The Price of Games...

~J~ said:
O yeah, I remember them been £1.99 (the Mastertronic range) and their more upmarket ones M.A.D. (Mastertronic Advanced Design IIRC) at £2.99.

Dinner money was £3.00 for the week, so rather than have a dinner on a monday, we'd all put about .60p into a kitty, go down to Woolies, buy a mastertronic game, walk round town recording it onto one of those HUGE Amstrad twin tape decks, take the game back for a refund and walk back to school with a bag of chips with the returned money :D

Happy days.
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Don't forget about inflation.

My parents bought there house for about £10k at the time I was playing games that were £2.99.
 
I'm not fussed spending £30-£40 on games.

For example, PES6 which I've bought for £40 I will play that for a year, till the next one, thats value for money. As is the same with other games, you can re-play them over and over again, thats decent value for money in my eyes.

Of course I wouldn't complain of a decrease but it isn't wated money really.

The games industry would just die charging anything less, they spend ages making these games afterall.
 
smcshaw said:
Don't forget about inflation.

My parents bought there house for about £10k at the time I was playing games that were £2.99.
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Taking into account of inflation or rpi, consoles and games are relative to 10 years ago or even 6 years ago (PS2 launch). I would say that realistically they are relatively cheaper.

I mean, I know the PS3 console seems expensive compared to the 360 etc and games for both seem expensive compared to the outgoing Xbox and PS2, both of which had been arround for a few years though. Considering you can pick up most of the 360 titles for 30-40 quid its a good buy (I would imagine the PS3 will be the same).

The equivalent new PC games may cost 10 less but require £££ hardware to get them to run at decent levels so comparing pc game prices to console is a bit dead in the water.
 
ping666 said:
Take Splinter Cell: Double Agent. 360 version in the shops for £50, or £40 online. The PC version (arguably exactly the same game): £30 in shops, £20 online.
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If you think the PC version is "arguably exactly the same" I suggest you read what people are saying about it in the PC section.
PC holds several benefits such as being able to install games, when you are running from disc you have to have a different set of coding thats much harder to get a good performance from.

Personally I don't think £40 is that much.
 
I'm not well off, I am a full-time student at University and I work part-time behind a bar for 16 or more hours a week.

If I was to go out I would spend £40 atleast, so if I'm not I can get a game and it lasts longer than 1 night.
 
NokkonWud said:
I'm not well off, I am a full-time student at University and I work part-time behind a bar for 16 or more hours a week.

If I was to go out I would spend £40 atleast, so if I'm not I can get a game and it lasts longer than 1 night.
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Living with parents? ;)
 
I think £40 is a nice price for games, £50 does seem a tiny bit steep.
I try to stick with online, and if I'm in no hurry then hmv usually do the games for £40, with a discount code usually always around.
 
dirtydog said:
Living with parents? ;)
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Yes at the moment, though I've recently learned from University that I would have been better off not. It costs me just under £4 a day in transport, £5 (if I'm cheap) on food, £30 a book and then there are other costs.
 
£5 a day on food? :eek: I only spend 2-3 times that a week. Anyway I work and have about £100 a month of disposable income so £40 a game is just too much :)
 
£3 quid for a poxy sarni!

Get yer self down here and have a breakfast at the greasy spoon for £2.40 (plus free cup of tea of coffee and 2 slices of toast!).
 
Oh, I would and did. However I should be in better shape than I currently am, all I can say is it's a good job I play 5-a-side atleast once a week.

Anyway, I'll let you buy me one around Christmas as you have so much money.
 
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