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Would you pay $69.99 for Next Generation Games?

GamerFitNation's Gregory Laporte writes "Let me be clear before I begin, games are not going to cost $69.99. Sony has said that they are in fact going to be cheaper. However, during an EA investor call EA's CFO mistakenly said they will be. Well after hearing this, it raised some thoughts in my mind. If games did cost $69.99 would you be willing to go all in next generation? Earlier this month head honcho Jack Tretton said games are actually cheaper than PlayStation 3 games. If this is true, then how could EA even mistakenly mention this? Is it to in a way gauge consumers interest or is this EA living up to its reputation."

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pr0t0typeknuckles4072d ago

looks like ill be waiting for price drops this entire gen,if a game is $75.

Thatguy-3104072d ago

I'll pay for them. But I'll be a lot more selective at what games I get at or around launch. Basically what I'm doing now

T9004072d ago (Edited 4072d ago )

Well in some regions of the world game are already selling for 80usd. I wonder what will happen if the price rises to 75usd in the US. It probably will rise to 100usd where i am at.

Oh well.. Good old Steam, already have 200+ games there. Most of them bought on discounts for 10-15usd. Ill just carry on buying games on Steam, no harm done.

@delboy

"You'll pay, one way or another believe me."

That depends, I dont buy DLCs and for the sort of games i like aka "Skyrim", there usually are so many Mods on the PC it makes DLCs look like a joke. In todays day and age being a bit smart can save you a chunk.

delboy4072d ago (Edited 4072d ago )

You'll pay, one way or another believe me.
There will be more dlc (cut out content) next gen and microtransactions on top of that.

For me next gen is on pc, and games are cheaper also. :-P

Cupid_Viper_34072d ago (Edited 4072d ago )

I'm with you on that Dboyc310. Especially when multiplatform games a developed with the lowest common denominator, why the would I pay $69.00 plus taxes for them?

Games like GT5, Halo 4, Uncharted Series, God of War, Gears of War, yes. As those games are pushing the boundaries on their respective consoles.

But if EA thinks that I'm going to pay $69.00 plus Taxes, plus Micro Transactions for new soccer cleats in FIFA 14, than they've lost a cx in me. I've been Playing Fifa since I came to the US in 1999 til Present day. So EA can count the years and make the decisions on whether or not it's worth it to Nickle and Dime their customers.

Rant Over......for now.

@ so-called Journalist from Major Websites, This is a great opportunity to do something for the gaming community for once. We have Youtube and Facebook, and Twitter, shove a camera in their faces and make those execs explain to the gaming community why they "think that we LOOOVE micro transactions" and other BS they come up with, and post it on youtube and facebook. You'll gain back some credibility from us gamers.

Expose them for the crooks they are. Why not make it so that $100.00 buys you to games brand new, and you'd solve the used games sales problem by half already.

ProjectVulcan4072d ago (Edited 4072d ago )

I remember back when Xbox 360 first arrived, the games sold for their RRP in the uk which was £44.99-£49.99. It was at least 6 months before games came down to £39.99 and most big titles were no less than this, Gears of War was a year after 360 launched and it was still mostly £40-£42 new.

As generations go on typically game prices do deflate a little mainly because the userbase swells and the greater sales of games make up for it.

I fully expect games on a brand new console platform to come in to £44.99 or more for the first few months.

If you wanna be an early adopter you have to pay up for it...be it hardware and games. Thats a fact.

admiralvic4072d ago

Indeed, though I don't think it will come to this. Thanks to the failure that was Call of Duty Black Ops Declassified, companies SHOULD have seen how angry people can get about a minor jump in price. It would have to be a universal jump to avoid this, which I can't see every company attempting this.

AngelicIceDiamond4072d ago (Edited 4072d ago )

Lol there's no way I'll pay 69$ game. Because every dev will think their game will be 70$ quality.

Publishers will advertise like crazy, Hype it up to no end, tell you everything you wanna hear. Just anything to take your 70$.

