Curlypaul wrote:True, I tend to be spending more and more on saturn games lately since they are such good value for money although like I said new games are cheaper than ever here. Why are they rising in the states?
Well, supposedly production costs are going up due to making games more realistic and epic.
Of course, people like us could care less. Make some good 2D games and save some money!
Curlypaul wrote:True, I tend to be spending more and more on saturn games lately since they are such good value for money although like I said new games are cheaper than ever here. Why are they rising in the states?
Well, supposedly production costs are going up due to making games more realistic and epic.
Of course, people like us could care less. Make some good 2D games and save some money!
Leave that silliness to the handhelds. Big men with big consoles want big games.
And $20 was my limit as well, growing up. I don't think I ever broke it during the 8 and 16 bit era. I came close a few times, with games like Monopoly and Batman Returns.
Curlypaul wrote:True, I tend to be spending more and more on saturn games lately since they are such good value for money although like I said new games are cheaper than ever here. Why are they rising in the states?
Well, supposedly production costs are going up due to making games more realistic and epic.
Of course, people like us could care less. Make some good 2D games and save some money!
Leave that silliness to the handhelds. Big men with big consoles want big games.
And $20 was my limit as well, growing up. I don't think I ever broke it during the 8 and 16 bit era. I came close a few times, with games like Monopoly and Batman Returns.
In the 16-bit era, I only went to the $20+ mark with NBA Jam TE
Curlypaul wrote:although like I said new games are cheaper than ever here. Why are they rising in the states?
I dont agree with this. The RRP for games in the UK are now £49.99. I'm not fully sure what the RRP was before (£35-£40 I think during Saturn/PS1 days) but it sure wasnt £49.99. Of course you can pick games up cheaper online etc. But in stores on the high street they pretty much sell for the RRP.
Piracy will never go away. You will always have people who will pirate games (and movies, music etc). But you also have a lot of people who try out games this way and if they are good enough, will go out and buy and original copy of the game.
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I've got a bunch og official saturn magazines here with the prices in and they are mainly $40-45 and some AAA titles were £50, and I'm pretty sure that MegaDrive games were the same and Snes games were a little more.
PS3 games are about £50 but most wii and 360 games are much cheaper, you can get Bioshock brand new for £28 (in Virgin I think).
Eh. I don't have a problem buying a game new, if it's something I really really want. I got Bioshock new with my 360. Nine out of 10 game I buy used, however.
Mozgus wrote:
I can say that piracy is my primary acquisition tool for gaming for a few reasons.
5) No game has ever been worth $60. None. Don't argue this. A game is only so much fun, but $60 could feed me for 7-10 days. Piracy is the ultimate demoing method. I often buy the games I pirated when I feel they deserve it. But few games deserve it.
Like what you said on these two reasons. New games are too expensive, now add about $10-20 more for countries like mine and even the most honest parent would opt to buy pirate games for they're kids because it is too much for their pockets. Consoles cost $50-100 more, example: PS2 $200, DS $179, 360 $600, PS3 about $700. I could go on an on for more reasons but I still buy some originals when I like a game too much and thinks it is worth and still buy it preowned or whatever not when it is released.
DCAllAmerican wrote:When the hell did $60 become the norm for a game.
I remember back in the day when SF2: Turbo (SNES) was $69.99.
Hell I remember DOOM was $80 New.
How much were NES games
My memory is gone right now
NES norm was $50. So was SNES, and N64, and Gamecube...and even Wii.
$60 became the norm two years ago. Microsoft and Sony decided that the time was right to feed the public a line of bullshit about how games today require more money to make with their huge production studios and whatnot. Nevermind the fact that they rape you for all the add-ons you need these days, and the videogame industry has grown proportionately with the increasing costs of production, offsetting each other...
racketboy wrote:In the 16-bit era, I only went to the $20+ mark with NBA Jam TE
$20? Sweet merciful crap~
I walked dogs for 5 different people everyday of the week (and collected bottles for recycling in summer) so I could afford all my games. I wanted games and patience was not for me then... I bought a ton of games $50+ back in the SNES/GEN days.
Piracy is the ultimate demoing method. I often buy the games I pirated when I feel they deserve it. But few games deserve it.
