| naruball said: Why don't you wait for a price cut? I bought Dragon Age for around 15 pounds, Until Dawn 19, Tearaway 12, and Infamous: Second Son for 15. It's that simple. I own a 3ds and buying games for is much more expensive for me, as the prices don't tend to go down like with ps games. |
Yeah, that's undeniable. The problem is I always buy the games I'm interested in at its release date, so when it comes to buy a game day one, Nintendo is cheaper. But they don't usually lower their games' prices, so I don't usually take risks with games I'm not confident, while, maybe, if I were gaming on another device (PS4, One), I'd take the risk when they lower their price, which is normally very soon. So there are two sides of this problem, and it depends on what the person is willing to pay or wait.
| AEGRO said: With all due respect to the Gamers community, i have to recognize that sometimes we (i include myself) are too whiny when it comes to how much we pay for our hobby. The 60$ price point have been the staple for some years now, i dont see the reason why it should be higher or lower for AAA games, and even then if a game didnt have a huge budget but it has content to back it up, why price it lower? Sometimes we spend too much time being PRO-gamer but we forget about the other half of the coin, which are the developers. They have as much right as we do, and the relationship between both parties have to remain in the realm of mutual respect. We dont fuck with them and viceversa. Why is it that people is not that demanding when it comes to movies? The ticket for a movie like "Star Wars The Force Awakes" (Budget 200.000.000) cost the same as a movie like "How to be Single" (Budget 38.000.000). The ticket for a movie like "The Hobbit an unexpected Journey" (Lengh 2h 49m) cost the same as a movie like "Paranormal Activity" (Lengh 1h 26m). I dont see anybody complaining about the ticket price. In both cases you could wait for the game to go into a sale or lower the price with time, or you could wait for the movie to release on Netflix or whatever. |
That's it. And that's why I was triying to prove, that we complain too much about games prices, in other media is way more standarized and widely accepted. In games, we complain a lot about prices, but we don't try to understand them since the developers' POV. We react at the prices thinking about our possibilities, not thinking about companies' profit and budget, and why is it priced like that.
