| Page 3 of 15 |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
|
|
 Posted: Sun, 28th Jun 2009 16:58 Post subject: |
|
|
| dezztroy wrote: | It is 40$, not 25. So 30 euro, is a fair price.
Won't be buying this, demo was pretty boring. |
WRONG. It's $29.99 on Steam for Americans and 29.99€ for Europeans. How is that fair?
C2D E6750 @ 3.2Ghz, 4GB 800MHz DDR2 4-4-4-12, GeForce GTX 260 c216 OC 896MB, 3.2TB, Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Xbox 360 Elite, PS2 Slim, Xbox
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Sun, 28th Jun 2009 17:02 Post subject: |
|
|
It's not. That's why I'll get it for free. It's not fair for valve and Trine devs, but who cares...
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
tnisa8
Posts: 113
Location: ASEXUALLY REPRODUCTIVE ORGANISM
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Sun, 28th Jun 2009 17:21 Post subject: |
|
|
Really gr8 game looking forward to it will buy it as soon as it will be purchasable.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Sun, 28th Jun 2009 17:50 Post subject: |
|
|
| Glottis wrote: | | dezztroy wrote: | It is 40$, not 25. So 30 euro, is a fair price.
Won't be buying this, demo was pretty boring. |
WRONG. It's $29.99 on Steam for Americans and 29.99€ for Europeans. How is that fair? |
1) US != EU, the money people make aren't the same either.
2) Games have always been more expensive in EU.
3) If US was stronger than EU and if USD is still equal EUR you wouldn't complain either.
If you want to pay 30 euro for it buy it otherwise don't, it's as simple as this.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Sun, 28th Jun 2009 18:06 Post subject: |
|
|
| Areius wrote: | | Glottis wrote: | | dezztroy wrote: | It is 40$, not 25. So 30 euro, is a fair price.
Won't be buying this, demo was pretty boring. |
WRONG. It's $29.99 on Steam for Americans and 29.99€ for Europeans. How is that fair? |
1) US != EU, the money people make aren't the same either.
2) Games have always been more expensive in EU.
3) If US was stronger than EU and if USD is still equal EUR you wouldn't complain either.
If you want to pay 30 euro for it buy it otherwise don't, it's as simple as this. |
just little strange that if ppl from EU and US area download from same place those games how can cost more to EU area
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Sun, 28th Jun 2009 18:07 Post subject: |
|
|
Game prices don't change on a daily basis to reflect currency exchange rates. Sorry.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Sun, 28th Jun 2009 18:31 Post subject: |
|
|
| rhagz wrote: | | Game prices don't change on a daily basis to reflect currency exchange rates. Sorry. |
LOL what nonsense, game companies can change their game prices whenever they want.
Per Ardua Ad Astra
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Karmeck
Posts: 3345
Location: Sweden
|
| Posted: Sun, 28th Jun 2009 18:34 Post subject: |
|
|
| Anticasper wrote: | | rhagz wrote: | | Game prices don't change on a daily basis to reflect currency exchange rates. Sorry. |
LOL what nonsense, game companies can change their game prices whenever they want. |
But do they want to?
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Sun, 28th Jun 2009 18:43 Post subject: |
|
|
| Karmeck wrote: | | Anticasper wrote: | | rhagz wrote: | | Game prices don't change on a daily basis to reflect currency exchange rates. Sorry. |
LOL what nonsense, game companies can change their game prices whenever they want. |
But do they want to? |
Of course not they try to maximize profits like any other company, this doesn't mean game prices are static forever though.
Per Ardua Ad Astra
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Sun, 28th Jun 2009 20:18 Post subject: |
|
|
I never checked the Steam price, meh.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
JBeckman
VIP Member
Posts: 34970
Location: Sweden
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Sun, 28th Jun 2009 20:32 Post subject: |
|
|
@JBeckman: Yeah well that's why European steam prices should be lower than US because server traffic costs would be lower.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Mon, 29th Jun 2009 01:54 Post subject: |
|
|
| scaramonga wrote: | | I'm all for supporting the developers when a game is this good, but sorry, not at the cost of feeding the greedy fat cats and/or middlemen. |
There are always middlemen that have to be paid.
| Quote: | | Piracy has no chance of being beaten when the costs are way above realism. |
For fuck's sake...in a world of $60 games, people say that $30 is "way above realism."
