EA Chief: 3D Games Could Bring Higher Prices

[Jared]

What about us who cannot see it? Can we get the discount for been the "Disability" in this category?

 

[crimsonshrouds]

The day games start coming out at a hundred dollars because they are 3d, is the day i hang up my controllers and find a new hobby...

 

[HK_01]

You know what, fuck it. Games are already more than expensive enough as it is, no need for some stupid gimmick to be implemented which will give them an excuse to raise prices even more.

 

[SharedProphet]

All it takes to make an already-3D game look great on a 3D display is to render to two viewports. It's the same effort it takes to make a game show splitscreen. I'm sure the average graphics programmer on any 3D game could get 3D display support set up in a day.

Conclusion: premium pricing for 3D games will be just another attempt for publishers to grab more of gamers' money.

Edit:

I'm pissed. Why would they need to raise the prices?
The games are already rendered in 3d. all that's need to be done is render it twice for two offset images.
The only necessity is hardware that will be able to display it.
Cash grab, once again.

Gratz on also noticing this.

 

[Darkong]

My big current issue with 3D is, what will it actually bring to games? How will it improve my experience because, and I may be alone in this, the move to HD in my opinion has not advanced games one bit. It has made them prettier, no denying that, but has brought no benefit to gameplay, storytelling or the rest of the experience.

What HD has done is made game development a lot more expensive and I have no doubt that 3D will have a similar effect. Just want to add, I appreciate the shinies, I am a fan of good graphics, but graphics aren't a deal breaker for me unless they actively impede the game, I'm looking for a deeper benefit than just being pretty to justify the inevitable expense.

 

[Jack and Calumon]

Could 3D be the engine that finally drives us to a world of $100 games?

In America.

No that has relevance. Australia has more expensive games remember? To Quote a great man:

It's all a question whether you think this is worth $50, but I paid $100 for Mirrors Edge so apparently I'm a retard!

Calumon: Ahhhh! Mario is trying to grab me!

 

[Internet Kraken]

See this is why I hate 3D. People are looking at the success of 3D movies, and thinking that they can replicate that same thing with video games. But the technology is still expensive, so making 3D video games would require a huge money sink. The only way to get that money back would be to then charge higher prices for games. So if we do move into this age of 3D, everything is going to become stupidly expensive. All for a gimmick that does nothing other than make games look more exciting or "realistic". 3D, from what I have seen, provides nothing other than spectacle, and games shouldn't be about that.

 

[Booze Zombie]

And this is why I would not buy them.

 

[Mr. In-between]

Wow, EA makes a prediction that games will be more expensive, surprise surprise!

Seriously, fuck EA. They're the biggest pieces of shit in the gaming world seeing as they edit Wikipedia entries to remove criticism of them. They can shove their $100 copies of Left 4 Dead 3D up their ass.

 

[shaboinkin]

Didn't cryteck say it was pretty easy to made a regular game into 3d? or something like that?
If that's the case, why would it cost more?
With trackmania (the free version) it had a 3d mode you can play. Although you needed the red and blue glasses, but it shouldnt be too taxing to provide a 3d game for the same price as games today

 

[Tiswas]

I'm suprised EA are complaining. This way they can sell their rehashed Sports titles every year for more.

 

[Mr. In-between]

I'm suprised EA are complaining. This way they can sell their rehashed Sports titles every year for more.

It's not so much "complaining" as it's preparing EA's legion of frat-house fanboys to begin ponying up $100 per re-hashed title because they are filthy cocksuckers.

 

[NickCaligo42]

Yeah, alright, now is the time to stop with 3D games.

Games are already expensive as hell, and forcing 3D will just increase budgets and prices, making things a lot worse for everyone.

Agreed. I don't see this working out well for anybody. There's no game compelling enough that I'd pay even $10-$20 extra to support a feature that I can't use and probably won't be able to support for a decade.

 

[ark123]

I'm fine with it, as long as they realize the success of the game is still based on how well it's executed. I don't give a shit if it's 3D or not, a 100 dollar game better be twice as good as a 50 dollar game.

 

[Jonluw]

Where I live, the price of a new game is nearly $100 already, what will happen to me? What will happen to my wallet?

 

[Irridium]

Didn't cryteck say it was pretty easy to made a regular game into 3d? or something like that?
If that's the case, why would it cost more?
With trackmania (the free version) it had a 3d mode you can play. Although you needed the red and blue glasses, but it shouldnt be too taxing to provide a 3d game for the same price as games today

Which would mean they are trying to find crap reasons to charge us more money.

In which case I say "fuck you EA" even harder.

 

[deathyepl]

I'm pissed. Why would they need to raise the prices?
The games are already rendered in 3d. all that's need to be done is render it twice for two offset images.
The only necessity is hardware that will be able to display it.
Cash grab, once again.

This is the part that gets me... it doesn't require anything extra from the developer, they just think the average gamer is a dumbass who won't know he shouldn't be paying extra for something that didn't require any effort from the developer at all.

 

[ChromeAlchemist]

Meh. The move to 3D is the same as the move to HD, neither things do anything long term for games, but now all of a sudden gamers can't play many mainstream console game without it being in HD. The same thing may well happen for 3D gaming.

About a decade ago, no one thought HDTVs would catch on commercially. Think about that.

All it takes to make an already-3D game look great on a 3D display is to render to two viewports. It's the same effort it takes to make a game show splitscreen. I'm sure the average graphics programmer on any 3D game could get 3D display support set up in a day.

Conclusion: premium pricing for 3D games will be just another attempt for publishers to grab more of gamers' money.

Edit:

I'm pissed. Why would they need to raise the prices?
The games are already rendered in 3d. all that's need to be done is render it twice for two offset images.
The only necessity is hardware that will be able to display it.
Cash grab, once again.

Gratz on also noticing this.

It's just a shame no one else did.

 

[SNIPERFOX ft. Harry P.Ness]

hmmm...3d bad company 2 *drools* oh wait i can just get NVidia 3d vision for 90 euros. still this has its bads and goods