You go to the store buy it take it home play it and it turns out it has just as much quality as Aliens: Colonial Marines and Duke Nukem Forever.

There's no way I'll let them burned me out of 10 extra bucks with a fear of buying a game that could possibly be crap.

Believe me, if that's the case devs will do and say anything to sell it at a extra 10$. They'll probably release false demos (Aliens)

Just because its "next gen" doesn't automatically mean its gonna be a 70$ product? Devs will still make bad games come next gen. As well as some games not even looking next gen. Devs have more power with these machines but its up to them to make a AAA game that's scream 70$ if they want my extra 10$. As far as I know, there's no more excuses when it comes to limited tech. Its new tech VS developer skills and imagination.

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joab7774072d ago

Exactly...i hav no problem paying for a ge like bioshock. But i will be very selective.

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LOGICWINS4072d ago

Screw that. If that happens, I'm just gunna get Steambox and enjoy my heavily discounted games. $75 for a game is a joke.

ceballos77mx4072d ago

Don't forget the DLC that's allready in disc.

Good_Guy_Jamal4072d ago

I don't pay $60 already for current gen games, I sure as heck won't be paying $70 next gen.
I'll go with Wii U not Steam though, I like physical copies.

Cupid_Viper_34072d ago (Edited 4072d ago )

We don't always see eye to eye on most issues, but I agree with you Logic.

Used games sales on the rise:

Real people--- Economy is bad, I'm depressed and struggling to make ends meet, I want a distraction but I can't afford a $60.00 + Taxes game, So I buy it used.

Execs with big Bonuses--- The used game market is on the rise, let's raise prices of games, also ask for online pass on used games. Oh, let's also lock access to content on your disc as DLC, and let's add micro transactions, "They Love it!"

It's like they're living on planet Mars or something. The reason people buy used games it's because the current price of games ARE TOO DAMNED HIGH. Plus some systems requires that you pay extra to play online, Plus DLC's, plus internet bills. And not because they don't want dividends on your stock prices to fall EA.

LOGICWINS4072d ago

^^Steam is only getting more and more popular. Once people see how much value the service offers, other services/publishers will be forced to follow suit.

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BlmThug4072d ago

I already buy carefully at £40. £45-50 will mean even more waiting for price drops for me

Blacksand14072d ago (Edited 4072d ago )

Hell No! Its already bad when you buy a game that's not good, then you pay for one 70-75 that's not good too.

ElitaStorm4072d ago

depends how good the game is

BillySpandex4072d ago

I'll just be more selective. It means fringe games or new IPs will have to find ways to entice me. Older IPs will have to work hard to keep my interest. It's a sad reality, but a higher price point means that I won't just walk into a store and walk out with 5 or 6 games.

ajax174072d ago

Same here. $60 is bad enough.

fermcr4072d ago

There are still too many unanswered question relative to next gen consoles, and this is one important one.

How much will AAA games cost ?

I'm not rich. If games become too expensive, then next gen will probably be a no go for me.

aceitman4072d ago

it will be the downfall of next gen , not in this economy .

lilbrat234072d ago

I won't like others will wait on price drop. Even now $60 is a bit much for half a$$ games that you beat in less then 5 hours.

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Outside_ofthe_Box4072d ago (Edited 4072d ago )

Nope. I hardly pay $59.99 for current gen games nowadays so there is no way I'd pay $69.99. Games need to go back to the $40-$50 sweet spot. I hardly buy games day one anymore because of the price. I don't like to buy used so I always end up getting a game a couple months after release now due to waiting for price drop.

WildArmed4072d ago

Ditto, I picked up games last gen (ps2/xbox) new because they were in the sweet range of 30-40$.

Now they are 60$ and I rarely buy a game on launch anymore. I just keep a 6 month delay on new games, I always have games I want that are much less than 60$ because they were released 6 months ago.

And sometimes you see great deals on amazon and such. I rarely pay the 60$ tag, I don't think I'll ever pay beyond that without some deep thought.

