When The Gunstringer Comes Out, You'll Only Pay $39.99

The question is does it have $40 worth of content?

I would have bought it for 15

@Damian said:

The title of this article does not sit well with me, so I'll rename it "If The Gunstringer is sold, its buyer will pay close to $50 with tax."

Do you do that every time you look at a store's weekly flyer?

@zombie2011 said:

Nice to see it comes with another game.

That they overcharge you for.

Nice to see it comes with another game.

I have a Kinect. If there is a Quick Look of this and think "cool," and if there is a demo for it I can try, then I'll think of thinking of getting it. I paid $30 for Dance Central and thought that was the perfect price point. Also, I despise westerns, so this is going well for me.

Or if your Australian 89.95

hmmm. now with the lower price and Fruit Ninja included I just might get this one. Not too many potential Kinect games out there and the thing is collecting dust..

Wow. So not only did they lose my sale for Gunstringer by making it retail, they also lost my previously guaranteed Fruit Ninja sale during Summer of Arcade (because I'll feel like a sucker if I impulse bought Gunstringer down the line and had already purchased Fruit Ninja).

I don't have a kinect but I am looking forward to hearing what the bomb guys have to say about this when they review it (assuming they will).

It seemed like they made the jump from arcade game to retail game a little too late in development for them to have enough content to fill what a $40 game should have.

In my opinion as someone who is not an employee of theirs (and thus am not privy to all the little important details) I feel like they should have just buckled down and got their game to 2gigs.

I don't know where all the hate is coming from, but the game looks fun. Plus there are numerous full priced games that are definitely shorter than whatever this one has to offer.  This price for a charming game from a fun developer plus an extra Fruit Ninja for me to give away is worth my money. 
Of course in the end it will all come down to if the game in the end is fun or not, which I'm sure we will all find out when it's released. 

I have a Kinect. I was going to get Fruit Ninja and this, but now I'm just going to get this. 
I love the Twisted Pixel guys, and will totally support their jump to retail. 

Once I get kinect I'll buy this. By then I'm guessing it probably won't even be $40 anymore.

Still no.

@Duffman said:

Now, I don't want to sound negative, or like I'm looking a gift horse in the mouth, but this seems like they're trying to compensate for the notion that this was supposed to be an XBLA game. Knock it down $20 and throw in another game and some DLC, and it makes it look like a much more reasonable deal. And hey, it probably is a pretty good deal.

I think you're pretty much spot on. Who knows what Gunstringer would have been priced at on XBLA.. $20? $15? If the value of the current standalone game doesn't add up to $40 retail, it's good of Microsoft to throw in some extras. But everything about the way Gunstringer has been handled feels overthought by marketing people.

Should have just stuck with the original plan, and added in controller support. Now it all just seems like some crazy experiment, which isn't fair to Twisted Pixel.

They need to prove that they took this game far beyond the original scope of when it was a downloadable game, before anyone should even consider purchasing this at $40.

Wait so they bundled fruit ninja in with the summer of arcade games so that people without kinect will have to buy it to get the free 1200 point game and are giving it away with the gunstringer too. 

Shame, I have no plans on getting a Kinect anytime soon.

The title of this article does not sit well with me, so I'll rename it "If The Gunstringer is sold, its buyer will pay close to $50 with tax."

Wow, the fruit ninja guys must be thrilled that this news comes out right now, mere weeks before the release of their standalone game. Could impact it significantly.

The title of this article does not sit well with me, so I'll rename it "If The Gunstringer is sold, its buyer will pay close to $50 with tax."

I was interested in both games, but not to the point of even thinking of purchasing either. This definitely has piqued my interest though, so I might be picking up Gunslinger if it turns out OK.

Sweet, now I don't have to buy Fruit Ninja, I'll just wait for this to come out.

@Peanut said:

@iDarktread said:

This requires Kinect though, right? $39.99 + Kinect.

Flawless logic right there. Also, love how Twisted Pixel went from becoming a really fun and well-liked developer to receiving some serious backlash for doing absolutely nothing wrong. Oh, videogame community, this is why I hate you.

I don't think anyone has said one negative word about Twisted Pixel as a company. They just don't want this game and they're annoyed by the BS with free games and Summer of Arcade.

