Do you think games are really worth $60?...are most games worth full price?

I'm assuming this is the highest US braket. In NZ games can get to $130 and above at EB Games. Which I think is much too high. I've paid that price for one game, and I think even for the best games that's pushing it. I think games should be NZ$110 tops.

trugs26

Most games aren't.

$60 for only 8 hours a gameplay!? That's a rip off. (I'm looking at YOU Uncharted.)

I try to buy all my games used if I can to get some sort of discount.

wow. Judging by a lot of these responses, no wonder the industry is in trouble. Nobody wants to pay for all the work put into them!

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Pretty good responses, aside from the obvious butt hurt trolls on here, it brought a lot of insight into the market. I wonder if people outside of SW feel the same way?

Very few games are worth $60. Usually I just wait a month or two and the prices drop $20 or $30 at least. Borderlands 2 was the last game I paid $60 for. I've more than got my money out of it, and the Pirate Booty expansion, so no regrets.

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Very few games are worth $60. Usually I just wait a month or two and the prices drop $20 or $30 at least. Borderlands 2 was the last game I paid $60 for. I've more than got my money out of it, and the Pirate Booty expansion, so no regrets.

coasterguy65

Ya I hear that game has hundreds of hours of gameplay. But it's not necessary to have a game have a hundred hour campaign, take for instance Uncharted. Those games last around 10 hours or so in their campaign modes, but they are such high quality that you never get tired of replaying them again and again. I played through each Uncharted game countless amounts of times due to how amazing they are.

Pretty good responses, aside from the obvious butt hurt trolls on here, it brought a lot of insight into the market. I wonder if people outside of SW feel the same way?

ShadowMoses900

only long nintendo made games are eg mario zelda , maybe some third party depending on title eg saints row is worth it but ----call of duty or madden is not !

then theres these history channel games which for a fact is not even worth 30 lol

the games that are worth a full 60 are very hard to find now adays , ,on non-nintendo platforms that is , cause it seams most of them are 5 hour long shooting gallerys and once you played a few matches on line youve played it all ,

you just rince and repeat , unlike the numerous older games where it had some reason for you to explore the levels ----example-zombies ate my neighbors (you better stock up on what ever you find because the next level could very well be a BI5ch

vs call of duty where , you can just pick up the guys gun hide behind cover and shoot the next guy , and be done ,

very poor if you ask me lately games like that should be 30 bucks or lower

wow. Judging by a lot of these responses, no wonder the industry is in trouble. Nobody wants to pay for all the work put into them!

GunSmith1_basic

Most games don't appear to have very much work put into them, and I think that's what is causing this industry to falter. It won't likely get any better, as quality development is more expensive than the marketing to make a poor quality game appear to be a high quality game. But, that can only work for so long.

wow. Judging by a lot of these responses, no wonder the industry is in trouble. Nobody wants to pay for all the work put into them!

GunSmith1_basic

Some games are worth the $60 price tag.

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wow. Judging by a lot of these responses, no wonder the industry is in trouble. Nobody wants to pay for all the work put into them!

clyde46

It depends on the game and how long/re-playable it is.

For example I would consider games like Fallout out NV (after all of the patches), Skyrim, Farcry 3, Deus Ex Human Revolutions, The Witcher 2, Gears of War 3, and BF3 are all worth a $60 purchase because they are all either lengthy games or highly replayable.

Honestly, most games aren't.

You finish them in +8 hours, maybe go back for a second playthrough and thats it.

Not really worth 60 bucks.

I'm curious as to how much people actually spend on games. Me personally I rarely ever buy games on day 1, I always get them new (never used) but I wait until they drop down in price a bit, unless it's something really great like Uncharted, COD, or Skyrim (though I will probably skip MW4). Most games are not worth $60, they either lack the content or quality to justify the purchase, which is why I'm waiting to get Max Payne 3.

What do you think? I will check back on this thread later.

ShadowMoses900

I only rent games like Uncharted, so the games i do buy are definatly worst 60$, games like Lost Odyssey, Fable 2-3, Witcher 2, Mass Effect 1, Dark SOuls etc i have played for 100+ hours each, 60$ is a steal

They're normally not worth $60. If new titles launched at $40, I'd probably get a lot more games new than I do now.

The last three new games I bought slightly after release:

Assassin's Creed 3 - $35

New Super Mario Bros U - $50

Halo 4 - $40

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I'm curious as to how much people actually spend on games. Me personally I rarely ever buy games on day 1, I always get them new (never used) but I wait until they drop down in price a bit, unless it's something really great like Uncharted, COD, or Skyrim (though I will probably skip MW4). Most games are not worth $60, they either lack the content or quality to justify the purchase, which is why I'm waiting to get Max Payne 3.

What do you think? I will check back on this thread later.

Goyoshi12

Yeah but games like Halo have multiplayer as well which helps counter balance the pricing range. Not to mention the different level difficulties as well and downloadable content such as the Spartan Ops.

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The past hurts, doesn't it?

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Hhhmm.. none of my XBox 360 games have ever scratched. I own over 150 XBox 360 games. I've used them on multiple XBox 360. Never scratched. My son's friend had his Halo 3 get scratched up, but that's probably because he had the system vertical and he bumped into it and it fell on the floor while it was playing. lol!! They couldn't even get the disc out of it. It got jammed. Game consoles aren't meant to be on vertical stands. It's not a PC. Sh!tty DVD's my @SS. Learn how to take care of your games. If they got scratched, it was your own fault.

Back on topic. Most games are not worth $60. There are only certain games that have large replay value that I would pay $60 for. Games like Forza 4, Skyrim, GTA V, Borderlands 2, NBA 2K12, Dark Souls & MW3. Games that have one play through in 8 hours or less aren't worth $60. Wii, MOVE and Kinect games aren't worth $60. For me, most games are worth no more then $40 or less. I picked up brand new copies of Dishonored and Sleeping Dogs on sale on Amazon for $25. That was worth the price. Got "The Walking Dead" for $10. You're better off waiting for the game's price to drop, unless it's something you must play on day one with your friends.

It depends on the game. 5-8 hour linear shooters are usually very low on my list and I will wait for a price drop. Give me a game that has depth and replay-ability and I will pay full price for the work that has gone into it.

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Hhhmm.. none of my XBox 360 games have ever scratched. I own over 150 XBox 360 games. I've used them on multiple XBox 360. Never scratched. My son's friend had his Halo 3 get scratched up, but that's probably because he had the system vertical and he bumped into it and it fell on the floor while it was playing. lol!! They couldn't even get the disc out of it. It got jammed. Game consoles aren't meant to be on vertical stands. It's not a PC. Sh!tty DVD's my @SS. Learn how to take care of your games. If they got scratched, it was your own fault.

Back on topic. Most games are not worth $60. There are only certain games that have large replay value that I would pay $60 for. Games like Forza 4, Skyrim, GTA V, Borderlands 2, NBA 2K12, Dark Souls & MW3. Games that have one play through in 8 hours or less aren't worth $60. Wii, MOVE and Kinect games aren't worth $60. For me, most games are worth no more then $40 or less. I picked up brand new copies of Dishonored and Sleeping Dogs on sale on Amazon for $25. That was worth the price. Got "The Walking Dead" for $10. You're better off waiting for the game's price to drop, unless it's something you must play on day one with your friends.

Yes I do think they are worth $60, but that doesn't mean I would pay that much.

With production cost going out the window, marketing and sales, and other factors I think developers and their respective publishers justifly that price point.

It's been a little more than a year since I payed full price for a game. Now I buy only at discount under $30.

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