I've been a gamer all of my adult life and I've never said this before...

[Yogi the Great]

I think it is still simple for many of us.

No reason to be upset with the price, those who just have to have it will for the most part buy it, perhaps griping about it, but they will have to satisfy their habit.

The simple part for me is that there are a number of good games being released. There is no way I can get all of them. But, I can get more of them if I don't buy this one! So I will go the route of buying two or three other games rather than just this one. Nothing to be upset about, and no one may care if this one doesn't make my list, but I have a feeling from reading the many discussions on this, that quite a few others are thinking the same way. Not all the money will go to Matrix, but I will certainly still buy Matrix games when they meet my purchase criteria at the time. Price is part of that, as is whatever the competition or my personal likes happen to be.

[mariandavid]

I thought that it was expensive - then after buying and playing the game decided it was not overpriced. That is I believe a fair distinction. My genuine sympathy lies with those who are adversely affected by currency changes; as a Canadian I benefit, but recognise that a Briton or German would most certainly not be. But this is by no means a recent factor. Between when we bought and sold a house in the UK for parents to retire to the pound/Canadian dollar factor ranged from 1:1.25 to 1:2.75 - in those terms the cost of BfB would range from $60 to over $135!

[Sheytan]

Thats funny. I worked in Turkey as a DOD contractor for nine years. And half the taxis were Mercedes. Not BMW. That says all there needs to be said on the issue. [;)]

ORIGINAL: ElchDivision

I'd never buy a BMW, here in germany its brand normaly only seen driven by Turks and Pensioneers. [:D]

[blastpop]

ORIGINAL: Yogi the Great

I think it is still simple for many of us.

No reason to be upset with the price, those who just have to have it will for the most part buy it, perhaps griping about it, but they will have to satisfy their habit.

The simple part for me is that there are a number of good games being released. There is no way I can get all of them. But, I can get more of them if I don't buy this one! So I will go the route of buying two or three other games rather than just this one. Nothing to be upset about, and no one may care if this one doesn't make my list, but I have a feeling from reading the many discussions on this, that quite a few others are thinking the same way. Not all the money will go to Matrix, but I will certainly still buy Matrix games when they meet my purchase criteria at the time. Price is part of that, as is whatever the competition or my personal likes happen to be.

I agree with the portion refering to the fact there are a lot of games now a days- both computer and board that are chasing my dollars. So its sort of a game of monetary resource allocation...

[Steely Glint]

ORIGINAL: DanO

I have to say that I'm also amused that people think things are getting heated. Even on a private forum I'm part of, where you have to prove real-life credentials to be allowed in, the tone can get far harsher than on here. This forum stays polite even when it gets angry, which is to everyone's credit.

A lot of the Old Guard are ex-military, who tend to be more responsible and respectable as a group than other people, and a lot of those who aren't ex-military are Old School gamers, who also tend to be well behaved. I do worry about the new blood, but I have great faith in the essential decency of the old.

[jnpoint]

I'm sad - why this unpleasant tone?
I bought the game and is already very fascinated by it. I don't like the price, but sees no reason to actually defend my choice.
There is no reason to pick on others just because they have taken a different choice than you - it's just my opinion, if anybody cares to hear it.