disolitude said:
code.samurai said:
disolitude said:
With some HD games having a hard time breaking even, I don't think they are overpriced at all.
Just like anything in this world...if you enjoy it, you pay for its asking price. Used games are meant for people that cant afford new. I bought Frontlines: Fuel of war for 9.99 today. Game is like 8 months old...
People just get greedy and think that they are entiteled to videogames when they can't afford them. You don't see people asking mercedes and BMW cars for free...despite them beign very overpriced thanks to their car badge. |
I disagree. Most HD games are at $60, regardless of its contents its $60. I can understand the big blockbuster games being $60 but what about Iron Man or other stupid games that nobody is really excited in getting? I've been to gamestop recently and then a guy looked at a game then looked at its tag and said "shit I'm not paying $60 for a game." While the development costs of such games may be expensive, the production of the disc itself is not as expensive as another controller (which as of now costs less than a game). Have you ever thought of how much they'll sell in terms of volume if they actually hit the price sweet spot? People who buy used games would think "Hell I can't wait 10 months for this game to be $20, I'm gonna buy it now" and some people strapped for cash might actually look at it and think "hey this is not too bad, at least tomorrow I'll still have money for gas." And hardcore gamers are probably gonna go berserk and buy 2 or more games a month. You can never tell but with the current price of games, you can bet the game publishers are missing out on a lot by adhering blindly to $60 price point that only a few people will buy.
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While I understand what you are saying...I don't think it works like that. I think people smarter than you and me have worked out that by pricing a game at 60 dollars...they will make the most profit compared to pricing it at 30 dollars or 130 dollars.
While there are budget games (xbox live has a bunch of games for 10 ucks better than 80% of 60 dollar games)...its still economics...and irnoman makes most profit when sold for 60 dollars compared to selling it for more or less...
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Yes, they're the same people who predicted that PS3 will sell by the boatload at $600. They're geniuses.
