Al_B on 1/3/2009 at 23:27
You're also missing an important part of the equation which is that the retailers are not the same as the people making the game. Yes, the game may retail for $60, but the retailer bought it for $25 and it cost $10 per copy to develop.
There's still a load of money in there, but you have to consider every slice of the pie.
Flagston on 2/3/2009 at 03:12
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Yes, the game may retail for $60, but the retailer bought it for $25
According to this interesting article (
http://www.costik.com/weblog/2007/02/are-retailers-actually-screwed.html)
the retailer may have payed up to 48 dollars for a $60 game. This actually explains a lot about the way games are priced and why there is such a huge used market. Pretty strange relationship if you ask me.
Renault on 2/3/2009 at 14:05
I've always thought games were way overpriced. Sometimes I wonder how companies making the B and C level titles even make it. Not many people can go around buying 20-30 games every year at the $60 level.
I remember buying Thief 2 for $40, that seemed very fair at the time. Considering how cheap it is to reproduce discs, I'm surprised more companies aren't in the the same line of thinking as dethtoll where a drop in price would dramatically increase sales.
SD on 2/3/2009 at 16:05
If we're going to use the logic game developers use: the average price of a cinema ticket in the United States is 7 dollars, for approximately two hours of entertainment.
So for a video game costing 60 dollars to be of comparable value, it needs to offer around 17 hours of gameplay. Most halfway decent releases offer a fair bit more than this.
Renault on 2/3/2009 at 21:14
I think that type of logic is faulty. Movie length is an absolute, whereas I just played Call of Duty 4 (on normal), and it was a great game, but the single player campaign only took me about 5 hours, and I don't play multiplayer. I still had to fork out 60 bucks though (not looking for sympathy, just making a point).
Wille on 2/3/2009 at 23:44
Quote Posted by Brethren
I think that type of logic is faulty. Movie length is an absolute, whereas I just played Call of Duty 4 (on normal), and it was a great game, but the single player campaign only took me about 5 hours, and I don't play multiplayer. I still had to fork out 60 bucks though (not looking for sympathy, just making a point).
That's exactly why I buy quick games like CoD 4 always from the bin or used. For me the game must be something really special to be worth the 50€ they cost around here.
Aja on 3/3/2009 at 00:44
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To be fair, most sane places include sales tax/VAT in prices. ;)
Except here, where almost no-one does. Honestly, I wouldn't mind higher prices if what they advertised was what actually came out of my wallet.
Also, movie tickets for $7? Try 13 here, and that's before tax. Even a short game like Mirror's Edge is a good value if we're talking about hours.
Volitions Advocate on 3/3/2009 at 03:04
I have a tough time finding patience when it comes to games.
If i had just waited awhile for a lot of my games I would've paid less than half for all the titles i own.
For example. I bought every Fear title for PC when they were first released..
Fear 79.99
XP 39.99
PM 39.99
Fear 2 49.99
=209.96 ...
Now you can buy all fear 1 titles for 15 bucks in a box set. I was going to wait for Fear 2.. but I couldn't.
I loved RE4... but I can wait awhile for RE5.. that one I probably wont pay full price for.
What I hate is when a game wont drop to the price it deserves!!
I would like to play the new Turok.. but I dont want to pay 50 bucks for it. Its been out for over a year and still nobody really cares.. and its still full price.
EvaUnit02 on 30/9/2009 at 17:11
Capcom are up to their old tricks again, releasing half-arsed expanded games as sequels. Really, why do this sort of shit in the age of DLC? Looks like there's no PC port this time either.
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Super Street Fighter IV features the full roster of 25 characters from Street Fighter IV such as Ryu, Ken, Crimson Viper, Abel, El Fuerte and Rufus, while adding about eight characters new to the world of Street Fighter IV. The impressive new roster includes classic combatants from previous Street Fighter games like T. Hawk as well as all-new characters such as the mysterious and deadly female fighter, Juri.
Super Street Fighter IV adds new Ultra Combos and advancements to the state of the art online matchmaking and online gameplay introduced in Street Fighter IV with numerous additional features. Super Street Fighter IV takes many of the groundbreaking features introduced in Street Fighter IV and refines everything to deliver the ultimate vision of Street Fighter to fans the world over.
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