Instead of just sitting around grumbling about not being able to afford all the great releases coming out in the next few months, GameDaily called up some gamers to listen to them grumble about not being able to afford all the great releases coming out in the next few months. Specifically, they asked console owners how they felt about Xbox 360 and PS3 game prices being set at a default of $60, compared to last generation’s $50. Understandably, not many people were all that happy about it.
Based on the national sample’s responses: 43 percent said that they would wait for games to drop in price before they’d buy them, 30 percent said they’d buy more used games, 23 percent said they would buy fewer games, 17 percent said that they would rent more games, and 17 percent said that they’d pay full price so long as it was for the “right game.”
Along with the above data, GameDaily produced another magical chart that shows purchasing trends based on gender and age. It looks like guys are far more likely to shell out $60 for a new release than the ladies are.
How has the ten dollar price hike affected your videogame buying habits? Has it lead you to buy more games for the PC and Wii, where they still retain a sub-$50 price tag?
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9:19 PM on 09.08.2008
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I gueess for me, I'm in that 17% who will pay full price for the 'right game'. What I hate though is how some DS games are 40 dollars, TWEWY for example. TWEWY was the only exception I made and I will never buy another handheld game over 30 dollars again... except for TWEWY 2.
RRP for 360/PS3 titles remains at the the stupid £45 - £50 but for the most part new games start as low as £35 if you find the best price. That's roughly the same as what we were paying last gen but much less (especially taking inflation into account) than during the preceding generations. Fuck I remember spending half of my 'berry money on Street Fighter II for the SNES at the ridiculous price of £65 (about $110 now but probably closer to $95 then).
So I feel happy as fuck, especially now that I don't have to pick 'berries for three weeks to buy one game.
I say, lower it to 40!!!!
Everybody likes money. Game companies want mine, but I'd like to hold onto it as much as I can. Charge too high and you don't get as much or any at all.
If new games were $40, I'd be more willing to buy brand new on launch day, but as it stands I'll be waiting for price drops while I play last year's games. Works for me.
I haven't noticed myself buying less games, tho. It's quite the opposite. I think I've already purchased more new games for this generations consoles, then I did for the last generation.
I can definitely say I've boughten MUCH fewer games for this generation of systems than the last. But a good argument could be made for the graphical quality increase we've seen. PC gaming demands for graphics have found themselves on my consoles systems. So much so that I'm almost ditching PC gaming because its just too much money for me to keep up with when a single console will do the same thing almost. Grrrr! Need a real job...
I never had a problem payin $50 for a game..sucked or not. but adding 10 bucks for some reason makes me 3rd leg cringe a bit...
Waiting for games to drop in price allows me to spend my $60 still, but get more than 1 game out of it. I'm able to check out crap I normally wouldn't and expand my gaming wisdom which is pretty wicked.
Considering how much cost goes into creating a AAA title today, $60 really is a deal.
I don't need it
Stop complaining O_O
Also, I'm sick of hearing the bullshit about how games are expensive due to piracy. It's the other way around.
I will say that it has caused me to buy less games, I only buy the ones I know will be good now instead of taking a chance on some.
The picture cracked me up, btw
Just so we're clear ('Cause I know where these discussions can go) I'm not trying to stir up antagonism about price differences, I was just relating my experience as a game buyer in the UK to this US focused article.
109.95 AUD = 88.5652 USD
Live rates at 2008.09.09 06:03:56 UTC
That's nearly 50% more than what you pay in the states!
You can't tell me that it costs $28.5 extra PER GAME for them to be shipped down here. OUT RAGE I SAY!! OUT RAGE!
If you want to see new game prices go back to the sweet $40 spot like during the late PS2 era, then you just have to wait another couple years. Early in the lifespan of a console, games cost more, and they always have.
The problem is not price. The problem is whether the games are good enough to justify that price. The 360 is just getting by in this regard, but the PS3 is the system having the problem.
That said, I usually wait for the price to drop to $40 before I buy. It's not like it really takes that long in this market.
Games were $40-50 for PC, PS2, N64, XBox and Gamecube in my area. Never higher, sometimes even lower. The simple fact is I've bought less and less games as I've been forced to curtail my spending due to it just not being "worth it" anymore.
Well thats because we get older my friend. When were young its always mommy and daddies money. If not that, its money we saved up from birthdays and holidays. If you actually even worked for it, it was either chore money, or mowing lawns.
But the minute you actually have to put in a 40+ hour work week, and have other bills to pay; hell even a husband or wife OR babies momma, you'll have less and less to spend on games.
Yes, I miss the times of yesteryear, but thats because I had 8 hours a day if I wanted to spend on playing video games. I remember pulling all-nighters just to beat a certain game. I cant even remember NOW when the last time Ive beaten a game that took longer then 10 hours to beat. RPG? Hell no.
So yea, getting older comes with responsibility and less game playing. It blows, but its true.
To all those comparing prices to the cost of SNES games or whatever, the market is many, many times bigger than it was in earlier generations so no, we aren't getting a good deal. That's why the games industry keeps reporting bigger and bigger profits despite economic conditions.
You have to sh*t gold coins here not to import games..
personally 20-40 bucks is my limit for new game if it costs more it's not a "impulse buy" anymore.
Im mostly happy to pay but dont have to as the internet provides me with the Collectors editions for aroudn the same price.
So yeah, the price of games reduces what i buy! I mostly buy games from Steam, and in particularly the sweet $10 indie games, since im a sucker for something simple but clever and addictive. ESPECIALLY if it has pretty colours and sounds.
Basically, all I have are 9s and I miss the days when I would play average but entertaining games like Neo Contra.
Publishers on the PS3 and Xbox 360 are just charging $60 a game because they can get away with it. Just like they can get away with $50+ for an extra controller.
I have been taking advantage of Gamestop's used games A LOT more. Actually, before this gen I never bought a used game. Mostly due to problems with my PS2 and my xbox not reading scratched discs at all. But now I've got the Edge card and I usually get lucky and someone has returned a new release within a week of release and if I'm really lucky Gamestop has the 25% off a used 360 game... combine that with the edge card for 35% off. I got Bad Company 8 days after release used for $37. I picked up Soul Calibur 4 last week for the same price.
Publishers on the PS3 and Xbox 360 are just charging $60 a game because they can get away with it. Just like they can get away with $50+ for an extra controller.