haxxiy on 24 January 2010
| .jayderyu said: Interesting.... It's very interesting as to how much video games companies love to gouge consumers. Check the difference in production and unit sales. Avatar is about 5 times the production cost, but also five times cheaper. Do you think if the games were $10 it would sell more and make the difference up with bulk? |
I think the attach rate of one console would top at around 25 if the games were cheap enough. Single player games will lesser hype would benefit the most, thus making the industry more balanced. Taking an wild guess, I'd say games should release at $30 and re-release at $15 for the difference to make up on sales. Of course that's disconsidering extra console sales that could come for it. Consoles would have space to become more expensive too, and profitable right away.
However, for decades the industry released expensive games because the market was so damn small and they need to be sure to make a profit with lesser sales and I don't think that would be easy to change now.
