15. At the end of the day it's the hardcore gamers who'll pay up straight away, of we can wait a few months then we'll save through promotions to shift stock no longer top of the chart or preowned... if we deman they supply.. if we can stop the demand and voice concerns as a whole then we'll have some chance of the prices dropping.... this will never happen, unless more titles become exclusive or there is a big influx of new consoles to make companies more competative with each other...
14. Incidentally, after a quick look on Amazon, I can't find a single console game for sale for more than £40.
This article is retarded; the price of new games, DVDs and CDs on the high street has hardly changed in the past ten years; what's changed is that you can get all of them online for less. Two-year old movies, games and CDs are all less than half the original price.
If anything, it's games and CDs that have gotten cheaper, with new CDs going for £12 instead of £15 and PC games at £35 instead of £40.
13. PC games have been about £35 for as long as I can remember; in the past ten years the price of money has dropped by about a third and yet the quality (at least artistically, if not gameplay-wise) has risen incredibly. I think £35 is a great deal. £50 for console games does seem high, but then I've never owned a console!
12. I remember paying £75.99 for Vitua Racer on the MegaDrive - the reason was because it was "new technology". Doubtful you could get away with that these days, unless they throw in a steering wheel!
11. What does everyone think about the preowned debate it seems David Braben of Frontier is still bemoaning the reselling of games many times over. Is this because he only releases one game every five years or does he have a genuine point
10. Those really expensive snes games like starfox were because they added a extra co-processor to the cartridges, an expensive but effective way to boost performance of a console reaching the end of its life.
7. I agree with pjmas05, I remember back in the day SNES games being £40 upwards... Starfox good example, if you take into account inflation and general rising costs, £35-45 a game now i think is reasonable, considering we pay around £10-17 for a DVD or even more for high-def discs...
6. I remember buying Day of The Tentacle CD edition for a whopping £40! that was back when games cost no more than 25-30. Mind you it did come in a massive toblerone shaped box.
Still I think PC games nowadays are cheap for the development costs, its console games that are expensive and thats because every time you buy a game your paying for the subsidized price you bought the console itself for.
5. Games nowadays are so god d@mn expensive that many people have gone out of there way to learn how to backup/copy games that they have either bought or honestly not bought. Years ago you might be able to get a game from around 20 people...Now you jump into a line of 100's...The more pirates I see out there, the happier I become - hoping someday they will lower those stupid prices. There are so many games out there that CLEARLY shouldn't be sold for $60 but instead $30 for the quality they bring!
Not to mention, Microsoft makes the xbox 360 as one of the worst piece of machinery to have ever been created; destroying not only all your f'in games before your even able to finish them but by your console dying out of no where. I've had 3 xbox's (xbox 360's) and they ALL RED RINGED (DIED). One was sent in and the other two I personally fixed with bigger bolts and washers...How silly is that?! A $300 machine being fixed with bolts & washers?! I'm truly surprised that there hasn't been a class-action lawsuit against these worthless-dying devices!
Who ever said, "If kids say video games are too expensive they should buy less of them, just the one they want." is a dumbsh1t. Buying less games is worse for the company selling the game. That's common sense. Shows your not a game-buyer/player yourself; thus your opinion means nothing.
4. I can remember buying StreetFighter 2 Turbo Edition for £60 on the SNES now I can buy Bioshock on 360 for £20 quid in most bricks and mortar retailers. These games take studios of 200 odd people to make and cost a fraction of what they cost to produce most gamers below the age of 25 don't know they are born!!!
3. I'm confused as to how you managed to come up with this statement:
"digital is cheaper than boxed"
It's, to be honest, mostly ****. Steam is more expensive than retail. Direct2Drive is sometimes cheaper than retail boxed, but never than online/etail boxed.
Digital Distribution is a horrible ripoff when you consider the lack of overheads, and I'd guess that the % of sales going to the creators of the game doesn't really change.
Buying from online retailers like Amazon or Play etc is the most cost effective way to buy new games. Digital distribution services like Steam just allow consumers to be horribly ripped off.
2. I remember a time not long ago when $29.95 would buy you any game. PC, Console whatever, $29.95. Now, its seems $60+ is average. What the heck man? It doesnt cost any more now to make a game than it did then. Whats up with that?
1. We are not being ripped off if prices on everything don't keep falling, this 'everything is free' culture leads us to devalue everything. We now expect music and movies to be free, microwave ovens to be £25 and for a classic movie like The Sound of Music to come free with a newspaper - this has got to stop, the impression is that everything is worthless, this is one of the reasons for the poor state of our economy, declining markets and cut throat competition with everyone underselling each other. I am happy to pay something I want, not expect it for nothing. If kids say video games are too expensive they should buy less of them, just the one they want.
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castaway666
October 14th
15. At the end of the day it's the hardcore gamers who'll pay up straight away, of we can wait a few months then we'll save through promotions to shift stock no longer top of the chart or preowned... if we deman they supply.. if we can stop the demand and voice concerns as a whole then we'll have some chance of the prices dropping.... this will never happen, unless more titles become exclusive or there is a big influx of new consoles to make companies more competative with each other...
