THQ: Games will cost $100 on average next console generation

[Crystalchild]

jugon21 said:

hasonap said:

Here in Sweden the price for a new game in GAMESTOP/GAME costs 699SEK meaning we actually already pay 100$ for a game

OMG, here in Spain a game costs 70€, in SPAINNNNN. You are rich, don't complain.

1 euro =1,3598 dollars

70€ = 95,186 $

its the same here in germany. (if you buy in stores, Online, its much less. like.. well. 55-60.) but yes, if you buy a Game in Stores over here, you are paying a nice ammount of money already.

 

But i think the Dev's are the main-Problem.

they should

a.) invest more money and time in  functionality in their engines. instead of reinventing similar game mechanics, the engine should be able to automize common routines that are necesary for more than one game.

For example take the Gamebryo engine. parts of Oblivion were created by the engine with already done pieces of the world in.. well.. 'mind', which has saved bethesda some effort. (of course they had to populate those parts manually, but the ground of those certain parts was built by the engine.)

 

b.) Re-use of existing material. another way to save time, is to reuse .. for example, ground textures.  Item Textures. take for example Fallout and Oblivion. yup, many things were just recoloured. Okay, that was an example that shouldnt be followed (a little more variety should be doable..) but i think ya know what i mean, right?

c.) In addition, i think they should make the next Gen of Consoles profitable from the start.  PS360 are strong devices. look at Final Fantasy XIII for example. did you just stand there sometimes to watch the Horizon? i am pretty sure anyone knows that most of that the heaven, the Forests, the towns, were more of a picture than actually modelled places u just couldnt reach. and even with stronger hardware, they wont change that, because no matter how strong the Hardware - fully moddeling those places u cannot access  is just moneywasting.  and else, except some flaws, Topnotch Games like Gears, and God of War or Uncharted.. or even FFXIII.. they are all gorgeus already, and there isnt much more hardware needed to make them stunning enough for the next generation. (Oh and when they are profitable from the start, Sony/MS/Ninty could lower the licensing costs per game for a low ammount.)

i think the next gen will come until mid '13, but we wont see PRONREALISM graphics, but Motion Gaming, enhanced (read; PS3,5,  Xbox 540) graphics, and an OS that is actually kinda close to what we call Windows/Linux/MacOS today.

 

edit: But again - 100$ (or 90-100€) is just more than unlikely, because - like someone said already - the costs wont improve as much as it did last gen. i think 75-80$/€ is high end already.