Should games be cheaper than they are??

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At $15 a pop, don't expect games to have much more content that XBLA/PSN titles. Budgets on games need to be reduced, without impacting the quality of games (heavily).

At $15 a pop, don't expect games to have much more content that XBLA/PSN titles. Budgets on games need to be reduced, without impacting the quality of games (heavily).

lundy86_4

No, I'm fine with them. They rarely stay at their MSRPs for long anyways.

If you wait typically a few weeks or even a month, new release prices get slashed by close to 33% for console games. But it'll be hard to ever unseat games from that price point as long as development costs continue to escalate.

I agree it's a mess. I can't really feel too sorry for these guys though. They built their own crap and now they are just jacking up prices and killing off the industry. Common logic would tell me not to be so greedy?cf002222

Unfortunately, between things like licensing fees, royalty fees, manufacturing/shipping, etc, prices will increase. Even with DD only games, we're seeing publishers release at the same price (some for $60 om Steam). Between greed and an actual need to cover cossts, we get screwed.

At $15 a pop, don't expect games to have much more content that XBLA/PSN titles. Budgets on games need to be reduced, without impacting the quality of games (heavily).

lundy86_4

I just think it'd be better if games were priced based on their budget, and demand for it.

It doesn't make too much sense for every retail game to be $60, and at the same time there are some retail games I think could charge more than $60.

It should be treated like any other type of software. Not all computer software costs the same price, or all phone applications.

I'm not sure if it has anything to do with the console makers themselves though. PC doesn't have the same problem to the extent as the consoles. Not every new PC release gets a $50 price tag; you see $40, or $35, or $30 as well.

[QUOTE="cf002222"] I agree it's a mess. I can't really feel too sorry for these guys though. They built their own crap and now they are just jacking up prices and killing off the industry. Common logic would tell me not to be so greedy?lundy86_4

Unfortunately, between things like licensing fees, royalty fees, manufacturing/shipping, etc, prices will increase. Even with DD only games, we're seeing publishers release at the same price (some for $60 om Steam). Between greed and an actual need to cover cossts, we get screwed.

Hell yes the should be cheaper

I see people complain about the price of games a lot, and I don't get it. I say this for 2 reasons: 1) Games aren't any more expensive now than they were 10 years ago (Games for the Nintendo 64 were around $70. Neo Geo games were twice as expensive as current games) and 2) I don't make that much money (I work 40 hours a week making $10/hr) and I can still afford the games that I want if I want them. It comes down to prioritizing. Every game doesn't have to be a day one. Hell, I bought RAGE day one. I STILL haven't beaten it because I haven't invested enough time in it. Do you know how much it goes for now new? $30. That's half of the original asking price. Had I just waited I could've saved that money, but I wanted it and I could afford it. Plenty of games fall on my "back burner list": Games that I eventually want to buy and play, but I'm not pressed on them so I have no problem waiting until further price drops.

Plus, as the first commenter posted, Steam has incredible deals...especially around holidays. I bought BioShock for $4.99, Left 4 Dead 1 and 2 for $7.49 each, Dead Space 2 for $4.99, and Orcs Must Die! for $3.84 all on Halloween sales. Video games drop faster in price these days than any other medium (third party games mostly). Most console games that come out are $20-30 cheaper new within 2-3 months. If you don't like used games then this is the best way to save money. It's even easier to wait if you have a backlog to go through.

Deals are out there, you just have to look for them.

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wis3boi

Just save up your money and buy it on steam sales. I got about 10 new games for about $70 after the last sale

no they shouldn't there is a reason developers and publishers are going under.

this is a hobby its not needful its not food, air or water one cannot complain about prices in a hobby.

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If anything, they should be way more expensive. The budget amounts during this gen have skyrocketed, and prices haven't changedfoxhound_fox

I would have no problem if we got a finished product on release.

9/10 We do not get that and hence the price of games is over the top.

(Yes I know we PC gamers can expect some problems due to the amount of hardware for us but things like the xbox/PS should not have such problems. Even for PC gamers how many of the problems are caused by the DRM rather then the product itself?)

Games should be priced on a case by case basis.

It doesn't really matter though, as the market tends to force publishers to price things properly rather quickly if they're charging more than they're worth.

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mitu123

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Steam is cheap has it's gonna get. Next gen games might be 65 bucks.HaloPimp978

Lately amazon has been giving steam the smackdown on sale prices.

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$50 was pretty solid; $60, for whatever reason, makes me hesitate buying at launch. They're the ones with people doing the marketting math, though, so maybe it's worth it.

Yes they have changed. Last gen the average PS2 game was $50 and the average PS1 game was $40.AmazonTreeBoa

If anything, they should be way more expensive. The budget amounts during this gen have skyrocketed, and prices haven't changed. I wouldn't mind paying upwards of $100 for a game if I knew I was getting something well-made and worth my time/money. If you can't afford gaming, get a new hobby. Books are cheap.foxhound_fox

Some games are over $100 and that's if you buy the game and its day one dlcs :P

Some games are over $100 and that's if you buy the game and its day one dlcs :PWarhawk_

49.99 seems like a stronger price point, but games are very very expensive to make this gen, and not every one makes a huge profit that a CoD does. I can't even imagine the budge anext gen game will cost.

I can't even imagine the budge anext gen game will cost.immortality20

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wis3boi

50$ was fine no need to go to 60$plus tax like **** 65 dollars for a game this is crazy! What's even worse most of the games are not even worth it.

Honestly, publishers could probably push much harder DRM and shady business tactics than they are now, and still get away with it. They could probably charge $100 a game, lock half the content on disc as $30 DLC, included online passes for $10 to lock the other half, and force you to be logged into an account and remain online in order to play online and offline games alike, just so they can make sure that you actually bought their product, similar to what Blizzard does with Starcraft II.

Unfortunately, this is just the beginning. People that have a voice and disdain for these kinds of practices are in the minority. The majority of gamers in the world will simply not care, and continue to buy more and more games. As long as those people exist and continue to buy more and more games, the publishers will up the ante. I don't think it is nearly as bad now as what it could be and most likely will be in the future.