Two questions I've been curious about that don't really warrant seperate threads, but are entirely unrelated. 1- I see a lot of people say that "they don't have enough in their accounts" to get a certain game. Now normally I would assume that these are "kids" (ie those without credit/debit cards), however, other comments leads me to believe that quite a few adults use iTunes gift cards as well. If this is true, I'm just wondering, is it because you're afraid you'll get out of control buying all sorts of apps if it's linked to your CC, or is it a security issue? In other words say you login from a wifi hotspot, you wouldn't want to enter you iTunes password, right? 2-Does anyone find that they are always looking for the next best thing? It seems no matter how much I like(d) a game, I'm usually bored with it within a few days time and on the lookout for something new. Unfortunately I don't have regular home internet access at the moment, so all the games I'm playing are under 10mb and thus on the casual side. I'm guessing if I had access to games with more depth they would hold my interest longer, but I dunno. I think if something "better" came along I'd drop the last one, anyway. I'm fickle! Maybe these two questions are related. I could certainly stop off at a Barnes & Noble and download something with more meat to it, but now I wonder if that's a smart thing accessing public wifi and entering my iTunes password. Also, maybe I should get one of these gift cards so I stop buying new games! Ah, whatever. I was just curious.
I think we get bored of our games because: 1) apps on the iPod Touch / iPhone is not particularly expensive compared to other consoles, 2) its pretty easy to buy another game, and 3) theres always going to be something to download or try (especially with sites like TA: we have some dedicated members here in TA who keep posting every single game that is remotely good ) I say the things above because I know for sure that I will get bored with my games even if its a PC game that costs 40 bucks each. The only difference is that I probably will force myself to extract as much joy as I can from the PC game since I paid so much for it. Oh and, its also not so easy / quick to go and get a new PC game.
1) Wife and I are doing our best to not put things on the credit card. While our debit card can be used as credit, we don't use that number online as it's not as well protected as a credit card would be. So, when I've got the cash for it I get a gift card for myself and top up my account. It does help control spending and by seeing "I only have $1.82 in my account, I can't spend it since I'm waiting for Astral" helps cut down the $0.99 game purchases. 2) I've been purchasing video games since the Atari 2600 era. Many games I've gotten bored with (or simply have played through them and don't need to play them again.) I can honestly say iPhone / iPod Touch games are CHEAP! To be able to pick up a game like Ynth for $0.99 is insane. The only issue I have with games on this system is due to developer/Apple control these games almost feel like rentals to me. My Atari 2600 and games are 30 years old and still work. Apple can't pull them from the store and developers can't publish an update that changes the game (for example, adding advertisements when the game drops to free...) If iTunes goes away, or my iPod Touch is no longer supported by iTunes, I may not even be able to boot the device. (New/reset devices need to boot with iTunes in recovery mode, right?) I love the device, and still feel that prices for these games are fantastic, but they feel very temporary to me...
Depending on your bank, you might be surprised. My bank offers what seems to be better purchase protection using my debit card than most of my credit cards. A lot has changed in the last year or two now that so many banks have been making the push towards getting as many people as possible using their debit cards. Just something to look in to if you're bored, you might be pleasantly surprised.
Yeah, me too. Usually a console game lasts me a little over a week. Either I beat it and move on or I just get overwhelmed with it all. Most of the time it has nothing to do with the quality of the game either. For example, I put about 60 hours into Fallout 3 and then just dropped it. I don't really have the time to invest in a such a massive undertaking. I'm a Resident Evil/Silent hill kinda guy. I want about 14-20 hours and then I need a conclusion of some sort. I agree with you and drelbs about the pricing. Even if I spent $1 a day on games over a sixty day period I'd be at the same point as buying a single PS3 title. Even if those $1 games only last me a few hours, I'm bound to get more bang for my buck. Yeah? I'm a little paranoid about wifi hotspots. I missed out on all the good sales this past weekend, too. Had I been more confident about that kind of thing I could have popped over to B&N and dl'd Real Racing, Silent Hill, and a bunch of others I haven't gotten the chance to play. Spider has been on my wants list since the day it premiered, but I haven't been able to get it.
