| PooperScooper said: Whats the difference between paying 100(40 fo "demo" 60 for full length) dollars for a game you really want to play before its out and paying 400 dollars for an Iphone... Or 3,000 dollars for Macbook Air... You are paying to be an early adapter. to do something you really want to do. This is the trend of technology get use to it. |
Nothing in that paragraph has any relevance to GT5 Prologue. The iPhone was released at retail at a specific price and then took a price drop. It was not made available with only about 20% of it's features months earlier for those that wanted to adopt early. There really is no comparison for Prologue. It's not a business practice most companies partake in.
Let me put it in another way. Suppose this were Resident Evil 5 Prologue instead. They offered you about five hours of the finished product plus an online mode(hypothetically; it may end up having one). It costs $40, and seven months later the real thing is released. Unfortunately you need to now go back and repurchase the game in full. Don't get me wrong, I see prople purchasing Prologue. I just don't think any of them will be very happy about purchasing it come November-January when Gran Turismo 5 is released. Sony should make people feel like they made a wise decision purchasing Prologue because you don't want to piss off your customers in that way.
You're also going to have a lot of people that don't read these websites and magazines, and won't understand how small Prologue is. They're going to see Gran Turismo 5, see that it's $40 and think they're getting a deal. Something's telling me Sony won't be putting a warning on the site and box saying "WARNING! Only purchase this game if you realize that a much better version of Gran Turismo 5 will be out in December and don't mind double-purchasing!"
Tag: Became a freaking mod and a complete douche, coincidentally, at the same time.
