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 Posted: Sat, 20th Nov 2010 23:08 Post subject: GO THQ!! |
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I knew there was a reason I had no problem buying games with THQ on the box 
| Quote: | If you're tired of spending $60 for a video game, you should be hoping that THQ President Brian Farrell has some clout in the industry.
A $40 price tag for video games could benefit both gamers and publishers trying to generate more revenue, Farrell said yesterday at the BMO Capital Markets Digital Entertainment conference in New York City.
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ixigia
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| Posted: Sat, 20th Nov 2010 23:35 Post subject: |
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Have you read the full article SpykeZ? 
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garus
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| Posted: Sat, 20th Nov 2010 23:40 Post subject: |
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| Posted: Sat, 20th Nov 2010 23:51 Post subject: Re: GO THQ!! |
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| SpykeZ wrote: | I knew there was a reason I had no problem buying games with THQ on the box
| Quote: | If you're tired of spending $60 for a video game, you should be hoping that THQ President Brian Farrell has some clout in the industry.
A $40 price tag for video games could benefit both gamers and publishers trying to generate more revenue, Farrell said yesterday at the BMO Capital Markets Digital Entertainment conference in New York City.
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Um... http://www.nfohump.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63958
| Quote: | | I'm a big believer in monetising everything under the curve so we capture that $29-$39 user no matter what," he added. "But if a person wants to spend a $100 on a game then they can do that as well. I think that's the future of gaming. Whether it's a take on this model or the free-to-play model, this is where our industry is going. |
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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| Posted: Sat, 20th Nov 2010 23:55 Post subject: |
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aww man so our future of gaming is just how much we are going to pay for our games.... or they talk about 3d....
what about they start talking about making some badass games with the badass computer hardware that is out right now.
Phenom II X4 965 @ 3.8 // 4GB DDR3 // GTX 285
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Nov 2010 00:01 Post subject: |
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Lets just hope every1 goes into pirate mode and STEAL ALL THE GAMES!!!
That way no corrupt capitalistic shit company would want to do games to the PC, only the true ones that have a passion for it.
The Only Good Communist Is A Very Dead Communist
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Nov 2010 00:10 Post subject: Re: GO THQ!! |
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| consolitis wrote: | | SpykeZ wrote: | I knew there was a reason I had no problem buying games with THQ on the box
| Quote: | If you're tired of spending $60 for a video game, you should be hoping that THQ President Brian Farrell has some clout in the industry.
A $40 price tag for video games could benefit both gamers and publishers trying to generate more revenue, Farrell said yesterday at the BMO Capital Markets Digital Entertainment conference in New York City.
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Um... http://www.nfohump.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63958
| Quote: | | I'm a big believer in monetising everything under the curve so we capture that $29-$39 user no matter what," he added. "But if a person wants to spend a $100 on a game then they can do that as well. I think that's the future of gaming. Whether it's a take on this model or the free-to-play model, this is where our industry is going. |
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ya i somehow misread that lmao. Well fuck me running sideways. |
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Nov 2010 00:15 Post subject: |
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Nothing wrong with that IMHO.
Release the game cheap as chips, charge the rich kiddies a fortune for DLC outfits and other meaningless tat.
We can buy the important DLC only and still end up paying the same as now, just not all at once, and only if we want to.
Win for us and them.
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Nov 2010 00:22 Post subject: |
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| EwarWoo1 wrote: | | Release the game cheap as chips, charge the rich kiddies a fortune for DLC outfits and other meaningless tat. |
OK..
40$ the game
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10$ for Prologue DLC (ala Dead Rising 2)
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10$ for Epilogue DLC (ala Prince of Persia)
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2 x 10$ for Story DLC (ala Mass Effect 2)
=
80$
Yup, cheap indeed.
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY |
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ixigia
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Nov 2010 00:29 Post subject: |
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@consolitis: And if the game has multiplayer, 15$ for three or four new maps (ala CoD)
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Nov 2010 00:40 Post subject: |
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| consolitis wrote: | 80$
Yup, cheap indeed. |
Well, ignoring the fact that you pulled in the worst examples you could find from multiple games rather than using a consistent and coherent example case, it's about the same price as a game now.
And if you got bored with it in the meantime you could have easily skipped the DLC and paid less.
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Nov 2010 01:12 Post subject: |
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But their plan is to make that worst case scenario, your typical game release..
TWIN PEAKS is "something of a miracle."
"...like nothing else on television."
"a phenomenon."
"A tangled tale of sex, violence, power, junk food..."
"Like Nothing On Earth"
~ WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY CAN ONLY BE SEEN ~
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHTUOgYNRzY
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Nov 2010 11:06 Post subject: |
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| ScoobyDoh wrote: | Lets just hope every1 goes into pirate mode and STEAL ALL THE GAMES!!!
