Since When did this become ok?!!
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It actually happens in Europe to a degree where Americans get the games slightly cheaper, although I will admit not by much (at least judging from the typical £40 price tag being about £1.50 more than $60). However, I'm still annoyed by typically earlier release dates, exclusive games/content and additional extra pre-order gifts. More so about the typically earlier release dates and exclusive games because we've gotten to a point where there is absolutely no excuse. There's the whole Rock Band joke where it took a year to bring the game from America to Europe, there's Demon's Souls which considering PS3s are region free, you just may as well import yourself instead of a publisher actually doing it (and making a lot of money from it, well, more money than Dynasty Warriors is going to get any time soon, not to name the publisher who would rather keep pushing that series than to release something new and established; there's no risk here!) and there's the Resident Evil: Outbreak thing (although I know it's a little old) where multi-player was exclusive to America and Japan. I'm sure there was a case involving Steam (besides SAW The Game being released on Steam in time for Halloween, Europe got it about a month later if I remember rightly).
I think years ago, I'd just nod and think "fair enough", but with less and less region issues about, it's now about shipping and even then, half the time that's really out the question because of the ability to download the game using things like Steam. The whole point of publishers to, well, publish games. That's transporting the goods to the shops, advertising and creating the discs the games come on (although I may be wrong about the last one). If they fail at even one out of three, just because the location of said shop (even if said shop was in a place that was easy to reach, or if all they have to do is upload it to buy on-line to download), then they've failed at their job personally.
I think years ago, I'd just nod and think "fair enough", but with less and less region issues about, it's now about shipping and even then, half the time that's really out the question because of the ability to download the game using things like Steam. The whole point of publishers to, well, publish games. That's transporting the goods to the shops, advertising and creating the discs the games come on (although I may be wrong about the last one). If they fail at even one out of three, just because the location of said shop (even if said shop was in a place that was easy to reach, or if all they have to do is upload it to buy on-line to download), then they've failed at their job personally.
the prices of games here in Australia are appalling. new games cost on average 75-106 US dollars. yes i converted it, US DOLLARS!
I took a look at Final Fantasy 13 for the 360 today. No kidding, it was $140.Nihilism_Is_Bliss said:
Mind you, I was in EB games.
That's why you go to EB, buy a game, try it out, then take it back after a week for the full value trade-in. I do this every year, playing maybe 20-30 games and only actually paying for the ones I really liked; i.e. 1 or 2. The hardest part is remembering to go back after a week, but if you put the receipt into the game box with the manual it's there as a reminder. =)
I like Steam personally, comes with some nifty advantages, and if you don't want to spend that amount of money, give it a bit of time, and it will be on a Weekend Deal, I got L4D 30% off the weekend after release on one of them.
Sometimes I enjoy the perks of being American.
If you don't like it, pirate it and buy a CD key from some respectable Internet Busyness Men from Malaysia. Or you could start a petition against this madness! /end sarcasm
Corporations want your money and they'll do anything to get it, most people will still buy a game even if it costs more because they want it. The greed works both ways, no?
If you don't like it, pirate it and buy a CD key from some respectable Internet Busyness Men from Malaysia. Or you could start a petition against this madness! /end sarcasm
Corporations want your money and they'll do anything to get it, most people will still buy a game even if it costs more because they want it. The greed works both ways, no?
So is steam priving games differently in different countries?
If thats the case, heres what you can do.
if you know someone living in a differetn country, where steam charges less, transfer money to them, have them buy teh game over steam and send it as a gift to you still over steam.
If thats the case, heres what you can do.
if you know someone living in a differetn country, where steam charges less, transfer money to them, have them buy teh game over steam and send it as a gift to you still over steam.
though it probably makes sense to the stupid people running politics, it still seems pretty outrageous to me
presidentjlh said:
*Draws deep breath and prepares to describe the intricate workings of capitalism, international protectionism, split market theory, the complete regulation of markets that call themselves free without while high fiving each other behind their ridiculous mounds of ill-won cash. Realizes no-one cares, and decides to waste his economics a-level and anthropology degree elsewhere.
This is because theres no proper judge as to what makes art shitty and if the company sold it lower they'd be admitting it sucks, not something they'd wanna doPimppeter2 said:
But take a look at preowned games, they resemble cars.
The older they get the cheaper they get unless the product itself is either rare or a classic example, preowned limited edition Perfect Dark Zero, in Game for £1.50, A preowned Ico on the otherhand can be anywhere between £20 - £50
The moniker of "AAA Title" doesn't really pertain to a project being "head and shoulders above the rest" for the game industry. A AAA title is more a title that has a lot of resources and manpower thrown at it to make sure it is top notch and well marketed. This doesn't always work mind you, but typically if you spend enough making and marketing the game, you will get a huge return via reviews and sales, thus being marked by the public as AAA.Therumancer said: