Re:$500 is still fairly expensive.
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Not quite when I was born, but granted, it was awfully close:) My parents got me the NES when I was VERY young.... started that gaming addiction they complain about now.
$500 is still fairly expensive.
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The target audience for most console systems is school-aged children. Unless their parents care to contribute, $500 is disturbingly expensive for a console system. I, being a 16 year-old, am not looking forward to a $500 payment. Of course, I look forward to the XBox, so I'm probably going to put the money together somehow, but I do remember a time where the newest system, a NES for me, was only $100-$150. Inflation happens, yes, but not that much. Components are more expensive, but still, $500 is more than enough for a console system.
The EverQuest economy is, generally speaking, a failure. There is one simple reason: There are no random items. No items are unique, and the market can be flooded rather quickly. When the market floods, which doesn't take too long, all of the prices drop drastically. The solution is as simple as the cause: Implement randomly generated items. In Asheron's Call, as well as other games, items are generated randomly. Unique items exist, and they still lose value, but these random items can be unique, so there is no market flooding, and in turn, no unreasonable deflation.
Blizzard may very well take their good old time, but they've never released a bad product. I'm perfectly happy waiting until first semester 2002, even if it's June, because I know it's going to be a great game when it's finally released. It would be nice, however, if they could wait another, say, 6 months before telling us. I know it helps sales, but I'm still pulling my hair out waiting...
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Not quite when I was born, but granted, it was awfully close :) My parents got me the NES when I was VERY young.... started that gaming addiction they complain about now.
The target audience for most console systems is school-aged children. Unless their parents care to contribute, $500 is disturbingly expensive for a console system. I, being a 16 year-old, am not looking forward to a $500 payment. Of course, I look forward to the XBox, so I'm probably going to put the money together somehow, but I do remember a time where the newest system, a NES for me, was only $100-$150. Inflation happens, yes, but not that much. Components are more expensive, but still, $500 is more than enough for a console system.
The EverQuest economy is, generally speaking, a failure. There is one simple reason: There are no random items. No items are unique, and the market can be flooded rather quickly. When the market floods, which doesn't take too long, all of the prices drop drastically. The solution is as simple as the cause: Implement randomly generated items. In Asheron's Call, as well as other games, items are generated randomly. Unique items exist, and they still lose value, but these random items can be unique, so there is no market flooding, and in turn, no unreasonable deflation.
Blizzard may very well take their good old time, but they've never released a bad product. I'm perfectly happy waiting until first semester 2002, even if it's June, because I know it's going to be a great game when it's finally released. It would be nice, however, if they could wait another, say, 6 months before telling us. I know it helps sales, but I'm still pulling my hair out waiting...