TokyoElbow Posted June 4, 2016 Member ID: 22517 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 9 Topic Count: 27 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 139 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 107 Achievement Points: 1335 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/07/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 20, 2023 Birthday: 03/16/1968 Posted June 4, 2016 I just thought about buying a game for a birthday present. Sims 4 is £49.99 what the fuck!! How on earth can this be justified considering the millions that have been sold. You don't even get anything physical for fucks sake!!! Just a sore wrist. Surely prices must come down at some point. Rant over. MoD 1 Awards
Sonovabich Posted June 4, 2016 Member ID: 82 Group: ** Registered Users Followers: 0 Topic Count: 1535 Topics Per Day: 0.27 Content Count: 5022 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5197 Achievement Points: 131535 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 116 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 7 Device: Windows Posted June 4, 2016 (edited) You answered your own question...because millions have been sold they know that when they release another game (probably nearly 100% identical to the last one) that people are going to go mad to own it, so they charge just what they like, knowing that they have their buyers well and truly in their pockets........solution, stop buying them or instead go and buy it from places like this, totally safe, this is where i buy nearly all of my games now and so do many others in the clan too. http://www.cdkeys.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=the+sims Edited June 5, 2016 by Sonovabich HellTiger , Lazy House Cat, JohnnyDos and 1 other 4
Sammy Posted June 4, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted June 4, 2016 If the game has good replay value then that amount is fair. I assume that is the equivalent of around $60 US. However if the game sucks then its not. The same can be said of movie tickets however or blurays. Anything related to entertainment. But the whole 'in-game' purchasing idea has to go. HellTiger 1 Awards
Lazy House Cat Posted June 4, 2016 Member ID: 22501 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 6 Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 227 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 180 Achievement Points: 1520 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 03/31/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 29, 2019 Birthday: 01/26/1965 Posted June 4, 2016 I agree with Sonovabitch, it is basic economics, the value of something is determined by what someone is willing to pay for it. If everyone refused to pay more than 10.00 Dollars/Pounds/Euros or even Yen for a game, guess how much they would cost? Sonovabich 1 Awards
Sammy Posted June 4, 2016 Member ID: 3036 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 32 Topic Count: 219 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 9419 Content Per Day: 1.92 Reputation: 7515 Achievement Points: 62539 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 21 Joined: 11/29/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 17 Birthday: 04/26/2008 Device: Windows Posted June 4, 2016 After development, marketing and distribution the current most expensive game is GTA5 at almost $250 million. CoD isnt nearly that much for development costs because in many ways later games are expansion or map packs not new titles they made from scratch. But the marketing and distribution is always a fixed cost. People are also paying for games the developers took a chance on that didnt make back these costs. Such as the Colonial Marines disaster or the last iteration of Duke Nukem. Like Hollywood and risky projects. Sometimes they spend a ton of money on things like The Lone Ranger that are total flops. They will never make another and for good reason. But they took the shot and spent the money. Pacific Rim is a great movie but the studio pretty much just broke even with it. Same thing and its questionable whether or not they will make a sequel. They didnt know if a movie like that would be a hit but set a reasonable budget and made it. And then you have Star Wars. The first movie was made nearly on a shoe string budget compared to the typical project of the day and the rest is history. Awards
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