I'm really pissed off, it seems that the concept "discount", "sale" or "lower price" doesn't enter the XPlay game makers' vocabulary. I've been waiting freaking ages to buy Spectral Souls or one of the big titles with a discount, and I've seen nothing like that. The only time I could get advantage of a sale was with Zenonia 2, which I bought for 1 USD.
The Xperia Play is a small market, they don't make all that much money off sales from this device as it is, so I doubt they'd be wanting to offer too much discount!
One thing to take into account is the price of the game against the length vs a console/pc game.
XP games typically cost no more than £3 (there are a few more obviously) but the game play is fairly similar to a consoles and the play time is around the same also.
Backstab - £3, play time ~20 hours. That's pretty good considering halo 2 was about 6 hrs on hard and cost £35 when new and still £20 when a bit older.
Take hot pursuit. Cost me £5, the console version cost me £35. This seems about right to me, play time on xp version was about 6/7 hrs and pc version around 20hrs.
When you think about dev time and return on the investment of making the game, the price we pay for xperia play games is very good and we are getting great value for money. The devs on the other hand are cutting it fine when you take into account how easy it is to copy/pirate a digital game compared to a console game.
Therefore to get a discount would be a great thing for us, but not so good for the devs, if we want the devs to keep making games we need to buy them at the price they are on the market for!
Backstab is such a great game that the Spanish version has no sound . Don't get me started on GameLift for it might get messy. It'll be a great day when those scum fold for good.
I just would appreciate some sort of sale. I'd be happy to buy Spectral Souls for 8 euro, but 12 euro seems scammy.
Gameloft offered all the games for $.99 each in the US/Canada, and before that £1 in the UK or €1 in Europe each a few times, as well as buy one get one free for £3 here a few times. I saw some games having introductory prices for xperia play at launch of the games as well but don't remember exatly which. I hope they will continue all of that in the future.
Depends on the developer. Gameloft has sales ALL the time, however I can't comment if they are worldwide. EA OTOH I almost never see a sale except last Christmas for like 2 days they had all games for $1 on the Android Market.
PSST..
Google that game
and donate the devs the money with the reduced 50/25% !
while i dont encourage you to do any of that,you caaan feel less guility about it >.>
As for why there are no discounts,Xperia Play exclusives are hard to sell =/ So obviously discounts would be quite rare.
I don't get where you're coming from, OP.
Gameloft had a 99c sale on EVERYTHING, and there's all kinds of price drops. Zenonia 2 was free on the Amazon Market (and IS free on GetJar), Guerrilla Bob was slashed in price to promote their new game, Terra Incognito was slashed in price a week after it came out, and there's quite a few Xperia PLAY games free on GetJar (Zenonia 2, Age of Zombies, Happy Vikings).
Related
In my local OD today in SW Florida and tablet has an on sale sign for $369. Have not checked website.
insight3fl said:
In my local OD today in SW Florida and tablet has an on sale sign for $369. Have not checked website.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yep just checked it available for the same price online too!
Got the last one in Cedar Park, TX from OD.
Funny I took mine back to Office Depot so I could get it on sale at Sears for $349.99!
At cshehan,
Everytime that I check Sears website shows g tablet for 379.00
I went there to see if on the checkout computer will show a diferent price but stil showing the same as 379.00
How did you buy at 349.00?
There was a two day sale at Sears where the price was $349.00. Price has since gone back up to $379.00
Naysses said:
At cshehan,
Everytime that I check Sears website shows g tablet for 379.00
I went there to see if on the checkout computer will show a diferent price but stil showing the same as 379.00
How did you buy at 349.00?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Haha, yes. I returned mine which I bought for $380 and got it at Sears for $350, best deal, except for the outlet price on some for $280...
Yeah...when sears had it for $350, I went ahead and purchased it online for $400, picked it up in store, went straight to customer service and they were able to verify $350 price and credited the $50 back to me.
Picked mine up at office depot today for 332.99. I was hoping for my corporate discount which showed as 359.99 online, but was pleasantly surprised when it rang up with part of the instant rebate also. This thing is well worth what i paid for it.
jasco13 said:
Picked mine up at office depot today for 332.99. I was hoping for my corporate discount which showed as 359.99 online, but was pleasantly surprised when it rang up with part of the instant rebate also. This thing is well worth what i paid for it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What instant rebate?
ndz_ said:
What instant rebate?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The sign on the Gtablet display said it was 399.99 with $30 instant rebate which gives you the advertised 369.99 price.
