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Ever thought to urself Why Video Games Cost $60? heres why..do you feel used or r u ok with the cost and reason? http://secondstorygamer.com/2008/03/w...
BIGBIRD324 asked this 11 months ago • Question is closed.The Answers What did your peers say?
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Transience8985 answered 11 months ago • Reply •I think they can get away with charging more because games are more interactive experiences, and last longer than movies, and some even last longer than books. Also, I'd have to disagree with the author's logic. First, movies have a larger installed base. Think about it, do your parents and grandparents play games? Do they watch movies? If they're anything like mine, they do the latter but not the former. Also, it's really a different business. Movies use one or two universal consumer formats which any company can make a player for, at a tidy profit. In the game business, each company makes their own console for their own format, and they take a loss on each console sold, assuming they'll make it up when they sell five or so games (on average) to go with that console. Therefore, if they were to lower the price, they'd have to sell more games to start making money on the console, but they're selling to a market ultimately smaller than the DVD market. Plus the developers need paid and have to cover their budget. Movies cover their budget through theatre sales, merchandising, and home format sales. While there is some merchandizing of video games, it does not compare to movies, leaving only home sales to pay back developers.
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Big_Will answered 11 months ago • ReplyI WANT A PETITION FOR CHEAPER GAMES!!!!! I SHOULDN'T BE PAYING THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AS I DO GAS. I am starting to cut back on good titles and wait for them to drop in their price. With the exception of MGS4 (i would never pass this game up and i do feel the game was a steal for 60) I have not payed for a 60 dollar game since christmas. I'm not fucking kidding i've gone about 6 months and passed up exceptional titles for the price to drop. even in the last 6 months i've bought only 2 games. MGS4 and GT5.
I'm sorry for this rant but this has just been on my mind for a good time now.
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CloudStrife answered 11 months ago • Replyits because it takes more time to make and basically we are paying for the labor, it takes longer so that means the man power works longer hours and/or they get more people to work, its like when u go get your car seviced, u can do about 99% of the stuff yourself for about $100, they charge your arse like $600 cuz of labor, its the same thing, they say that cost more to make, hows that? the machines? hell no, the labor.
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User deleted answered 11 months ago • Replyits all to do with piracy, something that the 360 has pushed up quite a bit (GTA4 was the most downloaded file on torrent sites for a while, tht shows how many people are doing it on there 360s), the PSP has been blown wide open (and although it was hacked with good intentions, the pirates soon took over), and PC games have been copied since the dawn of time, so if the devs cant make money on everyone who 'owns' the game, they have to make up for there loses by charging us law-obiding gamers....
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Cube answered 11 months ago • ReplyOnly on consoles do you pay that EXtra cash. it is to pay for microsoft and sony loss on every console that goes into billions. You are paying for that cost in the extra $10 for games, + the Dev cost.
at one point the standard was $50 and that was it for years.
On Pc that loss on making hardware does not exist. You can get call of duty 4 for $40 and you get the map pack with broadcast and other maps for Free.
Microsoft charges $10 for the call of duty 4 map pack to cover there cost. On Pc there is no cost. So total you pay $70.
UT3 cost $60 on consoles while on PC you can get UT3 and every single game in the unreal series for $49.99, _
and there xbox live subscription that Microsoft also charges for it's loss on making xbox 360's while you play on Pc Free.
http://steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=sub&SubId=683&cc=US
So over time you are paying for the loss microsoft makes on the console and more than the console hardware is worth since you are being charged bit by bit of cost $10 overhead everytime you buy a game, and all the other crap they charge you for to cover there loss.
The PC is free and open and does not have these cost you buy games straight from the game maker there is no loss ans sinc they do not have to Put up for microsoft, sony or nintendo adding to there cost for there money loss on hardware and to print there disc and pay to be part of the console "Club"
they can sell game sfor next to nothing or half price the same games for $39.99 or even $29.99 is not uncommon.
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snipe82 answered 11 months ago • ReplyI haven't paid full price for a game since about a year after I got the ps2. Every game I have purchased since then I bought used (that doesn't include those that were gifted to me). I think I have spent an average of $25-30 per game or even less in the last few years.
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weezerzeke answered 11 months ago • ReplyI already knew that was the case. They have to make up for the development costs of games.
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boyofhalo3 answered 11 months ago • Replytough call, todays graphics r awesome, but i dont think it's quite worth $50+, i say they should be $40, but i dont mind dishin out 10 or 20 more bux for a good game
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Geekums answered 11 months ago • ReplyIf it's a game that's worth it, then I guess it's okay (but hey, I still don't like paying that much lol) but if it's a crappy game then I'll just trrrrade it back in. However, what really gets me is that when you trade in (even a new game!) you get like 10-30% of what it's worth, so sometimes becareful of what you buy, because chances are you're going to get a small amount of money back.
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Kid_Tiesto answered 11 months ago • ReplyIt does not concern me that much, most of the games that I buy are worth it to me.
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User deleted answered 11 months ago • ReplyIt doesn't concern me as much. I usually end up getting used games, because of the discount offered by a Gamestop membership card. Games that are like $50 bucks I end up paying $40 or $30. If I buy something new, I end up paying the full price, doesn't really annoy me.
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BrandAid1138 answered 11 months ago • Replyi don't feel used because i usually research my big purchases before I go to the store. and i usually trust reviews too (IGN and GI). I used to go out and just pick up the game, but have learned my lesson since then and will try to be patient for the good games i want and that are out there.
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