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In this harsh economic time, people don't have as much money to spend, that means game companies as well. In the hopes that to gain more sales and a bigger profit, some companies might slash their prices to something lower then 60 dollars. Some examples are Mirror's Edge and Madden NFL 09 which were both slashed down in hopes of gaining more sales. But in the end, is this a good thing? Should we as gamers be more willing to spend money and a game that is worth 60 dollars instead of a handful of casual games?
In this day and age of economic downturn, people are holding on to their hard-earned greenbacks. For some, the $60 price tag on new gaming software is a bit too rich for their blood and – as if sensing their trepidation – Signal Hill analyst Todd Greenwald says it might be on its way out. Greenwald points to this trend using retail and publisher-supported price reductions during the past holiday season (Mirror's Edge, Madden NFL 2009) as examples of what could become stationary in 2009.
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Wouldn't mind the tag drop but really, most games price drop absurdly fast these days. It PoP what, a month to go down to 40?
Just as long as the price tag doesn't get higher, ill be happy.
I have always thought of console games to be stupidly priced, even back in the days of PSX but back then I had parents to buy me things and that was also back in the day when I didn't get socks and deodrant for birthday and christmas but games and toys etc.
Now I pay for my own, if it's a game I have been waiting for or want then it is mine but I have a good £400 worth of PS3 games sitting on my shelf yet it is the £20 games on the PC I am getting my worth out of...In fact probably the WWE games and UT3 are the PS3 games that I still play and get my money's worth out of.
Challenging went out the window many years ago, you are now pretty much paying $60 for a game to guide you through the game while holding your hands like you were learning to walk, puzzles are simply "put that strange shaped item in the only strange shaped hole in the wall", NPC's merely walk infront of your weapons of death and storylines are non-existent.
Oh and lets not forget about flogging a dead horse with most franchises, in fact I thought Nintendo were bad but Sega takes the cake with Sonic:Unleashed....werehog? I think most people are shocked at the fact that Sonic is a walking, talking anthropomorphic character let alone the same damn thing being able to turn into a werehog ¬_¬
Anyhoo, I'll stop there as I could pretty much just carry on with today's set of games...don't get me wrong there are some games that are good and work and even worth the price tag but it means wading through all the crap that certainly isn't worth the price tag...like TURNING POINT or TWO WORLDS ¬_¬
I've been spending a lot of money during thie recession, bad move on my part I know. Not working atm either...so if anything, I'll be happy if they cut their prices a bit. Even if it's by $10-$20 I'm happy. I got PoP when GameStop had it for $40, glad I waited, and also glad I got the game. It's amazing.
Some games are STILL 'new release' price I think, with only the used copies being cheaper (and even then, only by $5)....
But honestly, games are getting more expensive to make. So I can see why they're $60. Even though I don't like paying that much, I feel for the devs who put out the games, and will pay that much. So long as the game is good. But I still won't buy as many games as I used to...
EDITED to add: What they should do, is release the games at $60. However, after a couple months lower the price by $10 or something. Then after a couple more months, lower the price again to a final-until-clearance price of $40. That way those who are extremely eager to get the game, can get it and the devs don't automatically lose the money. But then those who think more for their money than the game, can wait a few months before getting it.
An average game for me costs â¬55-â¬65. And â¬55 = $70. We call â¬55 "cheap".
And it has been like that for 4+ years.
And if not, we never said that we are the only ones being treated unfairly. If we consider $60 to be too much for us, then obviously we consider $70-$120 to be too much also.
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