Katamari Forever goes gold, rolls into stores on September 22

by Andrew Yoon { Aug 28th 2009 at 2:15PM }

Namco Bandai has announced that their upcoming PS3 exclusive Katamari Forever has gone gold. That means it's done. Finished. Kaput.

The upcoming Blu-ray release will retail for $49.99, which is about 17% cheaper than the average PS3 game, and about 250% more than what we wanted to pay for the game. While Forever promises a good deal of content and a variety of visual filters, we're not entirely sure if PS3 owners are willing to pay such a high premium on what is, essentially, an HD remix of past Katamari games. The temptation of an easy Platinum may attract Trophy hunters, but we have a feeling many of you will be skipping on this release until the (inevitable) price drop.

Gallery: Katamari Forever

Tags: gold, katamari, katamari-damacy, katamari-forever, namco-bandai

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

matt @ Aug 28th 2009 2:20PM

What? I thought this was going to be a PSN game?
$50? F that.

Akronon @ Aug 28th 2009 3:56PM

My thoughts exactly. I was looking forward to this, too, but it's a no go for $50.

manmanpotty @ Aug 28th 2009 2:24PM

I already have mine pre-ordered...

j.howlett @ Aug 28th 2009 2:27PM

i'm sure i could find it for a little less, but yeah as much as i want it, i don't know about a day one purchase.

[Mxl] Billy @ Aug 28th 2009 2:36PM

I like the demo from PSN JP and I do will buy this game... at 39.99 will be OK... but 29.99 will be even better :P

scratch @ Aug 28th 2009 2:42PM

ill be picking this up... when it drops to $20, and not before.

Xeones25 @ Aug 28th 2009 2:46PM

I'll probably still buy it. I love Katamari Damacy, I've only played the original and the PSP game. I hadn't ever played a Katamari game until last summer when it was on sale at Gamestop (mainly due to the fact that I never owned a PS2, perfectly happy with my Gamecube and GBA SP).

David @ Aug 28th 2009 3:12PM

that's actually 330% more than what I expected to pay and 500% more than what I wanted to actually pay.

Fane @ Aug 29th 2009 3:20AM

You expected to pay $11.63 and wanted to pay $8.33? I think you need to check your figures.

David @ Aug 29th 2009 10:06AM

I shouldn't have said "more" but I did say it so subtract a 100% from both figures.

Daisuke @ Aug 28th 2009 3:34PM

I'd still be willing to pay 100% more! XP I love Katamari to death.

Surfaced @ Aug 28th 2009 3:35PM

$50 for this??
I actually had hoped it would be PSN but I don't mind a disc.
However I will wait until it's available for $20-30.

adamantypants @ Aug 28th 2009 3:36PM

Somebody stop me from pulling the trigger.... I've bought all previous Katamari games on day 1 (save for the 360 release). May the Gods of CAG be with me.

Topov81 @ Aug 28th 2009 4:28PM

Got mine pre-ordered too.... 24.85 GBP from ShopTo (UK).

Don't mind paying that sort of price as opposed to 39.99.... I spent hours on the PS2 We Love Katamari, a far lengthier game (if you try and collect everything) than most people give it credit for.

Not sure why so many people were expecting this to be a PSN game though... don't forget that other games such as LEGO Star Wars Complete Saga were basically HD remakes of PS2 games.