silentassassin Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 According to a developer from EA, the prices of video games may actually DROP this year. Apparently, development costs will try to be covered with DLC instead of hiking up the price as was the case previously. However, according to DeLong, prices of video games may drop in 2010 with more publishers relying on DLC to supplement development costs. This may be a brilliant idea as it certainly would help spur sales with the state of the economy. Its surprising this suggestion is coming from a publisher considering Bobby Kotick’s comments about raising the prices of video games. http://gamer.blorge.com/2010/01/02/ea-ps3-...heaper-in-2010/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentassassin Posted January 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 so wat does dis mean... they r gonna reduce da price of da game by removing sme content 4m da game??? n then release da same content as dlc n make money.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solitaire Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Niiiiiiiiiice.... so from now on we'll get games with 1 or 2 missions, then they'll tell us "Go buy the DLC if you want to complete the remaining missions". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 nahiiiiiiii first the news about about games may become expensive... now this. But this is only EA na..atleast maybe other publishers wont follow suit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil_angel Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Now Can someone answer my query? Are DLC's being pirated.....coz I haven't heard of that yet.....If that's the case....Has this decision come from this perspective as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liquid ocelot Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Wow...and here I was thinking the price is going to come down as programmers have a feel for what the ps3 and the 360 can do,and hence dev time and hence development costs are going to come down. *sigh* I'd rather pay evewrything in one shot than,come back and wait for a part of the game to download. @Devil:The Dlcs for pcs are being pirated...dont know about the xbox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentassassin Posted January 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Now Can someone answer my query?Are DLC's being pirated.....coz I haven't heard of that yet.....If that's the case....Has this decision come from this perspective as well? no dlc's r nt pirated as far as i know... i guess dis is an attempt to curb piracy...bcoz EA had already mentioned few weeks back dat they wud release dlc's n earn money even 4m da pirates... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 i see your concerns.. and raise you resident evil 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jigsaw Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 no dlc's r nt pirated as far as i know... i guess dis is an attempt to curb piracy...bcoz EA had already mentioned few weeks back dat they wud release dlc's n earn money even 4m da pirates... They are being pirated for the 360.. left, right and center But i don't understand how cutting the game's length and increasing dlcs will generate more revenue. The ones who pirate stuff are not going to suddenly *buy* dlcs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushy Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 that means they will give us half of the game on disc and the rest as DLC...way to go EA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ps4geek Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 For example when we would play Fifa 11 , the first half would be in the disk and second half will be a DLC Way to go EEE AAA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nautical_j Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 They might be thinking to go the Resident Evil 5 way.... With Single Player on disk and the multiplayer as DLC..... OMG that would suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gulabi Chaddi Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 it is as same as buying the demo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devil_angel Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 it is as same as buying the demo The difference being Demos were free before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jDaMn Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Guys, more than piracy, how does this hit usage of second hand games? It seems to be a great way to monetize pre owned discs. There's also another angle to this - people probably factor in resale value when they buy new games, and this could be a negative there. [assuming the DLCs form major portions of the game] I'm more worried about how I'm going to fit DLCs + demos + media on my 13 GB drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gulabi Chaddi Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 The difference being Demos were free before! yup ur rite i guess vl have to shift back to our 16 bit video games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeezNah Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 jDaMn pretty much nailed it on the head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aftrunner Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Out of curiosity, what was the cost of PS2 games when it launched and 4 years after that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeezNah Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 Out of curiosity, what was the cost of PS2 games when it launched and 4 years after that? Between $39.99 to $49.99, but mostly (and still is) towards the latter. $59.99 didn't start kicking in until the X360 launched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzz Posted January 3, 2010 Report Share Posted January 3, 2010 This is Microsoft's ploy to sell their expensive XBOX360 hard disks. EA has gone nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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