The case about inflation is something I've never heard raised before to account for the recent spate of $60. I assumed it was just greed on the part of developers, especially since it seems like it's only a handful of developers (namely Activision) who put out computer games priced the same as their console counterparts. Either way, I'm not paying that much for a game. Of course, I almost never buy games full-priced, but there were a few times when I just had to have something the day it came out. But for $60? At that cost, I'm definitely waiting for the inevitable price drop or sale.
In other words, I'm probably never going to play SC2 (going on two years old and it's still $60 from Blizzard).
Slashdot Mirror
The case about inflation is something I've never heard raised before to account for the recent spate of $60. I assumed it was just greed on the part of developers, especially since it seems like it's only a handful of developers (namely Activision) who put out computer games priced the same as their console counterparts. Either way, I'm not paying that much for a game. Of course, I almost never buy games full-priced, but there were a few times when I just had to have something the day it came out. But for $60? At that cost, I'm definitely waiting for the inevitable price drop or sale. In other words, I'm probably never going to play SC2 (going on two years old and it's still $60 from Blizzard).