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lth
October 10th
14. Incidentally, after a quick look on Amazon, I can't find a single console game for sale for more than £40.
This article is retarded; the price of new games, DVDs and CDs on the high street has hardly changed in the past ten years; what's changed is that you can get all of them online for less. Two-year old movies, games and CDs are all less than half the original price.
If anything, it's games and CDs that have gotten cheaper, with new CDs going for £12 instead of £15 and PC games at £35 instead of £40.
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lth
October 10th
13. PC games have been about £35 for as long as I can remember; in the past ten years the price of money has dropped by about a third and yet the quality (at least artistically, if not gameplay-wise) has risen incredibly. I think £35 is a great deal. £50 for console games does seem high, but then I've never owned a console!
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gavin
October 10th
12. I remember paying £75.99 for Vitua Racer on the MegaDrive - the reason was because it was "new technology". Doubtful you could get away with that these days, unless they throw in a steering wheel!
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pjmas05
October 8th
11. What does everyone think about the preowned debate it seems David Braben of Frontier is still bemoaning the reselling of games many times over. Is this because he only releases one game every five years or does he have a genuine point
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watcherzero
October 6th
10. Those really expensive snes games like starfox were because they added a extra co-processor to the cartridges, an expensive but effective way to boost performance of a console reaching the end of its life.
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castaway666
October 6th
9. saying that I wouldn't say no to lower prices? I'm stupid not dumb!
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castaway666
October 6th
8. saying that I wouldn't say no to lower prices? I'm stupid not dumb!
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castaway666
October 6th
7. I agree with pjmas05, I remember back in the day SNES games being £40 upwards... Starfox good example, if you take into account inflation and general rising costs, £35-45 a game now i think is reasonable, considering we pay around £10-17 for a DVD or even more for high-def discs...
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watcherzero
October 5th
6. I remember buying Day of The Tentacle CD edition for a whopping £40! that was back when games cost no more than 25-30. Mind you it did come in a massive toblerone shaped box.
Still I think PC games nowadays are cheap for the development costs, its console games that are expensive and thats because every time you buy a game your paying for the subsidized price you bought the console itself for.
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calphalon
October 5th
5. Games nowadays are so god d@mn expensive that many people have gone out of there way to learn how to backup/copy games that they have either bought or honestly not bought. Years ago you might be able to get a game from around 20 people...Now you jump into a line of 100's...The more pirates I see out there, the happier I become - hoping someday they will lower those stupid prices. There are so many games out there that CLEARLY shouldn't be sold for $60 but instead $30 for the quality they bring!
Not to mention, Microsoft makes the xbox 360 as one of the worst piece of machinery to have ever been created; destroying not only all your f'in games before your even able to finish them but by your console dying out of no where. I've had 3 xbox's (xbox 360's) and they ALL RED RINGED (DIED). One was sent in and the other two I personally fixed with bigger bolts and washers...How silly is that?! A $300 machine being fixed with bolts & washers?! I'm truly surprised that there hasn't been a class-action lawsuit against these worthless-dying devices!
Who ever said, "If kids say video games are too expensive they should buy less of them, just the one they want." is a dumbsh1t. Buying less games is worse for the company selling the game. That's common sense. Shows your not a game-buyer/player yourself; thus your opinion means nothing.
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pjmas05
October 5th
4. I can remember buying StreetFighter 2 Turbo Edition for £60 on the SNES now I can buy Bioshock on 360 for £20 quid in most bricks and mortar retailers. These games take studios of 200 odd people to make and cost a fraction of what they cost to produce most gamers below the age of 25 don't know they are born!!!
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lonyo
October 5th
3. I'm confused as to how you managed to come up with this statement:
"digital is cheaper than boxed"
It's, to be honest, mostly ****. Steam is more expensive than retail. Direct2Drive is sometimes cheaper than retail boxed, but never than online/etail boxed.
Digital Distribution is a horrible ripoff when you consider the lack of overheads, and I'd guess that the % of sales going to the creators of the game doesn't really change.
Buying from online retailers like Amazon or Play etc is the most cost effective way to buy new games. Digital distribution services like Steam just allow consumers to be horribly ripped off.
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clustertim
October 5th
2. I remember a time not long ago when $29.95 would buy you any game. PC, Console whatever, $29.95. Now, its seems $60+ is average. What the heck man? It doesnt cost any more now to make a game than it did then. Whats up with that?
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megalaser
October 5th
1. We are not being ripped off if prices on everything don't keep falling, this 'everything is free' culture leads us to devalue everything. We now expect music and movies to be free, microwave ovens to be £25 and for a classic movie like The Sound of Music to come free with a newspaper - this has got to stop, the impression is that everything is worthless, this is one of the reasons for the poor state of our economy, declining markets and cut throat competition with everyone underselling each other. I am happy to pay something I want, not expect it for nothing. If kids say video games are too expensive they should buy less of them, just the one they want.
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