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2010-02-26 , 15:21
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Originally Posted by Neegs View Post
Well not really i have so far downloaded about 15 apps mainly games, some extra codecs etc etc. £3 may be something you can just throw at something but if this were the case i already would have spent £45 on apps.



I cant believe people think that £6 would be reasonable, either way we have discovered it would prob not be that much. I have no problem in paying for apps in fact now i know the level pack is more than just a few extra levels I will more than likely give over my hard earned cash. i still think £3 for something that might not be the full game is still too pricey but that is my opinion. Maybe im a cheapskate
You have a $500 phone and can't afford 3 euros/pounds/whatever for a quality game for it?

I would suggest that you reevaluate the way you distribute your purchasing power, except that, as you just pointed out, because most everything for N900 is free, paying 3 euros total for an awesome game and getting 15 apps as a bonus is a pretty sweet deal.

I guess i'm from a different generation, and having not owned an iPhone i'm not used to prices on that: i expect to pay $10-30 on a game. I don't buy a game often, but when i discover one that i really like, i buy it. Even $30 for something i'm going to play for 10+ hours is a steal.

Rather than compare the price to the iPhone price, which is silly because you'd have to walk around with an iPhone for that to be a useful comparison, i would suggest that the more valid comparison is what the previous poster suggested: as a way of spending your "entertainment budget" that's more enduring than eating out once.
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