tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post229205600035290392..comments2024-03-19T02:11:32.628-07:00Comments on Experience Points: Games Are Not ToastersJorge Alborhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04857765716032886965noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-69989914125370814272015-07-06T04:35:05.584-07:002015-07-06T04:35:05.584-07:00a meeting place in the form of Cafe Nervous, the N...a meeting place in the form of Cafe Nervous, the Nerve Centro is very much a priming ground for the town's musical talent.<br /><a href="http://freeamazongiftcardsnow.com" rel="nofollow">free amazon gift card code</a>amazon cardhttp://freeamazongiftcardsnow.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-25015456876706577282014-12-29T01:19:16.477-08:002014-12-29T01:19:16.477-08:00i have seen robot of steam wallet free codes gener...i have seen robot of steam wallet free codes generator at <br /><a href="http://freehacksandcodes.com/free-steam-wallet-codes/" rel="nofollow">steam wallet code generator</a>sabirnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-55574678721333894122013-08-12T01:49:55.419-07:002013-08-12T01:49:55.419-07:00Digital games will never gets old. The demand gets...Digital games will never gets old. The demand gets more highly increasing. It can never be like other things as it gets old it doesn't come into use anymore. <br />-----------------------<br /><a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.gamescrack.org/index.asp" title="Games crack">Fun Games</a>Annabelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-38514500176237198942012-12-09T10:00:52.285-08:002012-12-09T10:00:52.285-08:00I think we'll see early on in the next generat...I think we'll see early on in the next generation if some of the major players are willing to buck the standard plateaued pricing structure and their attendant budgets. We've started to see it much more on Steam already with games like Torchlight 2, Hard Reset and others while consoles have remained locked into the $60 retail/$15 downloadable model. I think publishers are scared of being the first to go against the grain of consumer expectations and perhaps rightly so. If you released a $30 experience today it would likely be perceived as "budget" without a relatively robust ad campaign to convince people otherwise. I saw somewhere that the long delayed XCOM shooter might actually release as a $30 downloadable title. 2K dipping the toe?Burr Salemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-3481841797527532672012-12-07T20:40:02.896-08:002012-12-07T20:40:02.896-08:00Great insight; thanks for the comment!
One thing...Great insight; thanks for the comment!<br /><br /><br />One thing that just occurred to me: "AAA" style games have gotten radically more expensive and all signs point to this trend continuing. I wonder how this will factor into the way digital games are priced?Scott Justerhttp://www.experiencepoints.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-81479307977184183972012-12-07T08:41:36.001-08:002012-12-07T08:41:36.001-08:00Good article. Good comments. Prices are unlikely t...Good article. Good comments. Prices are unlikely to drop with Microsoft, Sony and <br />Nintendo all -as you say- testing "what they can get <br />away with" and continuing to conduct themselves as very closed systems. I<br /> don't think it will be as soon as everyone seems to suggest, but <br />eventually we will cross a tipping point where retail largely goes away <br />and digital is the only viable means of access. At that point one of <br />two things will likely happen: The consoles will start playing ball with<br />more aggressive sales promotions and decreasing price points over a game's life cycle to compete for users with each other and Steam, or -heaven forbid- Steam will gradually raise prices once the need to compete with physical media<br /> fades away. More likely it will be a combination of the two. Prices <br />won't be going down in the next generation, of that we can be certain, <br />but competition will be as fierce as ever, so sales and promotions will <br />be necessary to capture consumer attention. I think we'll see the "evergreen" pricing structures that Microsoft and Sony have long employed continue to erode, but I don't think -even in the face of very stiff competition- we'll see any of the big players ever dip their toe into "used" digital sales.Burr Salemnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-41824270828095597922012-12-05T20:11:28.328-08:002012-12-05T20:11:28.328-08:00Hah! :)
Breaking news: "Games are games.&quo...Hah! :)<br /><br />Breaking news: "<a href="https://twitter.com/ibogost/status/275805793515888640?uid=14469880&iid=953e56e4-372a-4c4c-b5d4-b2ad1c2d4af1&nid=12+138+20121204" rel="nofollow">Games are games</a>."Scott Justerhttp://www.experiencepoints.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-28163361139610370192012-12-05T20:09:10.938-08:002012-12-05T20:09:10.938-08:00The fact that they're selling games at retail-...The fact that they're selling games at retail-price on XBLA and PSN suggests to me that:<br /><br /><br />1. Sony/Microsoft is just trying to see what they can get away with<br />2. People are willing to pay a lot of money to avoid putting on pants and leaving the house.<br />3. We have been severely underpaying for games in relation to what it costs to produce them. If $50-60 is still what's necessary for them to be competitive after you've taken most of physical costs out of the equation, maybe that price range has been kept artificially low?<br /><br /><br />I suspect it might be some combination of the three.<br /><br /><br />Still, if anyone is going to change this system, it will probably be Valve. They seem to be very interested in flexible pricing and community interaction, so we can hope...Scott Justerhttp://www.experiencepoints.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-19667047616863348222012-12-05T04:33:43.864-08:002012-12-05T04:33:43.864-08:00Things games are not:
- Clocks
- Toasters
- Art (?...Things games are not:<br />- Clocks<br />- Toasters<br />- Art (?)Sam Crisphttp://twitter.com/Sam_Crispnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3967694277763110629.post-85339709106855722742012-12-05T00:39:21.768-08:002012-12-05T00:39:21.768-08:00I remember when digital distribution was still a d...I remember when digital distribution was still a dream on the horizon, and we were led with promises of lower prices thanks to reduced distribution costs and such. Though, through avenues like Steam Sales, we can obtain cheaper games, on the whole we were fed illusions of a much more accessible hobby. It is quite unfortunate that almost all digital releases on console, and even many on PC, are the same price as the physical copies, but without the added benefits of trading, re-selling, etc...Matt Sayernoreply@blogger.com