A New Motocross Game Approaches...

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NickoBrap 10/20/2026 7:57am
10/20/2026 7:57am

Really glad to finally see this thing in the hands of people outside of the team. Looks fun! 

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gt80rider 10/20/2026 11:51am
10/20/2026 11:51am
BoxcarWilly wrote:

Hopefully the customization isn't blocked behind endless microtransactions. 

Tiki wrote:
How do you think they make money? This is easy to figure; Its been two years of salaries for a team and the game cost $80 dollars...

How do you think they make money? 

This is easy to figure; Its been two years of salaries for a team and the game cost $80 dollars. (As an example) You have $2 to $2.5 million spent. Maybe more. Add the marketing and wholesale cost. They need to sell at minimum 35,000 copies to get that money back. 

Yes, I'd expect microtransactions to be a reality. 

By selling a game that's how... price the game higher or go without excessive greed .... this ain't rocket surgery... but thanks to people like YOU everybody gets bent over harder..  

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Tiki 10/20/2026 6:16pm
10/20/2026 6:16pm
BoxcarWilly wrote:

Hopefully the customization isn't blocked behind endless microtransactions. 

Tiki wrote:
How do you think they make money? This is easy to figure; Its been two years of salaries for a team and the game cost $80 dollars...

How do you think they make money? 

This is easy to figure; Its been two years of salaries for a team and the game cost $80 dollars. (As an example) You have $2 to $2.5 million spent. Maybe more. Add the marketing and wholesale cost. They need to sell at minimum 35,000 copies to get that money back. 

Yes, I'd expect microtransactions to be a reality. 

gt80rider wrote:
By selling a game that's how... price the game higher or go without excessive greed .... this ain't rocket surgery... but thanks to people like YOU...

By selling a game that's how... price the game higher or go without excessive greed .... this ain't rocket surgery... but thanks to people like YOU everybody gets bent over harder..  

People like me? It’s basic math ya donut. $3 million game needs 40,000 sales at $80 just to cover AND then retail fees, discounts, and refunds.

Additional revenue can fund updates, improve the experience, and support future games. You can criticize the game without pretending every dollar beyond the purchase price is greed. What the fuck do you do for a living that makes you so noble you can afford to work for free?

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SPYGUY 10/20/2026 6:55pm
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Adjusted for inflation using the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI), Excitebike's original 1985 retail price of $30 to $40 is equivalent to approximately $93 to $125 today.
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NickoBrap 10/21/2026 7:50am
10/21/2026 7:50am

I just hope they keep it somewhat simple with this game. Setting up and figuring out MX bikes just seems like such a huge task. If the barrier to entry on this one is a little lower, I think I'll be more interested in actually giving it a shot.

MXGP 26 actually looks pretty fun as well. May have to get a ps5 or upgrade my PC a bit to play that one.

Open Unleashed looks like a riot. The nostalgia may actually push me to go though the effort of getting that up and running... I hear the Creator is working on open reflex. I don't know if that means basically the same thing as open Unleashed, but using reflex as the base physics engine, or just pulling in the tracks from reflex. Either way, I think I'm in. I never actually played reflex. May just have to go and give that a shot... 

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Pop Shmoke 10/23/2026 6:17am
10/23/2026 6:17am

They need to link up with these guys for the sound, holy shiiit!!!


 

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Alex814 10/23/2026 6:53am
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SPYGUY wrote:
Adjusted for inflation using the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI), Excitebike's original 1985 retail price of $30 to $40 is equivalent to approximately $93 to $125...
Adjusted for inflation using the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI), Excitebike's original 1985 retail price of $30 to $40 is equivalent to approximately $93 to $125 today.

Yep. N64 games were also $55 in the 90s. 

ProbablyDave 10/23/2026 8:37am
10/23/2026 8:37am
SPYGUY wrote:
Adjusted for inflation using the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI), Excitebike's original 1985 retail price of $30 to $40 is equivalent to approximately $93 to $125...
Adjusted for inflation using the U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI), Excitebike's original 1985 retail price of $30 to $40 is equivalent to approximately $93 to $125 today.

Additionally, I try to think of game prices in terms of cost per hour of entertainment. $80 game, 80 hours of play, $1 per hour of entertainment. Pretty good value to be honest. 

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Zycki11 10/23/2026 9:35am
10/23/2026 9:35am

Looks like console won't be for another year at least... Well that sucks balls.. PC already has 2 other games, I get it... at the same time. Still sucks nuts

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Teej317 10/23/2026 1:43pm
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Pop Shmoke wrote:

They need to link up with these guys for the sound, holy shiiit!!!


 

Yikes that is bad.

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