How much are you willing to pay for Games on Demand?

I hate when they are more expensive than their retail versions considering that we don't get a case and a booklet. But, if you feel lazy than it's great 'cause you don't have to go out to get your game! ;p

The only one I bought was Fable 2, they got me with the "episode" thing loll

I have never bought any game from Games on Demand and I never will. I like to have the game on disk so I can sell it. Also they are cheaper.

iv never bought a game on demand they are a rip-off, i can buy the same game with a disk, case and instruction manual for cheaper in almost any game shop, its stupid

the day they make them cheaper than an actual hard copy that i can hold in my hand then i might consider buying one of them......

EDIT: just a quick example of the UK marketplace,

i just this week bought a retail copy of Tomb Raider: Underworld for £2.98 (used admittedly but still) on Games On Demand they are selling it for £14.99

its an insane difference in price, especially considering i get a disk, case and manual in the retail copy

0$. they are overpriced, they take up too much memory, and for one its never the same as actualy holding the physical disc apposed to some virtual memory. i much prefer to build up a collection of games

less than what I can pay for a retail copy (even if a used copy of a game) or cheap than what I can buy it for on ebay. Seriously as one of the other people noted it is nonsense to charge around $30 for most of the games when you can go to the store and most likely find them for around $10-$20. I have never bought one and won't. Mainly because I also prefer having an actual disk.

$5 dollars, till then pass.

-1$

So thats the question, please feel free to elaborate. uberpunage101

i bought Phantasy Star Universe. only gonna play offline. maybe online later even though i think it should be free or $5 a month

I'll pay slightly higher then they are new because they're better then retail versions

Used games are disgusting so it's not even worth comparing them to that

umm hard question... 98% of my games i get are used off ebay then when i'm done i sell them back... the two percent is games i know i'm going love and play for months.

sorry find it stupid buy a game for 60 bucks then leave it sitting there collecting dust...

so my chances of buying games on demand... pretty slim

~when they start doing midnight lauchs with games on demand for the games i'm willing to buy and keep charge at least 5-10 dollars less because

~shipping fee's.

~not paying middle man(retail stores),

~no money spent on casing

~no money spent on the paper for it

~no money spent on buying that dvd and burning it.

~unable to resale

those are pretty big reason not to buy games on demand and just for hell of it your helping the cause of people not having jobs

umm hard question... 98% of my games i get are used off ebay then when i'm done i sell them back... the two percent is games i know i'm going love and play for months.

sorry find it stupid buy a game for 60 bucks then leave it sitting there collecting dust...

so my chances of buying games on demand... pretty slim

~when they start doing midnight lauchs with games on demand for the games i'm willing to buy and keep charge at least 5-10 dollars less because

~shipping fee's.

~not paying middle man(retail stores),

~no money spent on casing

~no money spent on the paper for it

~no money spent on buying that dvd and burning it.

~unable to resale

those are pretty big reason not to buy games on demand and just for hell of it your helping the cause of people not having jobs

k2theswiss

Sorry, that "people without jobs" line is crap, you personally destroy more jobs by buying used games

Plus ew used games

I think it's the exact opposite with digital distribution, they're worth more because they give more. You also have a guaranteed pristine copy of your game. It doesn't matter if you have a fire in your house or you're just visiting a friend, you have a game that can follow you anywhere in perfect condition

^ And you claim to not work for the game industry? Really? Explain the logic of why you said you would pay MORE for a game on demand please? You do realize that they are not spending any money on everything the above poster said? I get why you are saying that, trust me, but it only shows how biased you are really are, which is fine. But the least you can do is back up why you would be willing to pay MORE than a physical copy of the game.

I read your points about the games not being able to be damaged or stolen or whatever, but how about the fact that you can't take them with you to your friend's house unless you take your xbox with you, andyou do not get a physical manual, and you are never able to sell your copy *GASP*! Plus the fact that if I want to play an SNES game today and I didn't have an SNES console I could go buy an SNES twin for $20. What gaurantee do I have that in 20 years I will be able to download and/or play that game that I paid for? So long as I keep my 360 I should be able to play my games for any amount of time.

