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The End of $60 Games?
vicious796:
--- Quote from: FlyinPenguin on April 20, 2012, 10:02:44 AM ---I really don't think $60 is that expensive for a game. Considering inflation and the fact the production costs have skyrocketed over the years, $60 seems rather reasonable to me. Sure it is quite an increase from the $30-40 I used to pay when I got into PC gaming back in the day, but that is why I rent and/or read reviews before I buy. So I end up with no regrets.
That said, I wouldn't mind $40 games. Hell, there are a lot of indie games that go for like $20 on Xbox Live and in terms of game play actually rival some of the big "blockbuster" games of our time.
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Once again, the problem with "inflation" in this argument is that while the dollar is worth less, people (specifically Americans) aren't making more of it. Production costs "skyrocketing" is an internal affair based off of the level of competition - pay your people more to keep them from leaving - and paid for because of the increased cost of games over the years.
I agree with the tone set in the article that the gaming industry is in for a recession of sorts. Folks aren't buying as many games as they used to and the introduction of 1-10 dollar games on handhelds has grown quickly. However, I feel this is a needed recession and one that will form properly - by the consumers and not the industry.
TMRNetShark:
--- Quote from: vicious796 on April 20, 2012, 12:33:01 PM ---I agree with the tone set in the article that the gaming industry is in for a recession of sorts. Folks aren't buying as many games as they used to and the introduction of 1-10 dollar games on handhelds has grown quickly. However, I feel this is a needed recession and one that will form properly - by the consumers and not the industry.
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+1
The way we've seen this is decline is with CoD, Assassin's Creed, any sports game EA makes, especially Square Enix's bastardizing of Final Fantasy (listen you fucking idiots... we don't want direct sequels to FF games that sucked in the first place!). Unique IP's are hard to come by. Over the course of this year (and into next year)... I am only excited about 3 or 4 recurring IPs (Diablo 3, GTAV, Black Ops 2, Wasteland 2). As for unique games, I'm sure excited for Starhawk, Dishonored... and that's about it.
The gaming industry needs to go into a recession just how it did in the late 80's early 90's. PC gaming might return to the fold as a main developing platform as it's rumored that both the new Xbox and Play Station will utilize more PC like hardware. Maybe smartphones will become as powerful as 2005 computers and make everything else obsolete (doubt it).
Although, smartphone games do have the right idea when it comes to only costing the consumer $1-10 versus a full AAA+ title costing $60. And I'll totally buy any phone that has this technology incorporated into it.
demon-brolly:
I have to say that decline would be nice. Pay that top notch price all the time for games that are only playable 5hrs offline then requiring high powered internet seems like a bit of a bust. When I want to be online I want to be online when I just want to play I want that option when paying almost $100.
punyloony:
All of you talk about 60 dollar games and all that and don't even consider back in the day how they where about the same around 20 years ago. I remember when I was 12 14 or so when they cost 50$. it isn't a shocker that 10 dollars more. at even 1% interest over a period of 20 years games getting to be 60 dollars from 50 dollars doesn't seem so big a jump. There are some games that are around 30 dollers that start that way day one like battlefeild bad company 2 was when I got it. There where others also but I dont remember them. The way I get it is there are really good games that come out for 60 dollars and there are wannabe's that come out thinking that they are all that and price themselfs the same as the elite games.
tomoya-kun:
--- Quote from: punyloony on April 22, 2012, 03:17:31 AM ---All of you talk about 60 dollar games and all that and don't even consider back in the day how they where about the same around 20 years ago. I remember when I was 12 14 or so when they cost 50$. it isn't a shocker that 10 dollars more. at even 1% interest over a period of 20 years games getting to be 60 dollars from 50 dollars doesn't seem so big a jump. There are some games that are around 30 dollers that start that way day one like battlefeild bad company 2 was when I got it. There where others also but I dont remember them. The way I get it is there are really good games that come out for 60 dollars and there are wannabe's that come out thinking that they are all that and price themselfs the same as the elite games.
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The price difference is actually less because publishers like EA and Activision spend much more on game development and advertising now than they did twenty years ago. They spend milllions of dollars on each game and they much recoup their costs somehow
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