[wookieboy76]

Something tht has nigglin me for a while, decided to ask peoples opinions.How can these companys make games tht are only a few Gigabytes 2-3 etc and still charge £35-40 each. Then some games are over 20gb-50gb in size. Theres something not right is there!!! They shldntbe able to charge the same price, when clearly not as much work has gone into it going on how many GB are in the game!!

[Annelies]

The quality of a game is not determined by it's size first off, and the "reason" why game developers charge so much for their content, is because of how "advanced" the current generation consoles are, and they want more money for the man hours they put into developing these games on "advanced hardware." Basically, they're greedy. Oh yeah, and capitalism.

[wookieboy76]

Originally Posted by Annelies The quality of a game is not determined by it's size first off, and the "reason" why game developers charge so much for their content, is because of how "advanced" the current generation consoles are, and they want more money for the man hours they put into developing these games on "advanced hardware." Basically, they're greedy. Oh yeah, and capitalism.

How can it not be determined by its size, it shows how much time and work that has gone into it surely!

[Annelies]

Originally Posted by wookieboy76 How can it not be determined by its size, it shows how much time and work that has gone into it surely!

You can have a 45GB game that is absolute crap, Killzone 3 for example was developed in a little under two years and is 45GB but the game sucks. GTA IV was in development for 4 years and is only 10GB, and is gold compared to Killzone 3. More time has gone into GTA IV but the size is 1/4th of Killzone 3's.

A games size is irreleveant when talking about quality. Super Mario Bros. on NES is like... 1MB and has more quality in it than a lot of current gen games out right now combined.

[KillerBug]

The truth is that games have gotten cheaper over the years. I remember when some SNES games were selling for $80 a copy...and with inflation, that would be over $120 today...for something under 1MB.

Also, a lot of games have cut-scenes making up much of the space...so a game like Skyrim is small enough to fit on a DVD, and it offers 300+ hours of playtime on a huge landscape while uncharted 3 was over 50GB before they added compression, the maps are small, and the game can be beaten in 4 hours.

[wookieboy76]

Yh when i was a lad, I remember buying starfox 64 on import, also had to buy an adaptor tht slotted in cartridge slot first then game went into tht. If I remember right cost me £120 for game and adaptor!!! lol

[richdotward]

Snes and n64 games were regulary gbp 69.99 back in the day in the uk.

Based on the size agruement games should now cost more than a house.

We're never had it better.

Rich

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[Rautz]

I just want to know why digital copies of games cost so bloody much! I'm pretty sure Battlefield 3 costs NZ$89.99 on EU PSN?! I havent checked since I seen around release day but I'm sure the price is still the same. You'd think a digital copy would be a hell of a lot cheaper, to get more people using this option and lowering the used game sale stats.

[japsander]

Originally Posted by Rautz I just want to know why digital copies of games cost so bloody much! I'm pretty sure Battlefield 3 costs NZ$89.99 on EU PSN?! I havent checked since I seen around release day but I'm sure the price is still the same. You'd think a digital copy would be a hell of a lot cheaper, to get more people using this option and lowering the used game sale stats.

psn does charge a lot more but i think that is down to gamesharing.
some games are almost £60

[digito]

The devs don't charge you any money, companies do.
But since you brought this up, makes me think in why the is price of games are the same for the three major gaming console brands. Isn't there price competition everywhere and who sells the same thing cheapest, sells more? Cartel.... hum.

I think I'm gonna smoke one more and feed this tought.