Good question. I know there are people who do... And I sort of envy them.
Personally, no. That's why I buy them after a couple of price drops i.e. between £10 - £18. Think the good ones are worth that much at least.
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I could whole heartidly reccomend Super Street Fight 4 or Mortal Kombat (the new one) at $60. MK especially is PACKED with content, and SSf4 is one of the best fighters I have ever played. Other series I don't really find robust enough, or of high enough quality for me to reccomend at full price. There has to be that certain something, that fun factor x that a lot of the other fighting series just lack for me (Tekken, Virtua Fighter, Dead Or Alive) they are all pretenders to the throne so to speak. And some people would be like trololololol but thats just my opinion.
Oh Id probably reccomend Marvel Vs Capcom 3 as well, that game is fun as hell.
Holy shit, fuck yes!! What kind of question is that? SSFIV has been one of my favorite and post played games of this generation. I've spent time playing solo, with friends, and network play. Same would have gone for Mortal Kombat had I purchased it (I had LA Noire waiting in the wings so that took priority). The only real risk in fighting games is the Capcom bait and switch of putting an upgraded version out there, but even that looks like it'll be behind that going forward with DLC becoming the norm. A good fighting game offers a kind of one-on-one competition that you just don't find anywhere else, and if you have a good internet connection it is an irreplaceable experience. Worth every penny of $60.
I should Hadoken your ass for even asking this question.
Nope. I used to love fighting games. I have easily paid $70-80 for one back in the day, and would play them everyday for months. Today, however, I couldn't give a rats ass about them. They look nice and all, but I get bored within five minutes. 
If you're as dedicated as you were when you last played one.
The genre hasn't changed.
Not for me, not anymore. Pre-24 years old, yeah.
The last time I got full retail value from a fighting game was Soul Calibur II, but that is not because of anything other than me not having physical people around willing to play with me. I have not taken any of them online, as I figure that's futile (same reason I wouldn't bother playing COD online).
I guess I can draw a lot of correlation to the value proposition of arcade racers. More fun/ use if multiplayer, gradual unlocking of rewards, a sense of increasingly mastering techniques.
aspro said:The last time I got full retail value from a fighting game was Soul Calibur II, but that is not because of anything other than me not having physical people around willing to play with me. I have not taken any of them online, as I figure that's futile (same reason I wouldn't bother playing COD online).
I guess I can draw a lot of correlation to the value proposition of arcade racers. More fun/ use if multiplayer, gradual unlocking of rewards, a sense of increasingly mastering techniques.
Sounds like a well designed online experience.
I have never bought a fighting game for $60.
The last fighting game I paid full price for was Soul Calibur 2, and that was back when games were $50. That was also the only fighting game I paid full price for in that entire generation. Mostly only because I wanted to see what Link looked like with realistic graphics. 
edgecrusher said:I have never bought a fighting game for $60.
The last fighting game I paid full price for was Soul Calibur 2, and that was back when games were $50. That was also the only fighting game I paid full price for in that entire generation. Mostly only because I wanted to see what Link looked like with realistic graphics.
Then perhaps you're not the best person to ask about value anyway.
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