I'm guessing this has to do with being dirt-fuck poor or something...
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Mon, 29th Jun 2009 02:38 Post subject: |
|
|
| Cedge wrote: |
I'm guessing this has to do with being dirt-fuck poor or something... |
No. We are all in a recession yes, but its more 'principle' than anything IMO, nothing to do with ones wealth or poverty. The game is good, great even, but its way time for lower prices across the board, not blatant rip-off costs, just because they think they can get away with it.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Mon, 29th Jun 2009 02:40 Post subject: |
|
|
And I was wondering why onlinekeystore sent me 2 emails this weekend after not having heard a word since riddick. They haven't got a Trine price yet but I betcha they'll be set to do a roaring trade if this ridiculous disparity stays. Of course a roaring trade for keystores is a drop in the ocean for someone who publishes a successful game so buying a key will save you money but it won't change anything.
I think I already bored nforce readers with the story of the lengths software publishers went to to force a repeal of a law which abolished publishers' right to sole agency in the tiny country I live in. All stops weere pulled out to cease a situation where anyone could go to whatever country in the world had the lowest price for a piece of software and bring thousands of copies here then resell it undercutting the publishers recommended retail price.
Data transmission charges are irrelevant in the post-Keynesian eonomy that we all live in, prices aren't a function of the cost of production; they are a function of demand coupled with consumers' income.
That means the disparity between prices in europe and prices in amerika is attributable to the publisher's belief that either europeans have more disposable income than amerikans or, for whatever reason, amerikans are less likely to buy games than europeans - maybe both.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Mon, 29th Jun 2009 03:11 Post subject: |
|
|
No online coop makes this game fail tbh.
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Mon, 29th Jun 2009 04:46 Post subject: |
|
|
| scaramonga wrote: | | The game is good, great even, but its way time for lower prices across the board, not blatant rip-off costs, just because they think they can get away with it. |
Game developers are in recessions, too. If you think that a small developer like Frozenbyte is ripping you off, because "they think they can get away with it," then sorry, but you are an idiot.
On one end, you have tiny indie devs like Introversion struggling just to stay afloat, and even on the other end, with the mega studios, you have layoffs across the board. Budgets have to constantly increase to keep up with consumer expectations about production values, and sales figures increase far slower than budget increases. And we're in an era now where games are as good a value for money as they have ever been. Look back in the older days of PC gaming, when it wasn't uncommon to see something like Wing Commander II debut for $80. Look at console games in the mid-90s, often debuting for $60, in 1990s dollars!
You want "lower prices across the board"? Well, here's a game that's about three-fifths the price of many games coming out right now. How's that for starters?
Game companies are like any other; they have expenses, products to sell, and employees that need to be paid. And with all this, there are people like you, who are saying that a $30 game (which by all indication, sounds like a good value for money) is a violation of some sort of logical "principal"? All this, and you're demanding lower prices, because you think that they're "ripping you off," "just because they think they can get away with it"?
Ugh. I'm glad I'm not in the game development business.
Take Economics 101, please.
| scaramonga wrote: | | dezztroy wrote: | | No online coop makes this game fail tbh. |
Rubbish!
What did one do before online games? |
These children would not know...
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Mon, 29th Jun 2009 05:55 Post subject: |
|
|
What's funny is many of these same people will try to justify piracy by claiming big companies like EA are the devil and that we should all support indie companies.. then turn around and make excuses as to why they aren't supporting an indie company. Keep pirating shit while sheep throw money at EA and Activision for FPS #28482 or MMO #1993 while indie companies struggle to pay the bills. They do everything people claim to want: new game ideas, less than retail prices, preorders on Steam and easy to use online services.. but nope, always something. Wahh, it's 5 euros more than I think I should pay so I'm going to steal it!
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
djvelho
Posts: 1262
Location: Finland
|
| Posted: Tue, 30th Jun 2009 12:39 Post subject: |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
spajdr
Posts: 1842
Location: Czechia
|
| Posted: Thu, 2nd Jul 2009 10:30 Post subject: |
|
|
Available: 2 July 2009
This game will unlock in approximately 8 hours
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
| Posted: Thu, 2nd Jul 2009 15:43 Post subject: |
|
|
You need steam for this game if you buy it?
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
| Page 3 of 15 |
All times are GMT + 1 Hour |
