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"Why are games so cheap?"

Ok, so the title is meant to be a bit sarcastic, but I do admit, some games that are only about a year old are too cheap for their own good. An exaple: Smuggler's Run, only 17.99 at special reserve on the day exactly 1 year after its launch alongside the PS2. Why? The Ps1 took something like two years before it started the platinum range, but already Sony are about to launch a 14.99 range which includes the awesome Smuggler's Run and Dynasty Warriors 2. Prices for new PS2 games may be a bit much, but I certainly think that the cheapies really are wtupidly cheap

Ok, so the title is meant to be a bit sarcastic, but I do admit, some games that are only about a year old are too cheap for their own good. An exaple: Smuggler's Run, only 17.99 at special reserve on the day exactly 1 year after its launch alongside the PS2. Why? The Ps1 took something like two years before it started the platinum range, but already Sony are about to launch a 14.99 range which includes the awesome Smuggler's Run and Dynasty Warriors 2. Prices for new PS2 games may be a bit much, but I certainly think that the cheapies really are wtupidly cheap

Usually because it doesn't sell.

Yeah i suppose, but Smuggler's Run and Dynasty Warriors 2 are really quality games, and I thought that they did sell fairly well.

Perhaps not as well as other games though... and they may be excellent games, but if people haven't heard of them, then why buy them?

You splash a brand new PS2 game cheaper than any other ones, it will immedietely appeal to parents.

PS2 games too expensive??

I think the GBA is a prime example of games that are too expensive for their own good. Apart from Mario Karts, as that's probably worth it, gameplay-wise.

Yeah, GBA games are a rip off, they're only $30 in the US. Its because Nintendo have such high licensing fees, the games are more expensive in order to get more profit for the developers so that more developers want to make more games.

New PS2 games are definitely too expensive. If they were only £30, like PSone games, they would sell loads more and wipe the floor with competitors. Apparently, XBox and GameCube games are going to start retailing at about £50!!!

½pint wrote:
> Yeah, GBA games are a rip off, they're only $30 in the US. Its because Nintendo
> have such high licensing fees, the games are more expensive in order to get more
> profit for the developers so that more developers want to make more games.

Very true, good point.

½pint wrote:
> New PS2 games are definitely too expensive. If they were only £30, like
> PSone games, they would sell loads more and wipe the floor with competitors.
> Apparently, XBox and GameCube games are going to start retailing at about
> £50!!!

I heard that someone bought Turok on N64 for £70. :D

And yeah, perhaps PS2 games are too expensive, but when you compare them to £50...

Another one of many things related to game price which infuriates me, are department stores wihch don't give a monkey's how much their games cost. An example is Woolworths. I went in, looking to buy DK64 on the N64 for about £30-40, instead finding it was a whopping £65! Also, games like Micro Machines 64 and Doom were also £50! They don't care about prices, which is why they stock less games; people won't pay extortionate prices which makes the retailer think they don't want them, so the retailer stops stocking them. That is why I always support small shops. A new e-play opened up in Southampton, and all the new games which I don't get from SR, I buy here because the staff are friendly and I don't want the shop to close down through lack of business.