Quake3World

Hardware's not all that's going to cost more as the next generation of video games begins. Most major publishers have quietly acknowledged that major games will cost $59.99, a $10 jump over current prices.

http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/17/comment ... tm?cnn=yes


I bet PC game makers will start this trend as well, if new xbox games are going to be 60 bucks a pop..

I very much doubt it. Console games have always been more expensive anyway because of the amount of money that needs to be spent to play pc games.

I very much doubt that PC prices will change. Also note the word Major games.

That probably means the mainstream shit every jarhead and his dog buys. e.g Halo, Madden and GTA games.

Higher polycounts + more complex game engines = higher development costs

LXS_work wrote:Higher polycounts + more complex game engines = higher development costs

Rubbish. Not enough to have that big of an impact on the number of games being developed and the final cost to the consumer.

Mr.Magnetichead wrote:

LXS_work wrote:Higher polycounts + more complex game engines = higher development costs

Rubbish. Not enough to have that big of an impact on the number of games being developed and the final cost to the consumer.

Ok, if you say so, you know best... (you dont)

LXS_work wrote:

Mr.Magnetichead wrote:

LXS_work wrote:Higher polycounts + more complex game engines = higher development costs

Rubbish. Not enough to have that big of an impact on the number of games being developed and the final cost to the consumer.

Ok, if you say so, you know best... (you dont)

Ask Mark Rein or Cliffy B.

Testoclesius wrote:how many games have you put out in the last 4 years wheezy?

Do sordid games with your mother count?

Console games cost less to create do to R&D is already done and the system is set, PC games have much more R&D due to hardware and software differences and issues, so I would suggest to you it would the exact opposite.

developement cost + cost of wages +running the building your in, electricity supply and ammenities



more complex the game more people you need

more complex the game more people = more ammenities used within the building.


more to it than just the dev cost of the actual game

console games require a lot more optimizing and betatesting than pc games tohugh, since it has to run on the same hardware and they cant be patched

Larger teams and the same total dev time means more management is required to keep things going and organised.

It adds up. In the end, if the publishers are risking more cash on developing titles, they need to be assured they'll get their money back and a decent profit, since that's all they really care about...

(i.e. its just a fucking excuse for the publishers to make more cash)

movies cost less to the consumer, and cost more to produce then a game. Any one rember the jaguar, with it's 40 button controller.

Mr.Magnetichead wrote:

Testoclesius wrote:how many games have you put out in the last 4 years wheezy?

Do sordid games with your mother count?

yeah mate they do

wheezy has to pretend on the internet that he knows about making games because the reality is in 4 years he hasnt put out one single game not fucking one

Shut up you poor fucking babies.

I paid $73 for the flawless SNES release of Mortal Kombat 3 back in the day. It was a wise choice because I won many bets.

Most were indirect. I'd destroy people at it, and then they'd challenge me to Street Fighter II because it's a 'real game' (rofl) and I'd beat them in that, too. $$$

MKJ wrote:console games require a lot more optimizing and betatesting than pc games tohugh, since it has to run on the same hardware and they cant be patched

But they can be patched now.

Mr.Magnetichead wrote:

MKJ wrote:console games require a lot more optimizing and betatesting than pc games tohugh, since it has to run on the same hardware and they cant be patched

But they can be patched now.

about 2 games were ever patched
also, that really isnt a good thing. that means less testing and more EA style bugs.

rep wrote:Shut up you poor fucking babies.

I paid $73 for the flawless SNES release of Mortal Kombat 3 back in the day. It was a wise choice because I won many bets.

Most were indirect. I'd destroy people at it, and then they'd challenge me to Street Fighter II because it's a 'real game' (rofl) and I'd beat them in that, too. $$$

And what does that have to do with the increased price of Next Gen console titles?

He is stating his epenis is huge because he pay over the odds for a poor game back in the day!

Don Carlos wrote:He is stating his epenis is huge because he pay over the odds for a poor game back in the day!

Poor game? You obviously weren't even around.

When Mortal Kombat 3 launched on SNES it was flawless. Most new marquee titles were $65 and over. I bought it at Wal-Mart. Remember Wal-Mart? The place where just a decade ago American products were sold by American people?

I was around
Around long enough to realise it was a poor game.
Congratulations on buying it at Wal-Mart. That must have really got your juices floowing back in the day eh?
Fact of the matter is, you were overcharged. Get over it.

I remember a lot of PC games coming out for $54-$60...maybe I'm just shopping at the wrong place.

Don Carlos wrote:He is stating his epenis is huge because he pay over the odds for a poor game back in the day!

Actually thats about right.. some places it was more..

Hell i remember Street Fighter 2 Turbo, and Super Street Fighter 2, BOTH of which costed 79.99

Snes games were insane on price for a while there.. :icon32:

Don Carlos wrote: Fact of the matter is, you were overcharged. Get over it.

No.. He wasent..

I would have been overcharged if I had bought a crappy Genesis title, because all Genesis fighters were inferior to the SNES version.

bitWISE wrote:I remember a lot of PC games coming out for $54-$60...maybe I'm just shopping at the wrong place.

They've been costing that much for at least 10 years. First game I bought for that price was Hexen for $54 in 95. I'm really surprised they haven't gone up more than they have.