WTH ...game prices.

[envymert]

Is it just me or is anyone else worried about games including direct download computer games costing 59.99?
1) Why are we paying as much as console players for a product?
2) Is this trend going to continue?

I will always be a PC gamer but this is kind of ridiculous.

 

[casualcolors]

Honestly, and you are probably going to vomit in your mouth a little bit when I say this, but the only Resident Evil that I enjoyed was the first game (and the gamecube remake of it). My least favorite in the series was RE4 because the character control felt bad, and not in that campy-horror-movie-clumsy way that RE1 did.

 

[rpg_poser]

Nah, I understand that reasoning. RE2 was my favorite, anyway.

 

[sgtpepper500]

They way I look at it is that when I pay that sixty dollar I am supporting that developer because I like what they do and want to see more of it. Sadly some of the games I support don't make it such as the red factions series(sniff). There also is always the option to either wait for the price to drop or wait for a sale if you don't want to spend that much.

 

[sgtpepper500]

They way I look at it is that when I pay that sixty dollar I am supporting that developer because I like what they do and want to see more of it. Sadly some of the games I support don't make it such as the red factions series(sniff). There also is always the option to either wait for the price to drop or wait for a sale if you don't want to spend that much.

 

[rambostyrer]

Another internet warrior telling me that I'm full of *** when not even taking everything into consideration in the first place. Of course you talk about inflation because that supports your case. Meanwhile, you ignore digital sales that don't need boxes, manuals, art, CD's, shipping costs and teams that take care of the logistics involved with all of it.

Nah, that doesn't support your argument so leave that out.

Also, let's ignore the OTHER part of history that had games constantly at 50 dollars.

In your words, it just shows that you literally have no idea what you're talking about. Arrogant prick.

What you have to consider is that the digital market is still a niche market (when it comes to big AAA titles). I don't even know if you can even buy big 50-60$ titles digital on the consoles.

The large brick and mortal stores(game, wallmart, gamestop etc) can bully the publishers into selling the digital version at the same pricepoint as the boxed version does, simply by refusing to sell the game unless the publishers play ball, because they know that they cannot compete with a digital games sold at 40$ (wich still would generate a much higher profit for the publishers, that a 60$ boxed game does).

I'm pretty sure that most publishers would consider a 40$ digital price much more profitable than 60$, as it would

1. move a large section of the market to the digital platform, generating a larger profit per sale.
2. make the game available to a larger crowd, as more gamers can afford to buy it at this lower price.
3. encourage to buy new instead of used.
4. encourage to buy instead of piracy.

 

[rpg_poser]

And another thing: I am not willing to purchase ANY digital title for $40.00. Not only am I not getting a physical copy of the game, I have to pay for the bandwidth used to download a multi gigabyte sized title.
/sarcasm So sorry, I forgot, we don't own copies of games any longer, just licenses to play them. /sarcasm

 

[envymert]

Yeah steam and amazon have some awesome deals. ... I got dead space 1 and 2 for $14.99. During E3 they have insanely discounted stuff. However new releases are insanely overpriced. Especially when you download it and have no hardcopy , there should be some sort of discount.

 

[casualcolors]

Yeah steam and amazon have some awesome deals. ... I got dead space 1 and 2 for $14.99. During E3 they have insanely discounted stuff. However new releases are insanely overpriced. Especially when you download it and have no hardcopy , there should be some sort of discount.

I touched on this before but it was responding to someone who had an internet spaz attack. I notice more often than not these days, that Amazon's physical retail copies are actually about 10 dollars cheaper than their digital counterparts. It's obvious that companies are charging for the convenience these days, and have cut back the price on the physical copy in some cases to leave it enticing to in-store shoppers. On the face of it, that sucks. But then you also have to consider how much more often things have started to go on sale in the wake of digital distribution's popularity. It's the two sides of the coin, as things stand.

 

[envymert]

I got dead space 1 and 2 for $14.99. During E3 they have insanely discounted stuff. However new releases are insanely overpriced.

WTH ...... I was logged in and posted this and it had my username as baobei .... wth?

 

[rpg_poser]

I touched on this before but it was responding to someone who had an internet spaz attack. I notice more often than not these days, that Amazon's physical retail copies are actually about 10 dollars cheaper than their digital counterparts. It's obvious that companies are charging for the convenience these days, and have cut back the price on the physical copy in some cases to leave it enticing to in-store shoppers. On the face of it, that sucks. But then you also have to consider how much more often things have started to go on sale in the wake of digital distribution's popularity. It's the two sides of the coin, as things stand.

/spazattack U R INTERNET WARRIOR, EA EMPLOYEE!!1! /spazattack
You are simply too logical for this forum. I am pondering why people post pogo.com issues here.
We are in a transitional period between digital and physical distribution. Phones and tablets are a factor as well. Being a Luddite, I refuse to embrace these new technologies and want to touch what I own and long for the past, like the planescape torment packaging.

 

[rpg_poser]

I got dead space 1 and 2 for $14.99. During E3 they have insanely discounted stuff. However new releases are insanely overpriced.

WTH ...... I was logged in and posted this and it had my username as baobei .... wth?

It's your "I want to discuss things with myself" account. Nothing to be ashamed of.

 

[casualcolors]

/spazattack U R INTERNET WARRIOR, EA EMPLOYEE!!1! /spazattack
You are simply too logical for this forum. I am pondering why people post pogo.com issues here.
We are in a transitional period between digital and physical distribution. Phones and tablets are a factor as well. Being a Luddite, I refuse to embrace these new technologies and want to touch what I own and long for the past, like the planescape torment packaging.

Haha. No lie I had a guy on here convinced that I worked for EA or another game publisher, solely because I wasn't willing to accuse them of things they have literally never done nor were responsible, nor had even happened in some cases. All of the big publishers have a LOT of business practices that are questionable enough to criticize, but it just drives me nuts when people start manufacturing complete fiction in an attempt to start some witch-hunting circlejerk. It gets in the way of any chance to discuss actual relevant issues.

To clarify, I'm not referring to the OP though. He's just opening up a fair discussion, which is completely different.

 

[envymert]

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