MiamiSlice | 3,096 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 7 hours ago, Sumez said: I don't understand why that is funny? Isn't it just a good thing? I mean aside from the fact that Fangamer is the worst company to import from, but it's still better than nothing. Sometimes I laugh about something and no one else laughs and I just accept that I have a weird sense of humor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiamiSlice | 3,096 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 17 hours ago, greenthunder said: As far as I can tell the non exclusivity thing is true, just very few developers choose to have another run printed by someone else for whatever reason, whether it be the game isn't popular enough, the developers don't want to do more prints or anything in between. I think for most developers they would be happy to do another printing if another publisher came along and was willing to do it, but these are niche games from niche developers so that's that. I think the only exception is Matt Bozon & Wayforward, they seem to have a really good relationship with LRG and don't seem to want to publish the Shantae games with anyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,323 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 3 hours ago, MiamiSlice said: Sometimes I laugh about something and no one else laughs and I just accept that I have a weird sense of humor Schadenfreude is basically a form of black humor and as such goes over many people's recognition. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,323 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 This is going to be available for pre-order tomorrow at LRG: It is available in Japanese/English on the switch at Playasia - the limited edition version has it on the switch with a Gameboy copy included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,936 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 @Tabonga that last line threw me off. Is there a limited edition at playasia which has switch and gameboy? Or is it just gameboy through the troubles of LRG? The game looks kind of interesting to me, but then again so did Hime's Quest but I never could dig up enough to see if it was lame fan service or actually functionally great to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,323 Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 5 minutes ago, Tanooki said: @Tabonga that last line threw me off. Is there a limited edition at playasia which has switch and gameboy? Or is it just gameboy through the troubles of LRG? The game looks kind of interesting to me, but then again so did Hime's Quest but I never could dig up enough to see if it was lame fan service or actually functionally great to play. Yeah - the limited edition at PlayAsia (which is still available) has both the switch and gameboy versions along with some other goodies. https://www.play-asia.com/melon-journey-bittersweet-memories-limited-edition-english/13/70fq2z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbogus | 21 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) Anyone else get a shipping sticker shock from Strictly Limited Games recently? A year or so ago when I ordered Deathsmiles from them I paid $10 for shipping. Today I got quoted $25 shipping for Osman. No, I did not place an order for it due to this. Edited January 30, 2023 by mrbogus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 4,936 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 That's messed up. I know there is some level of inflation, but something like that is on par with the doubling the shipping costs analogue has done since sometime last year. What used to be like $10-15 shipped for a small part is now $30 for something that's not much more than the weight of a gameboy cartridge. Needless to say I wasn't going to drop $60 shipped on a GG adapter for the pocket, they lost my business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloves | 11,790 Administrator · Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 46 minutes ago, mrbogus said: Anyone else get a shipping sticker shock from Strictly Limited Games recently? A year or so ago when I ordered Deathsmiles from them I paid $10 for shipping. Today I got quoted $25 shipping for Osman. No, I did not place an order for it due to this. I'm regularly charged $50-100+ for shipping, after all is said and done. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,966 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 On 1/26/2023 at 7:47 PM, Tabonga said: Schadenfreude is basically a form of black humor and as such goes over many people's recognition. What does the game being available to buy again has to do with schadenfreude though? This is something that is only good to people. That's why I'm confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabonga | 2,323 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Sumez said: What does the game being available to buy again has to do with schadenfreude though? This is something that is only good to people. That's why I'm confused. This is good for people who want to buy the game to actually play it. The previous copies were selling for way too much and the scalpers were more than willing to feed the frenzy. The availablity of new copies means the people who were in the feeding frenzy (and those who were throwing the chum in the water) are now holding "assets" that have suddenly been largely devalued. So the joke is on them. Edited January 30, 2023 by Tabonga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,966 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 I have the LRG release, and I don't feel anything was taken from me. Sounds like a dumb way to look at video games, yet again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,547 Editorials Team · Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 6 hours ago, Sumez said: What does the game being available to buy again has to do with schadenfreude though? This is something that is only good to people. That's why I'm confused. Presumably schadenfreude towards anyone paying a heavily marked up price