Star Wars Battlefront Beta Discussion Thread [Rate the beta]

[binary solo]

ohmylanta1003 said:

binary solo said:
So, id Battlefront going to be worth $60, or as a MP only game should it sell for $40-$50 instead?

Why should it be worth less than $60? I don't understand...should single player games only also be worth less than $60?

In some cases, yes. A lot of people thought the Order was good, but because of the shortness of the campaign, lack of multiplayer and very low replay value it should have been a $40 (or less) game instead of a $60 game. If you release a game at $40 you need to sell 33% more than you would at $60 to get the same revenue. I think at $40 on release a game like The Order may well have sold 33% more than what it did at $60.

But also, an MP only game has a somewhat greater element of risk in terms of $ spent for time played. Normally you will give a SP campaign a few hours of play before you decide a game is crap and you never play it again. With a MP game, you might only play a couple of 10 minute matches and decide it's not for you. So if you buy a $60 MP only game and only play it for 20 minutes before casting it aside it feels like a bigger waste of money than playing a SP campaign for a couple of hours before casting it aside. And then for PS4 and Xb one of course there is the added cost burden of having to pay a subscription to be able to play online with a MP game, wheras with a SP game there is no cost other than buying the game. If a MP only game came with a 1 week PSN+/XBLG exemption code to allow you to give the game a try before committing to online subs that would help make a MP only game worth the risk. Lots of people only buy online subs as and when they get games they want to play MP on, and for most of the year the don't subscribe. So for some people the online sub is an actual added cost to a game. Lots of teenagers I know who's parents aren't gamers basically have to use their pocket money to buy XBLG/PSN+ subs coving only the month or two after they buy an MP game. If a game has no SP / offline content then the game is worthless when their subs run out.

If BF has some good offline content then it changes the value proposition for it making it more worth paying $60.