No, he doesn't. He needs to deliver games on the PC & Mac that justify the $25 price. For some in this thread he meets that bar, for others not.
He just shoved it into the faces of his fans that it DOESN'T justify a 25$ price. He himself doesn't think so. The market decides, apparently.
It's not about what fans would pay for it, because they have no choice. They want the game, they pay the price - whether it's 10, 25, or 40. Some will not - but it has NOTHING to do with actual value, because Vogel just made that painfully clear.
He made it clear that all his previous arguments about charging more was bullshit, as it actually has NOTHING to do with value, but with profit. It's all about marketing considerations. So his song and dance about giving people deep and long experiences worth 25$ is worth exactly nothing.
If we want the iPad 2 as a serious gaming platform, why would developers set their prices so low? They're doing as much work converting it to that platform as they do from Mac to PC, right?
Oh, again, it's about wanting the most money - and it has NOTHING to do with value.
Fair enough, actually. But let's just be frank, Vogel, ok?
If you think of the iPad as a 'toy', that is half the problem. It is as useful (or not useful) as pretty much any powerful computing device. I have broader use for my iPad than from my Alienware laptop, which is gaming-only.
Have you considered that some people aren't exactly like you, and that for SOME people an iPad 2 is an expensive luxury item?
You don't get to decide what such a device is for other people.
No, it wouldn't. Because aside from the underlying anti-Apple angle of most here (in the defense of PC RPG, just to be clear), there is also a broad sense of entitlement. Vogel could arrange a month of oral sex for everyone who bought the Mac or PC version, and people would be bashing him for it not being two months, and those who bought more than one game think they should get twice as much as those who only bought one, and so on. Spoiled. Rotten. Entitled. Brats.
Explain to me how I can feel entitled about a game I don't own and don't want to own? How can I feel entitled about it?
Also, the anti-Apple angle is YOUR perception, which you have yet to prove. I guess everyone is an anti-Apple raving lunatic if they don't see the immense power and use of the iPad 2, right?
- When Fable: The Lost Chapters for PC arrived for $40 with more content compared to the $50 Fable for XBOX, what did those who bought the original get- When Square Enix released Final Fantasy I & II for iPhone at $9.99 while they sold for $29.99 for PSP, what did PSP owners get?
- Last month when Square Enix released Final Fantasy III for iPad at $16.99 while it sold for $34.99 for DS, what did DS owners get?
… etc.
No one is under the slightest illusion that Square Enix and Microsoft aren't in this business for the money.
Some people, however, thought Vogel was different - and that having the TOTAL control over his own pricing would make him consider his loyal fans, even without any entitlement on their part.