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Xxain on 22 November 2014
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Intrinsic said:
Xxain said:
Teeqoz said:
Oh. So they want to continue overpricing digital games. I understand why Gamestop wants that, but why Nintendo?


Ya know, its alot deeper that. Instant price drops weeks after release, free games every month, super cheap DL games are all great from a consumer standpoint but for the industry its dangerous and will most likely lead to a mobile market like mindset if it keeps up. 

Let's look a PSN plus - How many here wait till games they're on the fence about are dirt cheap or end up free? I know I do.

I do not agree with what you are saying.

A great game will sell itself. Thats juts how things go. Artifically ensuring consumers don't have a choice but to pay as much as possible is just wrong on so many different levels.

Its not about making sure that wallets are broken, but keeping the negative effects of these practices low. That is why I used PSN Plus an example. Its great for consumers, but do we really want to groom the habit of waiting on games to be free or almost free before purchase? Great games with a popular brand behind them sell. Valkyrie Chronicles and Bayonetta are generally agreed to excellent games that managed a mill + only after hitting bargain bin events several times.  

SEGA also are doing the 3D classics in which they take their legacy games and break them down and rebuild them from scratch in 3D. They even built a digital console for this. These games are priced a 5 bucks and ppl are complaining they're too expensive... Really!?. Wheres that coming from? The mobile market mindset... games like these should free or a buck, with anything over 10 bucks expensive no matter the quality. 

Im not saying everything should be 60 bucks period !!!!  But the industry is being overly agressive this stuff.