Namco Bandai has announced that it will release a special bundle for its upcoming aeronautical adventure, Ace Combat 6. The bundle will include the game, a limited edition Xbox 360 faceplate and the sweet flight stick combo seen above. The stick is manufactured by HORI, makers of the ultra-hard-to-find Dead or Alive 4 arcade stick. But how much does it cost, you say? Not $89.95! No, not $79.95. Not even $69.95! That's right, the Ace Combat 6 bundle will retail for ... $150! The bundle is expected to arrive this holiday season.
Any flight sim junkies out there willing to take the plunge?
[Via Joystiq]
21. Wires?
No thanks. And double no thanks @ 150.
Are you guys f'in nuts? I thought the idea was to expand the gaming market, to get more people playing.
Seems like making everything more expensive is the wrong way to go. $500 consoles, $60 games, & $100+ accesories? Who do you think is going to buy this crap?
Especially with the 3000 must-buy games all hitting the 360 within three months of each other, who's gonna have the cash for this?
My guess is that we're gonna see some huge "Beyond Good & Evil" style disasters this holiday season. Too many games, not enough gamers to support them. I bet this is the biggest holiday season yet for gross video game sales revenue, but that a bunch of studios are gonna fall on hard times when their equally solid games don't perform due to an overcrowded release schedule.
I really hope some stuff gets delayed till spring... too many awesome looking games out there. Way too many to be picking up a gimmicky controller, anyway...
That stick looks like 50-70 dollars well spent, tops. Even at that price I'd see it only selling to the hardcore few, but how many games will it support?
Posted at 7:42PM on Jun 19th 2007 by Stranger