Not to mention that to play a game on demand I have to use my hard drive space. So not only am I paying as much as a physical copy of the game, but I am actually paying more already because I don't have the internet connection to download these in an hour. So in order to actually store them on my drive I will have to eat up a ton of room.

Games on demand is yet another practice that is only designed for the industry to make money. Obviously they will claim that it is a hot new service to the gaming community, but people who can read between the lines will realize that it is a way to for game companies to charge more and give you less.

I think it's the exact opposite with digital distribution, they're worth more because they give more. You also have a guaranteed pristine copy of your game. It doesn't matter if you have a fire in your house or you're just visiting a friend, you have a game that can follow you anywhere in perfect condition

I have 165 360 games. 90% of them are used. The funny thing is, they are all in pristine condition. If I have a fire in my house home owner's insurance will buy me another 165 pristine games. Believe it or not, right now they put video games in a green snap tight case so anyone older than say 2 years old can put them back in the case like a grown up and their games will also stay pristine. Anytime I visit a friend my game can follow me around in perfect condition just as well.

[QUOTE="k2theswiss"]

umm hard question... 98% of my games i get are used off ebay then when i'm done i sell them back... the two percent is games i know i'm going love and play for months.

sorry find it stupid buy a game for 60 bucks then leave it sitting there collecting dust...

so my chances of buying games on demand... pretty slim

~when they start doing midnight lauchs with games on demand for the games i'm willing to buy and keep charge at least 5-10 dollars less because

~shipping fee's.

~not paying middle man(retail stores),

~no money spent on casing

~no money spent on the paper for it

~no money spent on buying that dvd and burning it.

~unable to resale

those are pretty big reason not to buy games on demand and just for hell of it your helping the cause of people not having jobs

Jaysonguy

Sorry, that "people without jobs" line is crap, you personally destroy more jobs by buying used games

Plus ew used games

I think it's the exact opposite with digital distribution, they're worth more because they give more. You also have a guaranteed pristine copy of your game. It doesn't matter if you have a fire in your house or you're just visiting a friend, you have a game that can follow you anywhere in perfect condition

I have never bought a game from 'games on demand'. I don't think I ever will unless MS bring the prices down so that they compete with the game in stores. For example Fallout 3 is £20 (correct me if I'm wrong) and I saw it in GameStation for £5. :O

Not as much as they obviously would like me to.The majority of games are overpriced and not all of us are Microsoft Fanboys who buy everything no matter how ridiculously priced it is.

For me to buy one it would have to at least be the same price that i could get it for in stores which is never gonn happen and even then i wouldnt do it because id Rather have a hard copy. So really for me it needs to be cheaper then hardcopies.

"For me to buy one it would have to at least be the same price that i could get it for in stores which is never gonn happen"

Why do people say that? Ignorance

I said that I bought Skate 2 which is $20 on there. I don't think 360 games retail for less than $20. I know that is retail price and unless there is a one-week sale you won't get it less than that. Also, there is many times I found points cards on sale. So I get a $20 game for $17- $18. Sometimes you can get 4000 points on-sale for $40. So, $20 game only costs $15. You just have to know what games are a good deal.

Thank you

I'm willing to pay $10 or less for an on demand game, for the convenience of not having to drive to the store to purchase a physical copy and if its a game they are willing to sell for around that price, i don't need a case and manual for it anyway. I purchase every game i can brand new which is why the gamestop guys always give me a funny look, but i do believe in supporting the developers as much as i can to let them know they are making good stuff. Granted i may wait till a game drops in price a bit so i can actually afford it and some food to eat, but i still buy new whenever possible.

If the game is the same On Demand as it is in a retail store, I'll go for the physical copy because I like to actually have them in my possession, not entrust them to a digital media service. All of my games are in pristine condition as well since I buy them new and keep them that way to.

I feel theres a few valid points for both sides.

