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Title: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: starbug on August 07, 2009, 07:46:24 am
Title says it all, link to article http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=220926&site=cvg
What are your thoughts on this? Mine are how can they be this stupid, in the middle of one of the worst recessions and people losing jobs left right and center how can they think that raising prices from the average £29.99 up to £54.99 even to £100 will get them more sales? What planet is Activision living on?
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Post by: General Battuta on August 07, 2009, 08:17:43 am
ONE HUNDRED POUNDS? I'm reading that correctly, right? Not some kind of American nubbery?

That's insane. That's unconscionable.
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Post by: dragonsniper on August 07, 2009, 08:35:11 am
Sick... :eek: I guess they might be doing it since they know that the public wants it and some will do anything to get it... But your right, this could have been the worst time to do it. That's around $80-$100 bucks in the US and $85-$120 in Canada. Better be a pretty darn good game to charge that much.:hopping:
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Post by: Flipside on August 07, 2009, 09:27:57 am
People will just stop buying them, and then Activision will scream that it's all piracies fault.
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Post by: starbug on August 07, 2009, 09:39:40 am
Thats what i thought, that this will just turn more people going for the piracy option which is bad. I still don't get the reasoning behind this other that guys at activision are idoits. I just hope other publishers don't go down this path.
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Post by: Sushi on August 07, 2009, 09:48:11 am
I could see buying a game for $100... but only if it was an insanely wicked-cool game with tons of content. I could also see it being a popular option for MMOs as an alternative to monthly subscriptions: spend $100 or so to buy a "lifetime" subscription instead.

Other than that, though, they're nuts. :)
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Post by: Mika on August 07, 2009, 10:02:44 am
Odd. I thought there was an interview of a developer who just recently said the game prices are too high.

I have had my price cap at 25 € for a long time. Above that, that's no sales for me. I only buy PC games in any case, so anything console related doesn't bother me.
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Post by: Ashrak on August 07, 2009, 10:06:11 am
Sick... :eek: I guess they might be doing it since they know that the public wants it and some will do anything to get it... But your right, this could have been the worst time to do it. That's around $80-$100 bucks in the US and $85-$120 in Canada. Better be a pretty darn good game to charge that much.:hopping:

welcome to the country known as europe (LOL) anyways, all the new games in estonia cost 120$ or so, older ones go for about 60 - 70 $ welcome to leveled out pricing :)
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: Wobble73 on August 07, 2009, 10:07:22 am
They'll do this so they can sell the consoles for a fiver!  :rolleyes:

Just like printers these days, the actual printers are dirt cheap, but the ink refills are pricey and only last like five minutes!  :hopping:
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: Titan on August 07, 2009, 10:18:46 am
This would be worth $200. (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/748-Duke-Nukem-Forever) But nothing else comes to mind.
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Post by: Flaser on August 07, 2009, 10:53:12 am
(http://www.destructoid.com/elephant/ul/76817-noscale-23214-steel%20battalion%20controller.jpg)(http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/en/b/bf/Steel_Battalion_Coverart.png)

This thing actually went for 200$.... and is awesome!
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: Titan on August 07, 2009, 11:03:11 am
Damn, that does look cool.
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Post by: Thaeris on August 07, 2009, 11:09:14 am
Should there ever be an FS2 capship simulator... we need that interface...

-Thaeris
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Post by: Polpolion on August 07, 2009, 05:57:34 pm
People will just stop buying them, and then Activision will scream that it's all piracies fault.

I dunno. At one point in time, they'll have to realize blaming piracy and ladening on more DRM doesn't help, and they'll have to realize that raising the price to compensate for the lack of sales just decreases sales more and increases piracy.

Price is the main reason that I don't buy games these days. I bought a $200 MP3 player that I'll be using for a few years. I'm not going to spend a quarter of that price on a game that I'll play for a week.
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: Spicious on August 07, 2009, 06:07:18 pm
I would like to point out that 50 USD games come to Australia at 100-110 AUD (83-92 USD at current exchange rates). It's great to see more people failing basic economics.
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on August 07, 2009, 06:10:33 pm
The price is increased because developers have to cater to Australia's ****ed-up game ratings system :p .
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Post by: Flipside on August 07, 2009, 06:37:38 pm
Thing is, it's already got record pre-orders.

Y'See this is why I think capitalism is broken, and I'm just as guilty as everyone else in it. Capitalism works whilst customers have the strength of will to live without something they want, but don't need, not only have banks got greedy, but the truth is, consumers have got lazy.

