If we're keeping it 100, people expect TOO MUCH out of a $60 video game

[ahomeplateslugger]

there should be a pricing scale for companies. if a company wants to charge 60$+ for a game then nothing is wrong with that. let the market determine their worth imo. franchises like GTA, madden, 2k and COD will still put up big numbers if they sold for 70$ or more.

 

[Zero]

You realize the game + season pass and shyt is basically already $100.


Games are $79.99 now in Canada and season passes are $30-40 and guess what? People still pay.

That's why I put the spoiler tag up breh

Games are good where they're at

 

[Lýba'rhaésheýun]

Buying a good RPG = Great 60 dollar investment.


You Get The Most Out Of Games like that. Great Long Story, Deep Gameplay And Replayablity

Unless of course you buy an ubisoft game of course :NahSon: then you won't have nothing to do until the next yearly installment.

 

[Doomsday]

$60 is 1/5 the cost of the hardware. Also a game like Horizon cost close to $50 million to make. Hollywood movies cost way more than that to make and the end product sells for far less.

You're delusional. The industry's profit margins increase every year. If the industry were losing money, than there would be no high budget games.

 

[rapbeats]

As a consumer, I selfishly want prices for games to stay the same. But when you look at it from a cost per amount of hours played basis, video games are one of the cheapest forms of entertainment.

But the cost to produce games is only getting higher and higher. That's why you have all these "deluxe" editions and microtransactions. Video game companies are trying to find ways to get more profit.

It's an interesting problem to have because the price of the good is fixated in the consumers mind at $60. Peep this "Right now it is 60 bucks but has held there for about 15 years. If the price goes any higher, most gamers would consider it 'too expensive' and would not purchase it. " Fifteen plus years brehs!!

I'd be curious to see a price elasticity curve for video games.

I guess the bigger issue is that all video games are not created equal. When you play some AAA blockbuster titles like Battlefield, you can easily see it being worth the money and then some. But other games you can tell are rushed and not quality.

everything you said is true.

but the real thing is this. these games were almost this expensive back in the 80's. what year are we in now? It's over 30 yrs later and the price is virtually the same. how is that possible when we go from

This is in the 90's, GTA 1

to this last GTA V. and lets not talk about the fact that non of these games were online. now games usually have an online and offline mode. which is not exactly the same. similar to GTA where GTA online isnt GTA V.

 

[Rigby.]

Eh breh... :djquik: coding is a way of life. Gotta love doing it otherwise yeah, shyt is a fukking grind.

I agree about the hours though :donotlike:

is there a career in the field that circumvents the hours

 

[Cladyclad]

$60 is 1/5 the cost of the hardware. Also a game like Horizon cost close to $50 million to make. Hollywood movies cost way more than that to make and the end product sells for far less.

The best point ever on this subject

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

shyt is cheaper than it was in the s
Genesis/snes days.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS CAME FROM BUT THOSE WERE NOT THE PRICES OF THOSE GAMES.

THEY WERE $59.99 WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS.

$94.99 BASS MASTERS?

THAT MIGHT BE SOME OVERSEAS CURRENCY BUT THAT DEFINITELY AIN'T US DOLLARS.

 

[Return of the Jedi]

$60 will change soon..probably next gen. It's unsustainable for these triple AAA titles. shyt is hitting the budget levels movies have. $200 mil+.

shyt is cheaper than it was in the s
Genesis/snes days.

If you factor inflation, those $80.00 games would cost $140.00 today


Lol @ Shaq Fu being on clearance

 

[NotAnFBIagent]

there should be a pricing scale for companies. if a company wants to charge 60$+ for a game then nothing is wrong with that. let the market determine their worth imo. franchises like GTA, madden, 2k and COD will still put up big numbers if they sold for 70$ or more.

Thats essentially what dlc and premium versions are

 

[OJ Simpsom]

No reason why the physical and digital copy of a game should be the same price. shyt is just highway robbery at this point.

 

[Mass]

I don't disagree that the price of games can be or should be raised.. all I know is that the instant back lash of such a move... would be crazy and on top of that the sudden EXTREME viability of meta critic would be magnanimous

 

[El Bombi]

shyt is cheaper than it was in the s
Genesis/snes days.

Nintendo games has always been high. That's why so many people had Sega Genesis up to PS1 because their games were cheaper.