It seems that Love Plus relationships are beginning to more and more resemble real-life marriage, including its various economic realities.

Copies of the original Limited Edition run of Love Plus are now going for over three hundred thousand yen, or just a shade under $3500. The copies were only available from Konami's online store and came with various themed goods. The packages on sale also include all twelve versions of the "love letters" that were being used to promote the game pre-release.

To put that into context, I'm currently putting together specs for a powerful new desktop PC, a tiny god ready to tackle the latest games without breaking a sweat, and that's going to cost less than half of what some folks are about to play for this thing.

Indeed, this is looking like a real relationship. Just like in 3-D life, it costs a lot of money just to begin the courtship process. Rinko-chan, you be costly.