Cost of games?
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I think generally games are coming down in price quicker (console games I mean) But then again I am relatively new to the console scene like only 8 months, but some games seem to get cheap pretty quick.
Like Fallout 3 available on PS3 for £7.99 for example is pretty crazy
Like Fallout 3 available on PS3 for £7.99 for example is pretty crazy
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I think almost all games within a week or so of release in the run up to christmas had hit at least the £20 barrier.
Yes there is a small margin on games, but these larger stores can buy in ridiculous volume remember.
Economy on the down and there STILL some shops listing the RRP of most games at £59.99 so you can save x% joke tbh.
Games have been too much for a looooong ass time, some price drops are more than welcome
Yes there is a small margin on games, but these larger stores can buy in ridiculous volume remember.
Economy on the down and there STILL some shops listing the RRP of most games at £59.99 so you can save x% joke tbh.
Games have been too much for a looooong ass time, some price drops are more than welcome
Games have been too much for a looooong ass time, some price drops are more than welcome
Console games have never been cheaper. I was paying £30 a game in 1987/8. 20 years later and I can easily pay the same or a lot less.
The difference is people are playing a hell of a lot more games so they want them cheaper. I reckon in the days of the master system and nes people probably played less than 10 or so games per year. Its not unusual on here for people to be playing 30+.
When I used to work in an independant game shop in the metro centre we'd only be making about £2-£5 profit per new game. I was pretty shocked at the prices that we were paying to get games in. Consoles were similar too. It was repairs/accessories and pre-owned where the money was made.
Don't know what its like for the bigger chains though.
Don't know what its like for the bigger chains though.
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as Kyle posted above, profit on new games really isn't much. The big chains will make a little more as they will get a discount for bulk orders.
Games dropping in the slaes etc will be because of a distributor discount. This can take the form of the distributor just adding a credit note for £XXX on to the companies account & the retailer gets to chose which titles to apply this to. more commonly though the distributor will pass on discounts on specific titles.
Console bundles are usually worked out with distributors offering discounts on certain games, which is why you will see places offering bundles with specific games that you cannot change.
The freebies that some places give away with games on launch usually aren't free either. The golden hammerburst codes being given away by various retail chains for GOW2 release actually cost the retailer £1.5 each. Doesn't sound like much, but as they don't pass this cost on to the customer that nearly halves the profit made on a game. The retailers have these `freebies` & rely on selling more copies of the games because of the extra.
Supermarkets sell games at a loss on release most of the time. This is get people in to the store, their theory being that whilst you are there you will pick up some groceries & they make their money that way.
Pre-owned is where the money is made that keeps most games stores open.
Games dropping in the slaes etc will be because of a distributor discount. This can take the form of the distributor just adding a credit note for £XXX on to the companies account & the retailer gets to chose which titles to apply this to. more commonly though the distributor will pass on discounts on specific titles.
Console bundles are usually worked out with distributors offering discounts on certain games, which is why you will see places offering bundles with specific games that you cannot change.
The freebies that some places give away with games on launch usually aren't free either. The golden hammerburst codes being given away by various retail chains for GOW2 release actually cost the retailer £1.5 each. Doesn't sound like much, but as they don't pass this cost on to the customer that nearly halves the profit made on a game. The retailers have these `freebies` & rely on selling more copies of the games because of the extra.
Supermarkets sell games at a loss on release most of the time. This is get people in to the store, their theory being that whilst you are there you will pick up some groceries & they make their money that way.
Pre-owned is where the money is made that keeps most games stores open.
I'd really like to see a price drop on all the games that have adverts in. I was just reading about Prototype and it will have adverts for real life products/services. I hate the idea of paying over $60 only to have adverts that companies paid to put in. It should bring the over all price of the game down in my opinion.
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Not more than a handful of people managed to get it at that price error before it was pulled
LOL you just reminded me I imported street fighter 2 for the SNES. only cost me £120 I also remeber paying £60 for mortal combat from Tandy roffle.
sorry, "pretty crap" they were literally garbage. However yes your point is good. Games despite now costing millions to create aren't just staying the same price IE resiting inflation but are actively cheaper.