on the resell market, which is about to crater. I feel like anyone paying a lot for an OOP title on current gen should know the risk. Like the guys who were paying $200+ for Ryza. They probably feel pretty silly by now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,966 Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 Hmm I've bought a few aftermarket LRG games, they didn't cost me any more than buying it new directly from the source would have There's way too many sellers for those games and barely anyone buying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,547 Editorials Team · Posted January 30, 2023 Share Posted January 30, 2023 15 minutes ago, Sumez said: Hmm I've bought a few aftermarket LRG games, they didn't cost me any more than buying it new directly from the source would have There's way too many sellers for those games and barely anyone buying. Yeah I think most of them are not profitable because there's too many speculative buyers flooding the market. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarzombie | 924 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 I AM SO IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!https://limitedrungames.com/collections/archive/products/maniac-mansion-premium-edition-nes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renmauzo | 1,202 Posted February 8, 2023 Share Posted February 8, 2023 On Christmas Eve, I ordered all four of the 'Works' books from LRG, all 4 have been showing as 'ready' at least a month (started checking when I noticed I hadn't received a shipping notice), but the order is still sitting there waiting to be shipped. 13 days ago, I sent a support ticket request for some information on a shipping timeline since everything is ready, but have yet to receive a response. With the games, I just order and put it out of my mind, but these books are in stock, so this is my first experience with this kind of issue as it relates to LRG. I just sent in a reply - to their confirmation email of my original support request - as a followup, but am I ever missing being able to speak to a person since; maybe it's just me, but I always feel like support requests by email are ignored and there's a certain catharsis in talking to a person about an issue (regardless of how effectual they actually are). Those NES Works books look awesome, and I felt confident in getting them since the Game Boy books are so great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,819 Posted February 8, 2023 Author Share Posted February 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Renmauzo said: On Christmas Eve, I ordered all four of the 'Works' books from LRG, all 4 have been showing as 'ready' at least a month (started checking when I noticed I hadn't received a shipping notice), but the order is still sitting there waiting to be shipped. 13 days ago, I sent a support ticket request for some information on a shipping timeline since everything is ready, but have yet to receive a response. With the games, I just order and put it out of my mind, but these books are in stock, so this is my first experience with this kind of issue as it relates to LRG. I just sent in a reply - to their confirmation email of my original support request - as a followup, but am I ever missing being able to speak to a person since; maybe it's just me, but I always feel like support requests by email are ignored and there's a certain catharsis in talking to a person about an issue (regardless of how effectual they actually are). Those NES Works books look awesome, and I felt confident in getting them since the Game Boy books are so great. I received NES Works 1987 and it's a beauty! You'll be very happy when it does arrive - and unlike say amazon, they do actually package the books well so they will arrive without big ol' dings! My experience with LRG customer service is that when it comes to any order you place, they will respond quickly and you will be satisfied. I once (only once, knock on wood) had a package stolen. They refunded my money. It was technically delivered, but I never received it. That said, I've ordered many thousands of dollars worth of items from them, so I'm sure they could see my history and it wasn't a huge loss. All in all, I do think they offer good customer service, certainly better than many big businesses. That's my experience. All things considered, I agree it would be nice to speak to an actual person, but I can also understand why it's more frugal and arguably perhaps even "easier" to do things via email. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumez | 2,966 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Second best video game release of 2021 finally gets a physical release, unfortunately it's on LRG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renmauzo | 1,202 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 Steel Assault is a sick game! I almost never buy anything digital, but made an exception for this one; def. a title that deserves to be played. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,819 Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Rothchild | 9,547 Editorials Team · Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 I saw Powerslave has been up. That's one I'm psyched for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarzombie | 924 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 48 minutes ago, avatar! said: Guess you didnt see my post haha. I should have just posted a pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avatar! | 1,819 Posted February 9, 2023 Author Share Posted February 9, 2023 11 minutes ago, guitarzombie said: Guess you didnt see my post haha. I should have just posted a pic Sorry I missed your post, but we can both share in the joy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarzombie | 924 Posted February 9, 2023 Share Posted February 9, 2023 7 minutes ago, avatar! said: Sorry I missed your post, but we can both share in the joy Im literally only buying it for the pin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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