1 - Online buying. Play carry the new X360 £49.99 games for £39.99. They do free shipping and you'll have them at your door on the first day you can buy them in the shops (sometimes a day earlier). I understand in the US if you buy a game online you'll probably still pay full price and quick shipping is extra
2 - UK prices include sales tax (17.5%). So it's not a fair comparison to an american SRP which does not.
So, the $59.99US 360 release costs £34.03 without tax or $64.64US.
Of course it's not like we can avoid that tax and you have to order in advance if you want the game for that price on launch day but the situation is not THAT bad.
That said, there's exceptions. Top Spin 2 carries a $39.99SRP in the US. Here it's that same £49.99 as say, Burnout Revenge.
If you have £50 a month for games, and you're spending £20 a month on the MMO. That's £20 a month less going on retail games.
Where's the surprise here? Most people have a fixed entertainment budget. Spending more on anything means spending less on something else. And given most people also have limited time if they're spending money and time on an MMO game they're going to have less time for any other game and less need to buy more.
I'd rather go the other way. When everyone else had 6gb top there was a 12gig Quantum Bigfoot 5.25". It wasn't the biggest but who the hell cares.
That would apply even more today. Most of our large disk uses are video and audio. There's a limit to how fast those need to be read and by my calcuations a bigfoot would be over a tb by now. I'd love that. 2 of my 3 3.5" drives are in 5.25" bays anyway.
You can trace the decline to the nanosecond Trip left.
Bizzarely though there was massive resistence to doing the first Madden game. Trip, an american football nut, bascially had to lead the entire thing himself.
To be fair, "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if 3 MMORPG players' dropped their 5th bag of Cheetos in terror and were suddenly silenced when one got in the PSU fan"
And indeed you're right, you can under no circumstances tell them that's what it's for.
It's worth noting that it would still make the downloading just as illegal, as the artist hasn't given you permission and even if they did, they probably don't own the copyright.
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If it helps, Sonic 2 on the Master System carried a £32.99RRP on release ($62.68US).
That said, this is a time we beat the US. They didn't get Sonic 2 at all or Sonic Chaos or Sonic Spinball.
There's 2 collaries here though.
1 - Online buying. Play carry the new X360 £49.99 games for £39.99. They do free shipping and you'll have them at your door on the first day you can buy them in the shops (sometimes a day earlier). I understand in the US if you buy a game online you'll probably still pay full price and quick shipping is extra
2 - UK prices include sales tax (17.5%). So it's not a fair comparison to an american SRP which does not.
So, the $59.99US 360 release costs £34.03 without tax or $64.64US.
Of course it's not like we can avoid that tax and you have to order in advance if you want the game for that price on launch day but the situation is not THAT bad.
That said, there's exceptions. Top Spin 2 carries a $39.99SRP in the US. Here it's that same £49.99 as say, Burnout Revenge.
They have no right, until an artist gives them that right in return for money.
He designed some levels, he did a little game design, he was not by any stretch the main creative force behind Doom.
Except there would need to be a lot of unstable 3rd party drivers to get existing hardware working
And then it would get attacked more by viruses and spyware.
And then it would be windows anyway.
Except that it's a $1 virtual T-shirt.
Sounds more like someone's figured out virtual pricing at last to me. Hell, it's less than half the price of some horse armour.
If you have £50 a month for games, and you're spending £20 a month on the MMO. That's £20 a month less going on retail games.
Where's the surprise here? Most people have a fixed entertainment budget. Spending more on anything means spending less on something else. And given most people also have limited time if they're spending money and time on an MMO game they're going to have less time for any other game and less need to buy more.
ER.. Lisa never reverted back to eating meat after she became veggie that I remember.
I'd rather go the other way. When everyone else had 6gb top there was a 12gig Quantum Bigfoot 5.25". It wasn't the biggest but who the hell cares.
That would apply even more today. Most of our large disk uses are video and audio. There's a limit to how fast those need to be read and by my calcuations a bigfoot would be over a tb by now. I'd love that. 2 of my 3 3.5" drives are in 5.25" bays anyway.
And I refuse to believe "100%".
Even the most die-hard google user is occasionally going to try a different search engine if google doens't come up with a result they like.
You can trace the decline to the nanosecond Trip left.
Bizzarely though there was massive resistence to doing the first Madden game. Trip, an american football nut, bascially had to lead the entire thing himself.
To be fair, "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if 3 MMORPG players' dropped their 5th bag of Cheetos in terror and were suddenly silenced when one got in the PSU fan"
Doesn't quite scan.
Seriously though, the UK has an age rating system with legal weight behind it. This game got a 15 rating uncut.
The US has a voluntary system, the game got cut.
Which kinda ruins the "Free speech / Censorship" arguement against a legally backed system.
No Problem fatso.
(Assuming you're american)
In case you're wondering, I am English and I tend to Grill them.
No, because unless you wrap it in blankets and set fire to the blankets the PSU doesn't get even "warm" let alone "hot".
Whereas the air out of the back of a 360 could cook a steak.
There is no such thing as positive discrimination.
Or just not buy either since the format is doomed as a platform for anything but games anyway.
Or to put it another way, he legally probably didn't need to pay for "I'm fat" but would have for the star wars "American Pie" parody.
And indeed you're right, you can under no circumstances tell them that's what it's for.
It's worth noting that it would still make the downloading just as illegal, as the artist hasn't given you permission and even if they did, they probably don't own the copyright.
Morally of course it's another story.
Legally they wouldn't be allowed to accept that $10 though.
You didn't say that at all. In fact, you said exactly what I said you said.
I suspect their biggest problem is that only 5-10% of their target audience are still their target audience after 10 years.
We didn't even have NT4 when DN-Forever was started, let alone XP.
5 years != 10 years.
Except it's not caffeine causing the effect.