I really wanted to like the G Tablet...but after having played with it for over a week with both TnT and Vega Rom installed...i've come to the realization that the $400 i've paid for this tablet is not worth it (a 42" LCD TV is a better buy)...and will wait for next year's crop of tablet devices from Motorola and Blackberry
PROS:
Tegra processor
Great device after installing either Vega or TnT rom
Web pages renders super fast
Flash is a plus
Access to the many apps in the Market
Playing both Angry Birds + Guns & Glory on the device is super fun
CONS:
The display is HORRIBLE..didn't really bother me @ first...but the viewing angle really kills this tablet
Too heavy for 1 handed operation..compared to the iPad
Price is too high @ 380+tax (maybe is it was 299+tax..i would over look the display)...the iPad is a better deal at 499+tax
Out of the box is a pos...must flash TnT or Vega rom to make it usable
Will be taking mine back to Sears tonight......unless u are a hardcore Android fan (or a gadget fiend)...i don't see how u can keep this tablet...the viewing angle is the real deal killer on this tablet (weight comes in a close 2nd)
webguy714 said:
I really wanted to like the G Tablet...but after having played with it for over a week with both TnT and Vega Rom installed...i've come to the realization that the $400 i've paid for this tablet is not worth it (a 42" LCD TV is a better buy)...and will wait for next year's crop of tablet devices from Motorola and Blackberry
PROS:
Tegra processor
Great device after installing either Vega or TnT rom
Web pages renders super fast
Flash is a plus
Access to the many apps in the Market
Playing both Angry Birds + Guns & Glory on the device is super fun
CONS:
The display is HORRIBLE..didn't really bother me @ first...but the viewing angle really kills this tablet
Too heavy for 1 handed operation..compared to the iPad
Price is too high @ 380+tax (maybe is it was 299+tax..i would over look the display)...the iPad is a better deal at 499+tax
Out of the box is a pos...must flash TnT or Vega rom to make it usable
Will be taking mine back to Sears tonight......unless u are a hardcore Android fan (or a gadget fiend)...i don't see how u can keep this tablet...the viewing angle is the real deal killer on this tablet (weight comes in a close 2nd)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea, Im with webguy. I got my daughter an iPad and while the OS is very limited even jailbroken, the screen is a joy to use. Everything pops and no viewing angle problems whatsoever. It makes everything so much more enjoyable, movies, websurfing games etc. For an extra $100 get an iPad and jailbreak it.
If your stuck on Android like I am you gotta wait a few months for HTC, Samsung and Motorola. Unless something comes to pass with swapping screens pretty quickly mine is also going back to Sears ASAP.
The screen is painful to use. I can't stand that whatever I am looking at could shift colors to inverted with the slight turn of the wrist.
Someone posted that over 10,000 were sold yesterday. I always wondered about that site and how they could make any money, but figure this, if they made $10 a piece on each that is one incredible day for even many of the larger retailers.
I thought this was going to be great for the G tablet community with which it would make Viewsonic take notice and develop more for this product.
But what if many who bought were resellers jumping on a bargain (my bet). Still eventually if they sold it would still be good.
I always thought the Apple fanatics were really out there standing in lines to buy the latest until it was explained that many were buying to resell and sell higher than retail. Still dopes to pay but does explain more.
The thing is there's little to be made for any who plan to resell. These retail for $350 to $370 and after ebay, paypal, and shipping fees we're only looking at maybe a $20 to $30 profit. Plus with woot limiting the amount you can buy I really think most of the G-Tablets sold yesterday were to people genuinely interested in the product. Well, at least I was one.
D Wright said:
Someone posted that over 10,000 were sold yesterday. I always wondered about that site and how they could make any money, but figure this, if they made $10 a piece on each that is one incredible day for even many of the larger retailers.
I thought this was going to be great for the G tablet community with which it would make Viewsonic take notice and develop more for this product.
But what if many who bought were resellers jumping on a bargain (my bet). Still eventually if they sold it would still be good.
I always thought the Apple fanatics were really out there standing in lines to buy the latest until it was explained that many were buying to resell and sell higher than retail. Still dopes to pay but does explain more.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I know that our customer support group purchased quite a few of these yesterday .
I had been prodding them toward getting these as our mobile platform for a while, was super happy they came up on woot
I agree that most who got woot deals yesterday were buying for home use and not re-sell. People have been seeing the Gtab, and even through all the exxcitment of the xoom, interest in it was picking up. This just goes to show people are smarter with their money than given credit for and it gives a clear message that we are not willing to pay 6 to 8 hundred dollars for hype and a carrier contract.
