get your sensible reasoning out of this thread
on topic:
this was so blatantly obviously a price error. the demo was free at first; could not see the logic of ever making the content which promotes your own product cost money to access.
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EA/Rockefellers indoctrinating youths to alien cults (demo pricing errors on Xbox)
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get your sensible reasoning out of this thread
on topic:
this was so blatantly obviously a price error. the demo was free at first; could not see the logic of ever making the content which promotes your own product cost money to access.
Won't stop some people from assuming the worst.
But it wasn't cheaper if you managed to do the math. It had no hdmi, no wifi (you had to pay for an overpriced adpater) and no hdd (you had to pay for an overpriced proprietary hdd) and no wireless controllers (you had to buy them and a charger separately). Now add the cost of online gaming for the duration of the generation. I'd say it is hard to argue the fact that Xbox owners paid more than Playstation owners last generation.
The fact that they changed the prices not only in the USA, but also in the UK and the rest of Europe makes this hard to believe.
Bomber Bob
Banned
If people are buying demos, why not?
Family Fry
Member
It's hard not to assume the worst when it's got EA behind it.
CouchMaster
Member
Free on PSN so obviously a mistake.
This is 8-year old console beef. I'm not interested in discussing it for the umpteenth time. Go look up my post history from 2007 if that's what you're looking for.
Gladly.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
Those aren't facts by the time the PS3 came out most of those were included in the price. Even then outside that it was a $200 shortfall which was easily overcome with smart spending. Facts my ass,
Starwolf_UK
Member
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It is the goalkeeper. Score 0-0 then win the penalty shootout
REMEMBER CITADEL
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What is this garbage, seriously? Are we back in 2006? Some people had no need for some or all those extras (for instance, I didn't and still don't have any need for wifi, I always use cables), and they were offered a choice to pay a lower price. Likewise, perhaps some Xbox Live Gold subscribers saw "actual value" in getting features that were not available on PSN until PS+ (and some, like party chat or cross-game features until PS4) or other related perks (better download speeds, a more integrated community where most users used voice chat, achievements in every game, demos for all XBLA titles and so on).
But no, it was because they were more susceptible to being exploited.
TrueGrime
Member
I take it back. His comments had everything to do with platform wars.
give it time.
LukasTaves
Member
Edit: Nevermind, not worth it.
Aretak
Member
Indeed... EA will be pissed when they find out Sony haven't updated the price yet.
No, they really did not. If I was conducting an experiment with paid demos, I'd do it on the system where I'd expect the least backlash first.
Family Fry
Member
So you'd do it on Wii U right?
AFAIK, there is no FIFA '14 on Wii U. The unprecedented partnership ended a while ago.
JetSetRadio
Banned
This would be amazing, pretty sure some poor innocent lad already bought this.
test_account
XP-39C²
Maybe a new business move? Should be interesting to see how it works out. I'm glad that i hardly ever try out demos, so it wont affect me that much.
CecilRousso
Member
That depends, if you're the person who's fine with paying for things that have always been free, and paying this money to the biggest and most succesful publishers out there.
I think I just don't care enough to be bothered.
I mean seriously, why rent an EA game such as Fifa or UFC?
I'm 99% sure it's a mistake, but really you know what you're getting with EA games.
" a lackluster experience that hasn't developed or improved much from last years iteration, with some awful online server support.
Principate
Saint Titanfall
About as slimy as MGS: GZ I bet.
GribbleGrunger
Dreams in Digital
Polygon have already confirmed it's an error but I have to consider that pricing. One would have thought that if it WAS an error, then surely the full price of the game would have been supplied. What sort of error could have lead to $4,99? That's one hell of a specific error.
Trial/test.
Trial/test.
and this is pretty much the end of gaming.
if people are willing to pay for demos, what is the next level?
paying like for every single level?
so a game might be as expensive as a videogame system?
i mean we pretty much have that sitution these days in some f2p on mobile games...
The so-called "public" is being dumbed down with every year and it's a well-designed socio-cultural process. They don't want you to think, just pay.
The first step towards this is pretending that (all types of) games are an ongoing service instead of products you can own.
Methamatics101
Member
$99,99 for a demo would be a pricing error; 4,99 fucking isn't. Probably just a glimpse of the future.
My thoughts exactly.
i think the model of LoL, DOTA2, TF2 is pretty good. the same as world of tanks... but except those games i dont know any good games with f2p.
on the other hand, i only play single player games on consoles/handhelds with no DLC or only GOTY-editions so i dont care about mobile.... but on the other hand... if this stuff comes over to consoles... well fuck me, i wont support that.
These are very complicated systems comprised of tons of code and with tons of different people working on them. Anything could have happened.
Besides, if the price were set to $60 or $100, this wouldn't even have been a story. We're only hearing about it because the price happened to be set so low.
Instead Konami did it on all consoles
It's just to soften the minds and get people addicted. It's an evil spiral.
DLC, F2P, mobile genericness, always on-line etc are terrible things in the long run. Personally, I'm mostly pissed at how that stuff destroys the game's integrity. All this stuff won't work sooner than people think because of dead servers, copyright issues etc. What I loved about console games was that you bought a self-contained package, which forced the devs to make sure the games are tight and worth the investment (although it wasn't always the case, the overall amount of bugs and stupid design choices was much smaller). Moore can have his growing market, but just stay away from traditional gaming, not fucking destroy it just to have a sea of shovelware and DLC flooding us.
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