Higher Game Prices Coming to the U.K.
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decimal value is the same as what I'm now paying in the states pretty much, although it is a blatant cheek for Activision to do that, now all the other publishers will follow suit, thinking that's fine.
Good Jesus! Fifty. Five. Fucking. Quid?? Currently, really expensive games that are brand new go up to about 45, which is steep in itself. But 55 is just ridiculous. Dead Rising 2 is brand new, but according to Amazon, comes in at 30 pounds. Even AC2 and L4D2 are only 40. But Modern Warfare is still at 45 quid... I bet that they won't put it up over the half century. That would be nucking futs.
there are some really interesting looking games from independent developers just coming up, dead cheap!
and Penumbra Collection (1-3) is 4UKP this weekend. It doesn get any better.
and Penumbra Collection (1-3) is 4UKP this weekend. It doesn get any better.
Hmm...
I guess some folks might start doing more gaming on their PCs.
PC games usually cost less than console game on release (for the same game) and will reduce in price more quickly.
Example, I got Fallout 3 for £17.99 a few months after it was released, and could of got it for £19.99 a couple of weeks after release (GAME "game of the week" offer)
I pre-ordered Dragon Age: Origins from Play.com for £26.99 (XBox + PS3 £39.99)
Cheap as chips.
I guess some folks might start doing more gaming on their PCs.
PC games usually cost less than console game on release (for the same game) and will reduce in price more quickly.
Example, I got Fallout 3 for £17.99 a few months after it was released, and could of got it for £19.99 a couple of weeks after release (GAME "game of the week" offer)
I pre-ordered Dragon Age: Origins from Play.com for £26.99 (XBox + PS3 £39.99)
Cheap as chips.
The Euro is a dodgy currency that's far more unstable than the pound. That and we don't want Germany controlling our exchange rate.Citrus Insanity said:
Umm...yay?
But this was a mixture of hyperbole and telling us stuff we already knew. Who actually thought that the development cost of games this generation was the same as the last?
To be honest though, it shouldn't affect Amazon too much, nor Steam. So as far as I'm concerned they can kiss my sack and fornicate themselves with a barbed wire bat.
EDIT: I just realised he meant higher dev cost on this game in particular. My views still stand.
Considering the higher manufacturing cost of each new medium (besides CDs, that's the exception) it can only get worse, can't it? It depends on how high a jump there will be in processing power and what storage medium is adopted in the future.xmetatr0nx said:
But this was a mixture of hyperbole and telling us stuff we already knew. Who actually thought that the development cost of games this generation was the same as the last?
To be honest though, it shouldn't affect Amazon too much, nor Steam. So as far as I'm concerned they can kiss my sack and fornicate themselves with a barbed wire bat.
EDIT: I just realised he meant higher dev cost on this game in particular. My views still stand.
If you UK gamers had NTSC consoles, it would be cheaper to ask one of us Americans to buy the game (FYI, Oregon and Montana have the lowest sales tax) and ship it to you. It would only come to $72. It might take a while to get there though...probably as long as it takes for the PAL version to be released.
Strange how that is cheaper, yet the game publishers are mass producing the discs so they can sell millions.
Strange how that is cheaper, yet the game publishers are mass producing the discs so they can sell millions.
Well, if Activision wanted to lose customers, they're definitely going about it the right way. People can barely afford £40 in the current recession, raising that to £55 is just going to make even less people buy the game, as quite frankly they can't afford it.
To be frank, the best fitting word for this is bullshit. They state the pound is weak? Yeah, fair play that this year it has dropped a fair bit in terms of value, however it's still strong comparing to the majority of the currencies in the world. Hell it's still way stronger than the USD, if the currency being weak was the cause of this, then why in the world aren't games costing $90 in America too... Plus, if it was the increasing price of development costs, then again, why doesn't the game cost $90 in America, and other countries too to account for that price rise? Or even, just don't spend as much money on development... I've known brilliant games to be released from developers who have spent very little money on it's development.
Fortunately, I wasn't intending on buying MW2 anyway, however, they've got my word, I ain't paying £55 for ANY of their games. It's daylight robbery.
To be frank, the best fitting word for this is bullshit. They state the pound is weak? Yeah, fair play that this year it has dropped a fair bit in terms of value, however it's still strong comparing to the majority of the currencies in the world. Hell it's still way stronger than the USD, if the currency being weak was the cause of this, then why in the world aren't games costing $90 in America too... Plus, if it was the increasing price of development costs, then again, why doesn't the game cost $90 in America, and other countries too to account for that price rise? Or even, just don't spend as much money on development... I've known brilliant games to be released from developers who have spent very little money on it's development.
Fortunately, I wasn't intending on buying MW2 anyway, however, they've got my word, I ain't paying £55 for ANY of their games. It's daylight robbery.
America buys more games than the rest of the world combined. Game prices went up to $60-$70 from $40-$50 when the 360 and PS3 came out. That's about $11billion from first release. At the current £40, only $5billion was made.Akihiko said:
I don't agree with the price increase at all, I just wanted to explain why greedy companies like Activision do what they do. They see everyone as a statistic. Dare I call it price fixing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_fixing]?
