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| Topic | in response to gamers upset at EA, analyst says game should cost more |
| Darkman124 11/22/17 12:42:07 PM #47: | Questionmarktarius posted... He's not wrong, though. he is. the growing volume of the industry and the prolific nature of used game sales and steam sales for PC games places a hard cap on the price a company can expect for a single video game. independent development companies don't even try to charge $60 for a game. they set up a development cycle with costs built in to support a price target they think can be swung at release. the bigger companies have an ad campaign behind their games, and typically that is what enables them to manage $60. pricing higher just means people delay their buy, the launch weekend fails, investors get skittish, and the board gets slammed. --- And when the hourglass has run out, eternity asks you about only one thing: whether you have lived in despair or not. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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