I use the term 'more money than sense' with reservation, but the only reason companies try to rip customers off is because the consumer is so desperate to have newest version of everything the moment it is released. Can it really be a rip-off if the punter is walking into it with their eyes open?

Capitalism is a two-way process, it's not just a question of companies choosing what to sell, it's consumers choosing what to buy, and being willing to live without their luxuries to prove a point, that factor of it tends to be disappearing to a large degree.
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Post by: Snail on August 07, 2009, 08:23:05 pm
Boycott pleeez



:nervous:
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: NGTM-1R on August 07, 2009, 08:24:36 pm
Hoist the black flag me buckos.
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: Snail on August 07, 2009, 08:27:39 pm
Yes please, Activision deserve it if they go and do that.
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Post by: BloodEagle on August 07, 2009, 09:21:48 pm
The price is increased because developers have to cater to Australia's ****ed-up game ratings system :p .

Part of the extra cost is due to the shipping, I would imagine.

--

Hoist the black flag me buckos.

Oi! We call those Jolly Rogers 'round 'ere!

(Unless you're talking about the Anarchist Flag.)
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: Spicious on August 07, 2009, 09:29:00 pm
The price is increased because developers have to cater to Australia's ****ed-up game ratings system :p .

Part of the extra cost is due to the shipping, I would imagine.
Even international shipping from the US for individual games is still cheaper.
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: NGTM-1R on August 07, 2009, 09:47:38 pm
Oi! We call those Jolly Rogers 'round 'ere!

(Unless you're talking about the Anarchist Flag.)

The Black Flag is traditionally not only symbolic of pirates, but also a signal that no quarter will be offered. :P
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: mxlm on August 07, 2009, 11:08:36 pm
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Meanwhile, upcoming releases like Tony Hawk: Ride and DJ Hero, which ship with unique controller peripherals, will likely carry price tags that push £100.

In the latter case, well, okay, fits the grand tradition of Guitar Hero I suppose. In the former case, wtf?
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: Mongoose on August 07, 2009, 11:30:50 pm
Tony Hawk: Ride apparently comes with a full-size motion-sensing skateboard deck peripheral, so it's kind of in the same league as Guitar Hero and its ilk.
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: SpardaSon21 on August 07, 2009, 11:48:02 pm
Boy, and everyone knows Steel Battalion and its peripherals did so well.
//end sarcasm
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: Scotty on August 07, 2009, 11:50:23 pm
Yeah, and the limited number of copies they produced helped that so much.
//end sarcasm.
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: SpardaSon21 on August 07, 2009, 11:51:10 pm
Well, it was around $200.  That couldn't have helped sales all that much.
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Post by: Scotty on August 08, 2009, 12:04:51 am
Quite seriously, neither could the fact that only around 50000 were even produced.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on August 08, 2009, 12:30:39 am
I never even saw a copy of Steel Battalion, or I might have purchased it.
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: Mongoose on August 08, 2009, 12:56:22 am
Given the massive success of the Guitar Hero/Rock Band franchises, I can't help but think that a game like Steel Battalion would probably go over far better today than it did when it was released.
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: Thaeris on August 08, 2009, 04:18:57 am
I'm not so sure...

Really, why play with giant armored fighting vehicles and an advanced control system when you can instead play a game with untold numbers of assorted releases (of the same game with the same engine...) and engage in various pop-culture related wingdings while playing with your friends? Not to mention that you don't even have to learn a real instrument, just an imitation fake one. I'm not saying there's no skill involved, I'm merely stating that the sound of clicking is just not as fulfilling as... actually really learning three chords and playing "Smoke on the Water."

This is the reason the modern game is usually not up to par. It's not saying it's bad, but it's nothing special. The special, great games tend to have a selective audience, and they appeal to that audience; they also did a great job doing it. I feel the modern title, if super-overgeneralizations are to be made, are meant to appeal to everyone. This results in "meh." Enough said.

Obviosly, it comes down to sales. If it's great but not everyone buys it, then the quota is not met and the project was a "failure." Just look at our friend, Lucas Arts: Since when do TIE Fighters have PROTON TORPEDOES?! :hopping:

On a secondary note, support your small-time developer. They actually do what they feel like doing.

 :nervous: Well, rant over then...