19.99 at the most if it costs any more then i just go to the gamestop or ebay and find it for cheaper.

Nothing no matter how cheap it is, I would gladly spend $10 more dollars just to have a physical copy.

What are you blabbering fools gong on about?? How much money do you honestly think it costs them to mass-produce cases and manuals for a game? You people couldn't be more clueless. I would pay more for a Games On Demand, and no I don't work for the game industry. I have paid more for a Game on Demand and I already said that $20 is a good price for any game. I could've got Skate 2 used for probably $10--maybe even NEW for $10. I bought it Games on Demand for $20 instead. Now, you want to know why? Because now I don't need to get up and switch out a game every time that I want to mess around in Skate 2. I also bought Midnight Club LA for $30 and I could've got it new for about $5 less. I have those games in my digital library now. No need to take unnecessary space. Game won't get damaged or lost. If you're going to a friends house it's simple--you take the hard drive. If your friend wants the game than he can buy it. Whether you think "grown-ups" can take care of their games or not, it's not only for "grown-ups" It's easy for kids that parents can just buy them a points card and the kid can choose the game he wants. A friend of mine has bought Civilization, Skate 2, and now Lord of the Rings. He also loves the concept of Games on Demand and not having to get up to switch out games if you just want to play a bunch of them. He's been talking about getting a bigger HDD so he can hold all of them. And we're both 23. It's funny that someone is talking about losing people jobs but yet he buys 98% of his games used on e-bay. Some people really aren't too bright.Sonny360Elite

You'd pay extra to not have to push a disc tray button? That's kind of....sad.

I can't really bring a "hard drive over to my friends" if they don't have the same xbox model as I do. Not to mention it'd make it impossible for us to borrow and trade games from each other. It's kind of silly for him to "buy his own copy" if he doesn't want to keep it, but I guess if you have an unlimited gaming budget you can throw money away whenever you want to. I personally wouldn't buy digital games unless it was 100% certain they'd be transferrable to the next generation of consoles. Digital music works well because it's so easy to transfer from different devices. Music on an older PC is probably going to be easily transferrable to a newer PC. Can't say the same for consoles.

I think its stupid how they price games on demand. A physical copy of a game in a store is marked up to compensate for the cost to run the store, pay the labor, and cover overhead. A downloaded game shouldn't be priced higher if it costs less to supply.

What are you blabbering fools gong on about?? How much money do you honestly think it costs them to mass-produce cases and manuals for a game? You people couldn't be more clueless. I would pay more for a Games On Demand, and no I don't work for the game industry. I have paid more for a Game on Demand and I already said that $20 is a good price for any game. I could've got Skate 2 used for probably $10--maybe even NEW for $10. I bought it Games on Demand for $20 instead. Now, you want to know why? Because now I don't need to get up and switch out a game every time that I want to mess around in Skate 2. I also bought Midnight Club LA for $30 and I could've got it new for about $5 less. I have those games in my digital library now. No need to take unnecessary space. Game won't get damaged or lost. If you're going to a friends house it's simple--you take the hard drive. If your friend wants the game than he can buy it. Whether you think "grown-ups" can take care of their games or not, it's not only for "grown-ups" It's easy for kids that parents can just buy them a points card and the kid can choose the game he wants. A friend of mine has bought Civilization, Skate 2, and now Lord of the Rings. He also loves the concept of Games on Demand and not having to get up to switch out games if you just want to play a bunch of them. He's been talking about getting a bigger HDD so he can hold all of them. And we're both 23. It's funny that someone is talking about losing people jobs but yet he buys 98% of his games used on e-bay. Some people really aren't too bright.Sonny360Elite

3-fitty!

I bought Fallout 3 for $30 USD where I could have bought a physical copy for $20. But I have a tendency to sell games a like when I am bored with them, then a month later I decided I am ready to play...no game. It is the only game I have bought on demand. prezmater

Great reason to have the digital copy then :D

I used to have this problem but got tired of being ripped off and having to buy the games over again when i wanted to play them again.

