Game Prices
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Software is what moves hardware. For the Wii, that pretty much means first-party software, since their third-party library has become the standard by which all shovelware is judged.MetalDooley said:
And would you like to find the last title added to the Classics/Platinum hits list? How many years ago was it? Microsoft has dropped the idea for the time being. Also instead of posting attempting to just "correct" someone else's post, why not make a post that comments on the topic at hand?Zac Smith said:
I flat refuse to pay more than £30 for ANY PC game. I laugh in the face of PC games charged at the same price as consoles due to neglegent porting costs and no licencing fees. Its why I almost never buy stuff off steam and why I still dont own StarCraft 2 despite being a massive fan of Broodwar.
Games On Demand is just there for ignorant people. It's like various non-game related shops charging up to £50 for video games, I doubt they expect anyone to buy them, but I bet all the ignorant parents buy them at that price for their kids or themselves because they don't know that they can be bought much cheaper elsewhere. I don't know why anyone would buy anything from Games On Demand unless they're a gimp. It's all overpriced, digital only and takes up HDD space, which is even more noticeable on Xbox's HDD that's quite small and expensive to upgrade.
If they didn't expect anyone to buy them, wouldn't they lower the prices in hope to gain some attention, even if a used copy is £15 games of demand was only a little extra, if I knew I could get the game there and then, pay for the convenience. But the difference between £25ish to £50 is literally 100%Jasper Jeffs said:
I have no idea. It seems really retarded to price them so high, they must know that in comparison to other game prices it's too expensive. But then maybe the retail sales of Halo: Reach are already good and it doesn't cost them anything to sell digitally so the people that know it's a joke of a price will just go to a store, the people that don't know any better though will buy it. I've read posts from people on the Xbox forum saying they actually use Games On Demand because they can't be bothered going to a store, they're not bothered that it costs a lot more.Zac Smith said:
I'm just speculating, I can't imagine Microsoft not knowing £50 is too much for a video game and there must be some reason to purposely sell it so high.. but then what then do I know, I'm taking Film Studies.
Games don't drop in value until the retailers have an incentive to make it drop (publishers and developers never have an incentive for their game prices to drop, unless they are directly competing with retailers via online stores):
1) Someone else is dropping the price to gain more customers (so they buy other products at normal price, and become regular customers)
2) They need shelf space for new releases (people not buying the game any more)
3) Dropping the price for a short amount of time makes people buy it during sale, tell their friends to buy the game, which is then back up at full price. Valve does this all the time with the steam store, and Gabe has a better description of it in this video.
Are video games too expensive to begin with? Probably not.
I have about $1000 worth of model rail, and $3500 worth of camera equipment (add another $1400 soon), and they're both just hobbies. Just like video games.
1) Someone else is dropping the price to gain more customers (so they buy other products at normal price, and become regular customers)
2) They need shelf space for new releases (people not buying the game any more)
3) Dropping the price for a short amount of time makes people buy it during sale, tell their friends to buy the game, which is then back up at full price. Valve does this all the time with the steam store, and Gabe has a better description of it in this video.
Are video games too expensive to begin with? Probably not.
I have about $1000 worth of model rail, and $3500 worth of camera equipment (add another $1400 soon), and they're both just hobbies. Just like video games.
And Halo 1 and 2, at least the PC versions, are still $20 a pop. Pretty much every other PC game that is that old but still in print is $10, the standard price for bargain bin PC games. Moral of the story: Halo holds its value -- $40 for a year old game is not surprising in the least.believer258 said: