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" What price do you put on joy?"

Video games. Funny things ain't they. They are played all across the globe and bring joy to men, women and children of all ages, beliefs and social standings. But what price can you put on this joy. £10. £50. £100!!! After all, you're only getting a small disk/catridge for your dosh aren't you. People often moan at the high prices of the latest releases. But do we really pay to much for our games? In my opinion, no, not at all. £50 may seem a little costly but think about it. How long has it taken to develop that game, to create that game. The effort put in by Programmers, Artists and god knows who else is unprecedented. Even simple, or just plain crap games can take months to complete. I'm thinking on my feet when writing this topic so I'm not sure where I want to take it. All I know is, this idea could have a lot of potential, so please, expand on this framework.

Video games. Funny things ain't they. They are played all across the globe and bring joy to men, women and children of all ages, beliefs and social standings. But what price can you put on this joy. £10. £50. £100!!! After all, you're only getting a small disk/catridge for your dosh aren't you. People often moan at the high prices of the latest releases. But do we really pay to much for our games? In my opinion, no, not at all. £50 may seem a little costly but think about it. How long has it taken to develop that game, to create that game. The effort put in by Programmers, Artists and god knows who else is unprecedented. Even simple, or just plain crap games can take months to complete. I'm thinking on my feet when writing this topic so I'm not sure where I want to take it. All I know is, this idea could have a lot of potential, so please, expand on this framework.

Yeah, just imagine MGS2:SOL being sold for a fiver (CD,Case,Printing etc..) The producers would go bankrupt!!!!!


uksgamer2002 wrote:
> Video games. Funny things ain't they. They are played all across the globe and
> bring joy to men, women and children of all ages, beliefs and social standings.
> But what price can you put on this joy. £10. £50. £100!!!
> After all, you're only getting a small disk/catridge for your dosh aren't you.
> People often moan at the high prices of the latest releases. But do we really
> pay to much for our games? In my opinion, no, not at all. £50 may seem a
> little costly but think about it. How long has it taken to develop that game, to
> create that game. The effort put in by Programmers, Artists and god knows who
> else is unprecedented. Even simple, or just plain crap games can take months to
> complete. I'm thinking on my feet when writing this topic so I'm not sure where
> I want to take it. All I know is, this idea could have a lot of potential, so
> please, expand on this framework.

It's worth it to keep our industry alive:)

Is it normally this quiet on a Sunday? Or is it 'cos it's Christmas?

Its cos its Christmas. I ave just had 'company' and I was wishing they would go, it was so boring. As written in my other topic, I am excitedly awaiting opening my two new GBA games, Warioland 4 and Golden Sun.

uksgamer2002 wrote:
> Is it normally this quiet on a Sunday? Or is it 'cos it's Christmas?

I hate it when my mum says were having 'company'

I hate it when people don't use paragraphs........

I'll have to agree I think that the companies work hard to give use quality games and I think that they charge us fair.

It probably cost these programmers millions to develop a good game, so they have to charge this much to get their money back.

Some people say that paying £40 pounds for a piece of plastic (CD or Cartridge) is too much, but I couldn't dissagree more. You're not paying for the actual item, its whats on it that you're paying for.

Price on joy? Bout 50 quid, but she doesn't do Sunday's, so no joy for me today.