-Thaeris
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: Mongoose on August 08, 2009, 11:26:14 am
I only meant that it would have a better chance in today's market due to the fact that people are fairly used to paying $100+ for a game bundled with some sort of external peripheral now.  Back when Steel Battalion came out, the only comparable purchase was something like DDR.  But in a world of Rock Band instrument packs and Wii Fit boards, that sort of investment isn't unusual anymore.
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Post by: mxlm on August 08, 2009, 03:27:47 pm
Obviosly, it comes down to sales. If it's great but not everyone buys it, then the quota is not met and the project was a "failure." Just look at our friend, Lucas Arts: Since when do TIE Fighters have PROTON TORPEDOES?! :hopping:
Wait, LA was appealing to the lowest common denominator by giving TIEs missiles?
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Post by: Titan on August 08, 2009, 03:57:31 pm
Obviosly, it comes down to sales. If it's great but not everyone buys it, then the quota is not met and the project was a "failure." Just look at our friend, Lucas Arts: Since when do TIE Fighters have PROTON TORPEDOES?! :hopping:
Wait, LA was appealing to the lowest common denominator by giving TIEs missiles?
He's talking about SW Battlefront 2
It was a balance issue: The fact is that TIE's aren't supposed to carry proton torps, but X-wings can, since they are better. But TIEs are far more numerous.

In the game's space stages, what lucasarts basically did was create 4 different ships, then made a model for each of those for every faction, to preserve balance.
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Post by: mxlm on August 08, 2009, 05:01:49 pm
Ooooh, okay. Never played Battlefront 2, so didn't know that. Thought he was referring to the X/TIE series.
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Post by: MR_T3D on August 08, 2009, 06:43:59 pm
oh...yeah....fogot abot battlefront2's crappyness
pandemic games CAN NOT MAKE A SINGLE SEQUEL that does not screw up a franchise.
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Post by: Sarafan on August 08, 2009, 10:58:01 pm
Enstein said stupidity was infinite, turns out greed is as well. :rolleyes:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Activision-2Q-profit-edges-apf-4090148487.html?x=0&.v=2
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Post by: Commander Zane on August 08, 2009, 11:14:15 pm
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Meanwhile, upcoming releases like Tony Hawk: Ride and DJ Hero, which ship with unique controller peripherals, will likely carry price tags that push £100.

In the latter case, well, okay, fits the grand tradition of Guitar Hero I suppose. In the former case, wtf?
Good, I was starting to think everyone was too blind to notice the hundred pound games sold with game-issued components. :P
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on August 08, 2009, 11:20:07 pm
What's the exchange rate on pounds to dollars?  Isn't it about two pounds equaling one dollar, or is it more?  The dollar is pretty weak right now.
Title: Re: Activision would like to raise game prices further!
Post by: CP5670 on August 09, 2009, 12:59:27 am
It's about 0.6 pounds to a dollar.
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Post by: General Battuta on August 09, 2009, 09:09:08 am
What's the exchange rate on pounds to dollars?  Isn't it about two pounds equaling one dollar, or is it more?  The dollar is pretty weak right now.

 :wtf:

Yes, much weaker than the pound, which means your ratio is backwards. It's about two dollars equaling one pound (a bit less.)
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on August 09, 2009, 11:52:40 am
Oops.
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Post by: Flipside on August 09, 2009, 01:09:19 pm
Yup, it's currently 1.66 Dollars to each Pound.
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on August 09, 2009, 02:19:18 pm
So 100 pounds is about $60.  Not bad for a game/peripheral combo.
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Post by: Flipside on August 09, 2009, 02:22:34 pm
Nope, 100 pounds is 166 Dollars. If it's 1.66 dollars for a pound, the 1.66 * 100 is 166 :)
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on August 09, 2009, 02:23:24 pm
Damn it is my math failing again?
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Post by: Thaeris on August 09, 2009, 04:03:51 pm
Damn it is my math failing again?

[question]
Why do we ask questions?

[response]
-So we can get answers.

If you don't want an answer, really, just don't ask...  :p

-Thaeris
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Post by: Titan on August 09, 2009, 04:04:57 pm
Damn it is my math failing again?

DAT'S WOT SHEY SED!!!
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Post by: BloodEagle on August 09, 2009, 04:05:59 pm
What's the exchange rate on pounds to dollars?  Isn't it about two pounds equaling one dollar, or is it more?  The dollar is pretty weak right now.

 :wtf:

Yes, much weaker than the pound, which means your ratio is backwards. It's about two dollars equaling one pound (a bit less.)

So 100 pounds is about $60.  Not bad for a game/peripheral combo.

