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ggrobot · Elite Member Joined: 28 May 2004 Posts: 53642

Cliff Bleszinski echoes comment made earlier this year by Mark Rein (thanks
BeyondUnreal),

stating that game prices are "just too high":

uot;What other entertainment medium that's mass market is at $60 a pop?uot; said Cliff Bleszinski, lead designer at developer Epic's 360 title uot;Gears

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yessum · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 3:53 pm Post subject:

Jelster · Junior Member Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 115

To translate, we're milking the market just fine at $50 and we'll not miss this opportunity to bung an extra $10 on the next generation titles. EA really are the Evil devils of publishing. Smile

Other than shorting the development time I'd like to know exactly why an X360 title requires 15 more staff to complete. Surely models are made and textured in very high poly counts and then scaled down, so this should actually be easier. Audio is pretty much unchanged, as is the media you'll be distributing the software on.

So please, lets cut the crap. Genisis games cost $60 because they used expensive Rom chips not because that was what the market could bare. Every new generation the excuse for charging more has gotten weaker and weaker. "pirates made me do it", "DVDs are expensive to fill", "3D requires a bigger budget". Sooner or later the bubble will burst, sadly it'll take a lot of innovation and developers with it.

yessum · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 6:30 am Post subject:

In my opinion genesis games were well worth those 60 odd buckaroos.

I wasn't once disappointed in a sonic title or mortal kombat title. Heck, I'd even sell my soul for another gunstar heroes game!

Todays console games are as repetitive as are the rolls on the toilet paper. Not worth the dough. In my opinion single player games as well as multiplayer games should be differently priced.

v1m · Junior Member Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 194

CliffyB spent the last few years screaming "we're the new Hollywood!" about the gaming industry. How ironic he's worried now about a crash.

It's not hard to see that the market won't bear higher game prices: Americans are maxed out on credit, fighting a losing expensive war, and facing big layoffs and higher heating oil prices. Early adopters will pay $60, but watch EA's premium snobbery come back to bite it in the ass.

xxxx · Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2005 7:31 pm Post subject:

Sorry lads but Mark and Cliffy, imo, are some if not the smartest game developers out there. At least they took away cd protection from their games. They always have in UT. I admire that. Unlike games like Doom and Quake and multitudes more that took copy protection WAy Way over the extreme. Now you got that Starforce junk out there. So you pay like $60 for a game like <cough> Bet on Soldier that has Starforce? Yikes. Why would a real gamer even care to play it. I'd believe Cliffy and Mark way before I believe a has-been's like Warren Spector or John Carmack.

Damn fine people at Epic and smart. EA sucks however. Talk about just pissing people off with their attitude. EA can blow me. Premium titles. HAHAHAHAHA! Premium titles with crap support! I wonder if they call PGA Tour 2006 a premium title. Talk about putting a new label on the box and gouging people. Or how about C&C series. There's a great one, had bugs and EA just ignored their public. Or how about their premium support. Have you been to their forums at EA? LMFAO.