| crissindahouse said: it's not unfair, if costs explode because sony and microsoft fans want stronger systems and better graphics, gamers should also pay for it. it's just not possible to make a game like killzone shadowfall for the same money as killzone 1. and since sales don't really increase the extra money has to come from every single game. why is it unfair if you would have to pay more for a game as 15 years ago? do you also get the same loan as 15 years ago? if not, why should you get more money but people working for game studios shouldn't? they also have to earn enough money for their family and they also have to live with inflation which makes their life more expensive. yes, they can decrease costs with better tools and so on but they can't decrease the costs so much to have the same costs as with much less employees who would still earn the same as 15 years ago. not to talk about increasing costs for energy, transport and whatever... what do you pay nowadays to watch a movie in a cinema and what did you pay 15 years ago? movie fans go still to the cinema, gamers don't want to accept higher game prices... |
I agree with this.. its pretty ridiclous that Games haven't gone up with the inflation rate.. Movie ticket have always been inflation adjusted:
From 2000-2012, the costs of purchasing a movie theater in the United States
(Year | Cost of Ticket | Inflation Adjusted Cost):
2000 | $5.39 | $7.18
2001 | $5.66 | $7.33
2002 | $5.81 | $7.40
2003 | $6.03 | $7.52
2004 | $6.21 | $7.54
2005 | $6.41 | $7.52
2006 | $6.55 | $7.45
2007 | $6.88 | $7.61
2008 | $7.18 | $7.65
2009 | $7.50 | $8.01
2010 | $7.89 | $8.30
2011 | $7.93 | $8.08
2012 | $7.92 | $7.92
While games haven't... 
Games should be 100+ dollars to maintain a healthy industry... it's a big reason why the industry is in a horrible state and publishers flocking to social games and smartphones..
As a consumer I rather have this pre owned initative to earn more money then having 100+ dollar games to have the same quality of games we have now.. otherwise the industry will crash within a few years
Face the future.. Gamecenter ID: nikkom_nl (oh no he didn't!!)
