Mass Effect only $59.99?

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#1 emawk
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A game of this scale and content is only that much? It looks like I would be ripping Bioware off this coming November. It just seems too good to be true.

Anyone else agree?

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#2 toni_xhoni
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I thought it would have been $49.99! :(
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#3 emawk
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I thought it would have been $49.99! :(toni_xhoni

I think it's offering way too much for a single player game at that price.

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#4 toni_xhoni
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[QUOTE="toni_xhoni"]I thought it would have been $49.99! :(emawk

I think it's offering way too much for a single player game at that price.

Is it multiplayer?

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#5 Smakkjoo
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Well for a REALLY LONG Single player = Medium Single, good replay on Multiplayer... so yeah
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#6 cobrax25
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civ 4 had something like over 200 hours worth of conetnt....ME may be a lotfor current RPG's...but its certainly not the most ever.
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#7 Ibacai
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$60 is already pushing the limit of video game prices. You think ME should be more? Have you played the game? What does it offer that would make it worth more then $60?
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#8 baddog121390
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Can't wait to get it for $49 on PC with mods!
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#9 emawk
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$60 is already pushing the limit of video game prices. You think ME should be more? Have you played the game? What does it offer that would make it worth more then $60?Ibacai

The scale, level of customization, multiple paths, and good graphics -- the icing on the cake.

Oblivion should have cost more also.

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#10 johncraven
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... why are you complaining that it's "cheaper".
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#11 TehArchShadow
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Mass Effect looks undeniably awesome, most probable GOTY, but in terms off worth, a LOT of games beat it. Good mulitplayer games for example will last waaay longer than ME's 40 hour main storyline. Sure, they say there's a lot to explore but all the exploration will probably only get you another 20 hours max. Certain multiplayer games will last you hundreds if not into the thousands of hours. Then we get games like HL2 and UT which get a **** load of mods or even Crysis which has more than half a dozen mods that are officially supported by the dev team which will be out at or near the time of the Crysis main game's release. Hell, I've logged around 80 hours into Oblivion and I don't think I've even seen 1/3 of the game's content.
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#12 Ibacai
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[QUOTE="Ibacai"]$60 is already pushing the limit of video game prices. You think ME should be more? Have you played the game? What does it offer that would make it worth more then $60?emawk

The scale, level of customization, multiple paths, and good graphics -- the icing on the cake.

Oblivion should have cost more also.

Do we even know the scale? Yes, we've seen how many worlds but not the actual size. Level of customization? As in your characters skills and weapons? No, these things do not warrant more cost as we don't know how the gameplay, story, or how good the game will actually be until it comes out. And if it does turn out to be fantastic, that just warrants a purchase from a lot of people. Why up the price?
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#13 emawk
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[QUOTE="emawk"]

[QUOTE="toni_xhoni"]I thought it would have been $49.99! :(toni_xhoni

I think it's offering way too much for a single player game at that price.

Is it multiplayer?

I said for a "sigle player" game.

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#14 toni_xhoni
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[QUOTE="toni_xhoni"][QUOTE="emawk"]

[QUOTE="toni_xhoni"]I thought it would have been $49.99! :(emawk

I think it's offering way too much for a single player game at that price.

Is it multiplayer?

I said for a "sigle player" game.

thank you, thats what i wanted to hear.

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#15 Shad0ki11
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All games should be $49.99 like last gen. o_o

Screw the HD "special" add-on cost that raised the prices for nearly all the games out this gen, it should still cost $50 because it's a videogame. I say it's supreme milkage on every gamer out there.

If they made the cost $50, more people would buy it because if it is as big as you say it is, then people will get more for their money. In which case everybody wins.

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#16 manningbowl135
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Can't wait to get it for $49 on PC with mods!baddog121390

Great. You'll have two years to save up for the $50! Well, $40 since you just saved $10 by not buying it now. Nice..

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#17 emawk
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Just showing my appreciation for what I have seen of this game.
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#18 Ibacai
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Just showing my appreciation for what I have seen of this game.emawk
And this is a good thing, I'm just confused at why you would want to pay over the accepted price.
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#19 toni_xhoni
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Just showing my appreciation for what I have seen of this game.emawk

alright man, we can allagree its going to be a great game.

