Higher Game Prices Coming to the U.K.
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
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I can't believe I'm saying this, but thank you EA
Because we're too proud of the pound. It has the Queen, Charles Darwin, and some other people I don't know of. The Euro is for countries who don't have any famous people to put on their money.Citrus Insanity said:
That's what I thought too.scnj said:
Very good point, now I hate them even more.DrunkWithPower said:
Mental note: Never buy from Activision ever again. Okay...maybe Diablo 3 but that's about it.
well, it just means bustin out the old consoles and buying old games to play, I think it could be a good thing, we will all be educated. either that or we shall have to get our fix off flash games online
Games were $50 each in 1985, and until this generation they were STILL $50. They completely ignore inflation for 20 years, and when they move prices everyone freaks out. I don't understand jacking them up to $90, but the hike to $60 was well within reason all things considered. The development costs might have gone up, but the cost of a disc is so low that they can't really claim distribution as a reason.CakeDragon said:
Yes, but in 1985 only a very few select people bought videogames. Today videogames are mainstream so there is a much larger market = more revenue.asinann said:
I don't get it how "the weak pound" justifies higher prices. Last time I checked, Activision Blizzard was an american company, and the dollar is just as weak at the moment. So how does the Euro factor in this calculation anyway?
Doesn't matter. I just don't want to support them after all. If you buy a Blizzard game they get money, so in the end it doesn't matter if the game is good or not. I just can't resist to buy D3...been waiting for ages.Abedeus said:
You see the problem is.. MOST OF THE GAMES ARN'T EVEN WORTH THE MONEY ATM!! so why the need to raise them I have no idea. I
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Oh and.. I sense that Piracy is about see alot more interest.
Oh and we won't switch to the euro cause we want to stay with the pound, Why don't u all switch to the pound.chimmers said:
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Oh and.. I sense that Piracy is about see alot more interest.
I'm just glad i've got patience, i very very very rarely ever buy games new and usually wait at very least afew months before buying them, and usually up to a year so most games have gone down considerably in price by then.
That said though there have been afew games that i've had to buy on release date.
That said though there have been afew games that i've had to buy on release date.
Oh how the tables have-a turned. EA is not the price raising bastard now, they will soon be one of the few consumer price friendly publishers in the U.K.
sorry but maybe my idea on currency is totally wrong but isnt the pound still one of the strongest currencies on the planet? okay i agree we have fell alot during the the last couple of years as at the moment we are £1.15 to 1 euro so i would understand the price hike but if companies are thinking that way shouldnt we have been having cheaper games for the 5 years before that when the pound was alot stronger than the euro.I feel its another bullshit excuse to make us pay more for games that they know people will buy especialy in a recession when people are going to have less money to buy games anyway.As it seems that they know that if we spend more money on there games then we will have less to spend on there rivals its a traditional marketing move when there is less money going into the market and you know you have a product that people will spend the money for.Its a joke really as they think they have the power to make the prices but we should be the ones that are telling them how much we will pay for a product but unless nobody buys modern warfare 2 (that is really unlikely) then there going to be able to get away with and other companies will follow suit.
Okay, that's no problem, it just means I buy less of their games and I'm sure I won't be the only one. Parents will be buying less games for kids for Christmas, the people who are struggling as it is to get buy will simply refuse to fork out extra money for what is essentially a hobby. Food will come first, families will come first.
The amount of people refusing to buy their products will be more of a deficit to their budget, than any marginal difference to what would have otherwise been a possible record year in sales with such a good line up of games.
The amount of people refusing to buy their products will be more of a deficit to their budget, than any marginal difference to what would have otherwise been a possible record year in sales with such a good line up of games.