#146 - Question/Answer: Games are Overpriced

Q. Do you think games are overpriced?

A. Yes, I do. More info: http://www.3dgameman.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55834 Watch the video to find out more... http://www.Support3GM.com

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[phoenix1333]

Steam games prices are awesome

[lucirz]

but you have to give props to the person who bought the game with their own money and uploaded it :D. and also props to the people who crack it :D

[WickedArcAddict]

Actually games in the US are $60 and that is a hell of a lot of money. The cheapest brand new game I've ever bought was Deadly Premonition, and that was at $20 BRAND NEW. That is a bargain and it was actually a good game because it had its own uniqueness.

[badams2190]

@phoenix1333 agreed in one year prly bought 20-30 games on steam and very few of them were more than 10 dollars.

[danz409]

and they wander why people pirate games? 

[CLICKMEYOULOSER]

$50 buck games in the US? Daaaaaaaammmm!

I live in NZ, here, new games cost usually $100+ dollars. If they drop the price to $15-$35 I will be the happiest person ever.

[ligerman30]

If your talking about profit, pricing is tough to choose for a business. In order to maximize profit they have to have it at the highest price their consumers will buy it for. But different businesses have different business models and I think that aside from very mainstream franchises like Call of Duty, Mario, Halo, etc. $60 is only good for when a game just comes out. $40 to me just makes more sense.

[evanll1997]

I don't think video games are overpriced because a new movie costs about $20 and they're 2-3 hours of entertainment but video games are about 10 or more hours long.

[DemonAMVs]

@KoolJayJ Indeed, and then people wonder why piracy is so rampant.

[KoolJayJ]

@DemonAMVs Yea why the hell are us Aussies and Kiwis getting buttfucked when it comes to game prices?? Ps3/360 games in places like Hong Kong/Singapore costs only $40 new releases if converted to aussie dollars

Even Europeans get it cheaper than us. You know new release games in new zealand cost 100-140 just for the standard editions. Special editions can go all the way up to 300

Even games that came out a year ago still cost like $60

And americans complain about there $60 price tags

[DemonAMVs]

Games are nearly $100-120 in Australia which is about $125-105 US.

These companies cry about piracy and wonder why people are illegally downloading there games when they are charging an arm and a leg for a game that will only entertain me for 5 hours at most.

[DMalenfant1]

@VideoGameExplorers Yes they would because it would be just easier and quicker to but the game then to torrent it.

But then again, you have people like me out there who look at the dollar as a vote, and I do not vote for a game (nor a company) that I feel has been half arsed such as no mod tools, no dedicated servers, is a console to PC port, there is programs on the game stopping me from playing the game because it does not like what is on my PC, and other crap the game companies try to pull.