I bought mine for personal use. I've been on the fence and could not pass up this deal.
I honestly had my heart set on the iPad 2 pre release, but then once I saw it didn't have retina and the price was still relatively expensive (for a 32gb 3G), I figured I might as well save my money. Once the woot deal came on, I did some research and stumbled across this community, and how couldn't I buy the product for just $280? I just signed up to this forum this week and I'm already addicted reading up on how everyone is modding their gTab. Thanks in advance to all the mods who will make my experience a pleasant one..
Bought mine for personal use as well. Been on the fence for a while over a tablet saw the woot, liked the price and after some research here and elsewhere decided with some fairly simple tweaks this would fit all my needs in a tablet.
Bought mine for personal use and work. Part of my job is providing support for my company's mobile apps, and it is much more convenient to have my own than dig up where the company hardware is hiding. I also have a toddler and we are going on a 4 hr plane trip next month, so I couldn't pass up the opportunity for an electronic babysitter for the trip at this price. (There may be toddler/mom deathmatches over who gets to use it as both of us are geeks)
Bought mine for personal use yesterday too.
I can't wait
Hi purchased the nook color when it was 200 bucks for ebay. and i love it.
It is used at my restaurant as digital photo album / menu
the face that you can grab it with one hand and do demonstrations with it is awesome.
But it is lacking in some ways.
Purchased the gtab for personal use, front facing camera etc. I dont know how usable it will be, but I am hoping the dual core processor helps things out more.
honestly loading webpages on the NC with dolphin or skyfire was ok. but not great, and it definitely could not unseat my netbook that i also carry around with me wherever i go.
I think 285 bucks delivered for a dual core tablet with these specs and the best user group community on the planet (XDA) which has always helped me with my droid1, fascinate (for a friend) nook color, and now gtab... is a super steal. to borrow the words of another forum post: Lucky mofos.
Enectic said:
Well, at least I was one.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So was I! This is going to be my first foray into tablet computing. At such a low price with real hardware, this going to let me get my feet wet, and if I hate it, i'm sure i can sell it at just a slight loss. Hoping I love it though!
Was in for one as well, though I'd just grabbed a Nook Color (just before that eBay deal); was impressed with how much more usable the larger screen was, and how much it felt like I was trying to work with a postage stamp when I swapped back to my G2.
Then this came up, and couldn't resist long enough for them to sell out.
Actually ended up sucking a few friends in as well..
I had no idea the makers of my TV made a tablet. I jumped on this when I read the specs. Hopefully Woot doesn't take more than a month for this thing to ship out.
to good a deal to pass up....needed a new toy to play with
I just picked up the NC a few days ago. I never even heard of the gtab until it popped up on woot. I've returned my NC.. the hardware on the gtab for the price can't be beat.
Just watch ebay. Yesterday there was one gTab listed with 7 days left current price of like $180. I think there will be lost on there and the price will end up falling on ebay and people wont be able to sell them for much (if any) more then they bought them for.
I plan on keeping mine. Bought it for personal use. Wanted a galaxy tab, but didn't want a contract or to spend 400-500.
I can survive a $280 fight with my wife, not a $500 one.
Good deal, bought for personal use also.
grandebob said:
Just watch ebay. Yesterday there was one gTab listed with 7 days left current price of like $180. I think there will be lost on there and the price will end up falling on ebay and people wont be able to sell them for much (if any) more then they bought them for.
I plan on keeping mine. Bought it for personal use. Wanted a galaxy tab, but didn't want a contract or to spend 400-500.
I can survive a $280 fight with my wife, not a $500 one.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
One closed yesterday around $315 after paypal and ebay fees you'd lose a bit of money on the deal. Personally I bought one for me, just wnated to see ebay pricing in case I didn't like it.
Given that only about 3% of purchasers purchased 3 at once I doubt that very many were purchased for resale.
same with me, you took the words right out of my mouth
I am! so excited. Not a developer but im getting some good extra credit points for my java class for going . Bought my gf a ticket too so she could come with me as she is an android lover
Very excited about the UI for tablets session
No one!? come people post i want to share my excitement
You have no idea how much I'd like to... But not a lot of people can afford it.
Thats true :/ I got the student discount so it was a liitke cheaper but travel costs are alot. Rental car and hotel and gas totaled 400 for me
It seems like everyone is so obsessed with finding these touchpads and I really don't understand why. Yes for $100 or even $150 or $200 they're definitely worth it. But even just looking around this forum and some other sites, it seems like people are becoming so obsessed with getting a touchpad that they're spending a lot of money on them and are failing to realize that its not that good of a product and that its OS is basically abandoned. For a good price I would get one, but would it really be worth more that $250?
Agreed.
I don't think its worth more than the current 99/149 prices.
After using one for about a week, I can say it's definitely not worth more than about $250 in its current state (if not less). It'll be worth the same amount as other lower-priced tablets when Android makes its way onto it. Either that, or when the Android emulator becomes functional.
WebOS is actually a really fantastic OS, there's just no apps for it.
bholloway said:
It seems like everyone is so obsessed with finding these touchpads and I really don't understand why. Yes for $100 or even $150 or $200 they're definitely worth it. But even just looking around this forum and some other sites, it seems like people are becoming so obsessed with getting a touchpad that they're spending a lot of money on them and are failing to realize that its not that good of a product and that its OS is basically abandoned. For a good price I would get one, but would it really be worth more that $250?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There is a marketing lesson to be learnt here somewhere. Unfortuantley HP don't seem to be taking advantage of the hype they have generated.
I would also buy one for the cheaper price (I went to Harvey norman on the sale day but missed out) but agree the prices people are paying for them now are rediculous. ($350-$400 lol) Unless more magically appear at or around the firesale price I will be saving for the next gen tablets.
Im hooked on watching people freak out over these tablets. Its so funny, I bought one for my sister and she loves it. All she does is Facebook and internet so it was a deal for her.
Impossible to find any around here selling on craigslist for $200 or less.
I'm going tomorrow morning to get one for $99. I can totally understand why people are freaking out. It's 9", 1.2 ghz dual-core processor, and Android is coming very very soon via rootzwiki. I have the Galaxy Tab 7" and it's just a hummingbird single core 1.0 ghz, and I got it a few months ago on sale for $200, so hell yeah I'm going tomorrow early and lining up an hour before doors open.
I was only going to get one to flash it with Honeycomb.. but can not find one anywhere. If you aren't going to be doing that, then I don't see the justification for buying an unsupported product with no apps.
A lot of people got them because they knew Android would be ported to it sooner or later, making it a pretty decent device.
I tried to get one, but failed.
Other "non-nerd" general consumers got them because it is a cheap tablet that is fairly versatile, and for what you get, the price was amazing.
All these idiots think they are going to sell them all for $250-300..... no one wanted this crap before the $99 sale.
I hope all the hoarders get stuck with them all,
KingKuba13 said:
All these idiots think they are going to sell them all for $250-300..... no one wanted this crap before the $99 sale.
I hope all the hoarders get stuck with them all,
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There is no thinking about it, I got $265 out of a NIB 16GB.
tenaciousj said:
There is no thinking about it, I got $265 out of a NIB 16GB.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I think the market value of one of these is probably around 200 dollars. Actually,while Im not a fan of WebOS I think HPs situation is their own doing. There is a demand from a top manufacturer for a cheap tablet. What they SHOULD have done was contracted with one of these Taiwanese companies that make the 150-200 dollar tablets and made a smaller cheaper version of their tablet. Sell it close to cost for 150 dollars or so,running Web-OS,and sell their flagship tablet for around 400 dollars,pretty much what it takes to make it. I bet the cheaper ones would have flown off the shelves,creating a demand for WebOS apps,which would have driven demand for the bigger tablet. Instead,they tried to go head to head right at the start with the iPad,and priced their product similarly.
Think of it this way. Hyundai wants into the luxury car market. Should they make a car with similar features as a BMW, sell it for the same price and expect people to flock to it in droves? Of course not. That would be really stupid,especially considering that even if they do it right and make it comparable to the BMW,its going to have flaws because they have never done that before. Instead,what they did was make a comparable luxury car,two actually,the Genesis and the Equus. they are priced at 40K and 60K respectively. Thats around 10 grand at the low end and 20 at the high end lower than comparably equipped cars. They have to compete on price because they cant compete on the other aspects of their product. Some years down the road,if they can get and keep quality up to par,they may end up in the same situation as Honda and Toyota who used to be seen as cheap imported junk,but now are seen as high quality desirable vehicles. However,if they tried to simply change overnight and step in and compete with BMW ,or Toyota (Lexus) or Honda (Acura) they would fail as miserably as HP did.(they may still fail of course)
You have to have a plan on how to make inroads into someone elses markets and build a reputation or no one is going to buy your product,whether you are selling tablets that compete with the iPad or cars that compete with BMW. Samsungs strategy is that they are HUGE. Android tablets seem to be taking off slowly,and they can stay in the game and do things like use their other products to build market share. (For instance,if you buy a samsung TV and a samsung tablet,you can get a nice discount.)
I gave up, eventually the crazy will go down and those tablet will sell on ebay for the right price. For 300 dollars I'll look for a honeycomb android tablet at that point (I think I saw the asus transformer at that price or a bit more)
0vermind said:
I'm going tomorrow morning to get one for $99. I can totally understand why people are freaking out. It's 9", 1.2 ghz dual-core processor, and Android is coming very very soon via rootzwiki. I have the Galaxy Tab 7" and it's just a hummingbird single core 1.0 ghz, and I got it a few months ago on sale for $200, so hell yeah I'm going tomorrow early and lining up an hour before doors open.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My argument isn't that the touchpad isn't a good device for $100. If I could get one for $100 or even $150 that would be great. But my comment is that some people miss out on the sales, and for some reason continue to pursue getting one, even if it means paying $250+ to get one from someone else who bought them for cheap. People are getting caught up in having to get a touchpad that they end up wasting lots of money on a subpar device.
Are you kidding
Everyone went and got these because they know stock android will be hacked onto it in no time.
When the rush dies, in a couple of months I am sure someone will be able to pick up one on ebay close to firesale price.
WebOS is a nice OS but it's DOA now. IF android Honeycomb or ICS gets ported then it's a good buy. If it's stuck to 2.* version, then no. Phone software on a 10" tablet is plain stupid.
Web os is not dead HP said that it would continue to develop the platform but was giving up on making the hardware. people who pay more than $250 for this out dated device are retarted just buy a nook color and root it you will have the same features and it has great development behind it
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium App
NORCALkID said:
Web os is not dead HP said that it would continue to develop the platform but was giving up on making the hardware. people who pay more than $250 for this out dated device are retarted just buy a nook color and root it you will have the same features and it has great development behind it
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
HP also said that it would be "double down" on WebOS products when bought Palm. HP also said that it would only release perfect products (TouchPad launched with bugs beyond belief).
I really have a hard time believing what they say...
I will agree the whole HP Touchpad deal is getting kind of ridiculous. I admit, I was checking everywhere for one... But I wasn't about to spend double the price of the markdowns. I am actually on mine now, but I paid $149 for it at best buy two days ago. I didn't buy mine to make money, but to put it to use. Now I'm waiting on the clever devs to port Android over. And, I agree give it a month or two, and we'll see the prices back down to where they should be.
narta said:
I really have a hard time believing what they say...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
There's that, then there's also that HP didn't even say what NORCALkID claims they did. They said, and I quote:
HP will continue to explore options to optimize the value of webOS software going forward.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which is just buzzword bingo BS that says... nothing whatsoever.
Google puts up several games on sale at up to 90% off for this weekend
Google has decided to put a pretty awesome game sale on for this weekend, with a pretty nice selection of titles being up to 90% off for a limited time. Between now and July 27th, 2015, you will have the ability to pick up any of the 22 games currently on sale, all of which are heavily discounted.
We pretty much had a feeling this would happen, which is why we did our preliminary rounds-up yesterday instead of today. We spotted some games available for $0.10 and when those appear it usually means Google is putting on a sale... and here we are with that sale starting today.
Games currently on sale at up to 90% off:
Ducktales: Remastered $0.99
Fotonica $0.89
Republique $0.99
Tetrobot and Co. $0.99
Tomb Raider $0.10
TheDark Knight Rises $0.60
Hitman GO $0.75
Age of Zombies $0.10
Marvel Pinball $0.49
The Amazing Spider-Ma 2 $0.99
Goat Simulator $0.99
Limbo $0.99
God of Light HD $0.99
Botanicula $0.99
NBA Jam $0.60
The Room 2 $0.69
Monument Valley $0.99
Valiant Hearts: The Great War $0.99
Unium $0.19
Game of Thrones $0.99
Almightree: The Last Dreamer $0.99
GTA: Chinatown Wars $0.99
Pretty much all of these games are good so you really can't go wrong with any of them. Some of them we mentioned in yesterday's round-up, so it may seem like there are repeats. Either way, this is a pretty awesome sale and a very good time to pick up any of these games that you've been wanting to get.
.................
Thread closed