Love Cowboy
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So I was reading this article today, and I had some interesting thoughts. You can read it for yourself here:
http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/why-end-60-video-game-near-181412574.html
It's basically talking about how console games cost way too much these days, and it asks the question of whether game companies really need to charge that much or not. It also discusses how the prices are causing these companies to lose market share to cheap smartphone games and the like. As I read it, I started thinking about the Great Videogame Crash of 1983. Could the console games market crash again? (click here if you don't know the history)
One thing we have going for us now, unlike then, is a core of serious gamers more than willing to keep paying the price for quality games, despite the emergence of cheap alternatives. Nonetheless, there is still a large portion of that group that frequently turn to used games to help lessen their gaming costs, and as we all have heard, the game companies have been playing around with the idea of crushing the used market to increase their profits.
Will the game companies come to their senses and lower prices? What effect will it have on the market? Will YOU keep buying $60 games even after used games are no longer an option? Is the end of used games a total deal-breaker for you? What if they proceeded with the used games lock-out but lowered prices? Would that be an acceptable compromise for you? What do you think?
http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/why-end-60-video-game-near-181412574.html
It's basically talking about how console games cost way too much these days, and it asks the question of whether game companies really need to charge that much or not. It also discusses how the prices are causing these companies to lose market share to cheap smartphone games and the like. As I read it, I started thinking about the Great Videogame Crash of 1983. Could the console games market crash again? (click here if you don't know the history)
One thing we have going for us now, unlike then, is a core of serious gamers more than willing to keep paying the price for quality games, despite the emergence of cheap alternatives. Nonetheless, there is still a large portion of that group that frequently turn to used games to help lessen their gaming costs, and as we all have heard, the game companies have been playing around with the idea of crushing the used market to increase their profits.
Will the game companies come to their senses and lower prices? What effect will it have on the market? Will YOU keep buying $60 games even after used games are no longer an option? Is the end of used games a total deal-breaker for you? What if they proceeded with the used games lock-out but lowered prices? Would that be an acceptable compromise for you? What do you think?