Is $60 expensive for a new game these days?

This is true. Sounds great to me. I was mostly talking about a unit-to-unit comparison. What one game offers compared to one movie, one round of golf, etc. True. Any hobby is as expensive as one makes it. Gaming is just really cheap compared to most unless one wants everything.foxhound_fox

True enough. Wanting everything is pretty damn expensive. I rock all the consoles and a PC and still manage to game on them all. It gets tough when school comes around and the payments roll in :(

Unit-to-unit, games offer quite a lot of bang for your buck.

$60 is cheap considering new games can cost $100-$120 in Australia.

Quit complaining you yanks have it easy. Us NZr's and Aussies have real rip-off prices

OB-47

Considering the cost of making games these days, and the fact prices in North America have declined in the past two decades... they are way too f*cking cheap. It's no wonder publishers are trying to make more money through DLC and online passes, they are taking huge risks with some games and almost just giving them away.foxhound_fox

Indeed. Gamers are so selfish and ungrateful wanting to save money, buying used or bargain bin prices, not realizing the hard work that goes into a game. Pre-orders, collector's editions, day 1 DLC's, season passes, mmo's, oh the humanity. Next thing you know, you will see Ubisoft, Bioware and Capcom employees wearing 'Will dev for food' t-shirts.

The thing is that gaming is not a substitute good for a round of golf.SW__Troll

[QUOTE="Bikouchu35"]

Remember the 90s? 1dollar gas, $40 for a ps1 game with 50 hours of gameplay or more vs $60 for 6hour campaign and $4+ gas... as of today, what a life we live in now huh?

SaltyMeatballs

Don't give me that back in my day bullsh*t, it's all a lie, other games were short you just died a lot and sucked.

Lol if that feeds your internetz ego than ahead stuff yourself to obesity. Yes Im talking bout rpgs a good portion of which arent hard but of course filled with storylines. Its a common thing back then but of course you cherry picked a game like Skyrim out of the few which is more a sandbox thus the lengthy hours and still cost $60, not $40 bite meh. Seriously I dont fancy this whole bro-gamer era of bs, I dont believe in console fps bs, and I refuse to freely forkover $60 for crappy singleplayer that most seem so thrilled about but thats just my 2 cents.

[QUOTE="OB-47"]

Quit complaining you yanks have it easy. Us NZr's and Aussies have real rip-off prices

PSP107

Quit complaining you yanks have it easy. Us NZr's and Aussies have real rip-off prices

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"][QUOTE="PSP107"] isnt my US dollar worth more in Ausse land?ShadowsDemon

I very rarely spend more than $40 for a game

[QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"][QUOTE="tomarlyn"] Shouldn't there be a standard for what a product is worth even if it is?tomarlyn

[QUOTE="tomarlyn"][QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"] Yes, but there isn't. Crap games still cost over $100 on release, and might still be after months and months,ShadowsDemon

I think $40 is good, id buy a lot of games if they were only $40,

hadoken

I have steam and I live in the US. Cheap games galore. Once in a blue moon I buy a full priced game or a collector's edition if the bonuses are good enough. Gmes in the cartridge days were more expensive than they are now.

[QUOTE="hadoken"]

I think $40 is good, id buy a lot of games if they were only $40,

clone01

they should be a clean $50

I think controllers are TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO expensive. I hate, and I mean it: HATE that controllers cost as much as games. I've gone through about 5 controllers thanks to friends and family. They aren't as durable as last gen controllers, because I can still use my Gamecube controllers and none of them broke.

Really wish the price for controllers were maybe $20-40, because $60 for a controller is out of control.

[QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"][QUOTE="tomarlyn"] When are they going to learn you can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink.tomarlyn

they should be a clean $50

I think controllers are TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO expensive. I hate, and I mean it: HATE that controllers cost as much as games. I've gone through about 5 controllers thanks to friends and family. They aren't as durable as last gen controllers, because I can still use my Gamecube controllers and none of them broke.

Really wish the price for controllers were maybe $20-40, because $60 for a controller is out of control.

AtlanticRock

[QUOTE="clone01"][QUOTE="hadoken"]

I think $40 is good, id buy a lot of games if they were only $40,

SpruceCaboose

you dumb ass shiiits, im talking about games like final fantasy xiii 2, UFC undisputed 3, im not going to pay $60 because they arent a halo or a gears or an uncharted for u ps3 kids, and they suffer more because of that, if they charged $40 more people would buy games like thosehadoken

The loss of 20 bucks in sales wouldn't counteract the increase in sales. People can just wait till the price drops. Its better to start at a high price and drop because you get more immediate profit.

