And you thought EA was bad...

[Phopojijo]

http://www.destructoid.com/kotick-i-would-raise-game-prices-higher-if-i-could-143049.phtml

TL;DR version: Activision CEO said he'd raise game prices higher if he could.

Told you guys that Activision was the true jerks to look out for -- ever since they raised the price of COD4 on the PC to match the console version (pocketing the extra 10$) back a few years ago...

Merging with Vivendi (Blizzard) just gave them the marketshare to be successful monopolistic pricks.

[Mr Buckshot]

The PC version of the game could be a little bit cheaper on www.direct2drive.com (http://www.direct2drive.com) due to the lack of an optical disc.

But yeah, what an idiotic thing to say. The price of a brand new game has long been established at a max of $50-$60 USD for a standard edition, and trying to exceed that is only going to hurt sales and encourage piracy.



he'd raise game prices higher if he could


Hopefully he'll wake up and realize it's a "could not."

[343guiltymc]

What, are they going to put DRM on the PC version of MW2 next?

[Abdurahman]

Probably.

[Ganon]

raise the prices to develop better products of course!

[cheezdue]

He needs to gtfo if he could raise the game prices.

[jcap]

...and then they go complaining and wondering about why people pirate their games.

[paladin]

...and then they go complaining and wondering about why people pirate their games.


Genius

[Limited]

CoD:MF2 is already £10 more than any one game, its now £55, which is $92 dollars. This is the regular version I'm talking about, basic one.

So yeah they want more money, EA is still worse though.

[Phopojijo]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v342/Phopojijo/wow.jpg

Can we get any more?

[Limited]

You played it to start with? Booo Phoji.

But congrats on getting your life back, have some +rep to celebrate.

[Phopojijo]

Ehh, I played it for like a month.

Was boring except for fucking with people at the auction house.

[Limited]

Only takes one day to get addicted Phoji, then'd we'd never see you again.

[Phopojijo]

Only takes one day to get addicted Phoji, then'd we'd never see you again.Nah I don't get addicted to videogames. (Unless you count considering the medium as a whole as a legitimate lifestyle... but not any game in particular.)

[annihilation]

The gaming industry is doing very well right now. What evil person would do such a thing!?

[Limited]

The gaming industry is doing very well right now. What evil person would do such a thing!?
"Very well?" I agree it has had a worse time within the recession but I wouldnt call it very well.

Although I get tremendous fun from video games, $90 is a bit steep considering like 3 games equals the price of the console. Which was over priced even then.

[flibitijibibo]

I think he was joking, Limited.

Also, I'll never pay more than $50 for a game, ever. If that means prices do increase, I guess I'll be sticking to sales/waiting for a price drop.

[annihilation]

I wasn't joking. It's a fact that video games are doing pretty good today. I may have made an over statment when I said "very well" But it is doing quite good for being in the shitty economy.

[Bodzilla]

arnt video games one of the industry's fairing best in the current economy.

but fuck sake i walked into harvey norman today and had a look at some of the PC games for sale.

UT3 bought off the shelf was...
wait for it....

$119.99


i wish i was fucking joking. theres a dam good reason i've plugged and supported steam, but with that fucking BULLSHIT with fallout 3...... i feel like i'm being pushed into a dark corner.

[Kornman00]

Yeah, they're fairing the best with all the layoffs and studio closures [/sarcasm]


Although I get tremendous fun from video games, $90 is a bit steep considering like 3 games equals the price of the console. Which was over priced even then.
Don't pull that conversion rate shit. You live in Britian's economy and thus have the pound for your currency...which is "worth" more than the USD. So don't be trying that shit :eyesroll:

[jcap]

i wish i was fucking joking. theres a dam good reason i've plugged and supported steam, but with that fucking BULLSHIT with fallout 3...... i feel like i'm being pushed into a dark corner.
Wait, what happened with Fallout 3?

[Bodzilla]

Regional pricing.

it was another $20 AMERICAN for no reason other then my zip code.

[Dotkito92]

Regional pricing.

it was another $20 AMERICAN for no reason other then my zip code.

Learn to spell, god damn. The words "then" and "than" are very different.

If Activision wants to raise prices, I just won't buy the game, that's all. Or I might split the cost with a friend.

[English Mobster]

I'm going to call it:
Things like these will plunge these giant home consoles into a DEEP hole when people just stop buying. It'll be the second video game crash, and the only part of the industry which will survive would be the iPhone developers.
Then, we'll have to deal with Apple, though, who will be getting 30% of all profits from said iTunes developers and is already becoming the "Evil Empire" (Google "iTunes Palm Pre"), taking over Micro$oft's former place.

Fuck it, let's just all start our own gaming company on a win console.

[paladin]

I'm going to call it:
Things like these will plunge these giant home consoles into a DEEP hole when people just stop buying. It'll be the second video game crash, and the only part of the industry which will survive would be the iPhone developers.
Then, we'll have to deal with Apple, though, who will be getting 30% of all profits from said iTunes developers and is already becoming the "Evil Empire" (Google "iTunes Palm Pre"), taking over Micro$oft's former place.

Fuck it, let's just all start our own gaming company on a win console. PC


ftfy.

[Donut]

^http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s277/TheKillerDonut/Second.jpg^

ICEE and i are actually trying to get a little multi player game off the ground using the unity engine