Nope, 100 pounds is 166 Dollars. If it's 1.66 dollars for a pound, the 1.66 * 100 is 166 :)
:lol:
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Post by: TrashMan on August 10, 2009, 07:03:21 am
Gentlemen. Our mission is clear. We must destroy Activision.
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Post by: Flaser on August 10, 2009, 07:13:56 am
Nah, we should just invade the studio and make them code Battlezone 3... at gunpoint.
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Post by: Vasudan Admiral on August 10, 2009, 07:26:35 am
Bah to you lot and your dirt cheap games. :p

Typical new release: The Sims 3

ebgames.com = $50 USD
game.co.uk = £30 = $50 USD
ebgames.com.au = $100 AUD = $84 USD

And this has been happening here forever. :p
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Post by: Commander Zane on August 10, 2009, 07:29:39 am
Nah, we should just invade the studio and make them code Battlezone 3... at gunpoint.
This.

Agree 153%.
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Post by: gevatter Lars on August 10, 2009, 09:02:34 am
I hope that people won't buy it but there are so many freakin kids with to much money out there that I guess they will get through with this.
Oh well, now I will have to wait a year more till the price drops.

I also guess that they will find themself confornted with a lot more downloads. They will use that to justify their move to the console and PC gaming will be dead from there on. Nice move...and I kinda predict that people will follow that trend. Saying "OH yes that is allright, I will buy a console now"

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Post by: Commander Zane on August 10, 2009, 01:14:49 pm
"OH yes that is allright, I will buy a console now"
I won't. :P
**** conformity. I have GOG.com and all the badass games that I grew up playing since I was four - five.
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Post by: Flipside on August 10, 2009, 01:23:01 pm
Bah to you lot and your dirt cheap games. :p

Typical new release: The Sims 3

ebgames.com = $50 USD
game.co.uk = £30 = $50 USD
ebgames.com.au = $100 AUD = $84 USD

And this has been happening here forever. :p

And you usually have to wait several extra months for the honour of paying more. The Australian Games market is really pretty poor, and thats in a large part due to Au's fear of violent games.

Never quite understood that from a country that is famous for finding new and fun ways of making Cane Toads explode...
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Post by: Mongoose on August 10, 2009, 01:27:10 pm
Yeah, you'd think a nation originally colonized by criminals would be all about blowing people's heads up. :D
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Post by: Flipside on August 10, 2009, 01:48:50 pm
:lol:

Seriously though, I feel I must defend my Australian cousins regarding that, since 'criminal' in those days mostly consisted of 'The Poor' and 'People who said unpopular things' ;) Yes, there were 'real' criminals as well, but the majority of the settlers weren't really guilty of any major crimes. Except, possibly, being Poms ;)
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Post by: blackhole on August 10, 2009, 03:27:10 pm
Hey guys, do you remember this thing called the housing market bubble popping? I'm waiting for this to apply to the game industry too.
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Post by: Flipside on August 10, 2009, 03:33:07 pm
Thing is, Activision posted over a Billion dollars in Profit for the last 3 months, and still they want more...
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Post by: redsniper on August 10, 2009, 04:07:00 pm
Yeah, you'd think a nation originally colonized by criminals would be all about blowing people's heads up. :D

:lol:

Seriously though, I feel I must defend my Australian cousins regarding that, since 'criminal' in those days mostly consisted of 'The Poor' and 'People who said unpopular things' ;) Yes, there were 'real' criminals as well, but the majority of the settlers weren't really guilty of any major crimes. Except, possibly, being Poms ;)

... because iocaine comes from Austrailia, which is entirely peopled with criminals, as everyone knows. And criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me. So I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.

:D
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Post by: Titan on August 10, 2009, 04:33:40 pm
would you believe that's on in the other room?
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Post by: BloodEagle on August 10, 2009, 05:48:53 pm
Yes. It is, after all, one of the best movies to ever be made.
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Post by: headdie on August 11, 2009, 03:39:05 am
Hey guys, do you remember this thing called the housing market bubble popping? I'm waiting for this to apply to the game industry too.

doubt it, computer games have hung around the £30-£45 pound mark for the last decade for single game non SE tbh the game market is very stable, i doubt Activision will do it as i doubt anyone else will for fears of driving their customers to piracy
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Post by: TESLA on August 11, 2009, 10:48:31 am
Hey guys, do you remember this thing called the housing market bubble popping? I'm waiting for this to apply to the game industry too.

doubt it, computer games have hung around the £30-£45 pound mark for the last decade for single game non SE tbh the game market is very stable, i doubt Activision will do it as i doubt anyone else will for fears of driving their customers to piracy

I never downloaded a pirated game. All throughout my teen years, university, etc, work, always paid for my games. But if the price does go above £100, I would download games illegally just to piss off the companies. My method of protest.

