🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg
Article #145

Re: Origin - CD-only forever!

#145
From: tay... James F. Taylor Jr.
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 1994 23:14
37 lines
2961 bytes
	You know, I wonder....since CD's are so cheap, do you think
	that we will be seeing cheaper release prices?  Probably not.
	The market will price itself into a slump if it keeps the prices
	up like it does.  I mean, $39 for a game of moderate complexity
	is fine.  But I wonder if the new generation of Origin games are
	going to be chock full of FMV and hasbeen actors, and on top of
	that $60-70 a piece.  I certainly think that some might be worth
	it, but I don't forsee EVERY game to be of that pricerange....some
	aren't that big...but then again...if someone buys it, the pricing
	doesn't change.  Consumers drive the market.  I will probably 
	wait for the cheap bins, like I did with the last couple of Ultimas.
	There aren't enough of us cheapskates to drive the prices down
	that much :) Besides, I am more interested in getting the new OS/2
	and WARP-ing... :) I am not complaining about the prices of good
	games (I paid $50+ for WC-II...I dunno if that was the best price..
	but I didn't mind paying that for it, the game was fun *grin*)
	others, I have paid full price for and have been disappointed
	...and noticing in a few months the price of the game to be $25
	with a free mousepad or something :)

	Just rambling about....


--

------------------------------------------------------------James Taylor----

              |       |                             |       |
              |       |                             |       |
              |   _   |                             |   _   |
             {|-=< >=-|} (tay...@babbage.etsu.edu) {|-=< >=-|}      
              |   ~   |                             |   ~   | 
              |       |                             |       |
              |       |                             |       |

-----------------------------------Just your average StarWars Fanatic-------
Technical Details
Message-ID: <38pc87$m4a@hermes.oc.com>
Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!hermes.oc.com!wizard.etsu.edu!taylor
References: <38ep3g$5gj@adam.cc.sunysb.edu> <1994Oct24.013219.10665@pimacc.pima.edu> <Cy6wCC.A22@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> <Pine.A32.3.90.941025111646.71808B-100000@isisb.oit.unc.edu> <38jokd$fss@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!hermes.oc.com!wizard.etsu.edu!taylor
From: tay...@wizard.etsu.edu (James F. Taylor Jr.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim
Subject: Re: Origin - CD-only forever!
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim
Date: 27 Oct 1994 23:14:15 GMT
Organization: East Texas State University, Commerce, Texas
Lines: 37
Message-ID: <38pc87$m4a@hermes.oc.com>
References: <38ep3g$5gj@adam.cc.sunysb.edu> <1994Oct24.013219.10665@pimacc.pima.edu> <Cy6wCC.A22@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> <Pine.A32.3.90.941025111646.71808B-100000@isisb.oit.unc.edu> <38jokd$fss@canopus.cc.umanitoba.ca>
NNTP-Posting-Host: wizard.etsu.edu
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit