Hi Nicol You have to remember though, that there's a difference between main stream games for the pc and play station, and other platforms such as the one you mentioned. If you look at a popular main stream game such as Flight Simulator, you will notice that it is actually much more expensive than the normal accessible games. Last I heard, (and I may be corrected), Flight Simulator e.g., costs in access of R700-1200, roughly $100-$150, if my maths isn't buggered up this early in the morning. Trainz, a game from Auran, which is also a popular main stream game, retails at roughly $69, which is about R520. That's about double the price of a normal accessible game.
So to try and compare accessible games with the Nintendo platform, (mind my spelling), is in my view, a bit unfair. Just log on to www.kalahari.net and search under the games section. You'll be shocked to see what main stream games (for the pc and play station) actually sell for. Then I'm sure you will realise that accessible games isn't that expensive. Best regards Quinten Pendle PENDLE PRO Klerksdorp, South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 83 395 4593 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: ahakimbo Website: www.pendlepro.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicol Oosthuizen Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 8:01 AM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: [Audyssey] the unfortune regarding accessible games and mainstreamgames NB: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice which can be viewed at http://www.sars.gov.za/Email_Disclaimer.pdf ---- HI all I would like to give my 2 sense regarding something I noticed with main stream games. I'm not sure if this is the same as Nintendo. For you guys who first had sight, have you also played these tv games? It's a cartridge with 60 games on it which you connect to your standard tv; it's a whole procedure to configure it, because you need an extra channel for it. Anyway when I was a child, my mom bought me a cartridge with 60 games on it. I played these games with the help of my sighted friends. My mom paid r100 for the whole cartridge. ON there is games like pack man, Mario brothers, etc. It's a pitty that accessible games costs more than mainstream games on a cartridge. . Oh sorry, I forgot to say, r100 south African money is equal to 12 dollars. So for 12 dollars you get 60 main stream games, some of them are small games and some are multi level games. The obvious reason why accessible games is not that cheap is because it needs more sounds. The difference between accessible and mainstream games is that accessible games uses sounds instead of graphics, so that is why accessible games costs more. I know of many sighted kids who exchange cartridges with games between them for free. It's a pitty accessible games is not that popular. I mean a kid would go to his friend's house and give him a cartridge with newer games for free. If only accessible games were that cheep so that 60 accessible games could fit onto a cartridge and plugged into the computer and we only had to pay 12 dollars for it but the sounds it uses is much larger than sighted games. I'm just trying to discuss my point of view regarding main stream games. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web. _______________________________________________ Gamers mailing list .. [email protected] To unsubscribe send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can visit http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org to make any subscription changes via the web.