The people who are against digital distribution are the same people who would never give up their cassette tapes and CD's and said that mp3's wouldn't sell

How'd that work out?

I have never bought any games from Games on Demand and never will. They are overpriced and I prefer to have an actual copy with disc, case and book.

I dont think there are many, if any against but I dont think most people wanna pay full retail price. and no sale prices. This is whee steam is awesome, they have good sales alot. I bought borderlands a few weeks ago for 10 bucks and 3 bucks each expansion. Not to mention 40 bucks for complete rockstar game pack, 5 bucks for bioshock.

The people who are against digital distribution are the same people who would never give up their cassette tapes and CD's and said that mp3's wouldn't sell

How'd that work out?

Jaysonguy

No, another fail. Buying Mp3s didn't even take off until the Ipod/Mp3 Players/ Droid/ etc. became "nicer", about 5 years ago. Before that Mp3s were mainly only used as a format to pirate music. Anyone remember Napster, Limewire, Bearshare? The only reason people purchase MP3s now is because you can get players with 40gb worth of music and take it absolutely anywhere with you. MP3 players are now the standard for playing music in your car, let alone work, vacation, anywhere else. Off the record, I would bet anything that the majority of music on MP3 Players of any kind are left over from the easy access pirating days, or current methods, and not actually purchased MP3s, but that is just my guess. In a sense buying/pirating habits forced the record companies to sell MP3s over CDs, not the other way around. On top of all that MP3s are actually a lower price than CDs were because of common sense. When I purchased CDs they were $18-$20 for around 15 tracks. Almost every downloadable CD is now $10.

I can get an MP3 for my Droid X, play it through bluetooth in my car, then take the Droid X into the house and play it through the dock. The point is that while Mp3s are very convenient while Games on Demand is not convenient. These games are not released on release dates, meaning that for something like Saints Row 2, if I wanted it I already purchased it. They are bulky. The biggest hard drive that you can even get now is a 250gb, and that is only if you have a new Xbox or a limited edition one. And the downloadable version offers nothing in the way of versatility. It's not like I can tote around just the hard drive and plug it into someone's tv and play a game, nor are they cheaper than the hard copy. It's essentially the exact same thing as having the real game.

On a side, not I can back up my MP3 collection all day long and have them forever. You have still not answered my question to what will happen if MS decides to discontinue games on demand, or MS decides to stop making consoles in the future? My games would be stuck one one hard drive waiting to fry with no legit method to back it up? Awesome.

The MP3 equivalent of Games on Demand would be if only about 100 CDs total were offered on MP3 format and they consisted of titles like Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, Britney Spears Hit Me Baby One More Time, and Fallout Boys From Under a Cork Tree, and they were $14.99 each.

I bought Mass Effect 1 and Fable 1. It doesn't matter if it's a physical copy or digital. If I want to play it a lot I will buy it.

The only digital game i own is Mass Effect (because I sold my copy and because it was $20 digital). Generally speaking, I'd buy a lot more games if they weren't asking so much for them.

Take Bioshock for example. It's 2007. You can get it used for like $10-15 tops. They want $20. Too much. So I got off my ass, went to a store and bought the physical copy. Had it been $10 or $15 digitally, I would have instantly bought it. I would have bought many more games, filled my HDD and then upgraded my HDD, so M$ would have won twice.

If they're not willing to compete or at least try, then I'm not willing to buy the games. Simple.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

The people who are against digital distribution are the same people who would never give up their cassette tapes and CD's and said that mp3's wouldn't sell

How'd that work out?

billyd5301

No, another fail. Buying Mp3s didn't even take off until the Ipod/Mp3 Players/ Droid/ etc. became "nicer", about 5 years ago. Before that Mp3s were mainly only used as a format to pirate music. Anyone remember Napster, Limewire, Bearshare? The only reason people purchase MP3s now is because you can get players with 40gb worth of music and take it absolutely anywhere with you. MP3 players are now the standard for playing music in your car, let alone work, vacation, anywhere else. Off the record, I would bet anything that the majority of music on MP3 Players of any kind are left over from the easy access pirating days, or current methods, and not actually purchased MP3s, but that is just my guess. In a sense buying/pirating habits forced the record companies to sell MP3s over CDs, not the other way around. On top of all that MP3s are actually a lower price than CDs were because of common sense. When I purchased CDs they were $18-$20 for around 15 tracks. Almost every downloadable CD is now $10.

