DarkGashX Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I am just curious why compared to the previous generation games (?29.99), games for the 360/NextGen HD Consoles are now ?39.99 - ?49.99? PC Games are only ?25 - ?35 (?50 for collector/limited editions). Is there any reported reason? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoapyHamHocks Member Posted December 6, 2006 Member Share Posted December 6, 2006 Well it does cost a lot more to make these games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGashX Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 Well it does cost a lot more to make these games. I mean the same game on the pc would be less and look just as good as a 360 version. I just don't get it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spenser.d Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I mean the same game on the pc would be less and look just as good as a 360 version. I just don't get it. Because they can charge that much more for it and just about the same amount of people will buy the game. Pretty much basic marketing. -Spenser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGashX Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 Cheeky, I anit complaining, I'll happily pay it - it has just been bugging me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neoadorable Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 what stifler said. there's no technical reason: as you noted, 360/PS3 titles are basically PC games, but still cost more. it's a price point the market can tolerate, so they go with it. in a couple of years it'll go down for "lesser" releases. and before someone says that consoles have a centralized licensing process that costs money, so did the PS2, Xbox et al but they nonetheless didn't cost more than PC games, hence i doubt that where the extra ten bucks come from. it's market forces, that's all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynnoj Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 You really had to ask that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garryb Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 thats normal , i mean rhey have invested a lot into reasearch and development of their new disc formats like hddvd and blu ray so they are gonna charge extra for those things as well so thats wht these console makers do they sell the console at loss first and then make money off games and other services. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGashX Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 thats normal , i mean rhey have invested a lot into reasearch and development of their new disc formats like hddvd and blu ray so they are gonna charge extra for those things as well so thats wht these console makers do they sell the console at loss first and then make money off games and other services. 360 only has DVD though, so that (I don't think) doesn't apply to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thagame Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 they arent always the same game look at the new splinter cell , tony hawk project 8 etc... for the xbox and 360. totally different games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGashX Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 Good point, but if we compare PC to the 360 as I said it's about the same and a lower price. I don't mind the price just wondered why it is more money. Still, the Xbox Live service is top notch. :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted December 6, 2006 Veteran Share Posted December 6, 2006 Yeah... I think it was basically EA that started that trend. If you looked (at least in the US), the original first-party Xbox 360 games (and some third-party non-EA titles) were the same price as last-gen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkGashX Posted December 6, 2006 Author Share Posted December 6, 2006 EA at again a? I really do hate EA sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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