American Gamers - would you pay a minimum of $85 for a newly release game?

so american gamers would you pay a minimum of $85 for a newly released game?

We already have games more expensive than that: I've seen $99 for a Collector's Edition.

To answer your question, it would depend upon what the contents were. If what is offered warrants the price, then I'll consider it.

If not, I'll buy the standard version of the game, or a Digital Download if the publisher offers it.

oh yeah meant to say standard edition games.

ok. in america you pay $60 for a newly released game right? in Australia we have to pay at least $100 for a newly released game, just the standard edition. converting USD to AUD means we should be paying $70, but if we want brand new game we have no other option than to pay $100 for it. is that fair?

ok. in america you pay $60 for a newly released game right? in Australia we have to pay at least $100 for a newly released game, just the standard edition. converting USD to AUD means we should be paying $70, but if we want brand new game we have no other option than to pay $100 for it. is that fair?

metalloid94

In Canada we pay 69.99 for most games.

85 bucks?? i dont pay the normal 60 bucks. i always get my games at Gamers cause they go by how popular a game is. i always get my ps3 games for 45 bucks or cheaper if i wait i week or so after a game comes out. and if i dont wanna even pay that, there is always gamefly. Unless its a game that i cannot wait to bring home immidietly and play like Modern warfare 2 and Heavy Rain.

I don't pay $60, no way in hell I am paying $85. I wait for the game to drop in price once or twice before I even consider buying it. If they get bumped up to $85 I will just wait longer. :)

I don't know. If $85 became standard, it would make digital downloads look more attractive.

I don't know. If $85 became standard, it would make digital downloads look more attractive.

King9999

No I wouldnt pay 85 bucks for a game. I did in the past. I payed almost that amount for the import version of Tekken 3 and MK3 on the Snes.

I don't think I'd be inclined to buy an $85 (USD) game. If I did, I'd buy two or three games a year, as opposed to the 6 or 8 I do now.

Truth be told, you can have a lot of the same gaming expereinces that you have now with older games. Taking this generation as an example, instead of buying an $85 Xbox 360 game, I'd buy two $20 PS2 games and pocket the rest. The games are just as good, except for the graphics, of course.

No way would I pay $85. I only pay $60 if it's a big AAA title that I've really been looking forward to. All the rest I wait for the price to come down, hunt for bargains, or buy it used.

Not a chance would I pay that much for any new game, but I wouldn't be surprised to see it happening sometime in the future.

Call me cheap, but i usually only buy games once their price has fallen below $29.99 :)

It's just as bad in the UK. Avareage price for brand new console game is £39.99 (though you can get them a few pounds cheaper depending on the retailer/online) so that's currently about $65 but when the pound was stronger a year ago, games were costing $70 - $80. With new game like Ghosbusters and Modern Warfare 2 having even higher RRP we will continue to get stiffed in Europe.

that depends on if your talking about a normal game or a collectors edition of a game. if its a collectors edition of a game that im a huge fan of then i have no problem dropping even more than $85. but if your saying its just a run of the mill game no way. the day gamestop starts charging $85 for all new releases is the day i stop buying games honestly.

In Canada we pay 69.99 for most games.

immortality20

Yep, and that comes to about 80$ with taxes, and I payed that much for a game once. I loved the game but I still felt like I was wasting my money.

Yes -- in limited cases. When a game is really good and is going to give you, say, 16 hours of entertainment, then I think it is worth $80+. I mean, a $10 movie ticket is good for two hours of entertainment. Multiply it out for a game of 15-16 hours, and that's $80. That doesn't include potential replays or multiplayer or other things like that.

Games are actually quite a cheap form of entertainment when viewed this way. The guy who has put 100+ hours into Halo 3 (or Call of Duty 4) in multiplayer is paying very little per hour of entertainment, even accounting for the cost of the console and Live.

so american gamers would you pay a minimum of $85 for a newly released game?

metalloid94

No :| Games are already $10 too expensive, and considering the mass amounts of DLC that gets released for each game, $85 is way to much.

If games ever started costing that much, I'll be the biggest retro gamer you've ever seen.

If games ever started costing that much, I'll be the biggest retro gamer you've ever seen.

obscured_echo

Which is ironic considering that many of my old games cost more BEFORE you take inflation into account. Of course, they are real cheap now, but some people here forget that video games are way more affordable now than what they used to be.

