twesterm said:
Zkuq said:
twesterm said:
Zkuq said:
Doobie_wop said:
Gaming isn't a cheap hobby, if you don't have the money then don't play games or get a damn job, otherwise just suck it up and accept that these businesses are trying to take the least harmful approach to make money on games they've developed and continue to support online.
Pisses me off sometimes, I live in Australia, the average price for a new game here is like $100, but despite being a student and only working part time I still have the money to buy games new. Even with the PS2 and Gamecube I would work and save up money to spend on my hobby, it isn't as hard as you think. Gaming is only expensive to the people that have no money, for everyone else it's fine. |
You know, kids and students aren't exactly rich people but they want to play games. I'm pretty sure that if kids and students didn't play games, the industry would be in a much worse situation right now. And when people grow up, they'll usually have more money to spend on games.
I'm a student myself and I don't have enough money. I'd get a job if not for two things: 1) it'd either delay or hurt my studies (my schedule is quite full) and 2) I couldn't get a summer job despite trying.
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That would make sense if we're talking about the difference between a $60 and $30 game, but we're talking a difference of $5. If you're a student who can afford to 1) have a game console and 2) have the time to play the game console then $5 shouldn't break you.
If $5 would break you, you should probably have more concerns than playing a game.
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It's a stupid and uninformed decision to buy from the likes of Gamestop. I can get games a lot cheaper on a local eBay-like online store. It's definitely not a $5 difference. Also, I got my PS3 before I started my studies and I don't really have enough time to play as much as I'd want so there goes your arguments. Besides, there's a limit to how little free time I can have. When I started my studies, I had to use almost all of my free time on studies and it's quite taxing. It got a bit easier but it still takes a lot of time.
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It is a $5 difference though, even if you buy from eBay or whatever. It does not matter.
At worst, used will stay the same price everywhere and in that case you're out $5. It doesn't matter that the game is $15 on eBay used and $55 at Gamestop used, you're only out what you have to spend to get the pass.
At best, used game prices will drop by about $5 in which case you really aren't any money because that money you save gets offset by the online pass.
And the fact that you say you have even less time to play games hurts your argument even more. That means you should be buying less games so even if you did end up spending $5, that $5 should last you a long time, longer than most even.
Finally, you're already getting a game ridicusouly cheap. You're seriously whining about not getting as ridicuously good deal as you use to?
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"You're only out what you have to spend to get the pass." You know, most commonly it seems to be $10, not $5. I don't think it's very little if we think about the price of the game.
Still, my problem with online pass isn't the price difference (though it will no doubt result in my loss anyway). It's the principle that the publisher can put artificial restrictions like this in their games. I feel it's pretty limiting. In fact, I don't even play online games that much, and much less on PS3, so it's definitely not my problem. I just despise the practice. If anything, it only serves to encourage to me buy used or even pirate because I certainly don't want to support such practice - or its practicers.
Why should I not complain about not getting as good a deal as I used to? Publishers are looking for ways to make even more money, from everything, so why shouldn't I be looking for ways to save money? It's not like they cared for me either so why should I care for them?
