VGC's consensus: is Ground Zeroes worth $30?

[Akiran]

Dr.Henry_Killinger said:

Akiran said:

1. By that logic, the Thief reboot, and Deus Ex: Human Revolution should've been way more expensive
2. This is a different age, and manufacturing costs aren't as high for each unit.
3. Like what Joe Vargas aka Angry Joe said: If I told you I was going to go to your house and commit robbery before hand, does it make it okay? answer is no.

edit: Your post made me hate the internet for the day

If that is the case you are too emotionally invested. I also must warn you that you probably get even more angry.

2, fair I'll give you that.

But at the same time, Theif is already being discounted, we aren't talking reboots, its not like the series dissappeared. MSGV has been anticipated for the longest time. Theif and Deus Ex do not have the kind of fanbase that MSGV and if they sould at 60+ they would've tanked hard. MSGV didn't have much in the way of dev costs because it was probably part of the og game obviously, but it does pay of the Fox Engine a bit, and makes it more likely that we will get Phantom Pain in the future.

As for the robbery example, typically I agree with Joe, but nobody is forcing you to buy the game, if you really don't want to spend 30 dollars on it watch a lets play on youtube or borrow it, by it used, rent it ($1 dollar redbox?). As for the "uninformed consumers" who will buy the game thinking its a full game, there are a lot more egregious examples of that even from last gen. Not to mention this is basically like Multiplater only games that are sold at twice its price. I mean I'm not even talking about Titanfall, since I haven't played it I can't critize it but how about MAG or Warhawk? MAG servers are down, while i can play MGS:GZ forever. The game is fun, length be damned, I'm playing a game not watching a movie.

I've said it before I've said it again, FFXV is the titular example, not to mention Duke Nukem. FFXV all I have is what I've seen and Its really hard to stay hyped for a game that was supposed to come out years ago. Duke Nukem Forever had a decade in dev hell, release and was sh1t, full price worthless gameplay. At least if I had an early demo, I would have known before hand.

Its a prologue not a demo, prologues aren't a new thing, seriously your making a mountain out of a molehill.

Fine I guess I'm making too big of a deal, and no need to worry about me lol, I'm cool :P

1) Just because a game has been anticipated doesn't make it ok to do this, worst excuse in the world. It's like if Sony just raised the price of the PS4 because they know people would buy it, does it make it ok? But my arguement is kind of null and void because I do love Atelier games >.>

I guess gamers shouldn't get too invested into something that isn't released because trusting companies is such a good idea