Poll: If games cost $69.99 next gen?
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Considering that new games in Sweden already cost around $90... I'd be really excited.
However, that'd only end up upping our prices to even more insane amounts.
I'll keep buying my games from the UK in either case. So much cheaper there. I'd quit buying new games all togeather though.
However, that'd only end up upping our prices to even more insane amounts.
I'll keep buying my games from the UK in either case. So much cheaper there. I'd quit buying new games all togeather though.
Considering how this thread is mostly talking about console games getting a price hike I can't exactly answer.
I wouldn't "still" buy them because I don't buy them, I haven't owned a console since the Playstation 2.
As long as the price of PC games isn't affected I'll remain content or just continue waiting for sales - which seem to happen far more often with PC games than console games, not to mention PC games always seem to be about $10 cheaper than their console port.
I wouldn't "still" buy them because I don't buy them, I haven't owned a console since the Playstation 2.
As long as the price of PC games isn't affected I'll remain content or just continue waiting for sales - which seem to happen far more often with PC games than console games, not to mention PC games always seem to be about $10 cheaper than their console port.
while i do agree with your assessment and i have seen the numbers myself in my economics class (our teacher literally went over stuff like this, using Australia as an example) i would like to offer you a flame shield before the Australians throw every deadly animal they have at you in rage.Owyn_Merrilin said:
We also pay a lot more for food and housing, among other things. The higher minimum wage is related to the higher cost of living.Baldr said:
Anyway I'm with the others, I'll just buy online or 2nd hand.
There are very few games I'm willing to buy for $60, so I usually wait two to six months for prices to drop as it is. If games started costing $70 I might buy one new game at full price every two years, if that, because games good enough to justify that price are so rare than isn't even one every year.
You know what, I would be fucking thrilled if next gen games cost $70. That would make this generation the cheapest one for as long as I can remember. Right now a new game cost a little more than $100. Sadly the Wii U has already shown me that we wont get games that cheap any time soon.
I wouldn't. I bought a WiiU, and plan on rocking that for a good deal of Wii games, as well as kickin' with my trusty PS3 and my 360. Why spend 70 on a new game for a newer system, when I can catch up on past gens games for cheap and keep truckin' on. There are few games that have me itchin' for the PS4, unless they announce Sly 5 for it to come out as launch title, I'll do what I did with the PS3, get it 2 years after release when it's strong and sale savey and rock it late into the following gen.
There isn't really a "wait for the price to drop and then buy it new button," so I just said I'd keep/start buying used. Not all that true, but closer than the rest of the options. Let's face it. These companies like EA and Activision want your money, but they'll be smart about it. They aren't going to raise the price of a game when they can make even more by making you pay another $60 for a "Season Pass."
Actually, for some people, I don't think it'll be too much of a choice.
I remember hearing that EA will start charging $69.99 next gen. I also heard that the next XBOX won't be able to play used games. The PS4 also has a feature that let individual publishers decide to let used games play or not.
So for console owners, they might not be able to just wait it out.
I remember hearing that EA will start charging $69.99 next gen. I also heard that the next XBOX won't be able to play used games. The PS4 also has a feature that let individual publishers decide to let used games play or not.
So for console owners, they might not be able to just wait it out.
If Console games ended up costing 70 USD, I'd be a happy man, 'cus here in Europe they can easily cost about the equivalent of 95 American bucks.Saucycarpdog said:
Assuming you guys currently pay around 55 though, the equivalent percentage increase for us Europeans would probably spell the end of me buying any more of the already few titles I do buy for my X360 though.
Doing 97% of my gaming on my home-built PC, I can't say it'd bother me all that much.
Um, no.
I mean, I'd buy a game if I really, REALLY wanted it but that me a purchase probably every two or three months.
Everything else, I'd buy used.
I mean, I'd buy a game if I really, REALLY wanted it but that me a purchase probably every two or three months.
Everything else, I'd buy used.
I don't actually know this, but by pure extension (and how I understand money to work), this means cost of living would be significantly higher as well.Baldr said:
OT: The last game I bought full price was Mirror's Edge (I regret nothing). I simply don't buy anything at full price, so full price rising wouldn't affect me.
Yeah... pretty much this.Zhukov said:
Can't wait for the Aust Gov't lawsuit against the big companes to sort this out.