BillySpandex4072d ago

I haven't bought a launch title in months. These days, I generally only buy games that are going on sale. The shift from $50 to $60 has definitely meant less game sales from me, and if it hits the $70 mark, then I probably won't buy new releases.

At least, the back catalogue of PS3 and Xbox games will be cheaper, so all in all, the onus will be on nextgen to entice me to part with my cash.

SOD_Delta4072d ago

If EA (or any other publisher) is going to charge 69.99$ for a game I won't be buying a lot of games day one. But I don't think 70$ will be next gen standard MSRP.

shackdaddy4072d ago

Nope. Especially if they were like this gen. I'll just wait for sales.

Godmars2904072d ago

Considering DLC, you're paying $70+ for a "full" title right now.

And if gamers were $100, as they are in countries other than the U.S., they would still be asking for more money via DLC. as they actually are.

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mkis0071h ago

Such a good game to me. Crazy how different peoples opinions can get.

Crows901h ago(Edited 1h ago)

For me it wasn't that surprising. There was some bad press before. There's also the matter and element of a person's disposition when trying out a certain game. Sometimes you're just not really into the type of game that you're playing so you put it down because you don't like it. Not necessarily because it's a bad game but because you're just not up for something like this. Reviewers have a tough because no matter what they feel like playing they've got to play what's releasing.

I have many times gone back to games that I put down only to thoroughly enjoy them the second time around because either there wasn't another exciting game coming out around the same time or I just had no other games to play and haven't played that type of game in a while. I'm not the type of person that can just play a souls game through all this iterations one after the other without getting burnt out on the formula.

In my opinion this game was great from the start. Some bugs here and there but nothing worse than the most AAA releases during the same time after and before. All I did was wait one week and I had a phenomenal time with the game. No other zombie survival game comes close to how I thoroughly enjoyed this one

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Yeah I thought it was pretty decent, it had its flaws but for their first big console single player open world game it's a solid 8/10.

I have never seen an AAA "zombie" game feature as many enemies as the horde sections did, you really had to think about your surroundings and plan carefully.

I feel journalists had an issue with this game from the moment it was announced, they really didn't like the Biker characters and the overall Biker gang theme. If they were anything else I feel it would have had a better chance or at least they'd overlook some of the flaws like they do for certain other open world games. They don't mind waiting weeks or months for a patch knowing its coming but a game that has it Day 1 it's suddenly a big no no? Yeah this was one of those moments that showed you how the cherry pick who to give the benefits of the doubts to.

Leeroyw1h ago

Second act of that game far surpassed the first. Which is why people felt it didn't live up to the hype of the trailers. Personally I loved it. But it was a slog to get your bike and weapons up to skill.

Inverno1h ago

Was gonna post a brick wall of text but I'll keep it short. Pardon my French but f**k the media for the hate they gave this game. If you have a PC to play it on you can get it as low as 10 bucks, and if you have a PS then it's a no brainer. Totally worth a play.

phatak52m ago(Edited 43m ago)

I don't even comment here often but had to for this game, I still stand by my opinion that this was one of the top 10 games of the ps4 generation, I preferred days gone over god of war, horizon and last of us 2, the launch version was definitely piss poor and that messed up the reviews for this game, honestly some games deserve a re-review or post patch review as the metacritic score stays forever but the reality is its not even the same game anymore, the ps5 patch is amazing and the pc version which I play on nowadays is one of the best looking games ever, complete shame that we wont get a sequel, god of war got one, horizon got one, last of us got one, spider man got one,ghosts of tshushima about to get one but this game wont get one, sucks to be honest.

Ps3/360 era had some hidden underated games for me it was shadows of the damned, alice madness returns that deserved more sales and a sequel/ higher scores, and similarly for the ps4 era it was days gone, and dying light 1 that deserved much more love, dying light atleast got a sequel, everyone needs to play this game once and judge for themselves, for me its officially the most underrated game of the ps4 era, go play it if you haven't.

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Awesome game. Just bought it for my laptop last week