The Problem of Standard Pricing, Non-standard Value

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Mythmaker1 said:

fps_d0minat0r said:
Its just an illusion. The prices of crap games drop to what they are really worth anyway.... unless its a game where not many copies were published so its holding its price because of supply/demand.

Everything drops in price with time. The problem here is that the standard pricing leads smaller games to compete against larger ones at the same price level. Which leads to more money/effort being put into it that ends up watering down the final product.

But by lowering the standard price, they have nothing extra to gain. If the game sucks, its not going to have legs anyway, they would just lose out on however much less they sell it for at launch and the first week or two.

Also, pricing would then become a means to judge the games quality. If a game's RRP is set to £30 instead of £40, most people will know the £30 game isnt as good as the £40 one.