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Okay, let me explain......
My idea is that you buy a playstation game for 50p from the shop and if you die in the game it corrupts the CD and you cant play it anymore, meaning you would have to go and pay another 50p to carry on the game.....
Advantages:
1. The better gamer will be able to get a game for under a quid!
2. It will make people think about the game more eg. Strategies and different routes to take etc.
3. 50p means you can basically buy a demo of the game and see what it is like.
4. There will be more competition between you and your mates that have the game, boasting abut how little you payed for the game.
5. A competition could be set for every person that completes the game, meaning people will want to pay.
Disadvantages:
1. The discs may cost more than 50p to produce (I'm not quite sure how much they cost, but I'm guessing that if they made alot then the price of the discs would fall).....
If anyone can reply and tell me how much they cost to make, you would be a grate help
2. People that arent so good at the game could end up paying £500 for it! Oh well!
3. It could get kinda tiresome going to the shop all the time, but to overcome this you could just buy £10 worth of discs.
If you can think of any more advantages or disadvantages, then just post a message, and if you think my game idea is anygood.
Thanks
Dav1d
My idea is that you buy a playstation game for 50p from the shop and if you die in the game it corrupts the CD and you cant play it anymore, meaning you would have to go and pay another 50p to carry on the game.....
Advantages:
1. The better gamer will be able to get a game for under a quid!
2. It will make people think about the game more eg. Strategies and different routes to take etc.
3. 50p means you can basically buy a demo of the game and see what it is like.
4. There will be more competition between you and your mates that have the game, boasting abut how little you payed for the game.
5. A competition could be set for every person that completes the game, meaning people will want to pay.
Disadvantages:
1. The discs may cost more than 50p to produce (I'm not quite sure how much they cost, but I'm guessing that if they made alot then the price of the discs would fall).....
If anyone can reply and tell me how much they cost to make, you would be a grate help
2. People that arent so good at the game could end up paying £500 for it! Oh well!
3. It could get kinda tiresome going to the shop all the time, but to overcome this you could just buy £10 worth of discs.
If you can think of any more advantages or disadvantages, then just post a message, and if you think my game idea is anygood.
Thanks
Dav1d
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Okay, let me explain......
My idea is that you buy a playstation game for 50p from the shop and if you die in the game it corrupts the CD and you cant play it anymore, meaning you would have to go and pay another 50p to carry on the game.....
Advantages:
1. The better gamer will be able to get a game for under a quid!
2. It will make people think about the game more eg. Strategies and different routes to take etc.
3. 50p means you can basically buy a demo of the game and see what it is like.
4. There will be more competition between you and your mates that have the game, boasting abut how little you payed for the game.
5. A competition could be set for every person that completes the game, meaning people will want to pay.
Disadvantages:
1. The discs may cost more than 50p to produce (I'm not quite sure how much they cost, but I'm guessing that if they made alot then the price of the discs would fall).....
If anyone can reply and tell me how much they cost to make, you would be a grate help
2. People that arent so good at the game could end up paying £500 for it! Oh well!
3. It could get kinda tiresome going to the shop all the time, but to overcome this you could just buy £10 worth of discs.
If you can think of any more advantages or disadvantages, then just post a message, and if you think my game idea is anygood.
Thanks
Dav1d
My idea is that you buy a playstation game for 50p from the shop and if you die in the game it corrupts the CD and you cant play it anymore, meaning you would have to go and pay another 50p to carry on the game.....
Advantages:
1. The better gamer will be able to get a game for under a quid!
2. It will make people think about the game more eg. Strategies and different routes to take etc.
3. 50p means you can basically buy a demo of the game and see what it is like.
4. There will be more competition between you and your mates that have the game, boasting abut how little you payed for the game.
5. A competition could be set for every person that completes the game, meaning people will want to pay.
Disadvantages:
1. The discs may cost more than 50p to produce (I'm not quite sure how much they cost, but I'm guessing that if they made alot then the price of the discs would fall).....