Why non-Americans insist onconverting their prices into USD is something I'll never understand. Regardless of what the cost comes out to in USD, you're making about the same investment in games that an American is.Foryour information, noone in their right mind would spend the equivalent of $100 on a video game. Eventhe richwould look at that as an obscene waste of money. Just to give you an idea on how screwed up using a currency conversion as a direct comparison is.

59.99 is rather cheap now, I remember when we were plopping down 84.99 for every SNES RPG that came out (I didnt get all of em, just the good ones, Mana, Trigger, etc)Allicrombie

$85? Absolutely not. The most I'll ever pay for a new game is $50. Even then, it has to be a REALLY promising game for me to shell the 50.

If game prices ever rose that high, I'll probably just stick to renting games instead of buying them.

i cant justify spending $60 on a new game. spending $85 would probably push me away from gaming. unless there are places to get them used. then maybe.

59.99 is rather cheap now, I remember when we were plopping down 84.99 for every SNES RPG that came out (I didnt get all of em, just the good ones, Mana, Trigger, etc)Allicrombie

Well, for me back then, my parents did all the purchasing so I had no concept or idea of what spending money on games was like. They bought, I received. Simple as that.To tell you the truth, I don't even remember how much Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy III (SNES) was.

But now, I'm buying everything. So in that sense, $60 feels like a lot, after spending $30-50 max during PS1/PS2 era.

Well, I just learned something new after some searching, and that is that the minimum wage in Australia is $13.50 ($12.30 USD) / per hour, while the minimum wage in the United States is $7.25 USD per hour, so I'm sure that has a bit do with it.

Interestingly, $12.30 / $7.25 = ~1.70

$100 / $60 = ~1.67

So, if a game is $100 in Australia and $60 in the United States, from the perspective of people working minimum wage jobs in each country, in Australia it is actually slightly cheaper. If it's $85, then they're getting an even better deal. Granted, that does not factor in things like basic cost of living and taxes and other such complicating factors.

It also kind of begs the question of whether or not minimum wage actually accomplishes anything, but that's a whole other discussion. (I've actually made at least one thread about that before.)

im a teenager though, without a part time job, thats mostly why i am so reluctunant to spend so much money on a game that i could get cheaper in a different country

Heck no. I'll wait until it drops down in price,even if it takes a few years.

im a teenager though, without a part time job, thats mostly why i am so reluctunant to spend so much money on a game that i could get cheaper in a different country

metalloid94

Well, I wouldn't protest it. Developers really should be charging more for games with the skyrocketting development costs.

Buuuuuut I'd probably just buy things on Ebay.

Yes -- in limited cases. When a game is really good and is going to give you, say, 16 hours of entertainment, then I think it is worth $80+. I mean, a $10 movie ticket is good for two hours of entertainment. Multiply it out for a game of 15-16 hours, and that's $80. That doesn't include potential replays or multiplayer or other things like that.

Games are actually quite a cheap form of entertainment when viewed this way. The guy who has put 100+ hours into Halo 3 (or Call of Duty 4) in multiplayer is paying very little per hour of entertainment, even accounting for the cost of the console and Live.

masterpinky2000

You know the prices are too high when you have to make this sort of calculation.

Well, I wouldn't protest it. Developers really should be charging more for games with the skyrocketting development costs.

Buuuuuut I'd probably just buy things on Ebay.

hakanakumono

We're getting ripped.

That's why most people are turning to used games or waiting for price drops. If the gaming industry attempts to raise prices even slightly higher, then the first wave of games that abide will fail during their crucial first few release months, and the industry will get a harsh reality check.

We'll see what happens as the industry continues to push the limits and sees how muchit can get away with.

Call me cheap, but i usually only buy games once their price has fallen below $29.99 :)

Kenbo325

Thats not cheap thats being smart with your money.

I won't pay more than $49.99 for any game. and even that is pushing it The only exception was Street Fighter 4's Collectors Edition which I had my family buy (or at least pay some of it). So $85 bucks for a standard game is completely out of the question especially since I usually play my games for about 3 hours then lose interest because of life/work/relationships/time.

Now when I was younger I could justify that expense more because I didn't have as many bills or responsibilites. As an adult, however, I cannot justify that expense especially since gaming has taken a backseat to other priorities. For me, $85 bucks could be spent paying off bills or taking a date out on a nice night on the town.

ok. in america you pay $60 for a newly released game right? in Australia we have to pay at least $100 for a newly released game, just the standard edition. converting USD to AUD means we should be paying $70, but if we want brand new game we have no other option than to pay $100 for it. is that fair?

metalloid94