*LETTER* Games are TOO expensive - up to £45 + £7 DLC?

[Ginga]

you're looking at 50p an hour-ish of fun? Where else in the world can you get that kinda awesomeness?
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Thailand?

If you're a fan of the ladyboys, then by all means go have the time of your life. It's not for me though.

[BuffAngel]

I think MW2 was a rip off. They upped the price and then those of us who don't play MP get shafted because of it.

I have to agree with this - if you dont have the internet then you aint getting half a game - seriously i would be happy to pay £25 and get COD MW for just single player and spec ops then only pay for the multiplayer when i am online.

Makes sense both ways surely.

Only people who play multi would pay multi - get it done M$

[The-Marb]

I think MW2 was a rip off. They upped the price and then those of us who don't play MP get shafted because of it.

I have to agree with this - if you dont have the internet then you aint getting half a game - seriously i would be happy to pay £25 and get COD MW for just single player and spec ops then only pay for the multiplayer when i am online.

Makes sense both ways surely.

Only people who play multi would pay multi - get it done M$

It has local MP though. Its my most played local MP game. I have got some serious value for money out of it.

Can you pay a tramp off the street to play with you? ;p

[Bob]

Can you pay a tramp off the street to play with you? ;p

He can, but he prefers an X-Box not to be involved when he does.

[j2000_nr]

Can you pay a tramp off the street to play with you? ;p

He can, but he prefers an X-Box not to be involved when he does.

Oooooooooooh, get you missus

[Johnny Shoulder]

Can you pay a tramp off the street to play with you? ;p

He can, but he prefers an X-Box not to be involved when he does.

Oooooooooooh, get you missus

Ooh matron!

[Geoff]

Games are appropriately priced for the entertainment value they offer.

Taking the cinema comparison a little further an adult ticket costs £8.80 that is for up to maybe 3 hours entertainment. You could spend £13.30 for VIP seating (collectors edition) and consider drinks and snacks to be the equivalent to DLC, adding to your experience but not essential for the entertainment. If you go off peak the price could be reduced to £7.20 but in any case there will be no chance to recoup the cost after the experience.

In comparison a game can be bought for £40 at launch sometimes less you can get in excess of 6 hours of entertainment with mutiplayer and DLC extending your entertainment beyond this. The multiplayer experience encourages consumers to hold onto the game. If you are just interested in the single player features once these are exhausted trading the game in will normally recoup at least half of the expense depending on how long you hold on to the game. Of course the longer you retain the game the more entertainment hours you should have gotten from it.

This doesn't include the outlay for purchasing the console and other peripherals but similar parallels could be drawn to DVD or Blu-Ray purchases.

The issue I do have is the fact that xbox DLC pricing isn't transparent. I should be able to immediately compare the price of maps and horse armour with the price of a pint down the local.

[BuffAngel]

Games are appropriately priced for the entertainment value they offer.

Taking the cinema comparison a little further an adult ticket costs £8.80 that is for up to maybe 3 hours entertainment. You could spend £13.30 for VIP seating (collectors edition) and consider drinks and snacks to be the equivalent to DLC, adding to your experience but not essential for the entertainment. If you go off peak the price could be reduced to £7.20 but in any case there will be no chance to recoup the cost after the experience.

In comparison a game can be bought for £40 at launch sometimes less you can get in excess of 6 hours of entertainment with mutiplayer and DLC extending your entertainment beyond this. The multiplayer experience encourages consumers to hold onto the game. If you are just interested in the single player features once these are exhausted trading the game in will normally recoup at least half of the expense depending on how long you hold on to the game. Of course the longer you retain the game the more entertainment hours you should have gotten from it.

This doesn't include the outlay for purchasing the console and other peripherals but similar parallels could be drawn to DVD or Blu-Ray purchases.

The issue I do have is the fact that xbox DLC pricing isn't transparent. I should be able to immediately compare the price of maps and horse armour with the price of a pint down the local.

Thats fair enough in many respects - but i dont see why i am paying for a product when a large portion of it is unusable - now sure its my fault for not having multiplayer access and i can trade it back in but i shouldnt have too.
To some extent its the same with content - we are all so used to playing a game through to unlock content that it seems normal - but is it really. Why can't i use the most powerful weapon straight away or visit the most interesting part of the map - its no problem having a tight story mode where things are restricted etc but a free mode where you can play about in the levels or world at your leisure is surely only deserving of a £40 price tag - a days wages essentially.

Its gonna be interesting to see how this all pans out in the future.

[Geoff]

Why can't i use the most powerful weapon straight away or visit the most interesting part of the map {snip] a free mode where you can play about in the levels or world at your leisure is surely only deserving of a £40 price tag - a days wages essentially.

Its gonna be interesting to see how this all pans out in the future.

Pitch it to EA and I reckon we'll have a new type of day one DLC

[BuffAngel]

That it might