Dear Citizen of Marioland,

Have been planning to buy Wii games from PayAsia for a while,
well.... i end up getting 360 games instead of Wii one,
because PlayAsia seems to sell Wii games at a premium.

The pricing is almost close to a PS3 games,
and i thought Wii games should be cheaper in general?

I absolutely don't understand the motives PA charge them at premium,
yes the Wii console is rare, but Wii disc is not difficult to manufacture, right?

Example:

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes
Price: US$ 69.90 (~248.09 MYR)
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-z3-49-en-70-31ew.html

Naruto Shippuuden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX 3
Price: US$ 68.90 (~244.54 MYR)
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-z3-49-en-70-30n9.html

Bleach: Versus Crusade
Price: US$ 69.90 (~248.09 MYR)
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-z3-49-en-70-30nu.html

Animal Crossing: City Folk
Price: US$ 54.90 (~194.85 MYR)
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-z3-49-en-70-2zr6.html

de Blob
Price: US$ 59.90 (~212.60 MYR)
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-z3-49-...ob-70-2ovx.html

Wii's market is flooded with pirates, I would assume that with the economic principles, no demand will lead to higher price....

Wii market is flooded with pirates....
if Malaysia or South East Asia Wii market u r refering to, yes.

No demand will lead to higher prices? Which economist theory is it?
Sarah Palin's theory?

It's definitely not economics theory lah Evil. But it is true. No demand leads to price jacking.

Besides Neo, PA jacked up the jap titles because its good in demand. de Blob and City Folk are actually at their normal prices (Just that PA adds USD 5 for every normal retail price to facilitate shipping I believe)

Oh PA kill me pls.....

But how come their 360 titles are like so cheap?
My goodness i got my Halo 3 & Midnight Club:LA for US$14.90.

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Added on December 19, 2008, 2:06 pmKyo, no demand leads to price jacking - Confirmed Sarah Palin's economy theory, you betcha!

This post has been edited by neogeocdz: Dec 19 2008, 02:06 PM

kekeke. Too bad I can't bring them in. If I could, I would've done it long ago.

it's ironic here you guys are lamenting about the prices of wii games at PA and there kotaku was just publishing an article about how wii games are the fastest to hit the bargain bins.

i do agreed most wii titles are pretty expensive and the cheap ones aren't even worth looking at....

Then again, NMH is quite cheap now.

actually some of wii best third party has dy hit bargain bin price.... NMH and Z&W are both cheap if u can find them.

because of this, i'm tempted to wait it out for current and future wii 3rd party title, heartbreaking to know i can get it for half price now if i'm prepared to wait for about 6-9 months.

Don't do it with Madworld. If you do, get ready to get chainsawed, by me.

Well, if the reviews are really that good.

Yes!!! Me too,
now when i see the Nights Journey of Dreams sells at US$19.90,
i got mix feeling coz i bought it at US$49.90 damn it.

But well, i won't wait for MadWorld or House of Zombie Overkill.

i luv supporting under-performing titles like NMH and Z&W but it's these under-performing titles that tend to hit bargain bin price first....

i think Dead Rising Wii should be priced the same as RE4 but what do i know? now i'm not sure if it's a first-day purchase for me anymore esp since it's only a month before RE5.

Er.... Dead Rising Wii eh? The 360 version is good, not sure about Wii.
And if PA is ripping me off for DR Wii at US$54.90, i won't buy it.
Afterall I have the 360 version.

Well, save up for RE5 or Conduit better,
Or that "secret" Zelda game that Shigeru says in development.

It seems Wii games hit the bargain bins in Western countries much faster than PA.. actually it's not often seeing Wii games hitting the bargain bins in PA at all So best bet, try Western online stores

does those western online store even ship here? no chance la, unless you got a friend staying there to help u.

Foreign forums can help.. and if you have a GF living in Western country

what is NMH actually?

nobody answered me what is that..?

You are in the wrong thread, we are discussing Wii games' pricing here

why do i get a feeling that u were trying to show off at that last part of ur post?

i only got burnt with NMH among the wii games i bought so far but seeing that it's my fave outta the bunch, it's not so bad. somehow that made me think twice about making castlevania judgment a day-one purchase.

no, i just tumpang here and ask also cannot...

sry lor..

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Added on December 19, 2008, 3:19 pm@why u refering to me? that's how i type btw.

This post has been edited by yellowpika: Dec 19 2008, 03:19 PM