Re: ODST: Overpriced?

by Death no More on Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:02 am

Ascendant Justice wrote:
Kasrkin Seath wrote:I think all games are overpriced

I think you're overpriced.

I think the word overpriced is overpriced.

by Gold Spartan on Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:47 am

If all games were priced right, vidoe game companies would go broke.

by ReconToaster on Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:43 am

Gold wrote:If all games were priced right, vidoe game companies would go broke.

If games were priced right, more people would by them, thus earning the developer an even higher profit.

This is true even with popular games that have high sales in the first place. Valve cut the price of Left 4 Dead on Steam from $50 down to $25 for a weekend, and they experienced A THREE THOUSAND PERCENT SALES INCREASE!!!

Making every game 5 dollars may not be profitable, but there is such a thing as a happy medium when it comes to game pricing.

http://www.edge-online.com/features/valve-are-games-too-expensive

by Ascendant Justice on Mon Oct 12, 2009 3:11 pm

They price games at that price because they know they can get away with it, and people will still buy it.

by **Vigil** on Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:23 pm

True, but you have to realise that the majority of that money never goes to the developers of the game.

All lot goes to suppliers and publishers.

by **Spekwyse** on Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:03 pm

I read this article in a magazine.
http://www.oxmonline.com/article/features/where-does-your-60-go?page=0%2C0
(its two pages you'll have to click the link on the bottom of it)
It basically sums up why 360 games are mostly $60.

by **CivBase** on Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:22 pm

ReconToaster wrote:This is true even with popular games that have high sales in the first place. Valve cut the price of Left 4 Dead on Steam from $50 down to $25 for a weekend, and they experienced A THREE THOUSAND PERCENT SALES INCREASE!!!

This is a very common marketing tactic. Their sales wouldn't have been near as high if it would have remained $25, and they would have wound up loosing money.

by ReconToaster on Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:00 pm

Okay, so maybe $25 is still too low for a new game price.

Nevertheless, that huge sales increase is not just because of the limited time aspect of the offer. I'm sure a lower, more profitable, permanent price model could be put in place.

by Gauz on Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:09 pm

Death no more wrote:
Ascendant Justice wrote:
Kasrkin Seath wrote:I think all games are overpriced

I think you're overpriced.
I think the word overpriced is overpriced.

[troll]God is overpriced[/troll]

by PiEdude on Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:11 pm

Gauz wrote:
Death no more wrote:
Ascendant Justice wrote:
Kasrkin Seath wrote:I think all games are overpriced

I think you're overpriced.
I think the word overpriced is overpriced.

[troll]God is overpriced[/troll]

Well, we know what to do with athe- I mean, trolls...

by Death no More on Mon Oct 12, 2009 8:42 pm

Gauz wrote:
Death no more wrote:
Ascendant Justice wrote:
Kasrkin Seath wrote:I think all games are overpriced

I think you're overpriced.
I think the word overpriced is overpriced.

[troll]God is overpriced[/troll]

Only to atheists.

by Gauz on Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:37 pm

Catholic ------->

by PiEdude on Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:47 pm

Gauz wrote:Catholic ------->

Gauz's Sig wrote:"The best way to see Faith is to shut the eye of Reason."
~Benjamin Franklin~

"Religion is the opiate of the people."
~Karl Marx~

Ba-Ba-Ba-Bull shit.

by Ascendant Justice on Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:52 pm

Unitologist ------->

by Death no More on Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:12 pm

Ascendant Justice wrote:Unitologist ------->

Altman be praised

ODST Overpriced?