Games may have cost the same in the 90's but there was also a smaller pool of customers namely kids, the gaming landscape is completely different today what with a larger customer base and more importantly those who they are selling to are the ones with the cash opposed to 90's sales based around gifts and pocket money meaning games then were over inflated to cover costs and future development. The argument for increased prices today is fine as long as It's reflected in the product I'm not going to pay 60 for a game which is unplayable wthout a day one patch I mean no other business would get away with it you dont buy a car and they fit the breaks later or buy a sandwich consisting of bread with filling to follow sometime in the first week.
The big companies can go thier own sweet way and I'll keep my money for the indie developers that will step up to the plate to give me what I want, after all some of the most interesting storylines have been coming from indy developers for a while now. Oh and I'll Always have nintendo.
Surely Nintendo are just early to the party on this one, after all there is only so far graphics et al can go, once these aspects have reaced their zenith Wouldn't it then be a natural transition to make consoles smaller and less obtrusive and a portable aspect will come into that, the progress of other tech better and cheaper wifi increase in battery durability will all make this an inevitability,how far we are from that is really all that remains to be seen.
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Re: Soapbox: Why Don't We Hear from Sony Executives Anymore?
They're too busy swimming in that vast vault of ps4 profit to manage anything else.
Re: EA Removes Microtransactions from Star Wars Battlefront 2, for Now at Least
Would say this is about consumer power but it's more likely to avoid problems with the European gaming commissions that are looking at loot boxes.
Re: Telltale Culls a Quarter of Its Staff As It Refocuses on Quality
@johncalmc
Games may have cost the same in the 90's but there was also a smaller pool of customers namely kids, the gaming landscape is completely different today what with a larger customer base and more importantly those who they are selling to are the ones with the cash opposed to 90's sales based around gifts and pocket money meaning games then were over inflated to cover costs and future development. The argument for increased prices today is fine as long as It's reflected in the product I'm not going to pay 60 for a game which is unplayable wthout a day one patch I mean no other business would get away with it you dont buy a car and they fit the breaks later or buy a sandwich consisting of bread with filling to follow sometime in the first week.
Re: God of War Director Speaks Out in Defence of Single Player Games
The big companies can go thier own sweet way and I'll keep my money for the indie developers that will step up to the plate to give me what I want, after all some of the most interesting storylines have been coming from indy developers for a while now. Oh and I'll Always have nintendo.
Re: Poll: Do You Want Another Portable PlayStation?
Surely Nintendo are just early to the party on this one, after all there is only so far graphics et al can go, once these aspects have reaced their zenith Wouldn't it then be a natural transition to make consoles smaller and less obtrusive and a portable aspect will come into that, the progress of other tech better and cheaper wifi increase in battery durability will all make this an inevitability,how far we are from that is really all that remains to be seen.
Re: Japanese Strategy RPG Utawarerumono Is Heading West with 2 Games on PS4, Vita This Year
Think I watched the anime of this many years ago, was quite good as I recall so colour me interested.
Re: Is It Almost Time for Resident Evil 7 on PS4?
Dino crisis 4?
Re: Let's Hope Mafia III Ends Up Being as Good as This Fantastic Release Date Trailer
After number 2 I think i'll wait to see reviews before buying another possible pup.