Not sure that consumers are the lemmings that game publishers think we are. Most gamers would not pay that large a sum of money for a game. Dont forget we are living through a world recession. People do not have the money they used to have, to spend on luxury items.
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Post by: Ghostavo on August 11, 2009, 07:42:57 pm
So in other words, you did download pirated games.
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Post by: Flipside on August 11, 2009, 08:05:42 pm
Thing is, looking at the prices via Google, it doesn't look like most companies are even taking note of the higher price. I think what this might really be about is reducing the loss-margin when selling to retailers.

For example, if your RRP is 55 quid, then you can add about 5 pounds to the market price of your goods by saying that the high RRP means more profit to the retailer. The retailer, however, knows that the game will certainly be in demand, but knows that pricing it at 15-20 pounds above everything else will pretty much isolate it from a fair segment of the market. So the retailer absorbs the extra price, and makes slightly less of a profit, but doesn't lose sales.

You can pre-order the game for about 35 pounds on quite a few sites in the UK.
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Post by: Spicious on August 11, 2009, 10:44:33 pm
In Australia I think retailers are doing the same thing from the other direction: raising prices of everything to match the most expensive thing then adding $20-50 for no apparent reason.
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Post by: gevatter Lars on August 12, 2009, 03:31:47 pm
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Most gamers would not pay that large a sum of money for a game. Dont forget we are living through a world recession. People do not have the money they used to have, to spend on luxury items.

We will see. Seeing as how good games that need extra stuff to play, like Rockband, sell and that these aren't the cheepest ones I think people will buy these games anyway. Maybe a little less then before but not that much I think.
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on August 12, 2009, 04:18:14 pm
Well, since I finally worked past my horrible math skills and was told that 100 pounds is 166 USD, I doubt many Americans are going to pay that much for a video game in the middle of a recession.  Of course, if my assumption is right, Activision will round it to an even $169.99 as everyone loves multiples of ten.
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Post by: TESLA on August 12, 2009, 05:27:53 pm
So in other words, you did download pirated games.


No, i havent,

But i would be seriously tempted if prices rose to that level. Not because its out of my price range or anything, could buy the item if I so wished. More the principle of it.


But surely sites like direct2drive and Steam would tell them that this just wouldnt work. Price yourself out of the market. On the other side I have heard Steam is having great success with all the smaller title releases for between €4.99-€8.99
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Post by: General Battuta on August 12, 2009, 10:00:43 pm
Well, since I finally worked past my horrible math skills and was told that 100 pounds is 166 USD, I doubt many Americans are going to pay that much for a video game in the middle of a recession.  Of course, if my assumption is right, Activision will round it to an even $169.99 as everyone loves multiples of ten.

That's the thing: the game will be priced at $100 and 100 pounds overseas. Europeans and Australians (especially the latter) get ripped off horribly by game prices.
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on August 12, 2009, 10:09:48 pm
Okay, good point.  Poor non-Americans.  I still doubt many Americans are going to pay $100 for a video game.  $60 or $70, sure, $80 maybe.  $90 or $100, no freaking way.
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Post by: BloodEagle on August 12, 2009, 11:09:49 pm
I would never pay 60.00 USD for a single game. Ever. In fact, the only plausible explanation for people buying football games at that price is that they're being used to "move coffee" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNzWYVWfRIc).
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Post by: Spicious on August 12, 2009, 11:55:01 pm
I'm sure if this comes to pass the price in Australia will be around $300 for no apparent reason prompting Australia to take its rightful place as world leader in piracy.
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Post by: Commander Zane on August 13, 2009, 05:44:56 am
I would never pay 60.00 USD for a single game. Ever. In fact, the only plausible explanation for people buying football games at that price is that they're being used to "move coffee" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNzWYVWfRIc).
I had to pay 60 for Quake II when it was first shelved, it was worth it.
I miss the days of good games.
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Post by: Thaeris on August 16, 2009, 10:27:34 pm
I think X-Plane 8 was about $80 USD when first released. 9 was around $90...  :shaking:

Given that X-Plane is usually pretty buggy when the first versions are released, you learn to be patient when deciding to file an order. Note the price also drops, too. I think I only paid about $40 for X-Plane 9. Updates are free, too (not between major versions, though).

That's the most I can ever recall spending on software. Usually it'll cost me $20-30 USD for a title. I give my humble condolances to my Australian bretheren...

-Thaeris