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ravinhood -> RE: new wargame "War across the Pacific 1941-1945" (6/1/2005 1:06:06 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Marc Schwanebeck
You compare a 3rd party retailer and Ebay price to our first party price ??? Man how screwed is that? You must compare HPS`s first party price (which is 49.95 for your standard game) to our price to make your point valid.
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If anything I do my homework before buying a game and get it at the least expensive price.
You should also do your homework when you want to make points.
Other then that you still havnīt provided proof that our games got more expensive because we make the grpahics spicier.
As I sayed earlier , itīs senseless.
Marc any 10 year old with any economics sense knows "more ingredients" in a product costs more, thus the price to sell it is more. A mere lemonade stand would show that if you add "colored cups" (improved graphics) to the lemonade it costs more, thus the 5 cent lemonade without colored cups {old graphics) must now cost 10 cents with colored cups (improved graphics). Then we ask the question, does the "colored cup" really make the lemonade "taste" (gameplay) any better? That's a pretty easy answer for me to answer. No it doesn't.
Sure the lemonade without colored cups (old graphics) will be somewhat plain, but, for 1 cent I can take it home and use my own colored cups (modders graphics). ;)
And comparing 3rd party prices, where you yourselves have games onsale there as well; Click on the Matrixgames button, it's as fair as fair can be. Even your 3rd party prices are sky high on most of your newly released titles. ;) And lol I listed ONE ebay buy.., yes Marc it's senseless to argue with someone steadfast in their belief their games are worth more than any other companies out there that make computer wargames (even at 3rd party outlets) and offer nothing more than "improved graphics". Your "colored cups" sure are expensive. Get rid of the Artists. ;)
Thing is Marc, I'm not the sole one starting to notice this graphics trend in games and nothing relatively new as far as gameplay. Be different if I was just an old grog set in his ways, but, the consenus over at several other major website forums is that we are just buying the same thing over and over, buying what should be just expansions or updates "with improved graphics" at full retail prices. And the industry wonders why sales for computer games are falling off. All they have to do is open their eyes and ears and read and listen to the consumer public and they would know.
Granted your Tin Soldiers series is worth it's value, but, the price of them aren't $80 or $54.99 either. ;)
You guys want consumer feedback, well, I'm giving it to you. I haven't once knocked the gameplay of any of your games. But, your prices on several of your more recently released titles are outlandish compared to the pricing of other computer wargames that are available. I can buy nearly 3 HPS titles compared to WitP, now, which do you think I'm going to purchase?
My thinking of why your prices are so high, you've "incorporated", while "independent" games are relatively cheaper like HPS, Sharpnel and Schwerpunkt. And then of course there are the free titles like Peoples Tactics, or the online games of The Perfect General series and Empire, both a mere $25. ;) And then this game this dicussion is about, while it has dated graphics, the price isn't too unreasonable and the gameplay appears challenging enough, if anything it certainly has quite a bit of detail. I'll probably buy it. ;)
And you still never answered my question. Why is WitP so expensive? What is in it that makes it sooooo much more expensive than many other titles on the market today with millions of lines of code? eh?
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