If anyone can reply and tell me how much they cost to make, you would be a grate help
2. People that arent so good at the game could end up paying £500 for it! Oh well!
3. It could get kinda tiresome going to the shop all the time, but to overcome this you could just buy £10 worth of discs.
If you can think of any more advantages or disadvantages, then just post a message, and if you think my game idea is anygood.
Thanks
Dav1d
This is possibly the stupidest idea I've ever seen.
I'f your gonna buy "£10's worth of disks" thats a third of a price of a £30 brand new 'good' PSX/DC game.
To be honest, your better of just visiting an Arcade to play old and new titles for the same price. And if you stick £10 quid in it your likely (if your not a total idiot) to get your name stored on a score board... then you can show off to your mates n stuff!
... Get back to the drawing board!
I'f your gonna buy "£10's worth of disks" thats a third of a price of a £30 brand new 'good' PSX/DC game.
To be honest, your better of just visiting an Arcade to play old and new titles for the same price. And if you stick £10 quid in it your likely (if your not a total idiot) to get your name stored on a score board... then you can show off to your mates n stuff!
... Get back to the drawing board!
disadvantages- no one would buy them you dufas!!
OK OK ..... maybe it wasnt such a good idea ........... maybe I should have said 20p a game!!
It could work if you changed the idea from consoles and disks to PC's and the Internet
(although with consoles getting Hard Drives, this could be valid on them soon)
You could get someone to pay a tenner ofr the game and the first 4-5 levels ... and then 50p/etc... for each level after that (or another tenner for the rest of the levels in one pack?)
This way, people could buy whay would basically be a demo of the game, and they could continue playing the game for as long as they wanted, only paying to see the next level when they got to it, and if they wanted to keep playing.
Either that or all downloads, including the first, costing 50p to a quid?
This would mean that developers could continue to develop a title as long as their was a demand... which, one dropped off they could start working either on a sequal,m or on the next title?
(although with consoles getting Hard Drives, this could be valid on them soon)
You could get someone to pay a tenner ofr the game and the first 4-5 levels ... and then 50p/etc... for each level after that (or another tenner for the rest of the levels in one pack?)
This way, people could buy whay would basically be a demo of the game, and they could continue playing the game for as long as they wanted, only paying to see the next level when they got to it, and if they wanted to keep playing.
Either that or all downloads, including the first, costing 50p to a quid?
This would mean that developers could continue to develop a title as long as their was a demand... which, one dropped off they could start working either on a sequal,m or on the next title?
Shanks, but then people would be paying for a demo, and why should they do that?
At the moment demos are free, people will be slightly annoyed if they have to start paying for them.
At the moment demos are free, people will be slightly annoyed if they have to start paying for them.
leave it as it is. I really dont like that Idea. There would be no multiplayer games, the disks would be corrupted. Hey think about "one shot kills" games like Rinbow six, how on earth would that work concidering you spend about 10 attempts at each mission, and die each time, but other members of your tean can finish the level. Sorry your idea is rubbish
Your Honour wrote:
> Shanks, but then people would be paying for a demo, and why should
> they do that?
At the moment demos are free, people will be
> slightly annoyed if they have to start paying for them.
Its not really a demo.. its the first 4 levels and the game engine (which could, effectivly allow people to create their own mods for a title?
Besides, people do buy demos, its also cheaper (as long as its sold for 50p) than spending a fiver on a mag if your interested in the game...
lets be honest, if you lost 50p would you be all that bothered?
Although, if your that fussed, we could give away the first 4 levels for free... and ask them for money if they decide to buy the rest of the title?
> Shanks, but then people would be paying for a demo, and why should
> they do that?
At the moment demos are free, people will be
> slightly annoyed if they have to start paying for them.
Its not really a demo.. its the first 4 levels and the game engine (which could, effectivly allow people to create their own mods for a title?
Besides, people do buy demos, its also cheaper (as long as its sold for 50p) than spending a fiver on a mag if your interested in the game...
lets be honest, if you lost 50p would you be all that bothered?
Although, if your that fussed, we could give away the first 4 levels for free... and ask them for money if they decide to buy the rest of the title?
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