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have you ever thought about how much we are being ripped off by sony, EA, codemaster, etc
well i want to know your opinion on prices of games, i mean why do we have to pay £40-£50 for a new playstation 2 game and such, if you think about it all you get is a cd (£3 for top quality) a few months programing and a few weeks laugh
please reply to this and give me your thoughts
well i want to know your opinion on prices of games, i mean why do we have to pay £40-£50 for a new playstation 2 game and such, if you think about it all you get is a cd (£3 for top quality) a few months programing and a few weeks laugh
please reply to this and give me your thoughts
have you ever thought about how much we are being ripped off by sony, EA, codemaster, etc
well i want to know your opinion on prices of games, i mean why do we have to pay £40-£50 for a new playstation 2 game and such, if you think about it all you get is a cd (£3 for top quality) a few months programing and a few weeks laugh
please reply to this and give me your thoughts
well i want to know your opinion on prices of games, i mean why do we have to pay £40-£50 for a new playstation 2 game and such, if you think about it all you get is a cd (£3 for top quality) a few months programing and a few weeks laugh
please reply to this and give me your thoughts
yeah but the money goes to everyone who made the game, the retailer and the people who published it and probably alot of other places too.
We get ripped of in this country there is no two ways about it. Cars, consoles, games etc the list goes on.
spunky 2k wrote:
well i want to know your opinion on
> prices of games, i mean why do we have to pay £40-£50
> for a new playstation 2 game and such, if you think about it all you
> get is a cd (£3 for top quality) a few months programing and a
> few weeks laugh
For a few months programming I would only be willing to spend £10 on a game as you can bet it would be the worst game ever. Most games take a good year to be developed fully. Some games take longer e.g. GT3, MGS2. I think that the prices are pretty fair. From SR you can buy alot of top games for anywhere between £34-39 which is cheaper than in the shops. I remember buying Tekken 2 from SR at £41 when it was released.
Games also cost alot to make e.g Shenmue. That cost something like $70 million to develope and make. The Final Fantasy games can cost $20 million to make aswell.
The Companies need to recover there money some how and with alot of priacy the prices are higher than they should be. Also we dont buy the games from the company but from a shop. They need there cut in profits aswell.
£40 is worth the money when you think that a team of people have dedicated there a year or more of there lives working on a game that you will play.
well i want to know your opinion on
> prices of games, i mean why do we have to pay £40-£50
> for a new playstation 2 game and such, if you think about it all you
> get is a cd (£3 for top quality) a few months programing and a
> few weeks laugh
For a few months programming I would only be willing to spend £10 on a game as you can bet it would be the worst game ever. Most games take a good year to be developed fully. Some games take longer e.g. GT3, MGS2. I think that the prices are pretty fair. From SR you can buy alot of top games for anywhere between £34-39 which is cheaper than in the shops. I remember buying Tekken 2 from SR at £41 when it was released.
Games also cost alot to make e.g Shenmue. That cost something like $70 million to develope and make. The Final Fantasy games can cost $20 million to make aswell.
The Companies need to recover there money some how and with alot of priacy the prices are higher than they should be. Also we dont buy the games from the company but from a shop. They need there cut in profits aswell.
£40 is worth the money when you think that a team of people have dedicated there a year or more of there lives working on a game that you will play.
adrian wrote:
> spunky 2k wrote:
well i want to know your opinion on
> prices
> of games, i mean why do we have to pay £40-£50
> for
> a new playstation 2 game and such, if you think about it all
> you
> get is a cd (£3 for top quality) a few months
> programing and a
> few weeks laugh
For a few months
> programming I would only be willing to spend £10 on a game as
> you can bet it would be the worst game ever. Most games take a good
> year to be developed fully. Some games take longer e.g. GT3, MGS2. I
> think that the prices are pretty fair. From SR you can buy alot of
> top games for anywhere between £34-39 which is cheaper than in
> the shops. I remember buying Tekken 2 from SR at £41 when it
> was released.
Games also cost alot to make e.g Shenmue. That cost
> something like $70 million to develope and make. The Final Fantasy
> games can cost $20 million to make aswell.
The Companies need to
> recover there money some how and with alot of priacy the prices are
> higher than they should be. Also we dont buy the games from the
> company but from a shop. They need there cut in profits
> aswell.
£40 is worth the money when you think that a team
> of people have dedicated there a year or more of there lives working
> on a game that you will play.
You took the words right out of my mouth, or fingers so to speak.
> spunky 2k wrote:
well i want to know your opinion on
> prices
> of games, i mean why do we have to pay £40-£50
> for
> a new playstation 2 game and such, if you think about it all
> you
> get is a cd (£3 for top quality) a few months
> programing and a
> few weeks laugh
For a few months
> programming I would only be willing to spend £10 on a game as
> you can bet it would be the worst game ever. Most games take a good
> year to be developed fully. Some games take longer e.g. GT3, MGS2. I
> think that the prices are pretty fair. From SR you can buy alot of
> top games for anywhere between £34-39 which is cheaper than in
> the shops. I remember buying Tekken 2 from SR at £41 when it
> was released.
Games also cost alot to make e.g Shenmue. That cost
> something like $70 million to develope and make. The Final Fantasy
> games can cost $20 million to make aswell.
The Companies need to
> recover there money some how and with alot of priacy the prices are
> higher than they should be. Also we dont buy the games from the
> company but from a shop. They need there cut in profits
> aswell.
£40 is worth the money when you think that a team
> of people have dedicated there a year or more of there lives working
> on a game that you will play.
You took the words right out of my mouth, or fingers so to speak.
Ok we all know that the UK pays more than anyone else for " games, consoles, cars and all the rest". But when you think of all the people who contribute to making games the price dosnt' seem that high. There is the developers, the guy with the original ideas, programmers, testers, advertisment adgency and lots of others. But when people make great games we dont really question the price, only when games dont meet or standard?? Maybee the PrimeMinester should try reduce prices of PS2 software(He'd get my vote) As £35 still seems to much to be asking for( New games should be £20 in my opinion).
I bought a new game in Spain and it cost me £20-25 while in the UK it cost £30-35.
Almost everything is expensive in the UK than everywhere else. Not only games.
Everything in the uk costs more than most places in the world, but with games its not just one person who makes the games. There are designers,retailers,advertising,and lots of others who contribute to making and releasing a game. So a percentage of each sale goes to each one. But we do get overcharged in the UK and maybee its time something is done about it. Does anyone know how we can change this. ie Who to write too to complain about the high prices???