I think that the price is a bargain. Majority of the games that I have purchased for the 360 have been nice. Having multiplayer, downloadable content, patches to fix errors in games, and the length/amount of material in the games nowadays makes the price a bargain. The games on the next gen consoles have longevity, you can end the game...then take it online. Its like your getting two games really. COD4 was a nice game single playerwise. It was a total different game when online. NO.....60 dollars is not too much.
Definetely as most games weren't worth a $50 price tag, let alone a $60 one. That extra $10 really adds up when you buy several games a year. Certain games though, like MGS 4 imo, are worth $60, but the majority of them are definetely not worth $60.
From a Fortune article, EA CEO John Riccitiello had this to say about the free to play business model and how it will affect traditional retail games. Check it out
Riccitiello says the $31 billion gaming industry will suffer if it doesn't start to reevaluate its business model. Game executives at Sony (SNE), Microsoft (MSFT) and Activision (ATVI) must answer some tough questions in the coming years, like how long they can expect consumers to pay $59 for a video game. Riccitiello predicts the model will be obsolete in the next decade. [Ed: emphasis mine]
"In the next five years, we're all going to have to deal with this. In China, they're giving games away for free," he says. "People who benefit from the current model will need to embrace a new revenue model, or wait for others to disrupt." As more publishers transition to making games for online distribution, Riccitiello says he expects EA will experiment with different pricing models.
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That article proves that we need to move to China, Land of the Free Games.
no pc games are cheaper and generally better in some cases, heck look at crysis, 50 bucks, gears of war pc, 50 bucks all new, and the price drops fast on the pc titles...console titles stay high for awhile because they know they can get alot ppl with that price and the price is sooo high because of licensing costs, publishing and so on, but still it should be cheaper look what rare is doing with new 360 games, bango and viva pinata 2 at going to be 40 bucks, viva pinata pne was 40 bucks! like come on retailers!
FYCJ TES! this is crap. Im not a big spender anyways. I usually wait for a game thats in the bargin bin, which is why i think WE SHOULD ALL JUST STOP HYPING GAMES ALTOGETHER. That way the popular games will drop down in price faster.
Its no different to most other countries. In Australia we pay $120 AUD for a game and the average wage here is about $1,100/week. Where as it is $60 US for a game in the States and I believe the average wage there is about $610/week. It's pretty much right and no, not too much.
I'd much happier with everything at $50, but $60 is acceptable. When you take the prices of games back in the 8 bit and 16 bit eras AND add inflation, today's prices are nothing lol.
thats why I buy my console games used. As much as I would like to help the devs, I wouldn't be able to enjoy half the games I do now if I payed the whole 60$
if you think so, don't buy games. it's that easy. every game eventually gets cheaper and games are certainly not a necessity.
gas, i can kind of see why people have the right to complain, but in something like videogames, you vote with your dollar and don't have the right to complain because you don't need them.
In FEAR of being modded for every statement on gamespot I say: I agree 100% with this article regardless of it's truth of validity. On a side note, they are too expensive, and should be no more than $29.99/game That price point would also reduce piracy. Mod me if you must gamespot.
No, Its not too much. back in the days of cartridges there were some games that cost more than $50. and with inflation games are cheap. Its the DLC costs that I dont like.
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