New consoles
There's been a lot of press about the new gen gaming consols this week. Whilst the games look great I am left wondering what we should expect the pricing policy to be.
Just looking the ambitous claims for each of the machines and considering that people are going to expect big bangs and/or complex stories, the development costs alone are going to get staggering – I guess we are getting into Finding Nemo or The Incredibles territory here.
Does anyone know if any of the producers have made statements on the expected prices for these games? I suspect we may see a considerable hike over current prices – maybe the first £100 game.
I suppose the alternative will be to fund through in game advertising or online gaming – but that may only work for the very biggest titles – so maybe expect more consolidation in the industry. Ho Humm. Remember Hungry Horace – innocent days…
Tom Abbott
20 May 2005 13:40
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Christopher Doidge
I read something recently (on the interweb) about how games prices may come down, but then you'll be able to buy more official levels at £5 a pop. So a £100 game may well be possible (some would say it is with games like The Sims, where if you bought all the add-ons when they come out, it probably comes to about that).
The danger is – as pointed out in that article – that developers might build a game, then take bits out, so you can pay for them later.
20 May 2005, 14:14
Tom Sharp
Games should be priced nearer the DVD price range, making them in the 'impulse buy' sector, cos i always think long and hard before buying a new game, yet i pick up DVDs on a whim. That way they would sell more units, albeit at a lower cost per unit of course. But this will never happen…
26 May 2005, 15:35
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