basically, its a bunch of but Englishmen who think that video games are a ripoff.
and while $50 is expensive (its even more in japan, right?) i dont think they really know what theyre paying for.
i looked over the site and read that they dont think Retail price should have anything to do with the cost of development.
bullshit! thats why games cost so much! because it took a lot of money to make THE FUCKING GAME.
it costs millions (sometimes) to make a video game. and thats why they sell for so much. and there lots of other things that that $50 goes towards. factory workers who made, packed, and shipped the games. developpers, artists, composers, coders, testers, marketers, and countless other people who actually created the game. they need YOU to buy the GAME so they can have a PAYCHECK to feed their families.
personally, i think these people are selfish. playing videogames is an expensive hoby. like drugs. if you dont have the money, dont play the goddamn video games.
today in my Economics class, we learned a little something about the Substitution Effect. it states that when prices rise, people will opt for the cheaper substitute.
someone needs to buy these guys a deck of cards.
bitching and moaning wont help. the campaign isnt going anywhere.
If people go for the cheaper solution, I think that workd in the favor of their argument. If all games retailed for $29.99 or less, I bet we'd see a huge spike in sales that would compensate for the lower price. I also bet we'd see record sales steadily for the year following such a change.
And you have to deal with the reality that most people are ok with game piracy, like with music, movies and tv shows. The onlything holding back game piracy is it is more difficult for the average user than d/l mp3s, or using a VCR. Companies should deal with that reality and try to convince consumers to stay legit by offereng the best value possible, which isn't $50 for a single 'entertainment experience'.
45 UK pounds is roughly 70 USD. I think they have every right to be bitching about the prices over there, though the problem is hardly exclusive to videogames.
If games were cheaper, I'd be buying tons more, that's for sure.
But since I really don't know all the facts about how it'd impact the industry, just how much money really goes into each disc and how many must be sold to cover costs, and what sort of financial changes in companies would happen by dropping prices, I really can't say that prices need to drop.
I have no problem with certain games being expensive but some games should be alot cheaper, I mean how can something like Shenmue, FFX etc cost as much as some fucking Tetris game?
Yeah, all games came out brand new at 39.99 USD then I would buy signifigantly more than I do (which - belive it or not - is supirsingly little). I can only manage playing maybe 10 - 15 games a year and I can live with only 5.
I think that prices IN OTHER REGIONS should drop, but it doesn't directly affect me anyhow. If games were 60 - 70 USD regularly then I would just play what I've got untill they are cheaper (without a thought to it). Expansions to PC games ARE however over priced. They could be free, but I don't mind paying $20 for them if they are really good and expand a game I actively play (ie Morrowind, Empire Earth). But expansions are coming out at $40. Unacceptable.
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Another thing - collections and re-releases shouldn\'t cost anymore than $10 unless they have some super special neat thing added to them somehow. Namco, Midway and Sega - º_º <--- I\'m looking at you.
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