Price points of videogames

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• Imipolex G

  2017-06-28 16:56:43

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  Being an old geezer, I remember NES games selling for around $40 each, and SNES games being around $40-$50 typically.
  
  These days, the fact that any games can sell for only $10 to $20 is a breath of fresh air.
• DYRE

  2017-06-28 17:08:24 edited 2017-06-28 17:08:40

  $60 is hardly only for AAA games. Like I don't think anyone would say Idea Factory's games are AAA games (they have like no budget or marketing) but they're still $60 on release (though probably on sale fairly soon after).
  
• Tre

  2017-06-28 17:16:06

  
  

  not saying you're doing this as much as just making note of my own observations, but people seem to whine about this and the monetary value-to-length ratio in this space so much

  
  

  maybe it's because I got more enjoyment out of it than most, but I find myself really annoyed when I read the reviews for [not even gonna say the title because you already know it] and the negative ones all moan about how short it is and that it was 'worth $1 but not $10' or whatever the hell

  
  

  (I actually feel like I underpaid for it since I indirectly got it for $3 while it was on sale in 2014, but w/e)
• Fossilmaiden

  2017-06-28 17:22:01

  Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
  

  I've spent over £300 on FFXIV (over the course of 3 years), but I also have over 4000 hours of playtime recorded, so, uh, yeah.
• Crystal

  2017-06-28 17:23:34

  Munch munch, chomp chomp...

  Fossilmaiden said:

  I've spent over £300 on FFXIV (over the course of 3 years), but I also have over 4000 hours of playtime recorded, so, uh, yeah.

  Wow look at this nerd.

  
  

  Looks at GMH

  
  

  Wow look at that nerd.
• glennmagusharvey

  2017-06-28 17:36:38 edited 2017-06-28 17:38:27

  Tre said:

  not saying you're doing this as much as just making note of my own observations, but people seem to whine about this and the monetary value-to-length ratio in this space so much

  
  

  maybe it's because I got more enjoyment out of it than most, but I find myself really annoyed when I read the reviews for [not even gonna say the title because you already know it] and the negative ones all moan about how short it is and that it was 'worth $1 but not $10' or whatever the hell

  
  

  (I actually feel like I underpaid for it since I indirectly got it for $3 while it was on sale in 2014, but w/e)

  I actually wrote this OP "by convenience" after posting a shorter version of this as part of another post on Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/7/358415738211987705/?tscn=1498610356#c2592234299550317569
  
  also for what it's worth pretty much every game i've bought in recent years i've paid less than US$10 for it, often less than US$5, so arguing about price vs. length is effectively meaningless to me personally
  
  besides, spending more time in a game =/= having a more fulfilling experience from it
  
• Calica

  2017-06-28 23:43:38

  Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.

  Fossilmaiden said:

  I've spent over £300 on FFXIV (over the course of 3 years), but I also have over 4000 hours of playtime recorded, so, uh, yeah.

  monthly fees for murmorpurgers seem like a different thing?
• eriophora zia

  2017-06-29 00:08:12

  I have cut a caper with the dancing mad god

  I kind of prefer shorter games with a stronger cinematic/storytelling experience. It's easier with my schedule. I just don't have time for 50+ hour blockbusters. I barely have time for ten hour games.
• Imipolex G

  2017-06-29 00:17:21

  Touch the cow. Do it now.
  

  I prefer shorter games with all action and little or no cutscenes.
  
  Contra is the quintessential game
  
• Tre

  2017-06-29 00:17:54 edited 2017-06-29 00:18:34

  
  

  -stares at Destiny playtime and sighs-
• glennmagusharvey

  2017-06-29 01:09:14

  eriophora zia said:

  I kind of prefer shorter games with a stronger cinematic/storytelling experience. It's easier with my schedule. I just don't have time for 50+ hour blockbusters. I barely have time for ten hour games.

  yeah i've got this problem
  
  i keep on meaning to find time to play these long epic games but i don't and i'm sad

  Calica said:

  Fossilmaiden said:

  I've spent over £300 on FFXIV (over the course of 3 years), but I also have over 4000 hours of playtime recorded, so, uh, yeah.

  monthly fees for murmorpurgers seem like a different thing?

  I've noticed a problem with thinking of price in terms of utility gained, which is that trying to put a price tag on utility -- hell, trying to measure utility at all -- is really hard to do with any sense of rigor.
  
  Instead, people basically just learn price points and get used to them, and then decide how much of something to buy based on how price points fit into their budget and and then decide between things at a given price point.
  
  like, there's no ability to haggle over most costs.  the only choice is buying from someone else, and if not, it's basically a set-in-stone price that's take-it-or-leave-it.  supply curve is basically flat i think?
  
• Fossilmaiden

  2017-06-29 01:13:12

  Wee yea erra chs hymmnos mea.
  

  Calica said:

  Fossilmaiden said:

  I've spent over £300 on FFXIV (over the course of 3 years), but I also have over 4000 hours of playtime recorded, so, uh, yeah.

  monthly fees for murmorpurgers seem like a different thing?

  I was mostly referring to the time-vs-money debate thingy.
  
• Sredni Vashtar

  2017-06-29 01:37:42

  “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”

  eriophora zia said:

  I kind of prefer shorter games with a stronger cinematic/storytelling experience. It's easier with my schedule. I just don't have time for 50+ hour blockbusters. I barely have time for ten hour games.

  Same.
  
• Crystal

  2017-06-29 01:43:12

  Munch munch, chomp chomp...

  Same, largely. I am looking forward to eventually playing Nier: Automata after I watch a Nier LP, and Tales of Berseria at some point later on too.