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#20 emawk
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[QUOTE="emawk"]Just showing my appreciation for what I have seen of this game.Ibacai
And this is a good thing, I'm just confused at why you would want to pay over the accepted price.

I want to see Bioware do well. I'm just pointing out what a good value this game is compared to the many other signle player games we've seen so far this generation.

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#21 Ibacai
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[QUOTE="Ibacai"][QUOTE="emawk"]Just showing my appreciation for what I have seen of this game.emawk

And this is a good thing, I'm just confused at why you would want to pay over the accepted price.

I want to see Bioware do well. I'm just pointing out what a good value this game is compared to the many other signle player games we've seen so far this generation.

Isn't that value lost if you have to pay more?
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#22 club-sandwich
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Can't wait to get it for $49 on PC with mods!baddog121390
well, you'll have to wait a long time if it's ever released for PC.
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#23 whoisryanmack
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I think quite a bit of researchhas been done onmaximizing the cost per unit/potential units sold. 60 is probably the best price for them.
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#24 johncraven
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Just showing my appreciation for what I have seen of this game.emawk

then go buy the collector's edition.

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#26 emawk
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[QUOTE="emawk"]

[QUOTE="Ibacai"][QUOTE="emawk"]Just showing my appreciation for what I have seen of this game.Ibacai

And this is a good thing, I'm just confused at why you would want to pay over the accepted price.

I want to see Bioware do well. I'm just pointing out what a good value this game is compared to the many other signle player games we've seen so far this generation.

Isn't that value lost if you have to pay more?

Well, yes. Value is good. The point I was trying to make is that Bioware should increase the price to bring the value of this game near the value of most of the single-player games we've seen so far. In other words, shame on the other developers for charging so much for their less valuable games.

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#27 emawk
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[QUOTE="emawk"]Just showing my appreciation for what I have seen of this game.johncraven

then go buy the collector's edition.

I just might.

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#28 16bitkevin
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Doesn't beat my $49.99 Animal Crossing deal.
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#29 Lazy_Boy88
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$60 is the right price for a good game. It's the other games that are a rip-off.
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#30 hazuki87
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Get off its hog man. Games are way to much money and the bump up to 60 bucks was unacceptable.
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#31 whoisryanmack
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Get off its hog man. Games are way to much money and the bump up to 60 bucks was unacceptable.hazuki87

60 dollars could even be a risk for them. Be glad games aren't even more expensive....after all, it's us gamers who demand the kind of quality that takes 10 million or more in production costto achieve.

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#32 Krazy_duck
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uh..... since when did 60 bucks become cheap fora game? Not counting Guitar Hero or other games with added peripherals.

thank you Capcom, for budget pricing RE4:Wii :)

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#33 hazuki87
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[QUOTE="hazuki87"]Get off its hog man. Games are way to much money and the bump up to 60 bucks was unacceptable.whoisryanmack

60 dollars could even be a risk for them. Be glad games aren't even more expensive....after all, it's us gamers who demand the kind of quality that takes 10 million or more in production costto achieve.

Are you kidding me? They'll make back more than enough money. The price of games isn't going up due to rising develoment costs so much as its going up so Microsoft and Sony can take bigger cuts.

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#34 sonofabear17
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I dont wanna pay MORE for a game even if it is awesome looking. And a crap load of replay. On an interveiw with a guy from bioware he said you could play through the game 10 times and still not see everything there is to see in the game. Yeah WOW :shock:
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#35 whoisryanmack
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[QUOTE="whoisryanmack"]

[QUOTE="hazuki87"]Get off its hog man. Games are way to much money and the bump up to 60 bucks was unacceptable.hazuki87

60 dollars could even be a risk for them. Be glad games aren't even more expensive....after all, it's us gamers who demand the kind of quality that takes 10 million or more in production costto achieve.

Are you kidding me? They'll make back more than enough money. The price of games isn't going up due to rising develoment costs so much as its going up so Microsoft and Sony can take bigger cuts.

no, I am not kidding. When a game like okami sells 50,000, that hurts. It might still make money, but not enough to justify the time it took to make. That probably happens alot.

It might besafe to say that the game cost is actually less than it's really worth in an effort to sell more of them.

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#36 emawk
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$60 is the right price for a good game. It's the other games that are a rip-off.Lazy_Boy88

I made note of that in my prevoius post.