games wouldnt cost so much if...

there were less crappy games no one plays. theres hundreds of games being made each years but how many are that good and will last you more then 20 hours before youre bored of it, 10-15 ?

the thing is theres too many video game makers and they just want to make their product to sell it as fast as possible. if we eliminate the crapfest games, that would mean more ppl would buy the same games and the developpers would be able to sell it at a lower price because they would make the same amount of money.

thats just my thoughts on the subject

I would think those cheap budget games would saturate the market and offer marginal competition to the big release games, but I dont think they make such a huge impact on prices.

It should not be surprising however, that video game prices are on a rise. The bulk cost of the games in 1985 were probably from production, since it was such a "new" tech. These days a lot of the costs come from game development, which is a good thing because that should equal better quality games. 

blah blah blah, whine whine whine, you're only paying $10 more for games now than you did in 1985. OH NOES GAMEZ IZ SO XPNSIVE!Jeff_Boldt

[QUOTE="Jeff_Boldt"]blah blah blah, whine whine whine, you're only paying $10 more for games now than you did in 1985. OH NOES GAMEZ IZ SO XPNSIVE!skylerpwns

 Very True 

Well, this is why we don't want Sony and Nintendo to fail miserably. If they die out, Microsoft will be free to make game prices as high as they want since they practically monopolize the market.Bladecutter56

Yeah, but if you wait a year to buy a game, most of them won't have anyone playing the multiplayer anymore.Bladecutter56

Thats dead right, MS will take any chance they can to put a strangle hold on any market they can, and this is why its so important the PS3 wins.teebeenz

[QUOTE="Bladecutter56"]Yeah, but if you wait a year to buy a game, most of them won't have anyone playing the multiplayer anymore.OldFart1968

[QUOTE="Bladecutter56"]Well, this is why we don't want Sony and Nintendo to fail miserably. If they die out, Microsoft will be free to make game prices as high as they want since they practically monopolize the market.teebeenz

It doesn't matter how many bad games are released, because people will still say that (insert recently released popular game) is crap, and (insert similar but less popular game here) is so much better. I mean, there are a lot of people on these boards who will insist that Gears of War is a crap game. It's not, but they still place it in the same category as games like Bomberman: Act Zero.The_Fell_One