That way no corrupt capitalistic shit company would want to do games to the PC, only the true ones that have a passion for it. |
Don't be so fucking naive. "Passion" alone doesn't pay employee paychecks. Without developers, games don't get made. If you want "passion" projects, go get some freeware or open source games. Piracy alone isn't going to make anything better. It will pose the same problem for game companies that it always has. Nothing new.
It's stupid that people are bitching so much about games getting more expensive. It's called inflation, and it's nothing new, and there is no reason games or entertainment products should be exempt. Yeah, games might be creeping up to $60, but that's perfectly in line with inflation over the last couple decades, and yeah, some might have DLC available that costs $50 all together or something, but big fucking woop, games have always had expansion packs, which have often retailed for nearly as much as the core games.
I mean seriously, "corrupt capitalistic shit"? Are you fucking kidding me? You are bitching about practices that are absolutely nothing new, blaming them on bugaboo "other" gamers (consoles gamers, casual players, etc) who you've built up in your minds as these enemies who are ruining "your hobby," and all of this is nothing but an excuse to pardon yourself for the piracy you've been committing for years.
I have no problem with people pirating games. It's part of the hobby. But christ, all the wrong-headed bullshit crying and babying, and the bullshit excuses people make for themselves so that they can fancy themselves some sort of Robin Hoods or defenders of the hobby or something, is just out of line and childish and naive.[/i]
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Saner
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| Posted: Sun, 21st Nov 2010 11:19 Post subject: |
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They should give the games away and all you get is a menu :Y
then you pay 25USD's for each level !
Good idea?
Give us a job then money grabbing fuckers
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I saw things like that in here and in other "woman problems" topics so...... Am I the only one that thinks some authorities needs to be alerted about Saner and him possibly being a rapist and/or kidnapper ? |
Saner is not being serious. Unless its the subject of Santa!
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| Posted: Mon, 22nd Nov 2010 02:31 Post subject: |
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| Cedge wrote: | | ScoobyDoh wrote: | Lets just hope every1 goes into pirate mode and STEAL ALL THE GAMES!!!
That way no corrupt capitalistic shit company would want to do games to the PC, only the true ones that have a passion for it. |
Don't be so fucking naive. "Passion" alone doesn't pay employee paychecks. |
WRONG!
One game for you my friend... Minecraft.
Passion+New thinking = Profit$$$
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| Posted: Mon, 22nd Nov 2010 03:06 Post subject: |
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| ScoobyDoh wrote: | WRONG!
One game for you my friend... Minecraft.
Passion+New thinking = Profit$$$ |
Uh, would you care to explain how that example is different from any other commercial game? Minecraft is every bit as "capitalist" as any other commercial game. It is still being worked on, because it makes the developer money.
Hell, the game isn't even innovative or original. I don't see what that example is supposed to prove.
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Surray
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| Posted: Mon, 22nd Nov 2010 09:56 Post subject: |
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priority comparison:
any other commercial game = streamlining, mass appeal, flashy graphics
minecraft = fun
I'd say that's different enough from "any other commercial game".
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chiv
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| Posted: Mon, 22nd Nov 2010 10:25 Post subject: |
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more anti capitalist bullshit... yay...
without capitalism in games, you wont have any games...
oh sure youll have some cheap casual games and such, but would you really be happy playing nothing but THAT kind of shit?
no half-life for you, no batman arkham asylum, no witcher... in fact, unless youre telling me youve only ever liked 2 games in the history of gaming, i know for a fact most of the games you LOVE are thanks to capitalism in one way or another, because no one invests the money needed to create really good entertainment, without expecting to atleast make some profit.
anyway as said before, i dont have a problem with DLC in principle... i mean if FULL games were released cheaper, and then EXTRA dlc expands on the experience, then thats perfectly fine... the problem is when devs/publishers decide to hold things BACK from the main game, thus giving an incomplete experience, rather than a complete one that dlc EXPANDS on...
so once again, the problem is PEOPLE, NOT THE CONCEPT... just like capitalism is FUCKING AWESOME, but its the joint and EQUAL independent efforts of both the gamers and the developers in equal measures, that are fucking things up for everyone.
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Surray
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| Posted: Mon, 22nd Nov 2010 10:33 Post subject: |
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heh
I'm not really tired of paying 60$. I don't mind the price. I'd pay even more if I feel a game is worth it (and I do sometimes in the form of collector's editions)
I don't think some games costing 40$ instead of 60$ would make much of an impact for me, I'd still buy what I want to buy either way.
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| Posted: Mon, 22nd Nov 2010 11:45 Post subject: |
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If it weren't for profit and class struggle we would still be using glorified abacuses. Forget about PC's, x-boxes and mouse with frigging laserbeams attached to them.
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