Comments on: Games on Demand, Priced $20-$30

By: Edu

Edu — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:46:31 +0000

These games can be bought cheaper at gamestop.
Like BioShock is $30 at GameStop its $20 same with Assassins Creed

By: DeaconBlade

DeaconBlade — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:43:24 +0000

odd…well now that makes sense too Mike lol. i wouldn’t doubt either one really. bottom line for me is i won’t be partaking in games on demand. seems reasonable though that they may not want to step on toes with prices but then, you’re right in that it’s Microsoft…they’ve stepped on toes before lol.

By: Mikewarrior

Mikewarrior — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:33:29 +0000

No Deac, it does not make perfect sense… UR BUS is wrong & completely making up a retarded excuse for Microsoft’s ignorance for introducing such a ridiculous program. One of the main points of introducing digital distribution is to cut out the middle man (Stores) so that Microsoft saves on extra costs, & gives people extra savings on cheaper games. To think stores have any say in what Microsoft does with their product is clueless at best… Being apart of retail myself, I know that Microsoft allows certain gamers to be able to be apart of the Microsoft retail program, to influence gamers to talk highly about Microsoft to only push their products with a certain bias. Now, if Microsoft can sell 360 games (Even 3rd party) at a much reduced price to influence retail individuals to support their product, they sure in Hell can list whatever downloadable content they have at a respectable price. Microsoft is just being completely clueless/arrogant/ & greedy… Only a pure FOOL would support this 360 games on demand crap from Microsoft!

By: DeaconBlade

DeaconBlade — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 14:24:12 +0000

makes perfect sense UR BUS and i’m not sure about it but yeah…it makes perfect sense. even with that, the prices are still unattractive at least for me. i can see these retail giants playing a part in this and if so, then why even introduce this? i guess perhaps because big companies realize the lack of intelligence and those impulse buy moments that millions of gamers have.

By: UR BUS IS SHORT

UR BUS IS SHORT — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:06:23 +0000

Before I rip into my good buddy Willy Gates’ ass, I need clarification. Does MS set those prices for the third party games?

A lot of big companies have contractual agreements with large retailers like WalMart, Target, Best Buy, GameStop etc. that establishes a minimum ad price for competing platforms. In other words WalMart makes a deal with Activision agreeing to buy and sell their games. Part of that contract basically establishes a guarantee that another outlet wont come in and undercut the price. Does that make any sense?

Huge corporations like Wally World hold tremendous influential power because they buy the most stuff.

By: PAT2K9

PAT2K9 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 12:57:23 +0000

I have to also agree with pretty much all of you. The prices are too high since all these games can be found for a lot cheaper as used.
In addition, I tend to collect games & I love having hard copies of everything.

By: JPsmooth42

JPsmooth42 — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:46:00 +0000

The price of the hard drives has to get down to a reasonable number. I bought the 360 at launch, went through 5 rrod’s, and I am not dumb enough to buy a super expensive 60 gig hard drive. So I am stuck with a crappy 20 gig, and I can’t even download a whole HD movie, let alone a full game (I do have a lot of arcade games on my hard drive).

Over priced games + highly valuable hard drive space makes this a no-brainer for me. Sorry, I would rather have available space for the random movie or demo I want to try. That is until I gan get the 60 gig hard drive for $50.

By: BostonPimpDaddy

BostonPimpDaddy — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:45:56 +0000

I don’t know about you guys but I love collecting and keeping my games. I am nostalgic and I love owning the manuals. I remember in the old days the manuals were like artwork and I loved that.

By: Lightsout565

Lightsout565 — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 23:36:57 +0000

I’ll save my points for Shadow Complex thank you.

By: DeaconBlade

DeaconBlade — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:08:50 +0000

you will buy them USB…the schwartz commands you! lol

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By: USB Cable

USB Cable — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:38:33 +0000

If I can buy the RETAIL FRICKIN GAME CHEAPER than why teh hell would I buy a digital copy for more!?!? Microsoft made the original xbox games cost to much now they can’t make xbox 360 games cheaper because I guess they would feel that the customer wins? I could just picture Microsoft when coming up with these prices “what eva, I do what I want!” (I’ve just watch all of south park for the first time /slow lol.)

The only other thing I can think of is that they don’t want to piss of the retailers and end up the bad guys. If they pushed the whole digital thing and succeeded gamestop/game section in stores/game stores would be screwed. In this economy it would suck balls for more people to lose jobs and who knows if the news would pick that up making it worst. Any who if your gonna push the whole digital thing hard it’s best to start with a new product so i guess next gen it’ll begin.

I type to much….. I blame all the pop tarts I bought last week, to much sugar……