KOF XII Pricing and Release date

not sonic · Feb 27, 2009

hope this hasn't been posted.

just got an email from a supplier taking preorders on kof 12 kits.

"THE KING OF FIGHTERS XII" (PCB)

Code:

[b]UNIT PRICE:	JPY388,000[/b]
DEVELOPER:	SNK PLAYMORE
GENRE:		2D VS FIGHTING
OPERATION:	1 LEVER & 4 BUTTONS
PLAYERS:	1-2 PLAYERS
ADVANCED ORDER:	BY MAR.13, 2009
[b]RELEASE DATE:	SCHEDULED ON APR.28, 2009[/b]
PCB USED:	TAITO'S TYPE-X2
PRODUCT FORM:	PCB SET (HDD+DONGLE+TYPE-X2)
PRICE TERM:	EX-GODOWN TOKYO
DEPOSIT AMOUNT:	YOU ARE REQUESTED TO SEND US DEPOSIT(@JPY120,000/PCE) JUST
                BEFORE WE PLACE AN ORDER TO THE MAKER.

"THE KING OF FIGHTERS XII" (CABINET SET)

Code:

[b]UNIT PRICE:	JPY1,020,000[/b]
ADVANCED ORDER:	BY MAR.13, 2009
[b]RELEASE DATE:	SCHEDULED ON APR.10, 2009[/b]
PRODUCT FORM:	CABINET SET (VEWLIX-L(BLUE)x2+VS COMMUNICATION KITx1
                +CHAIRx2+PCB SETx1)
PRICE TERM: 	EX-GODOWN KAWASAKI
DEPOSIT AMOUNT: YOU ARE REQUESTED TO SEND US DEPOSIT(@JPY350,000/SET)
                JUST BEFORE WE PLACE AN ORDER TO THE MAKER.
REMARK:		SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALES BECAUSE OF LIMITED QUANTITY.

Deuce · Feb 27, 2009

$10,436.82 for the cabinet? That's a lot of hope to pin on one game...

Clessy · Feb 27, 2009

Maybe my conversions are off but both those prices sound ridiculous when converted to USD.

Deuce · Feb 27, 2009

Clessy said:
Maybe my conversions are off but both those prices sound ridiculous when converted to USD.

Consider, though, that most Japanese arcades are 100 yen per play, if not more. 400 credits on a new game in a popular franchise is pretty much a sure thing.

xiao_haozi · Feb 27, 2009

So for the pcb:
388000*.010219
$3964.97
?

Lyte Edge · Feb 27, 2009

Deuce said:
$10,436.82 for the cabinet? That's a lot of hope to pin on one game...

All of these Vewlix games are this much. It should be a set of two, Japanese-style, so it's two cabs back to back with one joystick in each one.

IIRC if arcades wanted SF4 cabs this way, they had to buy them in sets of four for about $20,000 U.S. My local game center had eight of them at release. :eek:

xiao_haozi · Feb 27, 2009

Lyte Edge said:
All of these Vewlix games are this much. It should be a set of two, Japanese-style, so it's two cabs back to back with one joystick in each one.

IIRC if arcades wanted SF4 cabs this way, they had to buy them in sets of four for about $20,000 U.S. My local game center had eight of them at release.

So if the pcbs are almost 4000 and a for 2xcab w/game it's 10000, it's only 1000 for each viewlix blue cab?!? When you do that math it sounds pretty awesome... (minus 4000 for the game)

kazuo · Feb 27, 2009

I just spoke with NCS about accepting orders for the kit, and they said they may open them up next week.

They're going to shoot me an e-mail as soon as they have made a decision on it.

I still think it's BS how TypeX2 kits cost nearly $4000... $1000 of PC parts and $3000 for a HDD, USB key and game code. GTFO.

Clessy · Feb 27, 2009

Deuce said:
Consider, though, that most Japanese arcades are 100 yen per play, if not more. 400 credits on a new game in a popular franchise is pretty much a sure thing.

Ohh trust me when I was in japan w/e version of GGX I was playing me was costing me 300 yen a game. -_- Wasnt very pleased that even the older games where 100 yen which is a about a dollar. In America that would never fly. Then again in america arcades are dead.

kazuo said:
I just spoke with NCS about accepting orders for the kit, and they said they may open them up next week.

They're going to shoot me an e-mail as soon as they have made a decision on it.

I still think it's BS how TypeX2 kits cost nearly $4000... $1000 of PC parts and $3000 for a HDD, USB key and game code. GTFO.

Yeah doesnt pc based arcade hardware just piss you the fuck off.

A taito X2 is more like $600 worth of PC including the HDD.

Sega's new ring edge is a joke to but at least that uses SSD.

Blue Steel · Mar 2, 2009

ps3 Summer

Deuce · Mar 2, 2009

Hell yeah.

Rade K · Mar 2, 2009

Snair said:
ps3 Summer

PS3 thank-god

ReplicaX · Mar 2, 2009

Awaits all the complaints from 360 owners............

DJ Long Cat · Mar 2, 2009

There is no reason to to platform exclusives unless you're a 1st party developer.

It'll only hurt your sales.

Buzzardroot · Mar 2, 2009

Rade said:
PS3 thank-god

This is great news!

Dizzy11523 · Mar 2, 2009

So it's great news cause it's PS3 exclusive? How so. :rolleyes:

Screw you Xii. Thank goodness for SF IV at least.

Blue Steel · Mar 2, 2009

I think we all know to expect it for both consoles.

OrochiEddie · Mar 2, 2009

Well that determined SF4s shelf life for me.
KOF XII
feel it.

Clessy · Mar 3, 2009

SNK's not that stupid. It probably wont waste its time with a Japanese 360 but to not have a US 360 version is suicide for sales.

Deuce · Mar 3, 2009

Dizzy11523 said:
Screw you Xii. Thank goodness for SF IV at least.

Sour grapes, anyone?

Besides, don't let your nurples get all purple. It'll likely make it to both consoles, at least in the US. Particularly since the Type X-2 is PC-based, anyway... should make a 360 port a fairly easy job. It would be foolhardy to ignore the 360's userbase in the US.

evil wasabi · Mar 3, 2009

Rade said:
PS3 thank-god

Seconded.

Clessy · Mar 3, 2009

Hoepfully all you guys saying thank god are saying thank god they didnt down port it to ps2. It would be rather pathetic to say thank god its only been announced for ps3.

Dizzy11523 · Mar 3, 2009

You guys are right. Forigive me XII..if you are coming to the 360.

Deuce · Mar 3, 2009

Dizzy11523 said:
You guys are right. Forigive me XII..if you are coming to the 360.

Come... join us on the having-both-systems side... do not be afraid...

All hail the system switch button.

Blue Steel · Mar 3, 2009

Happy? That didn't take long, now did it?

Wow, and Ignition hired that douche from 1up as their new Business Development Director.

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