April 2012 NPD Thread: WOW, Big Sales Driven by Dat Star Wars Bundle and Vita Edition

[Godstar]

Witcher 2 should be at the top and it should be selling like popcorn. People would rather play shit games like Prototype 2 though I guess.

Yeah but you can't wad people up into a ball and throw them into massive explosions of death. That's more important than a good story.

[murphjp]

Angry Birds : The future of gaming

It could be a friend of mine refused to get diablo 3 because of its cost, he prefers paying $3 for angry birds Space HD :/

[Almril]

Angry Birds : The future of gaming

Nah, its more like cheaper games: the future of gaming. Another of my beaten dead horses is the broken market for games with its inflated prices. It's a bubble that uses used games as a subsidy. It will burst when they go all DD, which I'm looking forward to.

[Badger3920]

Nah, its more like cheaper games: the future of gaming. Another of my beaten dead horses is the broken market for games with its inflated prices. It's a bubble that uses used games as a subsidy. It will burst when they go all DD, which I'm looking forward to.

Nah. It's a cornered market. Your DD games (unless they're the bargain/puzzle games that we see on phones etc) will simply be $59.99.

[DaveS1138]

Nah, its more like cheaper games: the future of gaming. Another of my beaten dead horses is the broken market for games with its inflated prices. It's a bubble that uses used games as a subsidy. It will burst when they go all DD, which I'm looking forward to.

I'm not sure why game prices are considered "inflated". Considering a 2 hour movie at my local Multiplex is $12 I dont think a game that is going to give me 10+ hours of play costing $60 is Inflated.

At the end of the day you get what you pay for. If people only want to pay $2.99 for a game then all you are going to get is the bargain basement quality of Angry Birds.....If you want the full experience a console can offer you are going to have to pay considerably more....

[Almril]

Nah. It's a cornered market. Your DD games (unless they're the bargain/puzzle games that we see on phones etc) will simply be $59.99.

Oh I have no doubt they will be. Just like the stubborn movie studios who price their digital offerings to fail and have an absurd obsession with "devaluing their product." Game studios will think that locking out used games and keeping the price the same will just mean more profit. They'll be mistaken.

I'm not sure why game prices are considered "inflated". Considering a 2 hour movie at my local Multiplex is $12 I dont think a game that is going to give me 10+ hours of play costing $60 is Inflated.

At the end of the day you get what you pay for. If people only want to pay $2.99 for a game then all you are going to get is the bargain basement quality of Angry Birds.....If you want the full experience a console can offer you are going to have to pay considerably more....

You bought a Vita though so you're the exception, the market is speaking. Sony might want people to pay a premium for a "premium" experience, but consumers aren't going to. Most consumers won't pay the $60 (or $40 for a portable) price. They just won't. They'll pay it if they can trade in their old game for $30 towards the new game. But that is going away. So the business model has to change. Bottom line is, if Sony or MS don't change, Apple will be happy to take their business from them.

[chipvideo]

At this point in the game both the xbox and ps3 are way overpriced. Both should be $149 right now.

[Indy_aka_Rex]

At this point in the game both the xbox and ps3 are way overpriced. Both should be $149 right now.

For once chip says something logical!

[HDDRuss]

At this point in the game both the xbox and ps3 are way overpriced. Both should be $149 right now.

Amazing that I couldnt agree more.