RPGs are only expensive to create because developers have placed a bigger importance on graphics and voice acting than options and content. That's what I was saying - it's only a risky, boom-or-bust genre/industry because developers choose for it to be.
No, because the mainstream demands high production values. Some keep bringing up games like Divinity but those don't cost $60 and usually don't sell as well as AAA games anyway, they target a rather niche audience.
No, because the mainstream demands high production values. Some keep bringing up games like Divinity but those don't cost $60 and usually don't sell as well as AAA games anyway, they target a rather niche audience.
RPG's, at least talking about BioWare, have gave me lots more of hours per euro than any other media, so my answer is no. While I play lots of other type of games, RPG's is more worth of my money than anything else.
Divinity costs $45. That's close enough to $60 to not be a "bargain bin" price tag. And the whole point is to not need the mainstream appeal. - a game that needs millions of sales.
Sure, making cheap games for a niche audience is a viable business model.
Personally, i'm glad Bioware is in the AAA space.
If they increased the price of RPGs I would by fewer games because I would be less likely to take a flier on a game I was on the fence about. I would just buy more games on sale. It's always going to be hit or miss. They're games like Dragon's Dogma, Skyrim, DA:O Ive played the hell out of, and then they're games like DA2 I only made it through once.
But at the end of the day I feel that games are going the way of movies, high production values, focus on visuals and flash, the cinematic experience while losing a lot of the little things that make games/movies special. Then at the end of the day if I list my favorite games and movies almost nothing in recent years would make the list.
That sounds more like 2nd edition, to me.Yes. It's basically a giant love letter to 3/3.5, including all of the warts. Casters have a ton of options, melee classes are down to next to nothing again.
I really like what I've heard about the new edition (though I haven't been following it closely).
Only someone who's not been following D&D Next could make that statement. 
Only someone who's not been following D&D Next could make that statement.
Uncertain, but I believe based on context that Sylvius was ref something coming; not 4E. I was playing D&D since '75, and 4E killed it for me, as well as other factors.
Still enjoy 3E and 3.5 rules generally, though I dislike the movement towards the need for minis and MMO mentality over imagination.
D&D Next is the thing that's coming. Metatheurgist was referring to a future edition (due out this fall, if I recall correctly).
1st edition came out in 1977. 2nd edition in 1989. 3E was 2001. For some reason, 4E broke that 12-year pattern - the new one should have been 2013. D&D next is a bit late, but maybe we can just pretend that 4E never happened.
Divinity costs $45. That's close enough to $60 to not be a "bargain bin" price tag. And the whole point is to not need the mainstream appeal. - a game that needs millions of sales.
A game that costs $45 is either an attempt to price gouge the consumer if the budge is really low, or a game that needs to sell substantially close to last gen AAA numbers to earn profit.
A game that costs $45 is either an attempt to price gouge the consumer if the budge is really low, or a game that needs to sell substantially close to last gen AAA numbers to earn profit.
A game that costs $45 is either an attempt to price gouge the consumer if the budge is really low, or a game that needs to sell substantially close to last gen AAA numbers to earn profit.
It's $40, and you're overestimating the market for games like that. Original Sin has been Larian's fastest-selling game, and it sold only 160,000 units through Early Access and 4 days of release. Black Ops sold 5.6 million copies in 24 hours.
A game that costs $45 is either an attempt to price gouge the consumer if the budge is really low, or a game that needs to sell substantially close to last gen AAA numbers to earn profit.
Eh, I'm always a believer of a developer should be free to sell their game at what they feel is comfortable and if people are willing to buy it, then it's a reasonable price and transaction.
I wouldn't be too hard on Larian for selling the game at that cost if it's getting them results that they need to exist.
Eh, I'm always a believer of a developer should be free to sell their game at what they feel is comfortable and if people are willing to buy it, then it's a reasonable price and transaction.
I wouldn't be too hard on Larian for selling the game at that cost if it's getting them results that they need to exist.
I don't feel guilty about buying almost all my games on deeply discounted steam sales and humble bundles. So I guess I can't expect games companies to feel guilty about their prices.
Though a high release price may only encourage me to put off my purchase and wait until the price gets nice and low.
I think that's true for the US and Canada.
Then I look at AUS and see how that system can break down.
Yeah, prices for software and digital goods in general are ludicrous here - it's not only games but everything from Microsoft Office to songs on iTunes.
Whenever someone - like a Senate committee, for example - tries to get the distributors to explain WTF is going on with that, they mumble something about high wages and high rent. Which is almost plausible if we're talking about things you buy in an actual shop, but seems incredibly unfair when it involves downloads from internet stores that don't employ any Australians or involve any buildings.
It gives us a somewhat different perspective on game prices elsewhere. I paid $120 for the Collector's Editions of previous DA games, and I'm paying off the $209 I've spent on pre-ordering Inquisition in instalments. (This is an insane amount of money to spend on a game, but because of the pricing I only buy two or three games at full price every year. The rest of the time it's bargain bins and Steam sales all the way. And it's not like I won't get my money's worth, even if I play it half as much as the previous DA titles.)
Wow :0 That **** be ridiculous.
Eh, I'm always a believer of a developer should be free to sell their game at what they feel is comfortable and if people are willing to buy it, then it's a reasonable price and transaction.
Supply and demand only makes sense in economics land. It's been proven time and again that people will pay $100s of dollars for concert tickets (scalping), yet promoters are not selling tickets for $100s. If they were doing their due diligence to their client they should be charging $100s and getting as much money as the think they can for their product. After all, it's reasonable to charge what people will pay, no?
But with Steam there is only demand, supply is umlimited
Sorry if someone has already said this, but compare how may hours of entertainment you will get vs going to a couple of movies. Pretty much any game gives you more value for your money. That's why I don't feel guilty about spending the money.
Sorry if someone has already said this, but compare how may hours of entertainment you will get vs going to a couple of movies. Pretty much any game gives you more value for your money. That's why I don't feel guilty about spending the money.
But movies are something you go to with your SO or friends which makes it about more than the movie.
But movies are something you go to with your SO or friends which makes it about more than the movie.
...I always go alone to the movies,so does practically everyone i know.In fact,whenever i go to the cinema i rarely see two or more people together.
What i want to say is that for a lot of people it really is just about the movies...maybe i just live in a town full of antisocial loners though,so who knows.^^
...I always go alone to the movies,so does practically everyone i know.In fact,whenever i go to the cinema i rarely see two or more people together.
What i want to say is that for a lot of people it really is just about the movies...maybe i just live in a town full of antisocial loners though,so who knows.^^
Well that sounds intriguing you must have low birthrates.
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