Why Do Games Cost So Much?
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Topic started: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 07:54
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Thu, 8 Apr 2004 18:16
Games cost 50/60 dollars for the first year of being released. Then they lower the price of the game to 20/30 dollars(which is cheeper if you buy a used game).
Thu, 8 Apr 2004 18:17
Games cost 50/60 dollars for the first year of being released. Then they lower the price of the game to 20/30 dollars(which is cheeper if you buy a used game). So just wait for the price to lower
Thu, 8 Apr 2004 18:17
Games cost 50/60 dollars for the first year of being released. Then they lower the price of the game to 20/30 dollars(which is cheeper if you buy a used game). So just wait for the price to lower
Wed, 14 Apr 2004 18:12
Rekon wrote:
>Games cost 50/60 dollars for the first year of
>being released. Then they lower the price of the
>game to 20/30 dollars(which is cheeper if you buy
>a used game). So just wait for the price to lower
Yeah but the games companies know that there are loads of people out there dying to get their hands on the latest releases. Lets face it, a game sell s about 80% of all the copies it will ever sell i the first two months... the reason the price goes down is to clear the way for new stock.
So yeah, you can get a bargain if you have the patience... but most people don't!
>Games cost 50/60 dollars for the first year of
>being released. Then they lower the price of the
>game to 20/30 dollars(which is cheeper if you buy
>a used game). So just wait for the price to lower
Yeah but the games companies know that there are loads of people out there dying to get their hands on the latest releases. Lets face it, a game sell s about 80% of all the copies it will ever sell i the first two months... the reason the price goes down is to clear the way for new stock.
So yeah, you can get a bargain if you have the patience... but most people don't!
Wed, 14 Apr 2004 19:35
30 pounds would be a more reasonable price for all disc based games. PC games sell for 30 pounds or less, it's about time consoles done the same.
God knows why they cost so much, but considering what goes into them, I don't mind paying 40 for em new, or waiting til GAME etc drop the price in a sale.
If there's too many games at Xmas, I get a few for Xmas, and buy the rest in the january sales. Around this time folk return what they don't want to the second hand bin.
Things are okay though, I remember the SNES/MD days when you had to pay 60 pounds for some titles. Back then prices took bloody ages to drop too.
God knows why they cost so much, but considering what goes into them, I don't mind paying 40 for em new, or waiting til GAME etc drop the price in a sale.
If there's too many games at Xmas, I get a few for Xmas, and buy the rest in the january sales. Around this time folk return what they don't want to the second hand bin.
Things are okay though, I remember the SNES/MD days when you had to pay 60 pounds for some titles. Back then prices took bloody ages to drop too.
Sun, 18 Apr 2004 06:37
Joji wrote:
>30 pounds would be a more reasonable price for
>all disc based games. PC games sell for 30 pounds
>or less, it's about time consoles done the same.
Me tink that was the EXACT point of the article! PC games don't pay a platform royalty, so they are £10 cheaper was exactly what the story seemed to be getting at.
GameCube, Xbox and PS2 publishers all pay a sum to the platform holder, and that sum gets upped by a percentage all through ddistribution, wholesale and retail... and bang console games are £10 more expensive than they 'should' be.
>30 pounds would be a more reasonable price for
>all disc based games. PC games sell for 30 pounds
>or less, it's about time consoles done the same.
Me tink that was the EXACT point of the article! PC games don't pay a platform royalty, so they are £10 cheaper was exactly what the story seemed to be getting at.
GameCube, Xbox and PS2 publishers all pay a sum to the platform holder, and that sum gets upped by a percentage all through ddistribution, wholesale and retail... and bang console games are £10 more expensive than they 'should' be.
Thu, 22 Apr 2004 19:13
It depends where u buy them from with Freeloader
now available i buy all my games from Canada,for
example i've bought I-Ninja,Space Raiders,Future Tactics The Uprising all for 29.00Gbps including delivery it's just not worth paying High Street prices
in the UK.
now available i buy all my games from Canada,for
example i've bought I-Ninja,Space Raiders,Future Tactics The Uprising all for 29.00Gbps including delivery it's just not worth paying High Street prices
in the UK.
Sun, 2 May 2004 10:55
Wait for games to go Platinum then! :P
Sun, 2 May 2004 11:34
It costs millions of pounds these days to make a game that can be classified as decent these days what with all the graphics and everything, most of the money goes to pay the salarys of the millions of people working there, to pay for all the damn expensive equipment in there, all the bills there and enough moolah to start a new prodject
But there ushally worth it, and yes, the cheaper range is pretty useful if you dont have the cash
But there ushally worth it, and yes, the cheaper range is pretty useful if you dont have the cash
Thu, 6 May 2004 13:38
Anthony Palmer wrote:
>Wait for games to go Platinum then! :P
Games only go platinum when they have sold so many copies... so if everyone waited it'd never go to platinum...
>Wait for games to go Platinum then! :P
Games only go platinum when they have sold so many copies... so if everyone waited it'd never go to platinum...
Thu, 6 May 2004 18:12
Ben Furfie wrote:
>Anthony Palmer wrote:
>
>>Wait for games to go Platinum then! :P
>
>Games only go platinum when they have sold so
>many copies... so if everyone waited it'd never
>go to platinum...
then the number of copies needed to be sold to go platinum would drop. I cant see a problem.
Ron
>Anthony Palmer wrote:
>
>>Wait for games to go Platinum then! :P
>
>Games only go platinum when they have sold so
>many copies... so if everyone waited it'd never
>go to platinum...
then the number of copies needed to be sold to go platinum would drop. I cant see a problem.
Ron
Fri, 7 May 2004 16:26
If you think they are too expensive don't buy them!
If everybody stopped buying games - especially at £44.99 they wouldn't be priced like that.
If everybody stopped buying games - especially at £44.99 they wouldn't be priced like that.
Sat, 8 May 2004 20:59
crazygracieuk wrote:
>If you think they are too expensive don't buy
>them!
>
>If everybody stopped buying games - especially at
>£44.99 they wouldn't be priced like that.
people cant even stop buying petrol from one evil petrol company for one day, never mind never buy another priced game.
>If you think they are too expensive don't buy
>them!
>
>If everybody stopped buying games - especially at
>£44.99 they wouldn't be priced like that.
people cant even stop buying petrol from one evil petrol company for one day, never mind never buy another priced game.
Wed, 12 May 2004 18:29
just buy your games off amason, all the gamecube ones ivever borght off there have been £30, they are all 25% cheaper than in the shops!
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Cause I'm pretty sure it sux.
I admit that 45 is more than 37.75 - but it's not over £10 more!!!!