[QUOTE="sneslover"]Keep telling yourself that.foxhound_fox

[QUOTE="hadoken"]you dumb ass shiiits, im talking about games like final fantasy xiii 2, UFC undisputed 3, im not going to pay $60 because they arent a halo or a gears or an uncharted for u ps3 kids, and they suffer more because of that, if they charged $40 more people would buy games like thoseActicEdge

The loss of 20 bucks in sales wouldn't counteract the increase in sales. People can just wait till the price drops. Its better to start at a high price and drop because you get more immediate profit.

lol anything over 20$ is expensiveJigglyWiggly_

Lol.

This.

[QUOTE="foxhound_fox"][QUOTE="sneslover"]Keep telling yourself that.ionusX

[QUOTE="ActicEdge"]

[QUOTE="hadoken"]you dumb ass shiiits, im talking about games like final fantasy xiii 2, UFC undisputed 3, im not going to pay $60 because they arent a halo or a gears or an uncharted for u ps3 kids, and they suffer more because of that, if they charged $40 more people would buy games like thoseSpruceCaboose

The loss of 20 bucks in sales wouldn't counteract the increase in sales. People can just wait till the price drops. Its better to start at a high price and drop because you get more immediate profit.

I suppose haha, I am pretty bored though. I finished my 2 weeks of hell for school so I'm really just having a night of aimless browsing to myself :P

Gaming getting too expensive for you? I hear used books are a very cheap hobby.foxhound_fox

kinda, unless your a lemming, they get to save 60 bucks a game because the 360 basically has no games.PinnacleGamingP

Technically, it has more than the PS3.

I never paid $60 for any game this gen yet but there was a few if money was there I would of bought it at that price

[QUOTE="PinnacleGamingP"]kinda, unless your a lemming, they get to save 60 bucks a game because the 360 basically has no games.lundy86_4

Technically, it has more than the PS3.

you dumb ass shiiits, im talking about games like final fantasy xiii 2, UFC undisputed 3, im not going to pay $60 because they arent a halo or a gears or an uncharted for u ps3 kids, and they suffer more because of that, if they charged $40 more people would buy games like thosehadoken

[QUOTE="ShadowsDemon"] True that, but books can cost $20 and I can finish a book within a few hours, and not a short one either. :PSpruceCaboose

Nah, gaming isn't a cheap hobby. And if you want to be up to date with the games, you gotta shell out the cash. Smart people can find the games for a little cheaper though, but I'd rather just make my life a little easier by walking into the local game store and walking out with the game in hand. Nothing like that drive home with a new game.:D.

[QUOTE="AtlanticRock"]

they should be a clean $50

I think controllers are TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO expensive. I hate, and I mean it: HATE that controllers cost as much as games. I've gone through about 5 controllers thanks to friends and family. They aren't as durable as last gen controllers, because I can still use my Gamecube controllers and none of them broke.

Really wish the price for controllers were maybe $20-40, because $60 for a controller is out of control.

SpruceCaboose

I don't toss 'em around like most people I know, but I do play fighters alot and usually abuse the face buttons. It's not the buttons that are messed up on the controllers: it's the analog stick. They always seem to wear out.

I play Halo and usually hold the left stick in to crouch which I guess wear it out.

Still doesn't warrant the controllers to be the same price as games though.

considering we now get three fourths of a game and Day 1 DLC I'd say YES, $60 is a ripoff.theBeorn

Especially when you can get a complete edition (literally complete as in how it should have been on release but wasn't) down the line for less money.

I can wait for most games. Only Rockstar/Valve/Blizzard or other games I'm very hyped about are the ones that I get day one anymore.

1. The vast majority of games I've played aren't worth more than $10-$20 (my perceived value.)

2. That said, even a 6 hour campaign can cost tens of millions to develop. How can devs recoupe their costs if people don't perceive the product to be worth $60?

3. They have to grow the base, by nurturing it with low prices and making it accessable.

4. Hollywood movies cost 100's of millions, yet people watch them for $8 at the theatre and they're still profitable. Why?

5. Because movies have a huge base, if 100 million people pay $5 to watch something, that's $500 million.

6. Whereas video games are a tiny base, with much lower sales than movies.

7. Bottom line you need to make gaming accessable, with easy hardware requiements and low prices. The day when games are $5-$10 is the day piracy becomes irrelevant, and you grow your fanbase to be able to support the industry at those prices, just like movies.

[QUOTE="lundy86_4"]Gaming is an expensive hobby. It always has been.foxhound_fox

7. Bottom line you need to make gaming accessable, with easy hardware requiements and low prices. The day when games are $5-$10 is the day piracy becomes irrelevant, and you grow your fanbase to be able to support the industry at those prices, just like movies.

ZombieKiller7

Nope, indie games that only cost 5-10 dollars get pirated too and movies get pirated too.