Weak Economy May Bring Cheaper Games

How many franchises will you pay MSRP for? I think the last one for me was GTA4. I never miss a release day for GTA.

I was hoping for a $25-$40 PC version of CoD:WaW but no dice. =(

i don't touch any game over $30. hence i buy all my games used on ebay/amazon/half. this usually means waiting for price drops, but that also implies that games have patches waiting for them by that time already as well. so a win win for me.

Breast Guy had COD : WAW for $35 on sale. I used one of the rebate reward coupons they send in the mail and got it for $30. Well worth $30. See you guys online!

So I'm assuming this means that instead of the usual " Give 85% of the game and charge 60 bucks, then another 10 bucks for the DLC", instead it will be, " Give 70% of the game then charge 50 bucks, then another 20 bucks for 2 DLC." So we won't really save but we'll just have to pay less upfront. "So for the last level and ending along with those 2 levels and 3 costumes that we cut, you'll just have to shell them out in DLC costs >:D"

Yeah, COD:WOW is cheaper, unless you are buying it through steam in the EU.

It is still over 63 USD even when on sale 10% off !

I buy more games if I can get them at lower prices. Surprise? I don't think this has that much to do with the current economic state. This is always true. My game buying slowed down when games sat on store shelves at $59.99 for months on end. I find myself just waiting it out for better deals and sales. I'm NOT going to pay a dime over $30 for L4D.

Let's not ignore how the situation has worsened overall for game buyers. It's not just the economy. I've got a good job and to be honest the economy is not really hitting me personally. I just think I'm getting less for my money so I'm just not willing to pay as much. Loaded DRM that I worry will make my purchase more like a 3 year rental, shorter games, lack of resale rights (see: Steam). I honestly don't feel like giving these people my money some times. I vote with my money, and if you want a job in the game industry you will meet *MY* needs. You give me less rights, I give you less money or no money at all. I'm not going to hide the fact that I'm developing a bad attitude about the whole situation. I feel at every purchase I have to carefully wade through a pile of legalese to make sure I'm not getting screwed and that the deal is worth it. It's not just "pay $X, get Y" anymore. It's too complicated. My purchases especially at MSRP have to be very carefully thought out now.

I paid $38 for COD5 on 360. I bought several cheaper games off Steam due to the sale. A few 0.99 games, STALKER:CS, a few other casual games for the hell of it. I wouldn't have spent as much if I wasn't getting good deals. Good deals cause people to buy. No surprises.

It wont matter. I didnt buy a single game this holiday season. It had nothing to do with price. I just didnt find anything new that interested me. Nothing coming out within the next 3 months is really tickling my ballsack either...

i actually stopped reading when it said:

"Games cost more to create for graphics-intensive systems like Microsoft's PlayStation 3."

I'm all for cheaper games. I just hope it doesn't mean a drop in quality as well.

Sigh. You gotta hate it when Word, the copy desk or the editor munges your copy, so that it reads "Microsoft's PlayStation 3..."

For the record, I'm on vacation this week and this was written right before I left, so I didn't see the copy before it published.

I want cheaper PC games, but I don't think that will happen.

I'd love to see this in Canada but I'm not holding my breath.