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1. frostquake
   Moderator

   So I am hearing rumblings in the Market that "Project Cafe" games will Be $59.99 for new Releases. Of course this is all rumors and conjectures at this point, but it does fall in line with the pricing structures for the Wii Successor.

   So I don't think People will have problems with the Cafe game pricing, since they have been paying that for PS3 and 360 Games.

   I guess the problem will come with the Next Gens from Sony and MS. If Games are priced $69.99, I think that will push pricing over the Edge.

   Here in the USA, that price has become a difficult expenditure with Gas Prices, Food Prices and Such, as well with the Job Market being Bad, even though New Jobs were added this quarter, it was more of the McDonalds Type as well as Part-Time Jobs!

   If the Economy stays in the Toilet, which I am seeing every indication that it will, I think $69.99 will be too much!

   PC Gaming has stabilized around the $49.99 price point, even with New tech every 6 months!

   I really think the Console Gaming Industry needs to adopt the PC Price point to maintain stabilization and avoid the Volatility of crashing due to High Price Points.

   Who knows, though, in 5 years we could all be Kings and Queens, with No more Peasants.....YEAH RIGHT!!

   Posted 2 years ago #

2. Erthazus
   Member

   59.99$ is already too much to be honest.

   Thats what i like about PC gaming is that 49.99$ with best performance and mods.

   Posted 2 years ago #

3. ManuOtaku
   Member

   "Who knows, though, in 5 years we could all be Kings and Queens, with No more Peasants.....YEAH RIGHT!!"
   Dont worry man according with the mayas the humanity will cease to exist in 12/21/2012, so no problemo 8D

   Posted 2 years ago #

4. G1GAHURTZ
   Member

   While I'd be prepared to pay $100+ for a good game (I've bought many a console just to play one title), I've lost all confidence in Nintendo, and don't expect them to be offering any games or hardware of interest to me.

   They can charge what they want as far as I'm concerned...

   Posted 2 years ago #

5. Deacon
   Member

   I'm already a massive queen thank you. My dog even has his own butler.

   I can't really speak for the US market. If new releases are generally $59.99 then they're definitely not going to be any less than that next gen!

   The truth is that the entire world is corrupt and filled with greed.
   Grocery prices, gas prices, heating bills, taxes, transport.. Everything's going up, yet there's often no real reason behind it.
   With development costs ever-increasing I think it's completely unrealistic to think that the cost of our beloved games will do anything BUT increase.

   As passionate a gamer as I am, I'm not concerned with the cost of new releases. Why? Rarely do I feel the need to purchase a game day 1. In fact (bar gifts) my entire PS3 collection consists of titles I've paid £15 or less for (so $25 or less). Many costing less than £10.

   If someone feels the necessity to buy the new CoD day 1, then that's their money.

   What I'm more worried about is the future of the used games market / second hand sales. But that's a whole different conversation...

   Posted 2 years ago #

6. frostquake
   Moderator

   I just wonder though, where is the tipping point on price points for games. Where does it cease to appeal to the mass and only appeal to the elite...$100???

   I remember when I bought the Neo Geo. The Games were $99.99 for each of those HUGE Cartridges. Yeah, the Tech was great..I could take my Memory card to the Arcade and plug it into the game there and pick up where I left off, but Ultimately it Doomed itself.

   It didn't appeal to the Mass Market, mostly due to pricing for the games.
   On top of that, when game prices are too high, you don't get a ton of games for the system, because it is too much of a risk!

   There has to be a Tipping point in the Consoles, and I think we are close to it, where eventually they have to fall back into a more stable price point on games, just like PC games! I think a Crash and Burn is right around the corner!

   G1GA, though you would pay $100 per game, most people will not. When you hit the $100 price point you start getting into the 1% of those in the public who can afford the game, instead of the 99% of the Middle to Lower Class who would buy the game!

   And Deacon..the Used Game Market will be HUGE if the Price Points continue to go up!! Used Games will re-map the market, and developers and Retail will go to Def-con 5.

   Posted 2 years ago #

7. Deacon
   Member

   a few more years perhaps and we'll have DRM that will completely crush the used games market. These 'online passes' are just the start.

   Posted 2 years ago #

8. Kabby
   Member

   My eyes glaze over when I see Americans post about price inequalities.

   Posted 2 years ago #

9. OlderGamer
   Moderator

   "a few more years perhaps and we'll have DRM that will completely crush the used games market. These 'online passes' are just the start."

   Yep, I completly agree. It could be fully digital. It could be disc activation codes. Could be we buy an "extended demo disc at the store" then pay to unlock the content at home(meaning that only the account that unlocks it can use it - sell the demo disc to a diffent account, and they will have to pay to do the same thing). Or some such nonesense.

   Posted 2 years ago #

10. psysquig
    Member

    If only things would work logically and due to full digital downloads no longer needing store shelves they could be cheaper!

    But thats never gonna happen, Im sooo torn over DLC, it seems the way to go but will kill off the used market.

    Posted 2 years ago #

11. SOMI
    Member

    It could be $5.00 for all I care who's going to buy this weak piece of trash? no good games,graphics or anything, total waste of money. Seeing as it's Nintendo it will be trash.

    Posted 2 years ago #

12. dreamcastnews
    Member

    If you don't like it SOMI, go look at the console you have under your TV, go grab a tissue from the bathroom and play with your genitals until something happens, then come back once you've calmed down and talk like an adult, if you don't decide to buy Project Cafe, or; indeed any other Nintendo hardware, piss off to another forum and stop acting like a trolling f*ck

    Posted 2 years ago #

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