The industry is driving me crazy and why Nintendo are a great example of "doing things right"

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Carl2291 said:

bananaking21 said:
"Why does the videogame industry have to be the only industry where the big players are trying to screw over the consumer? I mean, second hand CDs have never hurt the music industry enough for them to be stopped, with online offerings generally cheaper than offerings in stores. Second hand DVDs have never hurt the movie industry enough for them to be stopped. "

its because DVD's and CD's dont cost 60 bucks. if every brand new game was 30$ instead of 60$ then a lot of people would buy games brand new, and they would buy more games. but the problem is a game, whether its a 100$ budget game or Fifa, it costs 60$ bucks. we are seeing a better pricing model on the Vita and online stores like steam. why do you think everybody loves steam? the prices of games on there is very reasonable.

Steam is the perfect example of not trying to fuck over the consumer.

Game prices on Steam are unbelievable. Its why Steam does so well and its why publishers and developers love the service.

PSN? Xbox Live? Good luck with that. Game prices on PSN and Live are generally the same as retail. If publishers and developers had even the smallest bit of decency then games on DD services would always be cheaper than at retail.

I mean, Mass Effect 3 on PSN is ~£50. Mass Effect 3 to buy at a store is £12.99.

I don'y think that MS and Sony are to blame for the high prices of digital games. They let the publisher pick the prices and decide when they want the game to drop in price. Which is stupid considering EA could make much more profit from selling games digitally than from retail, but they shoot themselves in the foot with their pricing so everyone goes with retail.