I can get an MP3 for my Droid X, play it through bluetooth in my car, then take the Droid X into the house and play it through the dock. The point is that while Mp3s are very convenient while Games on Demand is not convenient. These games are not released on release dates, meaning that for something like Saints Row 2, if I wanted it I already purchased it. They are bulky. The biggest hard drive that you can even get now is a 250gb, and that is only if you have a new Xbox or a limited edition one. And the downloadable version offers nothing in the way of versatility. It's not like I can tote around just the hard drive and plug it into someone's tv and play a game, nor are they cheaper than the hard copy. It's essentially the exact same thing as having the real game.

On a side, not I can back up my MP3 collection all day long and have them forever. You have still not answered my question to what will happen if MS decides to discontinue games on demand, or MS decides to stop making consoles in the future? My games would be stuck one one hard drive waiting to fry with no legit method to back it up? Awesome.

The MP3 equivalent of Games on Demand would be if only about 100 CDs total were offered on MP3 format and they consisted of titles like Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, Britney Spears Hit Me Baby One More Time, and Fallout Boys From Under a Cork Tree, and they were $14.99 each.

This. Comparing something on a CLOSED file format like downloaded Xbox games (will only work on a device if Microsoft decides to invest into it) to an OPEN format like MP3s (can be transferred from multiple devices) is utterfly fail.

[QUOTE="Jaysonguy"]

The people who are against digital distribution are the same people who would never give up their cassette tapes and CD's and said that mp3's wouldn't sell

How'd that work out?

billyd5301

No, another fail. Buying Mp3s didn't even take off until the Ipod/Mp3 Players/ Droid/ etc. became "nicer", about 5 years ago. Before that Mp3s were mainly only used as a format to pirate music. Anyone remember Napster, Limewire, Bearshare? The only reason people purchase MP3s now is because you can get players with 40gb worth of music and take it absolutely anywhere with you. MP3 players are now the standard for playing music in your car, let alone work, vacation, anywhere else. Off the record, I would bet anything that the majority of music on MP3 Players of any kind are left over from the easy access pirating days, or current methods, and not actually purchased MP3s, but that is just my guess. In a sense buying/pirating habits forced the record companies to sell MP3s over CDs, not the other way around. On top of all that MP3s are actually a lower price than CDs were because of common sense. When I purchased CDs they were $18-$20 for around 15 tracks. Almost every downloadable CD is now $10.

I can get an MP3 for my Droid X, play it through bluetooth in my car, then take the Droid X into the house and play it through the dock. The point is that while Mp3s are very convenient while Games on Demand is not convenient. These games are not released on release dates, meaning that for something like Saints Row 2, if I wanted it I already purchased it. They are bulky. The biggest hard drive that you can even get now is a 250gb, and that is only if you have a new Xbox or a limited edition one. And the downloadable version offers nothing in the way of versatility. It's not like I can tote around just the hard drive and plug it into someone's tv and play a game, nor are they cheaper than the hard copy. It's essentially the exact same thing as having the real game.

On a side, not I can back up my MP3 collection all day long and have them forever. You have still not answered my question to what will happen if MS decides to discontinue games on demand, or MS decides to stop making consoles in the future? My games would be stuck one one hard drive waiting to fry with no legit method to back it up? Awesome.

The MP3 equivalent of Games on Demand would be if only about 100 CDs total were offered on MP3 format and they consisted of titles like Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, Britney Spears Hit Me Baby One More Time, and Fallout Boys From Under a Cork Tree, and they were $14.99 each.

So thats the question, please feel free to elaborate. uberpunage101