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360 game for $60 but why?
BlindsideDork | 10:59 AM on 06.19.2007 7 comments


Yes, we all know the Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 games costs $60. It sucks, especially if you get one that isn't worth $30 or $40. But why is it so expensive? "Yew gotz 2 put 'n da ub3r-grafx, w00t w00t!" Yes, but wait, no?

A lot of people prefer PC games cause the mouse and keyboard are more accurate and better and cause you can get a very pretty game with unreal resolutions, usually better than consoles. If that is so, then how come you pay $10 less for them. Granted you do have to upgrade your system every month (I kid...every year, haha) but still you are paying less for a "better" game.

I was just looking at the EBGames/GameStop listing of BioShock and it shows the PC version is cheaper. Is it that much more difficult to make a game for the 360 than the PC? Do you really have to pay $10 more for a version you don't have to install and with (perhaps) gimped controls and/or graphics?


PS: this is no way saying the 360's graphics suck.



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Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2007 11:02
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Because the industry is a whore and the man is the deciding factor, meaning : We can't really do shit since millions of gamers wouldn't boycott.

Face it, we're addicted. That's why, just like more potent drugs, we buy more graphical games.

Snaileb 's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2007 11:02
Snaileb
Now stop posting.

galagabug 's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2007 11:09
galagabug
you're paying the extra $10 to feed the fairies that power the machines that press discs for the 360. everyone knows pc games are pressed by leprechauns, which feed on lucky charms. fairies eat pixie dust which is far more costly.
s0lesurviv0r's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2007 11:16
s0lesurviv0r
Those fairies need their pixie dust, that's why they're always whining for your attention.
"HEY, LISTEN, HEY, LISTEN, don't hold out on me maaaan!"
subnet6's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2007 13:45
subnet6
Yeah, this is lame. As long as gamers tolerate it, it will continue. It sounds to me like publishers realize that PC gamers are not as stupid as console gamers. I could be wrong though, since I'm primarily a console gamer over the last year or so.
BluDesign's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2007 16:21
BluDesign
$60 = rape
console gamers = chicks asking for it
EA/Ubisoft/Sony/MS = frat guy
HD haloes = GHB and roofies

You do the math.
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/19/2007 20:18
BlindsideDork
gosh, we consoler gamers are just a bunch of cock teases, aren't we?
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