I actually think this has 'bad move' written all over it. I can't see this game not being a total flop at retail.

@iDarktread said:

This requires Kinect though, right?  $39.99 + Kinect.

Flawless logic right there.   Also, love how Twisted Pixel went from becoming a really fun and well-liked developer to receiving some serious backlash for doing absolutely nothing wrong. Oh, videogame community, this is why I hate you.

For those complaining about it requiring Kinect.  If you don't already have a Kinect you probably won't want Gunslinger.  So no one really cares if you aren't getting the game.  Gunslinger is certainly not going to be the title that sells Kinect.

This requires Kinect though, right?  $39.99 + Kinect.

considering the millions of people who own kinect and the fact that they would be potentially averse to buying a downloadable game, it makes sense, but it would have to be completely unlike any other twisted pixel game for me to drop that much money on it.

Wow. A lot of hate from people who haven't even played the game yet. Also, blinded by the Kinect, Revved up like a deuce, another runner in the night.

For those complaining about it requiring Kinect.  If you don't already have a Kinect you probably won't want Gunslinger.  So no one really cares if you aren't getting the game.  Gunslinger is certainly not going to be the title that sells Kinect.

This requires Kinect though, right? 
 
$39.99 + Kinect.

Nice of Twisted Pixel to keep the bad Kinect game market alive.
 
Really? That much for a re-skinned Comic Jumper? Which was already waaaaaaaay too much at $15. Hipster con-artists at work.

Now, I don't want to sound negative, or like I'm looking a gift horse in the mouth, but this seems like they're trying to compensate for the notion that this was supposed to be an XBLA game.  Knock it down $20 and throw in another game and some DLC, and it makes it look like a much more reasonable deal.
 
And hey, it probably is a pretty good deal.

@jozzy said:

Wow, the fruit ninja guys must be thrilled that this news comes out right now, mere weeks before the release of their standalone game. Could impact it significantly.

I was thinking the same thing, especially since Fruit Ninja Kinect is part of the Summers of Arcade deal. It seems like they should have kept quiet on this one until after that game dropped and people picked it up for that reason (since I'm assuming it will impact sales somewhat for people planning on buying this in the future [myself possibly included]).

I have a feeling MS was sensing that there wasn't a lot of excitment over the second half of this years SoA releases, might explain why they're offering up this bundle.

I think if you wait to get fruit ninja kinect from this, you won't be able to get the free game, as that deal expires August 23rd I think.

GRRRRRR BUT I WAS GOING TO PICK UP ALL THE SUMMER OF ARCADE GAMES TO GET THE FREE GAME DEAL. THIS MAKES THAT TOTALLY POINTLESS.
 
/MADCAPS

Sounds like a good deal to me, but I'd have to get a Kinect first, which doesn't sound like a very good deal at all.

Well, atleast it's nice of them to tell people Fruit Ninja will be included with this before it's released on Arcade.

On the topic of Gunstringer, I don't really care about the price considering I don't have a Kinect...

Oddly enough packing in fruit ninja turned this from a likely buy to a rental, since I'll probably get fruit ninja to get crimson alliance free and I don't want to "buy" it twice

@sixpin said:

Giving away a Summer of Arcade game with this seems odd. That potentially wrecks sales of Fruit Nina and/or people wanting to take advantage of the Summer of Arcade free game deal. And $40 seems high since this was originally going to be a downloadable game... Maybe there's more to it than the usual XBLA title?

Well said. From the sound of it the point of bundling Fruit Ninja is for people who don't have an online console, so it won't be a code, it'll be on disc. If it WAS a code, people would still be confused about the Summer of Arcade promotion. If it isn't, there's no way it would apply.

Seeing how Arcade games are rarely discounted and how frequently retail titles are, I suspect most people considering buying Gunstringer will just wait until Best Buy or Amazon put it on sale for $20 or $25, completely gutting day 1 sales.

No. I won't.

Twisted Pixel seems like a cool developer and they have a fun flavor, but given their track record, I don't think I trust them to make gameplay worthy of a $40 release. Their games have worked because they were clever and cheap. If they can't step up their overall design, I don't see clever justifying the price tag.

Too expensive

Would consider a purchase at 8-10$. 40$ with a bad iphone game translated to kinect jammed in? No chance in hell.

Buying that!