Warp Zoned writes:
"With a generational shift looming for all three console manufacturers, a lot of digital ink has been spilled over the price of games and the belief that… SOMETHING. MUST. BE. DONE. Because didn’t you hear? Games are more expensive now than they’ve ever been. It’s true. I read it on the Internet.
No! Just Stop! YOU. ARE. WRONG."
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EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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Well there is egg on my face now. I think the difference is that companies decided to all sell at the same price except for wii. Because looking through that catalog all those games on different systems had different set prices all random.
those games were more expensive because they were on cartridge, and in the inside not all of them were the same. Some had additional components to make the graphics look better or memory for bigger save files etc.. When the PS1 came out it made the CD ROM standard and these were much more cheaper to produce than the cartridge and so the prices went down to $50 while N64 games were still being sold for like $80 each.
I mean, how else do you think a rookie brand like Playstaion could have beaten the all mighty Nintendo in its first try? But then the prices went up again this gen because of the higher production costs of game development while the Wii is still like developing for a last gen console.
In conclusion? This article is bad and full of misinformation.
I can't remember how much games cost back in the NES/SNES era. But I remember when I was little and owned a Nintendo 64, my mum refused to buy me any games that were over $100. So yep, they've always cost a buttload of money. Though this might only apply in Australia. Our game prices are ridiculous over here :(
I had street fighter 2 turbo limited edition in the steel tin back in the early 90's and it cost me on the day it was released £59.99. The average cartridge price was around £39.99 which is the same as today. It is a bit of a rip off the price we pay for todays games, back in the good old snes, mega drive days when you brought a game you felt like you were getting something for you money. A lovely boxed cartridge game, it felt special.
Thing is this, shop round for todays games you can get some good deals, I brought forza 4 brand new of amazon for £14.99! Its £24.99 now, trick is keep looking there's bargains out there to be had.
I remember way back when Game Players was a magazine, there was an ad on the back for Toys R Us promoting a sale on Sega Genesis games. Sale prices ranged from 69.99 to 84.99. The average was around 79 bucks for games like NBA Jam and Batman Forever. I'm pretty happy with an average $20 price drop. That being said, I do think that developers and publishers need to realize that putting a fair price on a game is a big deal. You don't see Super Meat Boy on a shelf in a store retailing for 59.99. It's priced according to the amount of content it has, and also takes into consideration the amount of development costs.