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Thoughts on PlayAsia? Would You Pay $80 for...?

Just wondering. Also, would you pay $80 for... a controller? Yeah, been looking for a Neo Geo Stick 2 for Wii but I think they've been nabbed up everywhere. But I did see this lovely SNES controller replica for... EIGHTY-DOLLARS? Shiiiiiyooooott. I can understand it being 80 bucks. I mean, it is a (so far) exclusive Club Nintendo of Japan prize... but still... it is a wee bit expensive. 
It reminds me of the other day when I went into a local GameStop. I saw Game & Watch Collection for the DS used for $20. I find it funny because that game takes about $800 worth of video games to get those 800 coins to get that prize (in the US at least, probably less coins/stars in Japan). 
But yeah, I'm going to dump a bunch of pictures (that I stole from the internet), and you should look at them (or at least scroll through them really fast like its an animation).  
 
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Sometimes I feel like the Kotaku staff have never played video games before.

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Just wondering. Also, would you pay $80 for... a controller? Yeah, been looking for a Neo Geo Stick 2 for Wii but I think they've been nabbed up everywhere. But I did see this lovely SNES controller replica for... EIGHTY-DOLLARS? Shiiiiiyooooott. I can understand it being 80 bucks. I mean, it is a (so far) exclusive Club Nintendo of Japan prize... but still... it is a wee bit expensive. 
It reminds me of the other day when I went into a local GameStop. I saw Game & Watch Collection for the DS used for $20. I find it funny because that game takes about $800 worth of video games to get those 800 coins to get that prize (in the US at least, probably less coins/stars in Japan). 
But yeah, I'm going to dump a bunch of pictures (that I stole from the internet), and you should look at them (or at least scroll through them really fast like its an animation).  
 
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Sometimes I feel like the Kotaku staff have never played video games before.

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I looked at the pictures, but nothing happened.

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80 is how much a Wii Remote costs here, or something like that. 360/PS3 controllers are $100. So yeah, 80 is cheap.
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@Jeknod said:
" I looked at the pictures, but nothing happened. "
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I've bought a ton of stuff from Play-Asia, and they have never done me wrong. I think the classic controller pro is fine enough, but I do admit to having a soft spot for the old SNES controller design.

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Wow, that's some seriously awesome stuff! I love the SNES controller ;)

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@Shirogane said:
" 80 is how much a Wii Remote costs here, or something like that. 360/PS3 controllers are $100. So yeah, 80 is cheap. "
Ah, see, but I'm from the U.S.O.A., we don't deal with your silly foreign papers you call "money". Ohohohoho. You're prices do not mean anything in the process... Ohohohohohoh!! 
 
How much is the minimum wage were you live?
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I use play-asia a fair bit and I find their prices pretty good and they have never done any wrong by me. So I would recommend them. WTF is with all the pictures though.

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@Emilio said:
" @Shirogane said:
" 80 is how much a Wii Remote costs here, or something like that. 360/PS3 controllers are $100. So yeah, 80 is cheap. "
Ah, see, but I'm from the U.S.O.A., we don't deal with your silly foreign papers you call "money". Ohohohoho. You're prices do not mean anything in the process... Ohohohohohoh!!  How much is the minimum wage were you live? "

We don't use paper, we use much more durable stuff. 
 
And i'm not sure, but i'd say it's probably 16? or something around there?
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@Shirogane said:
" @Emilio said:
" @Shirogane said:
" 80 is how much a Wii Remote costs here, or something like that. 360/PS3 controllers are $100. So yeah, 80 is cheap. "
Ah, see, but I'm from the U.S.O.A., we don't deal with your silly foreign papers you call "money". Ohohohoho. You're prices do not mean anything in the process... Ohohohohohoh!!  How much is the minimum wage were you live? "
We don't use paper, we use much more durable stuff.  And i'm not sure, but i'd say it's probably 16? or something around there? "
Minimum wage where I live in the US is about $7.50. Only in the past few years has it achieved that - as of three or so years ago it was $5.15. We're also a right-to-work state or some such silliness, so they can get away with a super low wage.
 
I like PlayAsia but yeah, their stuff is expensive for me too. When I bought Picross 3D, it was like $55. Which is crazy expensive for a DS game, but worth it for that one.
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80$ for all that HELL YA!

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I'd personally just buy a Super Nintendo Entertainment System and those games.

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Well, its not like the controller is demand or anything. There isn't enough supply to warrant dropping down a controller's price.

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That Neo Geo stick looked sick.

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@Meteora said:
" Well, its not like the controller is demand or anything. There isn't enough supply to warrant dropping down a controller's price. "
I think there is SOME demand for it. I mean, I do remember seeing them sold out for a long while... But whatever, man. 
 
@Ashby:  
Very interesting. I only played the Picross 3D demo and it was really fun.
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Edited By buzz_clik

While most of those items are hotter than Natassia Malthe sitting in a bath of Tobasco on a summer's day, I wouldn't pay mad amounts for 'em.

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Play-Asia is terrific, they deliver very fast and have good prices. 
 
I just ordered Persona 3 which is extremely hard to find for $30 and I ordered Persona 4 a couple of days ago (4 days, i think) and it has already came from Hong Kong! And I live in Australia! :D

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@Shirogane said:
" 80 is how much a Wii Remote costs here, or something like that. 360/PS3 controllers are $100. So yeah, 80 is cheap. "
Yep, goddamn Australian prices! >:(