What ever happened to the good o'll days were games costed 50$?

man i miss the old days when i was a small youngster and games costed 50$ so it was eaiser to get the game,now some games are over60$ its like dang the games are staring to cost almost the same as the systemsare worth.do you gamers feel the same way as i do.

I loathe the days when I was a teenager and games sometimes cost $80.....

$60 now is still cheaper than $80 then and we aren't even including things like inflation, increased development costs, etc etc. Kids these days don't know how good they've got it ;)

Shadowrun on PC- $50

Shadowrun on 360- $60

"Costed" huh?

consider yourself lucky we brits pay at least $80 per game

I loathe the days when I was a teenager and games sometimes cost $80.....

$60 now is still cheaper than $80 then and we aren't even including things like inflation, increased development costs, etc etc. Kids these days don't know how good they've got it ;)

nosferatu

yeah i was thinking the same.. i remember spending like $80 for some SNES games.

man i miss the old days when i was a small youngster and games costed 50$ so it was eaiser to get the game,now some games are over60$ its like dang the games are staring to cost almost the same as the systemsare worth.do you gamers feel the same way as i do.

freshdrew

PC games are all £30, apart from some being given £5 price increases, so why are console games more expensive, they don't take more skill and time to create, all games are made on PC/Macs after all.JJ_Clicki

No, but to be on a console you do have to pay licensing fees to the console manufacturer......

*sigh*

The good old days are gone, now with games becoming more and morecomplex and developed, they will cost more, sadly... Still I hope next gen won't be like 70 dollar!!!

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I live in NZ, The Darkness is $110 NZ ($80-90US), Halo 3: Limited is $140 ($110-120US), Halo 3 legendary $200 ($160-180 US). Consider your self ****ing lucky. Oh yeah, in NZ you earn $10 p/hour and my X360 cost $720.

WOW you guys are lucky.. not me...

im 20 now, and i remember back in the day when NES games were like $50, then, like with every system, the prices go down from there. i dont remember a real price difference until xbox came out. but i remember that when they did release a highly priced game it was only because they put like extra stuff on it and that kinda thing, or it came with something. I can understand paying $60 for a good game, like Oblivion, id pay $80 for that game, no question, with the time i put into it, its worth it. but then again, look at some of these games that are coming out, MS has no problem robbing their loyal and dedicated fans, any company that can put out a more colorful version of tetris with better music (not saying this happened, but if it did, im not suprised) and charge $60 for it is straight up out of their mind and greedy. I think games, regardless of time, effort, all that junk, they should be $50 or lower, the junk games should be pre-judged as pure crap and priced accordingly, that way i can spend $50 on a game that i know was completely worth it, then i wont have to cry myself to sleep 3/4 of the time i buy a game.

alright i know some people here are from different regions but im sure we can all agree that things have become more expensive as time progresses.contaminated

Nope, they've become cheaper.....

Read some of the other posts here about cartridge prices. Consider that games stuck at the $50 price point for quite a while and thus were never adjusted for inflation, etc. Yeah, definitely actually getting cheaper as far as value for that amount of money goes.

Just wait for MS to get a Digital Dist system online then youll be able to get some games cheap like on the PS3.teebeenz

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jonkirst

consider yourself lucky we brits pay at least $80 per game

butterob

That's a product of quazi-socialism... but that's a different matter. 60 bucks is pretty rediculous imo because the content of most games is severely lacking. Now if we got free downloadable content with our 60 bucks, then I wouldn't mind. But you buy a few map packs, expansions, etc, for a game and you're paying upwards of 80-100 bucks in the long run. It's pretty suck, but as long as we keep payin' they'll keep sellin 'em :)

I like to rent games and if i like the game ill buy it for less then $60,thats what i like about gamefly.

it all has to do with the economy. We might be paying $59.99 for a 360 game here in the U.S, but think about other countries. Australia, UK, Canada, Japan....they all pay more than us but technically it's equal if you go by the country's economy.

Economy - Production Cost - Goal/Achievement... it all just ties up in the end..

I loathe the days when I was a teenager and games sometimes cost $80.....

$60 now is still cheaper than $80 then and we aren't even including things like inflation, increased development costs, etc etc. Kids these days don't know how good they've got it ;)

nosferatu

But factor in higher sales for games. Gmaing is mcuh more common and prevalent now days.

[QUOTE="jonkirst"]teebeenz

hahaha, what??totallyschizo

[QUOTE="totallyschizo"]hahaha, what??teebeenz