, that textures haven't been upgraded yet. The bones of the game are what I love.
I will need a better carrot dangled though to get me buying the same game twice or three times. But only because I'm cheap.
Now my time with TPA has dwindled. You might say it's having too much of a good thing. I simply haven't kept up with playing each and every release, and next thing I know, I have 5 tables that I have barely touched. Part of that is I still enjoy the hell out of earlier tables, part of it is I've started playing other games again. That being said, I know I want it all, so buying Seasons is a no brainer for me.
Here's where my cheapness comes into play though...
Buying on one platform I'm all good with. In buying a season, I'm essentially doing what many people do with sports titles, buying the annual release. At $30 (I'm too cheap to justify Pro mode), that's half what said sports titles run new. Buying on an additional platform, well that's where I get a bit dodgy. I absolutely want to buy the game on Steam, but I have no problem waiting it out until a sale comes up (or somebody mysteriously gifts me it *wink wink, nudge nudge*). I would also like the game for my newly acquired iPhone, but at what cost? For me, the level of enjoyment the game offers does not increase 100 fold for each platform purchased on. It's the same game (in a general sense of things) just now mobile, or on my PC. The skeleton of the game does not change, only the skin. For myself, after a while I cease to see the skin, the glamor wears off, and it simply comes down to having fun.
Well, I already have the fun on my platform of choice, the PS3. Playing on the PC is more of a convenience thing, but until the DX 11 lighting comes into play, I have a better experience on PlayStation. I don't like touch controls on the iPhone, on top of the game being tiny. So buying at full price a 2nd and 3rd copy of the game is really really hard for me to justify.
Which brings me right back to the start. For one platform, whatever the platform you may choose, I think TPA is totally worth it. Do I think FS should discount other platforms on the basis I already purchased on a different platform? No. It is not up to them to reward my stingy nature. Would I jump for joy if there suddenly was a nice sale? You betcha, and I'll wait patiently for just that. That's on me. This is precisely how Zen has gotten me to buy for a second platform, killer sales.
My point is (geez, about time!), if you hated TPA with your first purchase, or were only mildly amused, then saying it isn't worth the asking price is a valid statement. If you bought and fell in love with the game, but months later started becoming disillusioned because things you wanted to see happen didn't, rumors and speculations in the forum didn't come true, or even statements being rewritten for the purposes of spin ticked you off...well the game hasn't changed, has it? What you thought was worth the money at one time, is still the same product. If you think future purchases are no longer going to sit well with you, so be it. I for one am not going to stop buying just because a new UI isn't out yet, that online hasn't happened, that textures haven't been upgraded yet. The bones of the game are what I love.
I will need a better carrot dangled though to get me buying the same game twice or three times. But only because I'm cheap.
